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MyDavinci.com Collaborates with the Minnesota Families of Spinal Muscular...

For years people have been coming up with inventive ways to raise charity funds. Be it candy sales or casino nights, walkathons or sport outings, everyone has, in one way or another, participated in a fundraiser.



MyDavinci.com is a company seasoned in the art of making fundraisers original and fun. MyDavinci paves its way working with people by creating memorable, personalized artworks for its customers. So it'ss no wonder that MyDavinci has gone through great lengths to help create a unique fundraiser for the Minnesota Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a motor neuron disease that severely deteriorates nerve cells which control the patient'ss muscles, often rendering them unable to perform basic motor skills such as walking, crawling, neck control, and even breathing and swallowing properly. Although SMA in newborns is fatal there are many children and adults with SMA who are living and functioning with the hope that someday doctors may find a cure for their disease. Because 1 in 40 people are genetic carriers of SMA and it is the #1 genetic killer of children under the age of two, it is important for the Families of SMA to raise public awareness about this devastating disease.

    


MyDavinci.com became involved when they were contacted by Pat Reis in regards to the 2006 KFAN Superstar'ss Golf Classic & Party, a fundraiser in support of Families of SMA. The funds raised would go towards SMA research and a national campaign to promote awareness about this disease. Head of the MyDavinci.com marketing department, Cheryl Black, enthusiastically took this special project under her wing and with the aid of Sue West from the Families of SMA, created wonderfully unique artworks to be displayed and auctioned at the fundraiser party.

    


First, Black received a photo of the fundraiser'ss featured children posing with Mike Morris, tournament host and former Minnesota Viking. Black decided that the photograph be set on a stretched canvas in the uniquely modern MyDavinci design called Leonardo'ss Pop. The second artwork, under West'ss instruction, was to be less specific and more symbolic of the precious lives of these courageous children. West sent over photos of two specific children and suggested an artwork of them holding a butterfly. Black decided that the art would be created with just the children'ss hands holding a monarch butterfly. Black then combined photos using pictures of her own garden flowers, Asiatic lilies, for the background while guiding the art department on color placement. The end product was a beautiful Davinci sketch created by a MyDavinci artist using pencil and brilliant, red and magenta watercolor washes.

    


The folks back at MyDainci.com were proud to discover that the art work of the butterfly and lilies was auctioned off for more than twice the retail price would have been; it went for $550.00. However, they were not that surprised, they are used to the high regards in which customers hold their art. This is not the first time Mydavinci has had their hand in innovative fundraiser ideas. CEO and founder of MyDavinci.com Dong Ouyang, explains We are excited whenever we get to put together a special project like this, especially when it'ss for such a good cause's8230;.We'sve worked with other charities in the past, one in which became a partner, receiving our artworks at a discounted price. Then, the proceeds that they made in the sale of our products went to their charitable organization.

    

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