#mpsawareness

Lucy needs your thoughts and prayers! 🙏 She had a bad breathing episode and is not feeling well. Send her #powerofthepaw!

We love you, Lucy! We are thinking of you! You have our entire army behind you and hoping you get well soon 💜

Leading up the MPS Awareness Day, which is MAY 15th, we want to educate so we are ready and able to spread awareness!

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So what exactly is MPS? The body is continually replacing old cells with new, and to do that, parts of the cells must be broken down and disposed of so that the new parts can be built properly.

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When an animal has MPS-VI, it has a deficiency of arylsulfatase B, an enzyme that breaks up the mucopolysaccharides so the body can remove them from the cells. The mucopolysaccharides that should have been removed stay in the cells and cause damage over time, as they don’t allow the proper formation of new cells. This leads to their many symptoms.

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We’ve got a new blog post up today and trust us when we say - grab tissues. MPS Army’s President, Cody, was Vader’s mom. That little boy changed her life and is partially the reason our organization came about.

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Cody remembers the day she lost Vader very vividly. This blog is a must read. We don’t want to spoil it so please take a few minutes to read it.

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mpsarmy.org/blog

I’m sure most of us can relate! Who else needs cat nap every now and then? You’ve got to recharge. 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️

Cheers to the freakin weekend, are we right? 😏 Comment what your fun Friday night plans are!

Took a little break from posting to experience Home Life, but now we're back. Currently, our raffle entries total $460. You still have one week to enter (and a very good chance of winning)! PayPal to [email protected] - Raffle closes at midnight (your time) on May 15th, #mpsawarenessday - If you entered already but we're unclear as to how you want your entry applied, we'll contact you privately after the 15th. All net proceeds will be donated to The Isaac Foundation to help #mps kids & families. Raffle details in previous post.

Hello, John Mayer fans and friends of The Isaac Foundation!

Here’s the Spring Raffle we’ve been promising you!!!!

We have 4 awesome Raffle Packages that we’re giving away in May, and which we Previewed yesterday on our Instagram page.  (Come follow us, at @jmfanstreetteam ).  We’ll start this post by listing the contents of each package and attaching one picture of each.  (Check yesterday’s Instagram posts, to see more detailed pics of all the contents.)  

Then further below, we’ll describe all the Raffle details.  If you enter the raffle (and why wouldn’t you?), please follow the instructions carefully, to ensure that you get entered according to your preferences.  Ok, here goes…

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First, the Raffle Packages:

Package #1

A complete “VIP” front row swag package from the 2022 Sob Rock Tour, which includes:

-       JM Sob Rock Bandana

-       VIP Lanyard

-       Sob Rock Sunglasses

-       Sob Rock Fanny Pack

-       Commemorative Ticket for the Boston show

-       Lyrics Sheet for “Shouldn’t Matter,” signed/dated by John Mayer

-       A Sob Rock/VIP guitar pick from the Pre-show VIP Lounge, in a Paradise Valley pick tin.

Package #2

Everything in Package #1, PLUS:

-       A red “Search for Everything” Long-Sleeved Shirt (Medium)

-       A hilarious custom “Dead & Company” bumper sticker.

Package #3

SOLO Tour 2023 Merch from a VIP Package:

-       SOLO Tote Bag

-       VIP Lanyard

-       Commemorative Ticket

-       SOLO Journal

-       Poster from the SOLO Tour opener show

-       A “Local 83” marker pen with a little life left in it – because the pen that was supposed to be in this VIP package was missing!

Package #4

-       Vintage LL Bean windbreaker (of New Light fame)

-       A tee in Large from the 2022 “Rise For The River” benefit show

-       A poster from the 2023 SOLO Tour opener show.

As always, we are doing this raffle using merch donations from generous JM fans in order to raise money for The Isaac Foundation and MPS kids.  100% of our net profits are always donated to them, to help find and fund a cure for MPS of all types.  If you’d like to know more about this awesome organization that does so much for MPS kids and their families, check them out at: www.theisaacfoundation.com

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Raffle Details

The raffle starts today, April 23, in celebration of Earth Day weekend which is the 11th anniversary of our group’s beginnings.  It ends on May 15th, MPS Awareness Day 2023, at midnight that evening (Eastern Time or your local time, whichever is latest).  The raffle is open to all John Mayer fans and fans of The Isaac Foundation, anywhere in the world.  While we do insure and track U.S. shipments, please understand that the post office will not guarantee international deliveries and we have no realistic way to track them.  We’ve never had an international winner who hasn’t received their merch, but keep in mind that it could happen and it’s totally beyond our control.  It’s probably not a good idea to enter if you suspect that the merch won’t arrive due to your local situation.  But if you want to join in the fun and take a chance, we welcome you.  It’s all for a great cause.

For this raffle, we felt the need to do something really special. Maybe something that we’ve never done before.  We wanted EVERYONE to be able to enter, so we created different levels of donations and customized entries.  Please select the amount that you’re most comfortable donating and if there’s an option for which packages you’re entering, please tell us in your donation notes what packages you choose.

We prefer to run all our raffles using PayPal, because it allows us to track entries more efficiently. But if your country doesn’t allow PayPal, or you don’t have an account, you could contact us privately on Instagram to inquire about what other options you have.  We’ll accommodate you to the best of our ability.  For those sending a donation with PayPal, please send it “Friends and Family” to [email protected] .  If you send it another way that incurs fees, please understand that our only option will be to ask you to cancel it on your end and resubmit it as F&F.  We are unable to return the entry and ask you to resubmit it, because PayPal charges us fees for that too.  Understand that you are donating (ultimately) to a charity, not buying goods and services from us.  There will be only 4 winners, and if you aren’t one of them, your entry money will be sent to the charity in full.  Please don’t enter the raffle unless you are completely okay with that!

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Now, here’s the fun part:

$5 donation =     1 entry each, into any 2 packages of your choice.

$10 donation =   1 entry each, into all 4 packages, OR…

                          2 entries each, into any 2 pkgs of your choice, OR…

                          4 entries into any 1 package of your choice.

$20 donation =   3 entries each, into all 4 packages.

$30 donation =   5 entries each, into all 4 packages.

$50 donation =   9 entries each, into all 4 packages.

$100 donation =  50 entries, your choice of how they get distributed              

                             to the packages (you can put all 50 entries into 

                             one package, if you want to!)

The drawing will be held after May 15th, as soon as all entries have been tallied and sorted.  The drawing date will be announced in advance and then held via Instagram Live.  Merchandise packages will be sent out to winners no later than May 31, 2023.  (We take the time to package them up nicely for you with JM wrapping paper and some other goodies).  Don’t forget to please drop us a private message over on Instagram, if you need other entry options.

Disclaimer:

We are a worldwide JM fan group that formed in 2012 to raise money voluntarily for The Isaac Foundation. We are not John’s official street team, and we’re not formally affiliated with him or The Isaac Foundation.  John Mayer has not donated any of the merchandise that we raffle off.  It is ALL donated by generous Mayer fans around the globe.  Our Official Disclaimer statement is on our profile.