Welcome to Upper Great Lakes Chapter Serving Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
Scleroderma Upper Great Lakes Chapter

This year, we need your positivity more than ever.

It’s been a year full of change. A year full of uncertainty. And for many, a year full of challenges. Throughout 2020, the Michigan Chapter has faced many of these challenges of our own. We’ve struggled to meet fundraising goals, planned, and then re-planned events, and worked day and night to meet the growing needs of our community.

Through every hurdle, we’ve tried to see the positive. And now, you have a chance to be part of that positive impact. Donate to the Michigan Chapter to turn a hard year into a positive one.

See just how we’ve found the good:

  • Moving our largest fundraiser, Stampede Scleroderma, online...
    *Allowed us to explore a safer virtual platform and lay plans for future events
  • Running $76,000 behind our fundraising goal...
    *Brought the community together as they got creative with media, celebrities and the #Trickshotsforscleroderma campaign
  • Taking our in-person medical school educational days online...
    *Opened opportunities to expand our reach to school across the state, and let us meet virtually with MSU Osteopathic School of Medicine and Wayne State University students
  • Transitioning our in-person support groups online...
    *Led to increased attendance, as well as international presence, at our new online support groups
  • Meeting virtually instead of in-person with the Governor and 15 congressional offices...
    *Resulted in the declaration of June as National Scleroderma Month
  • Closing our office doors and caring for the community from home...
    *Increased our hunger to expand advocacy efforts (including providing funding of a $150,000 two-year research project at Michigan Medicine through the Scleroderma Foundation’s Peer Review Research Grant Program) and fueled our passion to serve
“After seeing the FOX 2 news coverage of #trickshotsforscleroderma, I was moved to tears. I thought I was the only person in my community who had scleroderma and was feeling alone, vulnerable and helpless. I called Laura Dyas at the Southfield Office and we talked on the phone for over an hour. It was the first time in 8 months that I felt positive about the future.” -Michigan Scleroderma Patient

Thank you for supporting the Michigan Chapter all year and always.

Donate now to make a positive impact.

It’s easy to donate.

To make a tax-deductible donation, please fill out and submit the form below.

To make a gift by mail, please send you check to Scleroderma Foundation Michigan Chapter, 300 Rosewood Drive, Suite 105, Danvers, MA 01923.

To make a gift by phone, please call (248) 595-8526.

Donate to the Michigan Chapter this tax season.

Did you know? Many Americans can deduct $300 from their 2020 taxable income if they give it to charity, even though they take the standard deduction. Married-jointly taxpayers may get an above-the-line deduction of up to $600.

The CARES Act that Congress passed in response to the COVID-19 crisis is best known for its payroll protection program loans and other measures of cash relief. Getting less attention are the provisions that increase tax-deductibility for donations to charities.

The CARES Act that Congress passed in response to the COVID-19 crisis is best known for its payroll protection program loans and other measures of cash relief. Getting less attention are the provisions that increase tax-deductibility for donations to charities.

*Please consult with your financial advisor for more information.

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