Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Project Scleroderma needed $30,000, but instead it received $32,320.
The person who helped Havertown’s Christy McCaffrey reach her goal of getting $30,000, and breaking it, for her Project Scleroderma was certainly not a local person. Or even from America. McCaffrey was in a race against time to raise $30,000 by 11:59 p.m., Monday May 28, so she can continue Project Scleroderma, a video documentary to help people become aware of scleroderma, an autoimmune disorder that took her mother’s life in 2009. (Editor's note: Some of the images in the video can be considered graphic.) And with a little help from a scleroderma patient in Spain, at 9 p.m. this past Saturday the fundraising goal was met. “The donation that put us over our goal was from a Scleroderma patient in Madrid, Spain who raised funds among her …
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
The purpose of Project Scleroderma is to make people aware of the autoimmune disorder.
After losing her mother to scleroderma five years ago, Christy McCaffrey set out to found a project to make people aware of the autoimmune disorder. And she has already accomplished one goal: Project Scleroderma broke its $30,000 fundraising goal. At 11:59 p.m., Monday May 28, the deadline for the fundraising, Project Scleroderma raised $32,320—that's $2,320 more than its original goal of $30,000. "We chose this type of fundraising because we simply cannot continue production without a minimum of $30,000," McCaffrey of Havertown said in a feature interview with Patch last week. The goal of the project is to help people become aware of the autoimmune disorder by a video. "... The Scleroderma Research Foundation and director/producer Bob …
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Project Scleroderma is to help people better understand the autoimmune disorder.
Christy McCaffrey not only lost her mother to an autoimmune disorder, but a cherished friend with whom she was very close to. But since Sandy Selfridge's death at age 58 her daughter founded Project Scleroderma, an organization to "bring awareness to this urgent need for a cure." Now the 27-year-old Havertown woman is racing against time to raise $30,000 by Monday, May 28, at 11:59 p.m. to ensure that Project Scleroderma continues to run. If the goal is not reached, McCaffrey, who works as a hair stylist at Nicholas Sebastian Hair Salon in Newtown Square, said, "If we do not reach this amount by the 28th all of our funders will get their money back." McCaffrey took the time to discuss with Patch about her mother, Project Scleroderma and …
Lauren
7:37 am on Friday, May 25, 2012
I know Christy personally! She is an amazing person an clearly got some amazing life skills and comapssion form her mom. This is such a worthy cause and EVERY dollar counts. Please make a donation today to her project and be part of something amazing! more ›