Meet Jenna Boguhn. A spunky six-year-old who loves school, having painted nails, playing dress up, and being with her two older sisters. And while Jenna is so much like any other adorable six-year-old, Jenna has Spinal Muscular Atrophy. This Sunday, Rene ...
Rummage To Cure in Santa Barbara Raises $3,400 for The GSF
Santa Barbara's Rummage To Cure was a HUGE success and Team Gwendolyn ROCKS! Yep, they are A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! And Saturday's sale was another example of their awesomeness. So many in the community got involved. So many made this a success. And we ar ...
Team Run For Owen Runs Ragnar Relay
200 miles. 12 runners. Two days. Running to end SMA!!! Team Run For Owen is always amazing and tomorrow they are embarking on a new incredible adventure -- the Ragnar Relay. This fabulous 12 person team starts their journey in Albany, New York and in rela ...
This Weekend’s Rummage To Cure Sales Raise Nearly $5,000 for the
Wow! Wow! Wow! This was a huge Rummage To Cure weekend. Two sales. Two locations. And two groups working to help END SMA!!! Lucy's Hope for a Cure in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin was a big success. For the second year in a row, Marjorie Trew-Munson organiz ...
Lullaby Blankies Helps End SMA!
In December I met Stephanie and Brandon Humes, owners of Lullaby Blankies. Stephanie reached out with an email about their story that goes something like this --> Gorgeous couple in love. Get married. Want to start a family. But Stephanie and Brandon ...
Paint Away SMA at Sips N Strokes in Knoxville, TN
Nora Gooden is surrounded by people who adore her and who fight SMA in her honor. And Nurse Kim is definitely one of them. The incredible Nurse Kim has organized a fun night with Sips N Strokes to "Paint Away SMA" in Knoxville, Tennessee on May 14th. Pai ...
Hope Calendar Raises Over $8,000 For GSF
We are so excited! Debi Gomez of Life's Images Photography and the creator of the "Hope Calendar" just announced the final totals of the 2011 sales...Drum roll please....$8,110 was raised for the Gwendolyn Strong Foundation and our "$200K for SMA" ca ...
Ninth Graders Host Spaghetti Banquet To End SMA and Raise Over $4,000
Children helping children...it gets me every time! And I love it! Students at Hopkins West Junior High in Minnetonka, Minnesota were asked to select a charity to design a service project around. And they chose Spinal Muscular Atrophy and the Gwendolyn Str ...
Grand National Roadster Show Raises Over $5,000 To Help End SMA
The Gwendolyn Strong Foundation was honored to be selected as one of two featured nonprofits for the world famous Grand National Roadster Show this year. The event, known as the longest running indoor car show in the world, was held in January 2011 at th ...
Climbing Again for SMA
The inspiring Jadon's Hope and Jim Baker are at it again! And with them you know it's going to be something BIG. As ifclimbing the 23,000 foot Mt. Aconcagua and raising over $45,000 for GSF's "$200K For SMA" fundraising campaign wasn' ...