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Archive for the ‘Awareness’ Category

Award-winning actor Alec Baldwin will serve as the Master of Ceremonies for the 2010 Children’s Tumor Foundation Benefit Dinner.

NASCAR favorite Kenny Wallace is announced as the forth driver in the 2011 Rolex 24 endurance race. Ron Yarab, Daniel Graeff, and Pierre Bourque have all driven the race before and will look to help the rookie along.

The team will compete as a part of the Racing4Reaseach program.

My Brand New Face premieres on cable channel TLC this Sunday.

Karen Peluso, executive director of NF, Inc. Northeast, was interviewed by the Boston Herald about the state of NF support and research in her area.

Charlie Hay and his parents realized after his diagnosis that most of Australia’s NF support seems to be centered in Sydney. The family hopes to start organizing and raising awareness closer to home. Strathfieldsaye, Australia, is closer to the city of Victoria in the southeast.

The NFXtreme Team is back from their trek to, and over 26 miles of, Antarctica.

• follow their blog posts
• interview and story in The Reporter

NF, Inc. Midwest is marching in the West Suburban St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Please let them know if you would like to join them.

Would you run 26 miles in Antarctica? The NFXtreme Team will.

The Shawnee Dispatch has a long article about the Rentschler family and their efforts at increasing NF awareness.

Team Izzy organized as a way to support each other, raise funds for NF research, and increase NF awareness. The group is named after 3-year-old Isobelle Mick. The Kalamazoo Gazette has a nice story on the family and their efforts.