2013 Benefit: Fête de Masque
The National Headache Foundation( NHF) will host its twenty-seventh annual fundraising benefit, Fête de Masque, Saturday, May 4, 2013, at the Ritz-Carlton( 160 E. Pearson St., Chicago, Ill.). The benefit will include a raffle as well as live and silent auctions.
If you would like to attend, contribute an auction item or volunteer, please contact the NHF at 312-274-2670 or e-mail info @ headaches. org.
Chat with a Headache Specialist
The NHF is hosting several live chats in 2012, offering members and visitors to the NHF website a chance to interact with headache specialists online. Since the first chat in December 2011, NHF has hosted more than 15 live chats on topics such as hormones and headache, post-concussion headache, depression and headache, and more.
Each chat is assigned a topic and a headache specialist who answers questions in real time. To see a list of upcoming chats and to register, visit the NHF website at www. headaches. org / content / nhf-webinars. On that page you will also find links to transcripts and podcasts from previous chat rooms. If you have ideas for new chat topics, send an e-mail to info @ headaches. org.
Helping Hand
If you or someone you love has a headache disorder and doesn’ t know where to turn, try the NHF Physician Finder at www. headaches. org / physicians. The database allows headache sufferers to search for a headache specialist by name, location or certification.
Search and Rescue
You already spend a good portion of your day online. Why not make it count? GoodSearch. com can help you turn your everyday searches and shopping sprees into donations to the NHF— or any other nonprofit organization you wish to support.
GoodSearch is a Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half of its sponsored search revenue to user-designated charities, nonprofit organizations or schools. It works just like any other search engine, and it is free for users.
All you have to do is visit the GoodSearch home page and select the NHF as your favorite cause. Then, whenever you search or shop online, 50 percent of the revenue generated by sponsored search advertisers will go to the organization.
Turn your searches into NHF donations at www. goodsearch. com.
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