A Year to be Thankful PHor

Throughout the year, these blogs are an opportunity to tell you about what PHA is doing with and for you.  As we approach the end of the year, this blog is a little different…

With Thanksgiving a couple of days away and the Winter holidays fast approaching soon after, I’ve spent some time recently reflecting on this year and all that we in the PH community continue to achieve. From celebrating our most successful International PH Conference and Scientific Sessions to date, to launching PHA’s accreditation program for PH Centers, to rapidly increasing PH awareness through our new PHAware program, to the continuing growth of our 245 support group network, to shining a new spotlight on Chronic Thromboembolic PH (CTEPH), and new PH research programs and grants, it is amazing to see what we have achieved together in 2014.

More than these successes though, I’m so grateful to be connected to this amazing community. You give so much to those affected by pulmonary hypertension. No matter how you have been touched by this disease, you go above and beyond to sustain our efforts to fight PH and support the PH community. Today I’m asking you to give back in a different way, through a tax-deductible donation to PHA’s end of year appeal that will support our continuing fight against PH.

Another way I’ll be getting into the spirit of the holiday season this year is by participating in #GivingTuesday, a global day dedicating to giving back to the causes that mean the most to you. I invite you to join us by making a donation to PHA’s end of year appeal on Tuesday, December 2 and continuing to spread hope for this community.

Now is a great time to give to PHA, because your donation will be doubled! Thanks to a matching gift from Actelion Pharmaceuticals, the first $25,000 in donations will be matched dollar for dollar. Make a gift today to double your impact.

If you have not already, please take a look at PHA’s 2014 Annual Report to see some of the ways this community put Hope in Motion over the last 12 months and our plans for the next 12. It is your support that makes all of this possible.

As I’ve said before, and I’m sure to say again, this was an extraordinary year for the PH community. Though there is still much to be done, we can be so proud of all that we accomplished this year, together.

Please make a tax deductible gift today, or mark your calendar for #GivingTuesday and support the programs that are sustaining hope and changing lives every day.

With hope for 2015,
Rino