Metro Supports FightSMA

Metro Productions has supported FightSMA, a non-profit organization dedicated to the search for a treatment and a cure for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), for many years. Metro contributes to FightSMA in the best way we know how: video production. Previously known as "Andrew's Buddies," FightSMA supports research on SMA, brings attention and awareness of the disease to the public, supports the families of those just diagnosed and battling the disease, and fundraises for continued research progress. Metro has formed a strong partnership with SMA over the years, and we wholeheartedly support their cause and the need for continued attempts to end this vicious disease, which mostly afflicts very young children. Martha Slay, President and Founder of FightSMA, had this to say about working with us to support her cause: "The dedicated team of professionals at Metro Productions has opened a door of communication and advocacy for SMA like never before. For the first time, SMA parents have the advantage of hearing in-depth and candid interviews with SMA scientists. Metro Productions shares the FightSMA commitment to bring life saving and enhancing information to the SMA community. We are indebted to our partners at Metro for all they are doing to fight SMA!" To see an example of the type of videos Metro produces for FightSMA each year, click here, and to learn more about FightSMA, read on.

Video has been an important piece of the fundraising and publicity for FightSMA for years, and it continues to be vital to their campaign. Metro has been there for FightSMA, from helping them see the Fighter Mom™ DVD dream come to life, to journeying with the FightSMA families and researchers to Washington to film important pieces to share with the SMA community on the web. The videos filmed in Washington, as well as the videos of Dr. Alex MacKenzie and Dr. Bob Leshner, which we filmed in our studio, have proven to be a outstanding resource for the SMA community. Parents are emboldened by the accessibility of “real time” information and by being able to really listen to pertinent, important information from prestigious leaders in the research field. As FightSMA and its partners continue important work in Washington with the SMA Treatment Acceleration Act, another vital campaign is underway in the lab of Dr. Brian Kaspar, a researcher who was also featured in the FightSMA web-based video series. Dr. Kaspar is leading valuable and notable work towards gene therapy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, OH.

For more information on FightSMA, visit http://www.fightsma.org/, call 804-515-0080, or follow them on Facebook, and Twitter @fightsma.