Annual Membership Meeting Registration is OPEN

Registrations for the Annual Membership Meeting will continue to be processed in the NAF office and on-line until March 13. Meeting registration on site is not recommended.

You may register through the NAF website or by mail or phone. NAF members receive a discounted meeting registration rate so confirm your membership status before registering by checking the expiration date on the address label of your Winter 2013-2014 Generations newsletter or contacting NAF at joan@ataxia.org or 763-553-0020. If you are not currently a member of NAF, you can join now and receive the low meeting registration rate.

Registration forms are in the Winter 2013/2014 issue of Generations which was mailed on Dec. 16th or you may request a registration form by contacting the NAF office. Whether you are registering online or by mail please make sure that the number of paid attendees are listed on the registration form.

Announcement: Ataxia Research
Studies Awarded Funding for FY 2014

The National Ataxia Foundation (NAF) is pleased to announce that 24 promising ataxia research studies, totaling more than $1,000,000, from the United States, Italy, Australia, United Kingdom, Portugal, and Germany were awarded funding at the December 2013 NAF Board of Directors meeting for fiscal year 2014.

The funding for these important ataxia research projects have been made possible through the generosity of NAF donors and partners who contributed to the 2013 NAF Annual Ataxia Research Drive, the $150,000 matching research grant from The Gordon and Marilyn Macklin Foundation, our corporate and foundation friends, the Michael and Patricia Clementz Family Endowment Fund for SCA 3 Research, NAF chapters and support groups, individual and group donations, individuals and families who conducted fund raising events, NAF Walk n’ Rolls for Ataxia events, the Bob Allison Ataxia Research Center (BAARC) and to our anonymous donor who made a three year research commitment totaling $1.5 million to support spinocerebellar ataxia research.

The National Ataxia Foundation gratefully acknowledges all who supported these important ataxia research studies. It is through your generosity that enables NAF to continue to fund cutting-edge ataxia research studies that brings us closer to help end ataxia. Thank you!

A listing and summaries of these studies are now available on the Foundation’s web site HERE

Brain Awareness Week (BAW) March 10-16, 2014 is the global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research. For more information, click here.