We can’t gather in-person this year due to the challenges of COVID-19, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have fun, socialize, and raise awareness about dystonia while we raise money to support our programs for 2021! Watch our social media pages and blog for upcoming events, social meet-ups, and giving opportunities.
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We know December is a busy month for many of you, so we are sending our invitation out early…please make plans to join us on December 15th to raise funds for Down With Dystonia while enjoying great food and touring the Automobile Driving Museum at the 2nd Annual FunDrive. At this year’s event, guests will have the opportunity to tour and sit in some of the museum’s 130+ vintage, antique, and muscle cars in addition to enjoying a hors d’oeuvres, entertainment, a buffet dinner, and an open bar.
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In April, Blackbaud Institute for Philanthropic Impact released their study on the Next Generation of American Giving detailing the giving habits of each generation from the Greatest Generation (they call them “Matures”) to Generation Z. This was the third in a series of studies that started in 2010 (studies completed in 2010, 2013, and 2018). Researchers surveyed 1,339 donors from a group controlled to be a nationally-projectable sample of donors.
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Last month, the 56th annual Huntington Beach Boat Parade provided a colorful backdrop to the first Down with Dystonia fundraiser, a gathering ten years in the making. As dazzling displays of light and sound drifted across the glassy water outside, displays of love and generosity created an unmistakable buzz of positive energy inside. Welcoming nearly seventy guests, the event wrapped a year in which great progress was made and ambitious goals were set.
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