Programs and Events for Rheumatology Patients

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• 2025 Stepping Out Pittsburgh PA (Mid-Atlantic Chapter)
  Saturday, June 7, 2025
  McClelland Pavilion-North Strabane Municipal Park
  1929 Rt 519
  Canonsburg, PA

  Registration Time: 9:30 a.m.
  Walk Time: 10:30 a.m.

  Please join us for the 2025 Stepping Out Pittsburgh PA (Mid-Atlantic Chapter)!
  We encourage you to join the National Scleroderma Foundation, Mid-Atlantic Chapter 2025 walk!

  Stepping Out to Cure Scleroderma is a great way to raise funds while enjoying time with members of our community, friends and family. Together we can help support people living with scleroderma, raise awareness and ultimately find a cure! Become a team captain, create your own fundraising page, and encourage your network of friends and family to help you. It is very easy to share on Facebook and X, too!

  Your participation supports the Foundation’s mission to advance medical research, promote disease awareness, and provide support and education to people with scleroderma, their families, and support network. Generous donors and participants like you are moving us closer to our vision of finding a cure for scleroderma.

  Register by May 10th to guarantee your t-shirt!

• Family Conference Cure JM in Chicago
  Friday, June 27th - Sunday, June 29th, 2025


• Camp JRA (PDF)
  Sunday, July 13 - Friday, July 18, 2025
  Registration closes Wednesday, April 30, 2025
  Camp JRA provides a safe and inclusive environment for campers with a variety of rheumatic conditions to come together and enjoy a week of camp. Campers ages 8 to 17 participate in a variety of activities including swimming, rock wall climbing, ropes course, campfires, fishing, archery and so much more! Throughout the week, our campers foster strong relationships with peers who understand their challenges. Campers will develop coping and advocacy skills, increase independence and confidence, and gain medical knowledge to further understand their diagnoses.
  Learn more about Camp JRA.
  Register for Camp JRA.


• Cure JM Family Day
  Saturday, September 27, 2025, at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh


• 2025 Bone Bash Pittsburgh, PA
  Friday, October 10, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.
  Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown
  600 Commonwealth Place
  Pittsburgh, PA 15222

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Visit www.arthritis.org/events for information on additional programs and information.