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Our strongest optimism lies in the future of the IBD Stamp Campaign. With volunteers across America, lectures being performed area-wide, and national media coverage, we can say with ease that we are doing very well considering how long we've been existence. We hope to expand awareness via our website, and recognize that the website is our single biggest step and accomplishment thus far. The website involves the quick interaction via the internet between individuals to educate each other on IBD. Our proudest feature of the website is that any single human (regardless of their age) currently residing in the United States can sign our proposal in a matter of seconds, and know that they are helping the millions of people with IBD worldwide without paying a single penny.

Our Mission:

You might've noticed that much of our website is covered with this logo: "Raising awareness, enhancing funding, intensifying research, and urging the acknowledgment & acceptance of an adverse condition known as 'Inflammatory Bowel Disease'..." The IBD Stamp Campaign hopes to first raise global awareness of IBD via a postage stamp in the USA. Other such conditions such as Breast Cancer and HIV, and more recently, Diabetes have been featured on US postage stamps. Each issuance of one of these subjects has acted as a "seed" in finding a cure for each illness.

With the stamp, the Campaign hopes to enhance the amount of funding put towards IBD research. The IBD Stamp Campaign expects a great amount of political pressure to be put on the pharmaceutical companies after an awareness stamp is issued. With that, the government should also follow in line in allowing more funding for research and developement.

With the enhanced funding, intensified research will be performed by major pharmaceuticals as well as private organizations.

Lastly, we urge the acknowledgment and acceptance of IBD. It's one thing to educate yourself about IBD, but it's another to accept it and put it to use in your everyday life. The Campaign urges the "acceptance" of this condition in the aspect of discrimination. Gideon, inspired by many accounts of discrimination in his everyday life, has included the crucial act of accepting one's adversity--and to not discriminate against those with IBD or any disability--in the Campaign's mission.

Some of Gideon's detailed missions include:

Making the IBD Stamp Campaign an official nonprofit organization. This will allow us to accept donations, as well as the ability to send Starterkits and such information at much cheaper costs. Other benefits will allow us to expand our name to urge more people to get involved in the fight for the "IBD-cure", hence our website name!
The next immediate goal of Gideon's is to write and pass legislation to have the United States Postal Service issue the postage stamp. Gideon also hopes to testify before the Postal Sub-committee in Washington, DC. Many people are confused as to what Congress can do to assist in this process. Here are the answers: By collecting signatures, the Campaign is using the a strategic tactic of fulfilling one the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee's primary criteria for stamp approval. This criteria is that the stamp idea (proposed) must have a "national appeal or interest." By collecting signatures, we are able to prove to the Committee that this is indeed the case with and IBD awareness stamp. Now, going the route of Congress is a second option, but equally as important. If the legislation passes through both the House and Senate and is signed by the President, then the stamp will be issued, guaranteed. This is why the support we are gathering now is extremely crucial to the approval of the stamp in the near future. We will urge supporters to literally write their individual Congressional Representatives and Senators to urge the approval of this stamp once the legislation is introduced. We will provide all necessary info in our Action Center.
Gideon seeks to start a national support group for people with IBD. This information can be found at our IBD Everything section.
Gideon will continue to give lectures on IBD and his Campaign. If you would like Gideon to speak a particular event, please contact: lectures@ibdcure.org.
Gideon also hopes to gain good publicity for the Campaign. He knows that all the positive publicity that will come from his Campaign will motivate people to become involved in a cause to assist so many people around the world. If you represent a media corporation, you can contact Gideon for an interview by emailing: press@ibdcure.org or calling 866.287.CURE.
Gideon has also been designated a "wish" from the Make-A-Wish Foundation. He has already made his wish, and will come forward with what he wished for after it comes true.
After Gideon graduates High School, he will start a foundation for IBD research when he reaches medical school. He wants the foundation to collaboratively research both Eastern and Western medicines. He believes using "all options" in the medical field is crucial to progressive research and finding a cure.

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