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Please join us in Rancho Santa Fe, CA on Friday, Oct. 24th from 3-5 p.m. for a special book signing and pumpkin sale to benefit the GDATF!  The event will feature Richard Lederer, author of more than 40 books about language, history, and humor, including his best-selling Anguished English series and his current books, Amazing Words, Lederer on Language, American Trivia and Monsters Unchained!

How do you make a skeleton laugh? You tickle its funny bone. The more than 1,000 jokes, 60 poems, 80 illustrations, and 20 creepy creatures in Monsters Unchained! are guaranteed to tickle the funny bone and make both kids and groan-ups laugh out loud!

Not up for this year's Black Friday madness?  No worries!  You can sit back, enjoy Thanksgiving with your family, buy your gifts online, and help fund the GDATF's patient education and support programs - all at the same time!  By purchasing through one of the following channels, online retailers will donate a portion of proceeds to the Graves’ Disease & Thyroid Foundation - at no additional cost to you!

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The Graves' Disease & Thyroid Foundation was honored to be a part of The Chopra Foundation's 2014 "Sages & Scientists" event held August 22-24 in Carlsbad, CA.  This is an annual event that brings together presenters from a variety of disciplines, including science, industry, the arts, complementary medicine, and the nonprofit world.  Entertainment was provided by a number of talented artists, including Sia and Emily King.

It’s time to show the world that you are #GreaterThanGraves with our new Hashtag initiative! Sharing your successes via social media will not only help raise awareness of Graves’ disease, but will also provide inspiration and hope to newly diagnosed patients in our Graves’ community! Interested?  For more info, please read this blog post from Greater Than Graves’ organizer Michaela Cui.