[Chemar]

P.A.N.D.A.S = Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcus

There are children all over the world misdiagnosed with everything from tics and Tourette Syndrome to out of control OCD and sometimes manic and psychotic behavior .... when in fact (often undetected) strep, beyond just strep throat, may be the cause

One group of parents with PANDAS children is striving to raise money for valuable research that is hoped to make diagnosing PANDAS more efficient, promoting more widespread recognition of the disease amongst both the medical community and general population, and helping these kids get effective treatment to get their lives back!

YOU can help them by voting for their attempt to win a Pepsi Refresh Challenge $50K prize toward important research into this by Dr M. Cunningham, who is connected to Dr S Swedo(NIMH), who first identified PANDAS

here is where you can vote ( you get 10 votes a day till the end of May, one vote per cause, and when you look thru the list, you will surely find 9 more causes to support with your vote Just remember to ONLY vote Project PANDAS in the 50K category and use your other votes for those in the other prize categories)

Please remember to vote for Project P.A.N.D.A.S each day in the 50K category!
http://www.refresheverything.com/PANDAS

and to learn more about the project and the parents and PANDAS
here is the FaceBook page
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pepsi-...9986829?ref=ts

Vote Vote Vote!!!!!
A precious child in crisis needs help!

[Chemar]

[Chemar]

bumping up in case anyone else might like to vote to help this very worthwhile cause...all it costs is less than 5 minutes of your time each day
and the potential help you may provide to a child in crisis by supporting this research is immeasurable!!

http://www.refresheverything.com/PANDAS

[Abbie]

I voted....

[Chemar]

they are up to #26 and need to make the top 10 to get the award!!

vote pleeeeez

http://www.refresheverything.com/pandas

[SallyC]

Ya gots my vote..

[*KJ*]

They've fallen back a bit...please everyone vote!

And if PANDAS isn't a good enough reason to go there, you'll find LOADS of other worthy causes as well...

cancer, MS, Prematurity, ASDs, ADHD, arts, sports, tons & tons of support for children's programs...there are SO many worthy causes...please use one vote for PANDAS they REALLY need the help!

ANd a little extra help comes from leaving a message at one of the other groups telling them that you are a PANDAS supporter...it returns votes to PANDAS.

Your efforts are VERY much appreciated!

[Chemar]

soooooo

did ya vote to help kids in crisis with PANDAS today

every single vote is critical to help them get into the top 10 and get that research money

http://www.refresheverything.com/PANDAS

even if you only use the one vote each day, that is all that is needed to help them pleeeez

[SallyC]

I'm voting every day, but it's 23rd. Not enough people voting, I guess.

[Chemar]

thanks Sal

they are up against very stiff competition, especially from groups that have vast numbers of supporters....

really hoping the NT community will pull together to help this very worthy cause!