Chapter Happenings

Join Chapter supporters and employees and friends of Carlino’s Specialty Foods in Ardmore, PA for “Moose Night” on Sunday, April 30th! The fun starts at 5:00 pm at Our Lady of Good Counsel in Bryn Mawr! Great food, music and tons of fun!! All proceeds go to the DVC for its important work!! For information or directions, call the office (215-885-6500). Download this flyer for updated information.

The Annual Family Dinner will be held on Tuesday, May 9, 2006 at the Hilton Hotel, 4200 City Avenue, Philadelphia. This year’s focus will be “A Community Update.” Hear about the status of new products and treatments for the future, the “Cure,” HB 1705 and much more!! Call the DVC office for an invitation if you haven’t received one from your treatment center (215-885-6500).

Carlino’s Golf will be a great time on Monday, June 5th at Edgemont Country Club in Edgemont, PA. Thanks to Pat and Laura Carlino and John and Kathy DiMichele who make this day so special! Please come out and support the DVC, by being a part of all of it!! Don’t golf? Pledge your support by being a volunteer!! We need you!!

 

Annual Family Camp will be held at a new site this year, Camp Green Lane in Green Lane, PA, Montgomery County on September 15, 16 and 17th!! Housed on 200 acres, this great weekend will feature fishing, boating, arts and crafts, a little education, mini golf, rock climbing and so much more!! This is a great weekend for the whole family! Meet other families who share your challenges and make a friend or two!! Look for registration materials in your summer newsletter! Save the date!! This is the best weekend of the year!!

The DVC Golf Classic will have a new home this year!!!! It will be held at the Radnor Valley Country Club in Villanova, PA on Monday, September 18th!! Please come out to support the Chapter and have a great day of golf, as well!!

 

THE NHF 58TH ANNUAL MEETING IS COMING TO PHILADELPHIA AND WE ARE THE HOST CHAPTER!!!!! YAHOO!! October 12-15, 2006!! Save the date!!
We are very excited to be the host site for this year’s NHF Meeting. We will welcome more than 3,000 friends from around the United States and around the world to Philadelphia. We will host a special Delaware Valley Chapter party on Friday, October 13th at the Franklin Institute, sponsored by Wyeth!! This annual meeting brings scientists, physicians, program staff and patients together to receive updates on the latest developments in bleeding disorders!! If you have never attended before, this is your chance!! Call the Chapter (215-885-6500) for more information!

 

Oktoberfest 2006 (or should we say “Novemberfest?”) will be held on Friday, November 3rd at the Hilton Hotel on City Avenue, Philadelphia!! We had to move it a little due to the NHF coming to town!! This great fundraiser has become a fall favorite!! Gaming events, great music and food….this is a night you won’t want to miss!! Please plan to be with us! Your support is important to us!!

	Barbara Konkle, MD, Medical Director, Penn Comprehensive Hemophilia Program, Philadelphia (right, front) with Senator Ted Kennedy with The American Society of Hematologists, Washington, DC.

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