THE FUTURE FOR THE FOUNDATION
I am very excited to announce some of the incredible things The Crohn’s Journey Foundation
has planned for 2014:
Our official store page will be open at the end of December, selling our amazing IBD
“Love Your Insides” shirts, as well as our temporary Heart Tattoo symbolizing our “IBD
movement to love your insides”. We are selling both items to help spread a love for IBD
so that we can begin to replace some of the fear, sadness, anger and other negative
emotions that come from having IBD. You may go here to purchase them: http://
thecrohnsjourneyfoundation.org/shop/. If our store hasn’t launched by the time you
click on it, please feel free to email me at [email protected] and I
will be more than happy to process your order for a shirt or a Heart Tattoo.
You can also read our incredible articles written by people with Crohn’s disease and
ulcerative colitis which are guaranteed to inspire you, relate to you, and educate you:
http://thecrohnsjourneyfoundation.org/blog/.
We are also launching in-person support groups in January 2014 in Chicago, New York,
Texas, Sacramento and Los Angeles. These support groups will focus on bringing IBDers
together, creating an IBD support system and providing education on various ways to find
a peaceful balance within our bodies with Eastern and Western medicine. Information
about the support groups will be announced here: https://www.facebook.com/notes/
the-crohns-journey-foundation/tcjf-ibd-meetups-2014/365367590274914.
The Foundation will also be hosting the IBD Prom—our exciting fundraiser event in New
York in April 2014 (exact date TBA). The proceeds will go towards funding our second
IBD Retreat on the East Coast in 2014. This is a very exciting event because TCJF will
be receiving amazing support from some incredible IBD advocates who will help host
the event, including Sara Ringer from Inflamed and Untamed , Frank Garufi Jr. from The
Crohn’s Colitis Effect , Christina Matthies from The Crohn’s Diaries, Marisa Troy from
Keeping Things Inside Is Bad For My Health, Jeffrey LeVine from A Guy With Crohn’s ,
Mary Pryor, and Rebecca Kaplan from Caring For Crohn’s.
The first Crohn’s Journey Retreat was held in Ojai, CA Oct 16-19 (3 nights, 4 days) and
was amazing. We look forward to bringing the same positive energy, love and community
to the East Coast in our next retreat which will be announced soon. We will keep our
members and supporters updated!
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