PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Dear Friends,

Happy Summer!

Scleroderma Foundation of California is thriving! Our board and staff are actively involved and working together to grow our organization and reach out to patients and families throughout California, Nevada, Arizona and Hawaii. 

After several years of reduced activities, it is GREAT to again have a full schedule on our calendars in support of our patients and families. 

Our 23rd annual Vertical Cure ski event at Mammoth Mountain in April was, once again, a HUGE success, getting SFCA off to a fabulous year!  MAMMOTH thanks to Chris Corman and his family for their support and devotion each and every year for Vertical Cure and special thanks as well to Stephen Elrod and to his friends and family for their support.

If you couldn’t attend our A Million Steps for Scleroderma in Las Vegas or LA/OC La Mirada, our San Diego event will take place on October 6th at NTC Park at Liberty Station.  Please check our website (www.myscleroderma.org) for further details, information and registration.  We hope everyone will attend and support our walks this year!

We also have two Patient Education Days scheduled for 2024. Los Angeles is scheduled for September 7 at Cedars-Sinai and in Northern California on October 26th at the DoubleTree by Hilton San Francisco Airport.

Please hold the date – Saturday, November 16, 2024 – for our 23rd Annual Key to a Cure Gala, at the Marina del Rey Marriott Hotel. 

Our support groups continue to grow and flourish, now including a new Spanish speaking group, Antelope Valley, Monterey Bay and Prescott, Arizona.

My thanks to Andrew Emmett, Executive Director, for his hard work and guidance, to Tina Burger, Patient Services Director, for her dedication and devotion to our patients, Alejandra Serrano, Patient Care Coordinator and to our summer intern Kendra Anderson.

Thank you to all of you – our friends and supporters – who allow us to do this work.

Warmest regards,

Laura Fuhrman

President, Board of Directors

The Scleroderma Foundation of California