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Upstate NY Chapter
3300 Monroe Avenue, Suite 319
Rochester, NY 14618
(585) 264-1480
The mission of the Arthritis Foundation is to improve lives through leadership in the prevention, control and cure of arthritis and related diseases.
What Services does the Arthritis Foundation Provide?
Arthritis Foundation efforts center on the three-fold mission of the organization: research, prevention and quality of life. The Arthritis Foundation currently provides more than $20 million in grants to more than 300 researchers to help find a cure, prevention or better treatment for arthritis. The Arthritis Foundation’s sponsorship of research for more than 50 years has resulted in major treatment advances for most arthritis diseases.
The Arthritis Foundation also provides a large number of community-based services nationwide to make life with arthritis easier, including:
The Arthritis Foundation also provides a large number of community-based services nationwide to make life with arthritis easier, including:
• Taking Control of Arthritis
• Water and Land-based exercise classes
• Tai Chi classes
• Support groups
• Instructional videotapes
• Public forums
• A wide variety of free educational brochures and booklets
• The national, bimonthly consumer magazine Arthritis Today
• Continuing education courses and publications for health professionals
Arthritis Foundation volunteers serve as advocates to local and national governments on behalf of the nearly 46 million Americans with arthritis. Their successes include the federal establishment of a national institute for arthritis among the National Institutes of Health, increased federal funding for arthritis research and state funding for arthritis medications.
• Water and Land-based exercise classes
• Tai Chi classes
• Support groups
• Instructional videotapes
• Public forums
• A wide variety of free educational brochures and booklets
• The national, bimonthly consumer magazine Arthritis Today
• Continuing education courses and publications for health professionals
Arthritis Foundation volunteers serve as advocates to local and national governments on behalf of the nearly 46 million Americans with arthritis. Their successes include the federal establishment of a national institute for arthritis among the National Institutes of Health, increased federal funding for arthritis research and state funding for arthritis medications.
To learn more about the Upstate New York Chapter or to get involved with the local chapter, go to our website here: upny website
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