It's time to fight for treatments and cures.

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Join us October 1st to kick off our 6^th annual Count Me IN campaign! 

In just five years, CureGRIN has turbocharged the pursuit of treatments and cures for GRIN, GRIA, GRIK and GRID Disorders. We have even bigger plans to achieve our goal of treatments and cures by the end of this decade. But we need your help!

CureGRIN is recruiting 50 - 100 family fundraisers who will each try to raise between $1,000 and $20,000 from friends and family during this October’s Count Me In Campaign. 

Here’s how we’ll use those funds to achieve our goals: 

1. Helping scientists to prioritize and fund patient-centered GRI research. This includes funding research that lines up with patient priorities identified in the GRI Census and treatment priorities identified at the GRI Symposium.
2. Partnering with pharmaceutical companies to develop treatments and cures for GRI Disorders. This includes the creation of our Guide to Developing Treatments and Cures for GRI Disorders and in-person meetings with key industry leaders. 
3. Advancing clinical-trial readiness across the global GRI Community. This includes the collection of biosamples and identifying family priorities through the GRI Census.
4. Championing advocacy for people with GRI and their families to government, regulators and funding agencies. Examples include our push to get ICD codes for GRI Disorders, and our upcoming Listening Session with the US Food and Drug Administration.
5. Educating and connecting the global GRI community of patient families, researchers, clinicians and industry. This includes funding regional family meetups, developing an information packet for physicians, and planning for GRICON25.
    

As parents of kids with a rare disease, we know how busy life can get. That is why we are providing more options for you to fundraise however works best for you, whether that’s using our software to build a customized fundraising page for your child, setting up a Facebook campaign, or simply printing out a pledge sheet and collecting cash or checks.

We’re also providing a detailed fundraising guide on everything from how to set up a fundraising page to the psychology of getting over the fear of asking for donations. You will also be able to engage in a Count Me IN discussion group on GRI Connect and attend office hours where we can help you set up your campaign in real time.

Our recommended goal for a GRI Champion Family is $2,500 but you can increase or decrease your goal during registration. Your support is vital and all gifts bring us closer to finding a cure.

Members of the CureGRIN team will be reaching out to GRI families over the next few weeks to assist and answer any questions you may have.  We hope we can count on you to say, “Count Me IN”!