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Children's Tumor Foundation - Iowa NF Walk
ORGANIZATION: Children's Tumor Foundation
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2 people are interested
We welcome motivated and skilled volunteers to help create a memorable experience for all participants on event day. We cannot do this without you, so please let us know how you would like to help!
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About Children's Tumor Foundation
Location:
697 3rd St.,, Suite 418, New York, NY 10017, US
Mission Statement
The Children's Tumor Foundation's mission is to drive research, expand knowledge, and advance care for the NF community.
Description
Neurofibromatosis, or NF, is a genetic disorder that affects one in every 3,000 people. It can cause tumors to grow on nerves throughout the body, and complications from NF can lead to disfigurement, deafness, blindness, skeletal abnormalities, learning disabilities, malignancies, and debilitating pain. NF affects all populations equally, and there is not yet a cure.
The Children’s Tumor Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to finding effective treatments for the millions of people worldwide living with neurofibromatosis (NF), a term for three distinct disorders: NF1, NF2, and schwannomatosis. NF causes tumors to grow on nerves throughout the body and may lead to blindness, deafness, bone abnormalities, disfigurement, learning disabilities, disabling pain, and cancer. NF affects 1 in every 3,000 births across all populations equally. There is no cure yet - but the Children’s Tumor Foundation mission of driving research, expanding knowledge, and advancing care for the NF community fosters our vision of one day ending NF. For more information, please visit www.ctf.org.
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Terry Trueblood Recreation Center4213 SE Sand RoadIowa City, IA 52240
DATE POSTED
June 23, 2015
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REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 14