05/07/2020 - 12/31/2020

I am hosting a Bone China Tea event for the OI Foundation and I need your support!

Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) is otherwise known as the "brittle bone disease." It is very rare. People with OI can have hundreds of fractures over their lifetime. Many babies born with a severe form of OI do not survive beyond a few days. I have a mild form of OI and have had 13 fractures, along with several stress fractures and other bone-related diseases directly related to having OI. My youngest son Christopher, who is 29, has had over 70 fractures, many that have required surgery, metal rods placed inside his long bones, hospitalization and lengthy recovery times. He broke his femur (the largest bone in the body) three times and his hip all before the age of 15. Because OI is very rare, the OI Foundation relies on funding by caring donors to raise awareness, provide current information to people with OI, help those (and their families) newly diagnosed with OI, and conduct research into treatment and hopefully someday a cure for OI. It has been my lifelong goal to continue raising awareness of OI until one day a cure is found.

I hope you will join me for a cup of calming tea on Thursday, May 7, 2020 for the National Bone China Tea Day. By making a donation with the money you saved by not attending a live event, you will ensure that the OI Foundation can continue to provide all the wonderful resources, research, and education we have come to count on from them.

You can improve lives! To support the important work of the OI Foundation, simply click on the Make a Gift button on this page. If you prefer to mail in your donation: Make all checks payable to the OI Foundation. Then please mail your check to the OI Foundation and specify that the donation is for my Bone China Tea campaign.

OI Foundation
ATTN: Bone China Tea
804 West Diamond Ave, Ste. 210
Gaithersburg, MD 20878

I hope you are doing well. I truly appreciate your time, consideration and generosity!

God bless you.

Cyndi Nolan