ClotCare.org, an award-winning interactive information service for clinicians and patients, is seeking individual support from clinicians across disciplines to help the organization continue its work. This online information service (http://clotcare.org/index.aspx) is a 501(c)3 charitable organization whose Web-based services are growing at a rate of more than 40% annually. ClotCare.org currently provides information to more than 1,500 individuals daily and receives more than 500,000 visitors per month. However, these services can be sustained only through outside contributions.

A 2009 survey of over 800 respondents revealed that more than 90% considered ClotCare.org one of the top five resources they turn to for information on prevention and/or treatment of blood clot–related conditions (such as stroke, heart attack, deep vein thrombosis, and pulmonary embolism). In addition, almost 90% of respondents could identify specific therapeutic management changes they had made as a result of information obtained through this service. See the ClotCare Progress Report (http://www.accp.com/docs/clotcare/ClotCare_Progress_Report.doc) and Action Plan (http://www.accp.com/docs/clotcare/Action Plan 2010-11.doc) for more information on the activities and impact of ClotCare.org.

If you would like to support ClotCare.org so that it can continue to provide these important services, please consider:

1. Making a tax-deductible donation online at http://clotcare.org/clotcaredonations.aspx or by mail to ClotCare, 19260 Stone Oak Parkway, Suite 101, San Antonio, Texas 78258. All donations are acknowledged on Clotcare.org and may be made in honor or in memory of a friend or loved one. Donors receive a receipt for their tax-deductible donations.
2. Forwarding this request to friends, colleagues, and others whom you think should be interested in supporting this service.
3. Contacting ClotCare at [email protected] if you are aware of funding opportunities that may be of interest to a group, corporation, or institution that you think would be a potential supporter of the organization’s activities.
4. Holding a public awareness fundraiser. Contact [email protected] if you are interested in coordinating or participating in such an activity.

Learn more about some of the ACCP members who are participating in ClotCare.org by viewing the organization’s editorial board at http://clotcare.org/eb.aspx.