Blog Collection

Support Group Leader Spotlight – Amy Meservey
March 13, 2018
We asked one of our more experienced support group leaders, Amy Meservey of Crystal Lake, IL, to tell us why this position is so important to both ... Read more
Ryan Shazier Makes Time for a Fan
January 31, 2017
Those who attended last year’s NAAF patient conference in Washington, DC, will not soon forget Ryan Shazier’s closing session address. Since ... Read more
How a Support Group Just for Kids Works
January 31, 2017
Melody and Ryan Sandell are nothing if not busy. In addition to being Legislative Liaisons, the pair also leads the Minneapolis Support Group for ... Read more
One Family’s History of Support Spans the Generations
November 30, 2016
Debbie Wasserman is a Telephone Support Contact in Highland Park, Illinois.  Here she describes her family’s long history of support for those ... Read more
Texas Firefighter Spreads Awareness to School Nurses
September 26, 2016
Shawn Brightman is not a man who likes to sit still. As well as being a support group leader, a local event coordinator, a NAAF fundraiser, and a ... Read more
NAAF Approved for a $50,000 Engagement Award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
May 12, 2015
We are pleased to announce that NAAF was approved for a Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research ... Read more
British Author to Host Writers Workshops at Conference
February 18, 2015
We are pleased to announce Barbara Henderson, an author who writes under the name Bea Davenport, will be hosting her first writing workshops in ... Read more
New Team, Same Great Charlie
February 10, 2015
Charlie Villanueava may have signed with a new team – the Dallas Mavericks – but he remains a friend and hero to the alopecia areata community ... Read more
2015 Conference
February 10, 2015
Make your plans to attend the 30th Annual NAAF InternationalConference, which will take place Thursday, June 25, through Sunday,June 28, in Garden ... Read more
NAAF is There to Help Children
October 5, 2014
NAAF Is There to Help Children Discriminated Because of Alopecia Areata SAN RAFAEL, CA – March 26, 2013 – The National Alopecia Areata ... Read more