Dear Reader,

Did you know that being a blog subscriber is not the same as being a newsletter subscriber? In fact, we use these two separate tools to deliver different content: stories through our blog and important updates via our newsletter.

If you want to be among the first to receive important news and announcements, here’s a small incentive for you to subscribe to our newsletter.

A Zebra Giveaway!

Join us as we raise awareness, so more people walking around undiagnosed or misdiagnosed may find support in our community. If you win the zebra, take it everywhere you go. Snap photos. And tell everyone your MdDS Zebra Tale!

For a chance to win your own stress reducer Zebra, you must be a subscriber to the MdDS Foundation e-newsletter with a US mailing address in your subscriber settings.

Use this link to Sign up: Newsletter Sign-Up

Already a subscriber and need to add or update your address? The link above will not work for you! Simply open any MdDS Foundation newsletter you’ve received and click the “Update your preferences” link at the bottom of that email It will have been sent by connect@mddsfoundation.org (not donotreply@wordpress.com like this one).

We’ll randomly select one winner in about three weeks, at the end of MdDS Awareness Month!

Fun fact: The zebra is the mascot for rare disorders. Specifically in the US, a disorder that affects fewer than 200,000 people is considered rare. MdDS is one of 10,000+ rare conditions, all represented by the zebra.