Audrey and Altheada Honored

Audrey Clifton, chairman of the North Carolina Chapter was honored for her work in growing the chapter. She has done an outstanding job of communicating with the medical community and general public in her state via newspaper and radio, as well as directly with physicians and hospitals.

The annual Minster award for Volunteer Service was awarded to Altheada Johnson of New York for her oustanding service. In addition to serving as Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Membership Committee, she is one of the four volunteers on the Hotline Committee, answering calls for about three months each year, and attends meetings throughout the country as our representative, presenting posters and serving on panels, and generally keeping VHL and diversity visible at key meetings about genetics and cancer.

While we extend our special thanks to these two women, we also thank all the many volunteers throughout the world who make up the VHL Family Alliance, sharing themselves with others every day.

As published in the VHL Family Forum, newsletter of the VHL Family Alliance, June 1997