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Description: Raise Awareness, Funds for AVM Research, Education, & Community.
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AVMs are defects of the circulatory system that are generally believed to arise during embryonic or fetal development or soon after birth. They are comprised of snarled tangles of arteries and veins. The absence of capillaries—small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins—creates a shortcut for blood to pass directly from arteries to veins. Although AVMs can develop in many different sites, those located in the brain or spinal cord—the two parts of the central nervous system—can have especially widespr
Due to how rare AVMs are, Kelleigh’s Cause uses its outreach efforts to create an awareness of the condition and help provide information for families or patients with the disease. Kelleigh’s Cause also funds much needed medical research. All money raised by Kelleigh’s Cause is used specifically to fund basic scientific research into the causes of AVMs so we can find better treatments or a cure and to support ongoing education to the clinicians involved in the treatment and care of patients with neurovascul
The foundation has raised over $300,000 toward this research, but we still need to raise more.
Chocolate Challenge – 5k Walk/Run & 10k Run
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