Experience

Save Our Sons Duchenne Foundation

• Australia
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder

  • Feb 2008 - Present

  Save Our Sons is a charity organisation raising funds and awareness to help find a cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). Founded in 2008 by Elie Eid and shortly followed by Vice President Bass Abboud, the Save Our Sons team has grown to include one full-time staff member and strategic volunteer members specialising in support areas of Accounting, Media & Marketing, Website Development, Events Management and day to day operations. Our goal today is to raise $3.5 million to fund two human clinical trials, which have been recognised by the worlds leading medical researchers in the field of DMD that has the real potential to effect the lives of boys with DMD. Save Our Sons hold a series of spectacular events each year, which are our main fundraising drivers. Attended by the community and a large number of celebrity supporters these events have continued to grow year on year. Save Our Sons is extremely fortunate to have a variety of wonderful friends who lend their support to fighting DMD through awareness and ambassadorial roles. We currently have 16 very well recognised Ambassadors who dedicate their time by attending events and actively promote the Save Our Sons cause to the community and their peers. Ada Nicodemou joined us as our first ambassador in 2008 followed by Mark MG Geyer in 2010. Between them they have played a major role in helping the widespread awareness of Save Our Sons and DMD and ultimately the increase of celebrity support and ambassador numbers.