A New York-based foundation with family ties in Ponte Vedra Beach has donated $1 million to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society?s research campaign.
The Donald C. McGraw Foundation gift stemmed from the MS diagnosis received 18 months ago by 28-year-old Erin McGraw, daughter of Josh and Sacha McGraw, all of Ponte Vedra, said Sara Conrad, spokeswoman for the society?s North Florida Chapter.
Josh McGraw and his Massachusetts-based brother, Robin McGraw, who was already a society supporter, decided to use the family foundation?s resources to help the cause, specifically the Now Campaign, the society?s initiative to raise $250 million to fund every viable option in MS research and treatment.
?When we read about the Now Campaign, it seemed the society was focused and understood how every dollar could be used as efficiently as possible,? Josh McGraw said. ?They will target the research areas with the greatest opportunity for success.?
Erin McGraw ?is doing well thanks to the wide variety of treatments available to people living with MS,? Conrad said.
Her family has taken leadership roles in the society in her honor.
Robin McGraw had been involved in the society through the Bike MS fundraiser and as a trustee of the National MS Society?s Greater New England Chapter. His motivation stemmed from a ?dear friend? who had MS, as well as his career as a paramedic and his love of cycling, Conrad said. After Erin McGraw?s diagnosis, he also joined the MS Now Cabinet and travels across the country speaking to prospective donors.
Other family members have participated in several events, raising about $12,000 for research and chapter programs.
?It?s up to all of us to do as much as we can to find an answer,? Sacha McGraw said.
Corrina Steiger, North Florida chapter president, said she hopes the McGraw gift encourages others to join the movement.
The foundation is named after Josh and Robin McGraw?s father, Donald C. McGraw Jr., who died in 2006. He was a World War II Navy veteran and an executive with McGraw-Hill, founded by his grandfather, James McGraw.
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