Pituitary Brain Tumor Virtual Conference A Success
Last weekend, the Raymond A. Wood Foundation (RAWF), a brain tumor patient advocacy nonprofit organization, hosted the Pituitary Brain Tumor Virtual Conference in partnership with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). The event brought in an audience of brain tumor survivors and caregivers from around the globe.
Kendra Scott Brand to ‘Give Back’ to Raymond A. Wood Foundation for World Kindness Day
Just in time to get a jump on holiday gift giving, the community, supporters, friends and family members of the Raymond A. Wood Foundation are invited to take part in an opportunity to purchase Kendra Scott brand jewelry and support brain tumor survivors with quality of life challenges. The event takes place on November 14th for World Kindness Day.
Art of Surviving, Global Online Art Exhibition, Launches in Honor of Brain Tumor Awareness Month
The Raymond A. Wood Foundation (RAWF) launches the third year of “Art of Surviving,” a virtual art exhibition that celebrates the creativity of the brain tumor community during the month of May, which is Brain Tumor Awareness Month. Brain tumor patients and survivors, along with caregivers and family members from all over the world submitted over a hundred entries in all types of media, including photography, digital art, drawing, painting, printmaking, 3-D, multimedia, and creative writing.
The Raymond A. Wood Foundation Announces New Mission Statement
Raymond A. Wood Foundation (RAWF) announces a new mission to empower hypothalamic-pituitary brain tumor survivors for improved quality of life by providing access to education, technology, and evolving treatments. The mission expands the foundation’s reach to include adult survivors and narrows its focus to those tumors that occupy the central part of the brain and impact the endocrine system, metabolic processes, cognition and behavior, vision, growth, stress response, and other important body functions.
Virtual Support for Patients & Caregivers
Stress and anxiety tend to be a built-in side effect of surviving a brain tumor or caregiving for a survivor, but add in the current circumstances and there may be moments where you truly feel like it is tough to get through the day.
