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The Life Raft Group and Bayer HealthCare Present GIST Awareness Day in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 13

The Life Raft Group,
a leading GIST advocacy organization, designates Sunday, July 13, 2014 as
GIST Awareness Day
in Los Angeles, through a presenting sponsorship from
Bayer HealthCare. At the center of the awareness activities is a global
challenge to break the world record for the largest display of origami boats, a
creative and engaging way to show GIST patients and caregivers that they are
not alone – others are in the same boat. The Life Raft Group invites everyone
to visit www.GISTawarenessday.org to play a part.



On Sunday, July 13 in
Los Angeles, the Life Raft Group plans
to host a GIST Awareness Day event to help build a stronger local voice for the
GIST community. The event promises an afternoon of fun activities for the whole
family while raising awareness about GIST.



July 13 was selected
as GIST Awareness Day for two meaningful reasons. First, July is National
Sarcoma Awareness Month and GIST is the most common form of sarcoma. Second,
up to 5,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with GIST every year – that’s 13
people each day. 

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GIST
Awareness Day is an extension of the Life Raft Group’s Rare 13 education campaign. As part of the awareness initiative, the
Life Raft Group has developed ‘13 Promises’ for GIST, an advocacy effort to
help expand patient support and advance research and treatment options.

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