Help Rowan Thrive: Support Fragile X Research
$100,000 Matching Challenge issued by the Gale and Kellogg Families
This year, together with Rowan’s grandparents, we are offering a $100,000 Holiday Match to accelerate FRAXA’s search for curative treatments. Every donation will be doubled, bringing us all closer to breakthrough that will change countless lives.
Every donation made between now and 12/31/2025 at midnight will be matched, up to $100,000! You can also donate appreciated securities, benefiting from tax advantages, or even vehicles!
Meet Rowan Gale
Our journey as a family has been one of resilience, love, and discovery. After years of searching for answers, we finally learned Rowan’s diagnosis at five years old: Fragile X syndrome. It was a perfect fit for our complicated little girl and gave us the clarity we needed to help her thrive. It also introduced us to FRAXA Research Foundation and an incredible community of support. Today, we are proud to share that Brandon serves on FRAXA’s Honorary Board.
Rowan is now a bright 10-year-old whose creativity, kindness, and silliness light up every room she enters. From adaptive riding to gymnastics, she approaches life with bravery and a big heart. Learning can be challenging, but Rowan works hard, grows every day, and never gives up. Her compassion shines through her giant hugs for family, friends, and her dogs.
It takes a village! Her school resource team, home therapy support, and our close-knit family help her to shine, but she is truly living her best life. Our days are filled with baking, coloring, singing, and reading endless picture books. This year, she is especially thankful for K-Pop Demon Huntrix and her mischievous Elf on the Shelf dolls.
Getting here hasn’t been easy. The years of unanswered questions, evaluations, and sleepless nights spent researching are still fresh in my mind. But through it all, Rowan has had an amazing community surrounding her with love, and FRAXA has been a lifeline.
How FRAXA is Changing Lives for Families Like Ours
FRAXA has been a game-changer for families like ours. Over the past 30 years, they’ve funded groundbreaking research that has brought us to a pivotal moment, a time when curative therapies are finally within reach.
Promising technologies that repair the Fragile X mutation at its source need support to advance toward clinical trials. These innovations don’t just offer hope they pave the way for real, tangible solutions. They could also unlock treatments for Alzheimer's, Parkinson’s, and other rare genetic disorders.
Fragile X may be considered rare, but it is the most common known cause of inherited intellectual disability and autism. FRAXA’s work is vital, and every dollar fuels research that moves families like ours closer to answers.
Join Us in Making Hope a Reality
Please support our $100,000 Holiday Match for FRAXA’s Curative Therapies Fund. Every donation will be doubled between now and New Year's Day, bringing us all closer to breakthrough that will change countless lives.
We are deeply grateful for the incredible progress so far, and we remain hopeful for what comes next. Rowan has shown us how strong and determined she is, and we want her future to be as bright as her smile.
Thank you for being a part of our journey and for supporting the research that means everything to families like ours.
With love and gratitude,
Jody & Brandon Gale
Tina & Don Kellogg