Photo: Andrew Rosen (right) presents a Certificate of Appreciation at the Orange County Walk N’ Roll to Cure Ataxia Author: Andrew Rosen, Executive Director The life of an Executive Director at a nonprofit like NAF is filled with many different tasks. While I enjoy coming to the office and working Read More…
Author: Lori Shogren, Community Program and Services Director An IAAD Like No Other September 25th is International Ataxia awareness Day (IAAD). Over the last 20 years IAAD has grown from a day to create awareness about Ataxia into a movement to fight Ataxia through awareness, advocacy, and fundraising. Today, thousands participate in IAAD through social Read More…
Author: Joel Sutherland, Development Director Many people believe there is NOTHING they do to raise funds and teach more people about Ataxia. Wrong! Not only are they wrong, but they can be missing out on having fun as well. Earlier this year, I invited five people to invite five others Read More…
Author: Sue Hagen, Patient and Research Services Director A Community Mobilized Toward Treatments One of the goals of a disease-specific patient organization is to provide resources that will help in the discovery of treatments for their disease. And that is absolutely true of the National Ataxia Foundation. We want treatments Read More…
Author: Greg Rooks, NAF Support Group Leader The Greater Atlanta Ataxia Support Group held its annual picnic at Lake Lanier on June 15th. We had a wonderful gathering of approximately 30 individuals. The weather could not have had better. The support group provided grilled hot dogs and hamburgers. Members brought Read More…
Author: Andrew Rosen, Executive Director A Note from Andrew Hi Everyone: August in Minnesota. It is hot and humid, and thoughts have turned to my three teenagers getting ready to go back to school. I love the pace of summer – everything slows down a bit, the days are long, Read More…
Author: Shannon Dunphy Lazo, NAF Support Group Leader Our June 8th meeting was held at the Center for Advanced Medicine. Melinda McAliney, our guest speaker, started us off. She introduced herself and explained her goals. Melinda is from Vario Philanthropy, and she wants to explore our support group and provide Read More…
Photo: Treasure Coast Ataxia Support Group Author: NAF Support Group Leaders Treasure Coast Ataxia Support Group Meeting On June 29, at the Chop House we had a great lunch and get together. Our guest speaker, Mark Bozzo, a massage therapist, talked about massage therapy and how it’s maintenance helps with Read More…
SCA Global Launches Website The inaugural meeting of the SCA Global initiative was held at NAF’s Annual Ataxia Conference in April of 2018. Researchers from around the world created a global collaboration in clinical research efforts for Spinocerebellar Ataxias (SCA). SCA Global was created to address the obstacles that clinical Read More…
Thanks NAF Donors for Helping Make It Possible In 2015, Miao Zhang, Ph.D. was early in his career on the Ataxia research scene, but he had a strong desire to look for answers. He applied for a Young Investigator Grant from the National Ataxia Foundation to help get his project Read More…
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