I would think that because Randy wants to limit the charities to three or four out of the thousands, he might want them to be ones with a national reach. We need more health research, with the money actually going to research, rather than to fund the salaries of people running a fund. So here is an interesting article about that very subject.
http://www.effectivism.net/201... .
My votes would be for the Cancer Research Institute, the Michael J. Fox Institute for Parkinson's Research, and the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association.
I know we all know people who've died of cancer or suffered from it. It's long past due that we find effective "silver bullet" cures for it. My aunt died of cancer. My father died with it. My husband's best friend died of it. I have at least three cousins who've had it. My sister-in-law has it, Two of my best friends have it. And I have genes for "late developing breast cancer." Enough!
Parkinson's Disease is another. My husband has it. My mother-in-law likely had it.
And, lastly, autoimmune diseases run rampant in my family: between us we have Sjrogen's syndrome, Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, rheumatoid arthritis, undifferentiated connective tissue disease, uveitis, and scleroderma. My best friend's sister died of myasthenia gravis and the husband of another friend has multiple sclerosis. My grandmother and mother were so frustated when arthritis sharply curtailed their gardening activities. And even the obituary of my great great grandfather commented that he had suffered for many years with aches and pains. Many people here would probably be greatly surprised at all the many diseases that are caused by mis-directed antibodies (auto-antibodies, directed toward self). Here's a list of many of them.
https://autoimmune.org/disease...
