Category: Updates from the OIF

It’s the Season of Giving!

Posted on by Delores Selivon

Are you looking for a way to support the OI Foundation this holiday season? Use AmazonSmile while shopping on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, celebrate #GivingTuesday with the OI Foundation, or make a donation in honor or in memory of a loved one this holiday season.

You Shop, Amazon Donates

Make an impact while you shop Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals!
When you shop using AmazonSmile, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added benefit that AmazonSmile will donate 0.5% of your eligible purchases to the OI Foundation.Start shopping at smile.amazon.com/ch/23-7076021!

Shop in the Amazon app!
Simply follow these instructions to turn on AmazonSmile and start generating donations:
1. Open the Amazon Shopping app on your device
2. Go into the main menu of the Amazon Shopping app and tap into ‘Settings’
3. Tap ‘AmazonSmile’ and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the process

Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday

On Tuesday, December 1, 2020, Facebook will match $7 million of Facebook donations in honor of Giving Tuesday! Double your impact by creating your own Facebook fundraiser for the OIF here and inviting your friends and family to celebrate the National Day of Giving with the OI Foundation! Create Your #GivingTuesday Fundraiser

Give the gift of an Unbreakable Spirit®!

Make a donation to the OI Foundation in honor or in memory of a loved one this holiday season.

Thank you for thinking of the OI Foundation this holiday season, we wish you and your family a happy and healthy Thanksgiving!

 

Please join us for a Virtual Friendsgiving Celebration!

Posted on by Delores Selivon

You are invited to the OIF’s Virtual Friendsgiving Celebration!

For some, this holiday season may look a little different, but our incredible OI community reminds us that we are never alone. Mutual support is at the core of the OIF’s mission and we believe it is important now more than ever.

Please join us for an evening of fun and togetherness with live raffles, bingo, and warm conversation as we come together and give thanks. All are welcome to participate in this virtual event! Don’t forget to register in advance on Zoom to receive login information and to be entered into the live raffles.

CLICK HERE to register to attend OIF Friendsgiving! 

Share your recipe! Email your favorite Thanksgiving recipe to jransome@oif.org to be included in the OIF Friendsgiving Cookbook! All recipes will be shared with all attendees.

NEW OIF Resources!

Posted on by Delores Selivon

**NEW OIF RESOURCES**

The OI Foundation is excited to present two new resources for OI community members:

Navigating a New Diagnosis: A Tool Kit for Parents and Medical Professionals
This tool kit, sponsored in part by a memorial donation from Minnesota Neonatal Physicians in memory of Michael Johnston, covers topics including diagnosis of OI, types of OI, caring for a newborn with OI, and information to share with your doctor.

What You Need to Know About Clinical Trials
While the OI community and the entire world eagerly await a coronavirus vaccine, we want to briefly explain the importance of clinical trials and how people with OI can get involved in helping expand medical knowledge.

Join the OI Registry

Posted on by OI Foundation

Individuals with OI (18 and older) and parents of children with OI are encouraged to join the OI Registry. The OI Registry is a database of individuals with OI who are interested in participating in OI research. Once you are enrolled, you will begin to receive information on upcoming studies and online surveys about OI. Your participation in these studies helps move OI research forward.

 

Click here to join the OI Registry

If you have any questions, please contact the OI Foundation at bonelink@oif.org or (844)889-7579.

The Strong Bones Virtual Gala ONLINE AUCTION IS LIVE!

Posted on by Delores Selivon

The Strong Bones Virtual Gala Boston

ONLINE AUCTION IS LIVE!

Don’t miss your chance to win signed sports memorabilia, a catered BBQ dinner, private wine tastings, and so much more! In order to bid, make sure to create your Bidding for Good account prior to the event.

Proceeds from this event help the OI Foundation respond to more than 11,000 inquiries each year for medically verified information and support; produce new information resources for individuals and medical professionals; and fund research.

Now more than ever, we rely on supporters like yourself to ensure we can continue this important work.

Click Here to Start Bidding!

Please tune in on October 10 at 8:00pm EST for a special video presentation that will include personal messages from OI community members, a live raffle, door prizes, and social hour hosted by OIF Board of Directors Member, Christine Wyman Rossi, former Board of Directors member Dick Wyman, and the rest of their amazing host committee for the 4th annual Strong Bones Virtual Gala Boston!

With a new virtual platform, OI community members from across the world can sign on for a fun-filled evening to support the work of the OIF.

Click Here to Register for the FREE Event!

For more information or questions please contact Melissa Bonardi at MBonardi@oif.org or visit www.oif.org/StrongBonesBoston