National Graves' Disease Foundation

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A friend of mine was walking down a deserted beach at sunset. As he walked along, he began to see another man in the distance. As he grew nearer, he noticed that the native kept leaning down, picking something up and throwing it out into the water.

Time and again he kept hurling things out into the ocean. As my friend approached even closer, he noticed that the man was picking up starfish that had washed up on the beach, and, one at a time, he was throwing them back into the water.

My friend was puzzled. He approached the man and said. "Good evening, friend. I was wondering what you are doing." "I'm throwing these starfish back into the ocean. You see, it's low tide right now and all of these starfish have been washed up onto the shore. If I don't throw them back into the sea, they'll die up here from lack of oxygen."

"I understand," my friend replied, "but there must be thousands of starfish on this beach. You can't possibly get to all of them. There are simply too many. And don't you realize this is probably happening on hundreds of beaches all up and down this coast. Can't you see that you can't possibly make a difference?"

The native smiled, bent down and picked up yet another starfish, and as he threw it back into the sea, he replied, "Made a difference to that one!"

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We thank the people who have made donations to the National Graves Disease Foundation of money and their time. You are our starfish hunters because you made a difference to us.

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Donations made in Memory of a Loved One



  • Corporate Security Team in memory of Matthew Suggs

  • In memory of her uncle, Neil Rubin, from Meridith Rackoff

  • In memory of Gail Underwood, of Seoul, Korea, from friends at the Georgia Institute of Travel and Tourism.
  • American Recreation Coalition In Memory of Lewanda Allen Meaders
  • John and Martha Bell In Memory of Dell White
  • Blanch Beckman In Memory of Dell White
  • Mike Callahan In Honor of Patrica and William Bredice (In memory of Patty's Mother)
  • Max and Dora Cooper In Memory of Dell White
  • Steve DeBlauw In Honor of Patrica and William Bredice (In memory of Patty's Mother)
  • In Memory of Nicholas (Nick) Aldorisio

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