Vote Reminder, Vote for CDH Pepsi Refresh Video and more!

As you all know, it's imperative to get on the leaderboard within the first 10 days of the contest.  so let's work extra hard the next few day to do that! 

Also, the rankings are wonky for the first week each month from the charities that roll over in the contest (like ours) so don't get discouraged by our placing right now - it will go up!

Remember, you can vote 3 ways each day!


Through Pepsi Refresh - http://www.voteforcdh.org   - vote for all 5 at once and vote also for some other great charities that are supporting us!  PLEASE SHARE THIS LINK.

Vote through Facebook - http://apps.facebook.com/pepsirefresh  Make sure to "share" each project on your FB acct to get others to vote as well.

By text - 

$250k CDH RESEARCH - text message 102542 send to 73774 (pepsi)
$50k Awareness - text 102365 to 73774
$25k Hospital Kits - text 101211 to 73774
$25k Financial Assistance - text 101202 to 73774
$25k Care Packages - text 102123 to 73774

Vote and comment daily and win a chance to the Masquerading Angels Ball!   And earn casino chips for the event!  http://www.cherubsangelball.org

Don't forget to get your photos and videos in ASAP for the Vote for CDH in Pepsi Refresh video!  Please send them by TODAY to membership@cdhsupport.org

Please forward this message.  Post the link and voting info to your wall.  Ask family and friends to vote.   It takes just 2 minutes and these babies really need these grants.   Just by voting, we can help 1000's of babies and families affected by Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia!

Thank you all!!!

--
Dawn M. Torrence Williamson
President & Founder

CHERUBS - The Association of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Research, Awareness and Support

Volunteer run 501(c)III non-profit organization serving over 3000 CDH families in 38 countries.  Searching for the cause, prevention and best treatments of CDH since 1995.

http://www.cdhsupport.org
http://www.cdhresearch.org
http://cdhsupport.blogspot.com
http://www.cdhconference.org

Phone - 919-610-0129
Fax - 815-425-9155
Mailing Address - 3650 Rogers Rd #290, Wake Forest, NC 27587, USA

The Alliance of Congential Diaphragmatic Hernia Organizations

Congratulations to Jana Lewallen, new Chairperson of ACDHO!

http://www.acdho.org

The site is still under construction, there are a lot of new CDH groups to add and guidelines to tweek but we are so excited to have a new Chairperson and new site!  ACDHO is a wonderful group and a huge asset to the CDH community.  Through it's members, it gives parents a wealth of accurate information and compassionate support, builds research and awareness collaborations and offers CDH families and researchers a source of safe and positive referrals.

The member list is under construction - lots of new groups will be voted on and added.   Those listed are either members, have been invited or will be voted on ASAP.    To suggest a group, please visit the web site.

Members of ACDHO can bear the following distinguishing seal:

Yes, it's just a graphic but it can be beacon of hope and trust to CDH parents searching for support and accurate information.   After all the CDH community has been through the past few years with trademarks and drama, all CDH families need a safe place to turn to made up of people and groups that they can trust in, participate in, support - without adding worry to the stress that they are already dealing with with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.

ACDHO is a group of people who want to work together in a professional and productive manner.   Who put the entire CDH community first.  It's members include CDH Researchers - including all the world's best CDH researchers by membership through their research hospitals or through Medical Advisory boards of ACDHO's charity members.  It also includes CDH charities and groups who wish to work together to help families affected by Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.

This is a new decade and new CDH community - a grown up CDH community without behavior that's detrimental to the cause we should all be supporting.  The members of ACDHO have turned their heads away from the negativity and look forward to a bright future of shared common goals in a positive environment.

CHERUBS looks forward to working with the researchers, charities and groups in ACDHO and being a part of something full of hope and promise for the whole CDH community.

"Leadership is not magnetic personality — that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not "making friends and influencing people" — that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person's vision to higher sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations" - Peter Drucker


Mission Statement:  The Alliance of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Organizations is a group of CDH charities, sites and researchers working together to bring support, research and maintain integrity in the CDH Community.

The organizations and people in ACDHO strive to help babies and families affected by Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia by offering research, support, funds or other services with positive, productive and professional working relationships within the CDH community.

ACDHO members are chosen for their integrity and the respect that they show to CDH families and other organizations and most of all, for their desire to work as one community keeping the best interests of CDH babies at the forefront of all services.

ACDHO has a new leader and a new site, along with the "ACDHO Seal of Integrity" so that CDH parents will know which groups have their best interests at heart and which hospitals have an expertise in CDH care.

Stay tuned for more information!

CHERUBS Leads The Way For CDH Information and Support

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail" - Ralph Waldo Emerson

We have done a lot of posting today and are receiving a lot of great feedback. And also news that our posts are being reposted all over the internet!

We LOVE that CHERUBS is always ahead of the game announcing CDH research, services and projects!

As the world's first, largest and most active CDH charity we feel it is our duty to lead the community in posting the latest research and news and offering new services continuously. We have the BEST members and volunteers who work together to benefit CDH families and the whole CDH community!

Even other organizations and groups track our blogs and posts to keep up with CDH - imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery so we're so glad that everyone comes to CHERUBS to see what we're posting! We are honored to be the one of the CDH community's top resources for information, awareness, research and support!

Feel free to post our... posts on your FB acct, blogs, sites, etc!!!! At CHERUBS we're always happy to share our hard work to raise CDH Awareness!!

For more CDH support, research and information please visit our site http://www.cdhsupport.org