Please do some special shopping this season in the VHL store. All the profits from sales in our store go to support the VHL Family Alliance programs and research.

Kathy B. of Indiana, Vice Chair of the Board, models our new Millennium T-shirt: white with blue, yellow, and black design by Tracy Abraham of Ohio, winner of this year’s T-shirt design contest. Sold out -- see new shirts!

Damon G. presents our new Caring T-shirt, white with brown ink, designed by Altheada J. of New York. Its text reads: "One day I met another person with VHL...We talked, shared, cared, compared, cried, laughed and learned...Pretty soon we felt in control of VHL...We could help ourselves and others, too."

Sold out -- see new shirts!

Jay Platt introduced his new book, A Time to Walk. Dr. & Mrs. Neumann took an autographed copy Jhome to Germany. Jay is donating $5 from the sale of each book to support VHLFA.

Please see the VHL store on our website, for additional items. Patricia Foote’s book How Are You? on taking charge of your own health care, and Karen Koenig’s beautiful and inspiring poems, and Pierre Jacomet’s award-winning piano performances also benefit VHLFA.

As printed in the VHL Family Forum 8:3, September 2000. For permission to reprint, please contact VHL Family Alliance, editor@vhl.org. Further information is available from the VHL Family Alliance, info@vhl.org.

The Board presented to Altheada a beautiful all-cotton lap blanket with a woven design featuring the VHLFA logo, honoring her completion of six years of service on the Board.