Spring/Summer 2010 volume of our quarterly newsletter, "Antiphospho...What??" is Available

The Spring/Summer 2010 volume of our quarterly newsletter, "Antiphospho...What??" is ready to be downloaded. You can download it at the following link:
http://www.apsfa.org/docs/APSFAVol17SprSum2010.pdf

The next volume will be coming out mid August 2010.

Please let us know if there are any topics that you'd like our Medical Advisers to cover in their articles. We try to request topics that people are emailing about or that are discussed on our the forum. So if there's anything you'd like to see, please let us know and we'll pass it along to the medical advisers.

We are still in need of patient stories (esp about Pregnancy Loss, Men and Teens or Children), recipes, poems, related book reviews, and anything else you think would be of interest for upcoming newsletters. (book reviews, poems, recipes, articles written by family members, etc.) Please submit articles to the following email address: articles@apsfa.org.

Please follow our current guidelines when submitting an article:
• Send your story/article to articles@apsfa.org
• Patient stories and most articles should be approx 500-750 words long and contain a title
• Articles should be written at a 5th-8th grade reading level
• Please try to include a picture when submitting a patient story
• Patient stories should read like an autobiography—generally from diagnosis to present time, but it doesn’t have to

Please use previous patients stories as your guideline. They can be found here: http://www.apsfa.org/newsletters.html

If you have an idea and are not sure if it would fit, please feel free to contact us through our contact page on the website, or email us using the email address below. We are open to any suggestions. Without your help we would not be able to include an APS patient's story in each of our newsletters.

We could also use articles written by medical professionals or medical students. Please contact us if you are interested.

Please remember to check our website for any changes at the following link: http://www.apsfa.org/new.htm

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Signature Tag Fundraiser

Tags, or signature tags are used primarily on forums or in the signature of emails. We are offering customizable tags representing various awareness causes including and related to APS: Lupus, FVL, Thrombophilia, Hughes Syndrome, Heart Attack, Stroke, APS/Lupus, and Infant Loss.

Tags can be ordered for a $5.00 donation to the APSFA using the form below. If you would like multiple tags we are also offering 3 for a $10.00 donation. These donations are tax deductible and you will be receiving a tax receipt via email after your purchase.

Tags will be delivered via the PayPal payment email address, so if you need them sent to another email, please indicate the email address you'd like them sent to in the extra comments section when checking out. If you need a different delivery method than email, please indicate this in the comments section and we will work something out.

Only donations via PayPal will be accepted and only by using the order form below.

Please allow a 72 hour turnaround time from order to delivery.

To order click here: http://www.apsfa.org/fundraisers/tags.htm

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To order these tags click here: http://www.apsfa.org/fundraisers/tags.htm

If you need a specific size, let us know and we'll make one for you! These are all copyright of the APSFA. DO NOT ALTER THESE GRAPHICS. For HTML codes, please contact us. APSFA ©2005 - 2010. Our copyright Notice can be located here: http://www.apsfa.org/copyright.htm

WARNING: We will enforce our copyright!

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APS Awareness, Infant Loss Awareness Ribbon & APSFA Logo Lapel Pin Sales

We have new lapel pins available! We now carry 3 different types of lapel pins: Burgundy Awareness Ribbon, APSFA Logo, and Infant Loss Awareness Ribbon. The pins are as shown above. The awareness ribbon pins measure 1 inch in size. They are die struck silver with enamel colorfill. Each pin comes with a clutch back and is individually poly bagged. The APSFA Logo pins measure 1 inch in diameter. Each pin also comes with an APS information card that measures 3 1/2 inches by 5 1/2 inches and is printed on heavy paper stock. These cards would be good to leave in a doctor's office or post on a bulletin board. A view of the card can be seen below. Awareness Ribbon Pins are $5.00 each and the APSFA Logo Lapel pins are $7.50 each.

Burgundy is also the ribbon color of the following causes: Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome, Brain Aneurysm, Cesarean (worn upside down), Factor V Leiden, Headaches, Hemangioma and Vascular Malformation, Hospice Care, Multiple Myeloma, Thrombophilia, William's Syndrome.

Here is a sample of the information card

Awareness Ribbon Pins are $5.00 and APSFA Lapel Pins are & $7.50 each which covers shipping, tax and a small donation to the APS Foundation of America, Inc.

If you'd like extra Information cards they are 4 for $1.00.
Payments accepted are: Paypal, Credit Cards through Paypal, Money Order, Personal Check, and Cash

To Order go to: http://www.apsfa.org/fundraiser.htm

Keywords: APSFA, APS Foundation, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, lupus, stroke, dvt, pe, thrombosis, clot, migraine, hughes syndrome, miscarriage, america, usa, anticoagulant, heart attack, APS, fundraiser