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Hello Everyone!

I need to ask for your help in our quest to win $100,000 from American Express and NBC in the SHINE A LIGHT Grant opportunity taking place now!

We have until September 13, 2009 to get as many endorsements as possible!!!!

As of today we have 44 combined endorsements and over 646 people viewed our nomination.

THIS IS WHERE I NEED YOUR HELP…viewing the nomination DOES NOT endorse the nomination…If it did we would be at the top of the list if all 646 endorsed Cast Clothing. It can never be simple can it!

How can you help??…click on this link to get to our nomination:

(http://shinealight.ivillage.com/sbo-profile/?ProfileID=977)

~Go to the top left corner of the page, under our company name, CLICK on the blue box that says “Support this story, ENDORSE NOW”, login or register wording will drop down.

~Click over the word register, this will walk you through the process and you’re done!

(Note~~ you have to check the terms and conditions box and actually click on the terms and conditions link for your registration to go through).

Also, the registration is just to make sure that the voting does not get stacked by a single person, so that is why you have to register!

Thanks and I will keep you up to date as to what is happening, on OCTOBER 19, 2009 they announce the winning company!

We want to hear from you! All of us here at Cast Clothing want to hear what you would like to see or what you need to make dressing easier. With millions of people that live with conditions or disabilities that affect what you can wear, our goal is to be able to provide you with a solution to meet your individual or group needs. Whether it’s a broken arm or leg, lymphedema, a prosthetic, wheelchair/mobility chair clothing or something custom to meet your specific need, lets talk about it!

I encourage you to ask your questions, share your thoughts or comments because there may be someone who has the same situation as you and who is looking for the same answer.

Everyday I wake up knowing that if I can help just one person, I have made a difference in someones life. Perhaps today it can be yours!

This past Thursday evening Meagan Barnard held her benefit ‘The Sky’s the Limit” with incredible success and support from her family, friends and community.  Meagan raised $3,045.71 that will go to the Lymphatic Research Foundation to help in the cause to find a cure.

I have to tell you that after talking with Meagan, her family and friends and seeing first-hand the determination that she has, I know that is only the starting point for Meagan and her fight for this very serious and worthwhile cause.

Throughout the entire process, from the very first time I talked to Meagan back in September of 2008, until today, she has inspired even more to do what I can with Cast Clothing to help as many people as I can who live with Lymphedema and other conditions that affect their limbs to take away the self-consciousness they feel and the difficulty in finding clothes to fit over their affected limb or limbs and give back the diginity that we all deserve.

Meagan, words can not express enough how proud I am of you and how excited I am for you for what you have accomplished, not only for yourself personally, but for the awareness of Lymphedema in your community. I look forward to continuing to work with you in making fashionable adaptive clothing for all the young “Meagan’s” ( and the boy’s too) out there who share your cause and concerns.

If you would like to make a donation to the “Sky’s the Limit” please contact us at Limitless@CastClothingCo.com for more information. All proceeds raised will go to the Lymphatic Research Foundation with the goal that we will be able to help in finding a cure.

Congratulations Meagan! You are a remarkable and inspirational person!

For more information about the Lymphatic Research Foundation click on their link here at www.LymphaticResearch.org.

In a recent posting here in our blog I introduced you all to Meagan Barnard, a Senior at Superior High School in Superior, Wisconsin. Meagan has Primary Lymphedema Praecox. For her senior project Meagan created a magazine called Limitless, to help those with conditions or disabilities to see that you can do whatever you put our mind to regardless of our condition or disability.

I am very excited to be able be involved with and to announce that Meagan is going to be holding a benefit and Fundraiser to raise awareness for Lymphedema and in finding a cure. Over 10 million people in the United States live with this condition which to date has no cure. All proceeds from the magazine and the fundraiser will be donated to the Lymphatic Research Foundation so that one day these brave individuals will have a cure for this condition once and for all!

Here’s the details:

“Sky’s the Limit”

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Superior Middle School Cafetorium

326 Hammond Ave, Superior WI

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Dinner, Entertainment and Silent Auction

(all Auction proceeds to benefit the Lymphatic Research Foundation)

If you would like to make a cash donation or would be able to donate an item for the Silent Auction please contact us at: Limitless@CastClothingCo.com

Any help would be greatly appreciated and will go a long way in finding a cure.

We are looking forward to making this the first of many event s to come to help to raise awareness for such a great cause and to help to be able to find a cure for this incredible life altering condition.

Thank you in advance for your generous help during a tough economic time.

This past Friday night I had a great conversation with Carol B. regarding adaptive and accessible clothing for the developmentally disabled and she provided some great feedback to me regarding the need for the products we offer and that the market just does not know we are here, and how right she is. I am really looking forward to talking to her further.

What Carol said goes back to why I started this blog, to get the word out through the organizations and individuals that either live with a condition or who help those who live with one, to let them know that even though the economy has its problems and stores and manufacturing are cutting  back, one thing is for sure, that I will not stop reaching out to help as many as I can to provide them with a clothing product that meets their specific need or needs and that will allow them to dress and feel great about themselves just as those of us without a need. It’s all about dignity and feeling good about ones-self.  

I am very excited about where Cast Clothing is headed, we are poised to be the first one out of the starting block when the economic woes start to clear up, and I am very optimistic that it is going to happen soon!

Thanks to all of you who spread the word about Cast Clothing and the work we are doing, I sincerely appreciate everything you are doing for us!