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SMA Challenge

We have a challenge for ourselves...we need your help.

August is SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy) 

Awareness Month.

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There are no treatments.  This is no cure.

Thousands of people along with hundreds of organizations and businesses raise funds to further the research that is so very close to a cure. Mama Bracelets is one such business.

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We have raised close to $3,000 for FSMA since 

October of 2010.

We have challenged ourselves to hit the $3,000 donation mark (and beyond) by the end of SMA Awareness Month 

(August, 2013).

We need your help.

Those fighting for their life each and every day with the hope of a cure that is just around the corner need us.

Please consider purchasing an exclusive "Cure SMA" product from Mama Bracelets. A generous donation from each sale is lovingly donated to FSMA.

All "Cure SMA" products are on sale for 

10% off the regular price.  

Buy two or more and get free shipping (US Only)!

Our products are made from high-quality sterling silver.  They are all assembled by hand.  Each product is hand-stamped on site and can be personalized.

Long-lasting, high quality bracelets (gender neutral available), necklaces, and key chain are available. 

Click here to visit our "Cure SMA" Product Page

SMA FACTS

  • SMA stands for Spinal Muscular Atrophy. 
  • It is a genetic, progressive, neurological disease.
  • SMA is considered a terminal illness.
  • 1 in 6,000 live births are affected.
  • 1 in 40 people are carriers of the recessive gene responsible for SMA.
  • It is the #1 genetic killer of children under the age of two years old.
  • SMA has been named the #1 neurological disease closest to a cure of over 600 (NIH, NINDS).
  • It does not discriminate by race, age, ethnicity, geographic location, or gender.
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