SDSF Holiday Snowflake Ornament

SDSF is excited to announce that we have created an ornament for the holidays! It can be hung on your tree, on a Menorah, in a window or simply displayed on a hook. Our hope for this project is to spread awareness and support while raising funds to help find a cure. Our goal is to create a newly designed ornament each year. Each ornament is $12.50 (free shipping) with proceeds going directly to the Shwachman Diamond Syndrome Foundation. Purchase more and save more! Purchase 5 ornaments for $57.50 (saving $5) or purchase 10 ornaments for $115.00 (saving $10). This also makes an excellent gift for everyone who supports our SDS ...

2020 Camp Sunshine Dates Announced!

Save the date! Camp Sunshine dates have been announced for next summer! July 12-17, 2020 Learn more about Camp Sunshine here. The link below takes you to the application page. https://www.campsunshine.org/programs/applications

August Fundraising – Sporting Tournaments

Welcome, August! For some of us, there is still another month of summer while others are already heading back to school. Now is the perfect time to come together with your favorite community/school sports teams and start a fundraising tournament. Summer/Fall is a great time to get out there and be active, involve your community, and show your sportsmanship for team SDSF! Some great ideas consist of bowl-a-thons, homerun derby's, chess matches, slapshot competitions, hoop contests, soccer and golf tournaments. If you're not a sports fan, choose your favorite club to work with. The options are limitless--be creative! Later this month, we will hear ...

July Fundraising – Flamingo Flocking

Start your own Flocking Fundraiser to support SDSF and raise awareness for our rare disease. Contact Michelle at michelle@shwachman-diamond.org if interested. When you have a rare disease you have to make a pretty big noise to get awareness and fundraising. More common diseases have months, days, dedicated teams to fundraising, etc. Being rare, it means a lot of those duties get assigned to parents just like us. My son is 5 years old and has been living with SDS since he was born. We have had to make some pretty big noise just to have doctors hear us, which means we have had to travel all over the country. We have been from coast to coast, ...

SDS Family Day Details

The Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome Registry (SDS Registry) is hosting the 2019 SDS Registry Conference, in Boston, MA. The Registry would like to share exciting new advances in their understanding of SDS made possible by the participation of everyone enrolled in the Registry. The SDS Registry welcomes you to this meeting to learn more about ongoing research, clinical trials, and treatments for SDS. ORGANIZERS:Akiko Shimamura, MD, PhD and Kasiani Myers, MD DATE:Sunday, September 15, 2019. VENUE: Harvard Medical School Joseph B Martin Center77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, NRB 133, Boston, MA, 02155 REGISTRATION: Please register each member ...

May Fundraising – Spring into Fundraising

It's SPRING-time and everyone wants to enjoy the outdoors! What a perfect time to have FUN hosting an outdoor fundraiser for Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome Foundation. Let's "Spring" into Fundraising! Now that the weather is nice, start a new fundraiser! Host a plant sale, car wash, or garage sale. Take on a part-time gig of walking dogs or mowing lawns. Any proceeds can be donated to SDSF! Join us to raise awareness and help FUND a cure!

SDS Family Day – 9/15/19

The Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome Registry invites SDS families to a complementary day of education, connection, and fun! See the flyer for more information! SDS Family Day PDF FlyerDownload

SDS – Rare Disease Infographic

The SDSF is proud to present an infographic that helps explain facts about Rare Diseases and Shwachman Diamond Syndrome! What a wonderful resource to help raise awareness about SDS on Rare Disease Day (February 28). This document will be a great conversation-starter that you can distribute to family, friends, classmates, coworkers, etc. Post on social media and help us spread awareness! DOWNLOAD AS A PDF

Order Your SDS Rare Disease Day Shirt

Show your support in honor of Rare Disease Day and be Shwachman-Diamond strong! CLICK HERE TO ORDER: Deadline is Feb. 9, 2019 FRONT of shirt BACK of shirt

SDSF Change of Address

We've changed our mailing address! Please note the change. Shwachman Diamond Syndrome FoundationP.O. Box 6723Florence, KY 41022Toll Free: 1-888-825-SDSF (7373)info@shwachman-diamond.org Packages too large for a typical PO Box may be sent to:106 Hillside DriveFlorence, KY 41042