South Bay Area, California Chapter

Dear member,

Welcome to the VF South SF Bay Area Chapter! We love to have you with us and stay connected. No matter if you are a patient, or caregiver, or family, or friend, we all face obstacles, confusions, and frustrations in our lives, and we are eager to empower ourselves and lift our heavy hearts up. We have no control over what type of vasculitis or other diseases we got, but we do have control over how to proactively cope with our conditions for a better quality of life. By sharing and learning from one another and our dedicated health professionals, we can make a difference and improve our well beings. Together we will find compassion, courage, and hope for the cure of our illnesses.

Our chapter members meet at least once a year and we look forward to seeing you at our next chapter meeting. Everyone is welcome. The meeting announcement is usually in the form of email and also listed on the VF headquarter bimonthly newsletters. We would like to hear from you for any suggestions or feedback. We appreciate your support to keep our chapter thrive. Thanks for joining us!

Cheers,
Lei Shura
VF SF South Bay Chapter Leader
lshura@att.net

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Past chapter meetings
* 2009 Introductory meeting for members
* 2010 Dr. Cornelia Weyand at Stanford Hospital spoke on the human immune system and vasculitis.
* 2011 Dr. Evaleen Jones at Stanford Hospital spoke on mind body medicine.