We are moving right along!
1) We have two more members on our Board, making a total of four of us now.  Yay!!
2) We have a possible attorney connection to help us with filing for our non-profit status, thanks to an old and dear friend.
3) Katie of Little Angels Service Dogs has agreed to be our service dog partner to help other IH'ers get the service dogs they need.
4) The Global Genes Project is going to share Kathi's story next month and include a link to The IHope Foundation's facebook page
5) Kathi is in the local newspaper today and her starting a foundation is included in the story of her trying to get a service dog.  :)  Once she has her dog, we'll be able to really get going on raising funds for the foundation.  Our personal finances will always be separate from the foundation, but we don't want anyone ever getting the wrong idea.  We don't want things to get muddled, you know?

Oh!  And Monica of TG Bears is designing a Kathi Bear for us (she named it after the founder of the foundation; how cool!).... $20 from each Kathi Bear sold will be donated to The IHope Foundation.  She says once we're ready to start fundraising just let her know!  Her bears are so cute and cuddly, and very well made -- we're honored that she's making a charity bear for our foundation!  And we're in talks about making an option for people to donate toward a Kathi Bear to send to an IH'er in the hospital or who's having a particularly hard time with IH symptoms.  This could get pretty exciting!

Lastly, Sandy of Jewels for Hope has offered to design a charity bracelet for us, with proceeds from each The IHope Foundation bracelet being donated to our foundation!  Her jewelry is just stunning and she has a limited number of charities that she can support, so we are very blessed and grateful that she has chosen us!

~ Pia