Clint Black, our national spokesperson featured in our public service campaign, held a "Black Out Rett Syndrome" concert in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on October 27th to raise money for Rett syndrome. Clint was there to make it a tremendous Rett syndrome event and personally thanked every one of our IRSF families for showing! Our PSA with Clint Black is still new and has resulted in millions of dollars worth of free airtime for Rett syndrome.

The concert occurred in sync with a matching gift opportunity to help raise more money and public awareness for Rett syndrome. Two generous donors created a $300,000 matching gift challenge for the month of October; which we called "Black Out Rett Syndrome in October." Judi Rees, a grandmother from California, donated $250,000, and the Rachel Ames Rohr Foundation has pledged $50,000 to create this incredible fundraising initiative for Rett syndrome. Everyone who donates during "Black Out Rett Syndrome Month," may be eligible to have their gifts DOUBLED! The following donations are eligible to be matched:

• A FIRST TIME PERSONAL NON-EVENT DONATION.
• AN INCREASE IN YOUR PERSONAL GIFT EXCEEDING THE AVERAGE OF THE LAST TWO YEARS.
• ANY NEW GIFT RAISED BY NEW EVENTS, INCLUDING RETT RACERS.
• STROLLATHON DONATIONS THAT EXCEED THE TWO YEAR OCTOBER AVERAGE OF $230,000.
• ALL FAMILY EVENT DONATIONS THAT EXCEED THE AVERAGE GIFT OF THE LAST TWO YEARS.

All together, these gifts will be credited with matching gifts up to a total of $300,000!