TEN WAYS TO WIN!

Hope Lives: Art for ALS is 10 weeks away. In preparation for the show, I'm offering one new 3 x 3 inch encaustic painting each week leading up to the exhibition. Donate $10 or more for your chance to win!

DONATE

Below you will see the paintings for each week and reasons to contribute to

the ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI).

Thank you in advance for your generosity and good luck!

Reason #1:

Donating to ALS TDI means that you are contributing to an organization that is dedicating 100% of its research to find treatments and a cure for ALS.

Artwork: Love Buds

Encaustic mixed media

Drawing date: 2/27/25

Reason #2:

Your donation translates to 87 cents of every dollar going directly to find treatments and cures at ALS TDI, where experts are working around the clock to develop potential treatments for ALS.

Artwork: Lost Compliments

Encaustic mixed media

Drawing date: 3/6/25

Reason #3:

Donating to ALS TDI builds community. Your generosity strengthens relationships and reintroduces friends and family to the importance of empathy and philanthropy.

Artwork: Anemone

Encaustic & India ink

Drawing date: 3/13/25

Reason #4:

When you donate to ALS TDI you are fueling energy for a team of scientists, technicians, researchers, marketers, developers, designers and advocates whose lives have also been touched by ALS.

Artwork: Trails

Encaustic mixed media

Drawing date: 3/20/25

Reason #5:

Take comfort in knowing that as a nonprofit, ALS TDI is only answerable to their ALS community stakeholders. Their only concern is finding effective treatments for ALS, rather than providing a financial benefit to shareholders.

Artwork: Value

Encaustic mixed media & rose gold leaf

Drawing date: 3/27/25

Reason #6:

A sweet and simple reason to donate today is that ALS TDI will not stop until there are treatments for every person living with ALS.

Artwork: Miles to Go

Encaustic mixed media

Drawing date: 4/3/25

Reason #7:

Unique to ALS TDI, your donations assist with the ALS Research Collaborative (ARC), the most comprehensive and longest-running translational research study in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). By providing a large, ever-expanding dataset, and powerful tools to filter and visualize the data, the ARC Data Commons enables scientists to answer these complex questions – that previously might have required months or years of research – in a matter of minutes.

Artwork: Shoreline

Encaustic art

Drawing date: 4/10/25

Reason #8:

Studies have shown that Veterans are one and a half to 2 times more likely than civilians to be diagnosed with ALS. ALS TDI has loads of information to help veterans who are diagnosed with ALS including answers to questions about disability compensation and healthcare through the VA.

Artwork: Worth

Encaustic mixed media & rose gold leaf

Drawing date: 4/17/25

Reason #9:

Take comfort in knowing that as a nonprofit, ALS TDI is only answerable to their ALS community stakeholders. Their only concern is finding effective treatments for ALS, rather than providing a financial benefit to shareholders.

Artwork: Deep Dive

Encaustic mixed media

Drawing date: 4/24/25

Reason #10:

The mission to end ALS is personal. When you donate to ALS TDI you are fueling energy for a team of scientists, technicians, researchers, marketers, developers, designers and advocates whose lives have also been touched by ALS.

Artwork: The Storm

Encaustic art

Drawing date: 5/1/25