BY DAVE LUKAS CRYSTAL LAKE, ILLINOIS The inaugural Chicagoland Walk & Roll to Cure FSHD exceeded every expectation and goal I had. What an amazing day filled with family, community, music, great food, fun, and picture-perfect weather! We had 230 walkers (my goal was 150). We raised $43,301 (my goal was $25,000). But more than… Read More »
We Are Not Alone
Listen to our Telethon interviews
You can now listen to our GivingTuesday Telethon interviews from our December 3rd event. Streamed over Facebook Live, our Telethon host Tim Hollenback interviewed dozens of leaders in our community—activists, celebrities, scientists, doctors, people doing awesome things—to raise worldwide awareness of FSHD. Their stories were utterly compelling, and the sense of optimism for a treatment… Read More »
#GivingTuesday Telethon
#GivingTuesday is a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration. This year, it falls on December 3, and we are marking the day by holding our first GivingTuesday Telethon. Streamed over Facebook Live, our Telethon host will interview leaders in our community—activists, celebrities, scientists, doctors, people doing awesome things—to… Read More »
Dan Levy’s FSHD family story
If you’ve been on our social media channels, you may have seen our posts about actor Dan Levy’s Omaze campaign to raise funds for the FSHD Society but you may not know his family story and his connection to FSHD. Dan and his father, Eugene Levy, are actors and co-creators of Schitt$ Creek, a Canadian… Read More »
The 2019 Year-End Report
This year, the FSHD Society – empowered by you – launched an aggressive plan to accelerate therapeutic development for FSHD. We brought together pharmaceutical companies, researchers, government agencies, and families in a working collaborative with the goal of delivering disease-modifying therapies by 2025. Your support, activity, perseverance, and faithfulness has allowed us to be here,… Read More »