Thank you for your interest in
Neurofibromatosis (NF) Inc. Minnesota. We would like to invite you to
join us as a member, not only to support NF Inc. Minnesota's work, but because
it will ensure your continued link to the organization through newsletters,
access to current research and NF sponsored events.
Click here to
download our membership form.
Membership is very important to give a strong voice to
individuals and families devoted to finding a cure for Neurofibromatosis.
The unity of NF Inc. Minnesota members helps to achieve improvements in the
lives of individuals with Neurofibromatosis. NF Inc. Minnesota members
enjoy valuable benefits such as:
- Invitations to NF Inc. Minnesota sponsored member
meetings, workshops and events
- Keeping informed on the latest research and
opportunities available through NF Inc.
- Access to the National NF Inc. website which includes
a Minnesota chapter bulletin board
- Voting privileges on important organizational issues
- Access to the network of national NF chapters
The best way to keep informed on research, relevant
issues and opportunities available on Neurofibromatosis is through membership.
To continue to provide information, education and support to individuals and
families with NF, the medical community and the general public, we need you!
As an active member of NF Inc. Minnesota, you can make a difference and keep
the research momentum moving forward so that some day there will be a cure.
- In 2002, NF Inc. Minnesota donated $5,000 for NF
research performed at the
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
- In 2003, NF Inc. Minnesota joined the Illinois NF
Inc. chapter to fund a grant request for $30,000
to the Mayo Clinic.
- In 2004, NF Inc. Minnesota gave a $7,500 research
grant to Dr. George DeVries fro research on Neurofibromin lost in NF Type 1.
- In 2004, 2005 and 2006, NF Inc. Minnesota supported Camp
New Friends with a $1,000 scholarship to
the Mid-Atlantic NF chapter.
- In 2006, Dr. Dusica Babovic-Vuksanovic's manuscript
with results of Phase II Trail of Pirfenidone in Adults with NF1 was
published in the journal "Neurology" with NF Inc. Minnesota acknowledge on
the front page for support of the research.
We look forward to welcoming you to
NF Inc. Minnesota.