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    Hello all. my name is casey and I'm a student at UC Berkeley. My friend and I are currently trying to put on a fundraiser for ethiopian children that have scoliosis and are all in dire need of surgery. As you know, the surgery is incredibly expensive, but there is a doctor that travels from the united states to ghana (a coastal west african state) every year to do the surgery at a severely reduced price - $7000. my friend and I want to raise money for at least one surgery, but in order to do that we need to have a program that really speaks to people, especially since college students tend to be cheap. We were interested in having someone share their experience with this disease - how they were diagnosed, what it's like to live with scoliosis, if they got surgery, how the surgery changed their life, so on and so forth. If anyone is in the bay area and is interested in helping us out, we would be incredibly grateful. You can email me at ckett0203@berkeley.edu. Thank you once again. Stay strong. Bless.

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    Good luck with the fundraiser...

    Some retail businesses will donate if you advertize their name (during an event or such)

    Wal*Mart has programs where they give you all the materials for car wash and you can raise money that way.. "top-less carwash" ;-) I don't know if all wal mart does this though... Some major stadiums have programs where a non-profit group can run food stands and take a percentage of the profit.

    See if there is a local scoliosis foundation that can help you out.

    I am confused that a surgeon who'd travel to Ghana would charge for surgery... When ever I read about US medical profession traveling abroad to help they donated their services..
    30 something y.o.

    2003 - T45, L???
    2005 - T50, L31
    bunch of measurements between...

    2011 - T60, L32
    2013 - T68, L?

    Posterior Fusion Sept 2014 -- T3 - L3
    Post - op curve ~35


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