Donor Benefits and How Donations are Used
By becoming a donor of the ICA, you are joining other patients, healthcare providers, and researchers who are committed to ensuring a better life for people living with IC/BPS.
Donor Benefits
Thank you for contributing to the Interstitial Cystitis Association (ICA). By becoming a donor of the ICA, you are joining other patients, healthcare providers, and researchers who are committed to ensuring a better life for people living with IC/BPS.
We hope you find the resources below informative and helpful. You must be logged in to view the resources. Please feel free to contact us with your questions about IC/BPS research, treatments, and self-help strategies. Your input is important to the ICA. Please let us know how we might improve programs and services.
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Benefits
- Subscription to monthly ICA eNews updates
- Subscription to ICA Update, ICA’s award-winning magazine published three times per year (US donors only).
- Online access to two most recent past issues of ICA Update.
- Online access to the IC/BPS Plate™ with 21 easy IC/BPS Plate™ meals the whole family will enjoy.
- Access to downloadable ICA Restroom Access Card.
- All of the above, plus:
- Online access to all past issues of ICA Update.
- All of the above, plus:
- Advance PDF copy of ICA Update via email.
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Other Helpful Resources
- Newly Diagnosed? Check out So You Have IC/BPS, Now What?
- View frequently asked questions about IC/BPS
- Check out the Virtual Patient Education page on the ICA website
Contributions help keep programs and services operating at peak strength. We depend on donations such as yours to:
- Advocate for IC/BPS research on Capitol Hill.
- Gather and disseminate news and research updates via the ICA Update, ICA eNews, and email blasts
- Expand the ICA website (www.ichelp.org) and keep this free, online resource current
- Tweet about scientific meetings and other IC/BPS community happenings (www.twitter.com/ichelp)
- Maintain the ICA Facebook page where patients can get support and discuss the challenges of living with bladder pain, urgency and frequency
- Ensure that Congress and the National Institutes of Health understand the issues that are important to you, and continue to provide critical research funding for IC/BPS leading to treatments and, eventually, a cure.