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You don’t need a PhD to research for a cure for HPS!

The Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network (HPS Network) is now a recognized charity on the Goodsearch search engine. If you go to www.goodsearch.com and enter “HPS Network” in the charity section, every search you perform will earn the HPS Network a penny.

Who says pennies can’t change the world! Think about it. We’ve got more than 500 families in the HPS database. If every family performed four searches a day, we could raise $7,300 in a year. Now, think about what would happen if every family recruited another three or four families, and they all did two to four searches a day. It adds up, but only if you use it.

I’ve been experimenting with the site while waiting for our approval to come through. The site uses the exact same search engine as Yahoo – they’re partners in fact. So, anything that would come up on Yahoo! will also come up on Goodsearch.

Hey, everyone that’s been online for a nanosecond has done an internet search. It doesn’t cost you a dime. We’re getting paid for something you’d do anyway. Help us get the word out! Help us research to help fund the fight for a cure!

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