Moeben Charities
A lot of good comes from the simple act of giving back. For every product purchased, Moeben Sleeves will donate a portion of its profits to select charities. And you get to help choose the charities! It's easy. Simply click here and vote for your choice. Each month the charity with the most votes will receive the donated amount for the month. You can also nominate your special charity to be added to our selected charities.
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Charity Organizations
You can vote for one listed below, or nominate your own.

The Chase Foundation
For years, I've been wanting to get involved with the Chase Foundation, and I knew in my heart that I would find a race and match it with this cause, so in August 2005, I ran my first 100 mile solo for The Chase Foundation. There is a personal story behind the Chase Foundation and when I have neighbors, families, people in my life, who have had sadness in their life, and to turn something tragic into such a beautiful place for others, then how could I not want to support special people who do special things in life. My 100 mile solo run was the perfect time to get involved with the Chase Foundation since my run was just outside my back door, in my neighborhood mountains and this special family, and Chase Foundation founders and parents of Chase, are my neighbors and friends.
The Chase Foundation is dedicated to the support of Chase Place, a specially designed space where hospitalized children participate in the Child Life Play and Art Therapy program in an atmosphere of love and respect. With the guidance of a child life specialist and an artist-in-residence, gravely ill children and their families are helped to cope with their fears and to gain personal control in an otherwise threatening environment through therapeutic play and the magic of creative exploration. In addition, Chase Place on Wheels brings art and play therapy to bedridden children who are immobilized or too sick to join in group activities.
The Chase Foundation provides interior design, furniture, furnishings and supplies needed to operate an ongoing Child Life Program. In addition, The Chase Foundation provides the staff required to operate the program. Studies have clearly demonstrated that well planned support programs dramatically influence medical outcomes. The Child Life Program addresses the emotional, social and developmental needs of hospitalized children. Therapeutic play and activities are provided for children individually and in small groups to help them understand medically related treatments and procedures. The Arts Program is offered to children and their families, providing opportunities for creativity and adventures in self-expression. Workshops introduce techniques such as drawing, painting, ceramics, video and computer art, poetry writing and improvisational theatre.

Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times
I run all my races for several different charities. I'm always looking for more, because there are so many people who I feel I can make their lives a happier place through my running. I have a special connection with Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times, for so many reasons. Many years ago when I was an actress, I worked on the show "Highway to Heaven" and I played a camp counselor...the kids at the camp were children living with cancer, and they were not acting. I saw myself with an eating disorder disease and saw these most courageous kids who also had a disease. I felt at the time, if I could find an inner strength, I could possibly take control of my eating disorder and overcome this, and also knew that this couldn't be possible with a disease such as cancer. They have been my support in getting me through when my times are tough. I understood they couldn't have the same power as I did which allowed me to conquer my battles with food, and this is why I want to do any, and everything I can do to make their moment, their day, their life, a better place! I am so fortunate to not only raise money, bring awareness to their cause, but most gratifying is when I am holding them at the Children's Hospital or the Ronald McDonald house, and their words to me is what I hear at that moment, the times when I'm hurting in a race, and most important, right now! How could I not help others, when I have so much to be thankful for? The bottom line is...I feel so lucky, not that I can run 100 miles, but that I can walk one!