Greater Chicago Chapter

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Welcome!

The Greater Chicago Chapter serves the Illinois counties including and surrounding Cook County, the Indiana counties of Lake and Porter, the 19 county region of Northwestern Ohio and Western Missouri/Greater Kansas City area.

The mission of the Arthritis Foundation is to improve lives through leadership in the prevention, control, and cure of arthritis and related diseases.

Arthritis Update is Now an E-Newsletter

We are proud to go green and save print and paper costs by taking our chapter newsletter, Arthritis Update, to an electronic format. Please sign up below to begin receiving your newsletter in your email in-box. This newsletter contains all upcoming programs, special events and arthritis news you can use.

Sign Me Up! Read the Fall 2009 Arthritis Update

Let's Move Together

Let’s Move Together is a nationwide movement led by the Arthritis Foundation that encourages people to move to prevent or treat arthritis. You can join the movement by committing to walk in your local 2009 Arthritis Walk. But don’t stop there…move daily for better health.

Research Update Magazine

Bi-monthly newsletter providing information on the latest advances made by Arthritis Foundation-funded researchers, highlights of our grant program and profiles of funded researchers. Download the PDF.

Arthritis Foundation Open House

Meet your local Arthritis Foundation staff, learn more about what we do on a daily basis, and find out how you can help. Please call the chapter office at (312)372-2080 or info.gc@arthritis.org for more information or to set up an Open House appointment.

Join the Arthritis Foundation Associate Board

The Associate Board is a group of Chicagoland professionals who share a common passion to make a difference in the lives of people with arthritis through fundraising, advocacy and assisting with juvenile arthritis programs.

Membership Application Associate Board Guidelines Membership Flyer

Check out the 4th Annual Shindig Photos!

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Information and Programs for Health Professionals

The Chicago Rheumatism Society is comprised of board-certified rheumatologists in the area. Each year, its members hear from professionals throughout the country for professional education opportunities. Find out if you qualify to join by contacting Michele Pfeilschifter at (312) 372-2080 x 27 or mpfeilschifter@arthritis.org.

Meet Sam

Watch how arthritis took away precious moments of Sam's childhood, and then how research -- funded by your support of the Arthritis Foundation -- gave Sam his childhood back.

Arthritis Sphere

Arthritis Sphere content - links to YouTube, Blogger, Adobe Photo Gallery, Facebook, Flickr, RSS or MySpace

Black Tie Gala Video

People Providing Hope Through Research, the theme of this year's Black Tie Gala honoring the Gordon and Carole Segal, couldn't be more true. Watch the video to see the importance of their financial comittment to arthritis research.