MS Brighter Tomorrow Grants

Posted by on August 13, 2007

Multiple Sclerosis Foundation Accepting Applications for MS Brighter Tomorrow Grants
Deadline: October 1, 2007

Each year, the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation (<a href="http://msfocus.org/">http://msfocus.org/</a>) offers MS Brighter Tomorrow Grants to provide individuals with MS with goods or services (valued at up to $1,000) designed to improve their quality of life by enhancing their safety, self-sufficiency, comfort, and/or well-being.

Recipients of the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation’s Brighter Tomorrow grant have received car repairs, ramps, wheelchairs, walkers, eyeglasses, computers, appliances, televisions, furniture, therapeutic equipment, hobby supplies, retreats, and various home modifications.

To qualify, a person must be 18 years of age or older and diagnosed with MS, or the parent of a minor child diagnosed with MS, and be a permanent resident of the United States. In addition, they must not have any other means of fulfilling the need they express.

Applicants are asked to provide basic personal and financial information, and to write a brief essay of one hundred words or less to describe how the grant would help them have "a brighter tomorrow."

Visit the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation Web site for complete program information.

RFP Link: <a href="http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10008105/msfocus">http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10008105/msfocus</a>

For additional RFPs in Health, visit: <a href="http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_health.jhtml">http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_health.jhtml</a>