Sara Wassenaar's Fundraiser
My Appeal
The National Blood Clot Alliance (NCBA) is gearing up for Blood Clot Awareness Month this year in a BIG way! In honor of the 100,000 lives lost each year to preventable blood clots, NBCA is setting out to RISE together and reach 100,000 miles (run, walk, ride), RAISE $100,000 and REACH 100,000 people.
Team up with NBCA’s Team Stop the Clot® for a 31-day virtual challenge throughout the month of March to help raise critical funds to help support and grow NBCA’s life-saving programs including the Sports and Wellness Institute.
Your donation of any amount will help support the National Blood Clot Alliance’s vision of creating a future in which fewer lives are lost to preventable blood clots through increased awareness, prevention, education, and treatment.
My Progress
Sara is walking 100 miles and raising funds for National Blood Clot Alliance. Please show your support and donate generously.
64.0 MILES done
100 miles
My Cause
The Mission: The National Blood Clot Alliance (NBCA) is a 501(c)(3), non-profit, voluntary health organization dedicated to advancing the prevention, early diagnosis, and successful treatment of life-threatening blood clots such as deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
About the Organization:
NBCA’s founding members were patients and medical professionals attending a thrombosis and thrombophilia workshop hosted by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2003. Sharing a common concern, they resolved to build a national organization to advocate for — and to educate and support — those affected by clotting disorders. Each Board member at that time, and most still today, have been touched personally by blood clots, or such genetic variants as the factor V Leiden gene mutation.
NBCA is patient-led with guidance from nationally recognized experts in thrombosis and thrombophilia. For NBCA, this is personal. 80% of the Board of Directors is either a patient or a family member of a patient. 60% of professional staff are also blood clot patients. NBCA’s Medical and Scientific Advisory Board (MASAB) includes many of the nation’s foremost experts on blood clots and blood clotting disorders.
Recent Donations
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In memory of my precious daughter, Anna Frutiger!
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