One of my closest friends is Andrew Janower of Charlesbank Capital.  His eight year old daughter, Samantha, has a brain tumor, and AJ has created a non-profit to find a cure called the Pediatric Low Grade Astrocytoma Foundation.  Their story was recently featured in the WSJ.

American Express has named the foundation one of the finalists its considering providing a $2.5 million grant to.  They will make their decisions on September 29th based on cardmembers' votes.

If you are a card member, please take two minutes to VOTE (no donation required, just a click).  Here's what you do:

1. Go to http://www.membersproject.com/project/view/NN934A

2. Scroll down to "Vote for this Project" (located under the video/photo window)

3. Click on "Vote for this Project"

4. Click on "Log In"

5. Log in using either your American Express Card number* or your on-line account information

6. After logging in, you should have returned to the Project Brain Child description page –
http://www.membersproject.com/project/view/NN934A

7. Scroll down AGAIN and click on "Vote for this Project"

8. You're done!

Thanks for your consideration!