2010 AVRF "Embracing Diversity"
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The 2009 AVRF Seminar Recap

The 2009 AVRF meeting was a very rewarding, enriching, touching, and fun experience for both of us.  The informal get-together for dinner the night before the seminar allowed us to get to know some new patients and families and friends, as well as see old friends again.  Having a cake to both celebrate the meeting and remember our friend Marilyn was a real highlight, especially watching the kids dig into the cake.  Having been introduced to the attendees was especially important to us as speakers on Saturday.  It is wonderful to have a great connection with the audience, and even being able to call on some people with questions by name.  The audience also felt more comfortable asking questions during and after our talks.  Even more than we may have helped the audience learn about vitiligo, we felt that we learned a lot from the audience, the kids, the other speakers, and Stella and other Board members.  The kids had a great time, as usual, with the Build-A-Bear, swimming in the hotel pool, lunch at Carrabba's (with yet another cake!), the art show, and the beach party on Sunday.  As researchers with generous support from the AVRF, it is especially important that we see how many of the dollars are raised by events such as at the meeting, including selling donated items and the Swim-a-thon.  That the latter event raised over $3,000 is phenomenal, a real tribute to the members and leadership of the AVRF.  By the end of the meeting, there was a great spirit of camaraderie and inspiration.  We left with renewed energy to do whatever we can for the AVRF, and to fulfill the potential of our research to help those being affected by vitiligo.  
 
Drs. Peggy Wallace & Wayne McCormack
University of Florida College of Medicine

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