As with many things in life you can often do as much good with your time as you can with your money.  The same principle applies here.  You can help us NOW by spending 5 minutes of your valuable time (in lieue of, or in addition to a donation) to help us get the word out and raise money!

Please choose one of the five options below and spend 5 minutes of your time now to help us out!  Thank you.

Here are 5 ways you can help us raise money and each of them would only take 5 minutes of your time!

1.  Add Friends of Michelle to your Email Signature Line:  Every email application allows you to set a custom "signature" which is inserted at the bottom of every email you send.  Take 5 minutes now and insert the following text into your email program's signature line: "Serve a cause greater than yourself... please support:  http://www.friendsofmichelle.com"
2. Email a note to everyone in your contact list about us:  All of us have contact lists or address books in our email applications.  Help us out by taking 5 minutes now to send a simple email to everyone in your contact list or address book and tell them about our cause.
3. Link to our site:  Many of us have personal websites, MySpace and Facebook pages.  Help us out by taking 5 minutes now to add a link to our site from your personal web page, MySpace or Facebook.
4. Call or Email the Media: There are many national television shows which would find Michelle's saga to be an interesting topic.  However, they receive a great deal of email, letters and phone calls from their viewers all the time.  Help us out by taking 5 minutes now to call, write or email one of the following shows: Oprah, Dr. Phil, 60 Minutes, Today Show, etc. and ask them to feature Michelle as a topic.
5. Write a letter to your local newspaper about us:  Recently, one of our donors wrote a letter to the editor in the local newspaper asking members of the community to donate to our cause and help save Michelle's life.  Take 5 minutes now to write a letter to the local newspaper in your community.