Our new Online Auction Will Offer Sports Memorabilia and Other Great Items
Each Fracture Hurts as Much as the First
Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a genetic disorder that causes bones to break or fracture very easily. A cough can break a rib; putting on a T-shirt can break an arm.
Young children with OI often have surgeries to insert rods into their legs to straighten and support the bones. Unfortunately, this surgery must be repeated every 2-3 years as a child grows. And, each surgery or fracture means days or weeks of immobilization, time away from school, isolation from peers, and painful therapy to strengthen bones and muscles.
Adults with OI also experience disruptions to their lives. Fractures don’t heal, hearing impairment is possible, and chronic pain is common. Other symptoms include respiratory difficulties and curvature of the spine.
There is no cure for OI yet. A child with OI is born every day. Between 25,000 - 50,000 people in the United States have OI.
The OI Foundation invites you to participate in our Online Auction beginning at 5 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, July 9.
Spend a week at a 2-bedroom villa in Virginia's scenic Shenandoah Valley before summer wraps up and the family returns to its normal school and work routines. This timeshare, located near a new water park, is available from August 30 to September 6. Proceeds from this item will benefit research into treatments and a cure for OI.
You also can get great deals on several sports memorabilia items, a festive Mickey Mouse painting, a nice man's watch, a woman's necklace, and a variety of valuable gift certificates from Boston area businesses. Most of the other items we feature were originally contributed to the 5th Annual Massachusetts 'Making Strides for OI' Walk, Silent Auction, and Family Fun Day, which was held on June 6.
You will find items of interest at, regardless of where you live. Opening bids are set at bargain levels, and proceeds will support our work to improve the lives of children and adults impacted by Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), a a genetic bone disorder characterized by fragile bones that break easily.
Please support our success by bidding generously and by spreading the word to your friends and family about this special auction. Thank you!
Here are just a few of the great items up for bid!
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Donated by
Carol and Michael Goebel
Donated by
Jodi Picoult
Your Bids will Improve Lives!
The Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) Foundation began in 1970. The Foundation’s mission is to improve the quality of life for people affected by OI through research to find treatments and a cure, education, awareness, and mutual support.
Your support of this auction will help us to provide people with OI and their family members with answers to their questions, an educational website, and emotional support. Staff members respond to more than 6,000 inquiries each year, produce new information resources, and facilitate the operation of support groups across the country.
In addition, the OI Foundation plans to invest more than $1 million into OI research this year, in partnership with the Children's Brittle Bone Foundation. This total includes funding for three seed grants for basic and clinical studies, four Michael Geisman Research Fellowships, and an annual science meeting that brings together the top experts in the OI field. In addition, the OI Foundation supports the OI Registry and the Linked Clinical Research Centers (LCRC).
