Dear loved one,

You know me well, so you know I really don't need a gift. And, I know you well enough to know you just might be planning to get me something anyway. If you are, I have a suggestion.

Instead of buying me a present, please make a donation to the Spastic Paraplegia Foundation to help them in their quest for the cures for upper motor neuron disorders. That would be the best gift I could hope for. This Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to finding the causes and cure for my disorder (or the disorder that affects my family). In fact, it is the only organization in the Americas dedicated to my disorder. All gifts are tax-deductible for all tax-payers who itemize. 

You can click the Donate! page for information on how to contribute. There, you can make an online credit card donation or print out the Contribution Form and mail it in with your check donation.

Additionally, when you do online shopping anytime, please start your shopping from our SPF Shopping Mall. When you enter the stores from these links, a portion of your purchase goes to research at no cost to you!

Feel free to visit the SPF website to learn more about the disorders and the Foundation - or just ask me. 

Thank you!