2. Definitions of CrowdFunding Wikipedia Definition: Crowd funding describes the collective cooperation, attention and trust by people who network and pool their money and other resources together, usually via the internet, to support efforts initiated by other people or organizations. My Definition: The collective generosity or investment by a group for a mutually agreed upon benefit-usually a person or a cause.
6. 65% of people who need ongoing care rely exclusively on Friends and Family
7. Average caregiver is 46 year-old woman who makes $35,000 working outside the home
8. The cost to U.S. businesses is $3.8Billion a year
9. Caregivers of spouses are 6 times more likely to suffer from depressionCaregiving in the United States;National Alliance for Caregiving in collaboration with AARP; November 2009http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=892