Unless you’ve experienced it for yourself, it’s nearly impossible to understand the ramifications of finding out your loved one has Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Defeat Duchenne Canada is lucky to have the support of families who are brave enough to share their stories because they know it’s the only way we can hope to inspire understanding and support from the broader community.

An unsolicited source of inspiration and advocacy, Rebekah – the 21-year-old sister of David Kember – is no exception. Rebekah is sharing her journey with you because, right now, you have the unique opportunity to take advantage of gift matching.

Our organization is fortunate enough to have the support of a donor who is willing to match gifts to help us toward our campaign goal of $20,000. That means, your gift will have twice the impact on families, like Rebekah’s, whose lives have been drastically affected by this indiscriminate degenerative disease.

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