Our Mission is to improve lives through prevention, control and cure of arthritis and related diseases. With your support, we offer information, innovative public health and educational programs, and research grants to find a cure.

Quality of Life Programs

The Chapter sponsors hundreds of Arthritis Foundation Land and Aquatic Exercise programs as well as Tai Chi classes to help people to literally get back on their feet!  Self-help courses and support groups are also offered.  Find out more.

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Research

The Arthritis Foundation is the largest private source of local and national research funding for scientists and doctors seeking treatments and cures for arthritis and related diseases.

Almost $700,000 in arthritis research grants were awarded this year to local medical and research institutions.  Click here for a list of 2009/2010 research grant recipients.  Click here for the latest news in arthritis research.

Youth Programs

Arthritis affects more than 300,000 children in the United States. The Southern California Chapter sponsors four children's camps that are exclusive to children with arthritis and related diseases.

• Family Camp, Lake Hughes, California
• Camp Esperanza, San Bernardino Mountains, California
• Camp Sol, Southern Nevada
• Camp Manaolana, Hawaii

These camps provide children with the first opportunity to meet others who share their experiences, and feel stronger and energized as a result. 

You can help in the fight to find a cure for arthritis. 

For more information about Arthritis Foundation programs and services, please contact the Branch office in your community.

Let\'s Talk RA

Effective communication with your doctor is a key part of managing your rheumatoid arthritis (RA). "Let's Talk RA" offers you the opportunity to take the first step to find your voice for better health.  During the Town Hall, speakers will discuss the importance of improved physician-patient communication, disease management, and making healthier lifestyle choices.  Attendees will have a valuable opportunity to get answers to their questions from a prominent local rheumatologist during the Question & Answer portion of the meeting.

Click here for more information, to register online, and to order your FREE Communication Kit.

For the Ride of a Lifetime

The Arthritis Foundation's Amgen California Coast Classic Bicycle Tour is a scenic bike tour that shadows the Pacific from San Francisco to Santa Monica. Rugged coastline, quiet beaches, lighthouses, giant redwood forests, famous wineries and world-class cities are yours to enjoy for each of the tour's eight days. Cyclists begin the 525-mile ride at San Francisco's famous Fisherman's Wharf on September 25th and end triumphantly in Santa Monica on October 2nd. Along the way, they are fully supported, being served fantastic meals and staying in stunning overnight locations. As our cyclists like to say, "This is the ride of a "lifetime."

Recruitment for the California Coast Classic is underway. To learn more about the 2010 Arthritis Foundation Amgen California Coast Classic Bicycle Tour, please visit www.californiacoastclassic.org.

Fall / Winter Headlines

Click here to view and download the Fall and Winter issue of Headlines.
Click here to register to receive HEADLINES via e-mail.

E-publications from the Arthritis Foundation

Choose publications of interest to you, including Mind, Body, Spirit, Arthritis Today.com, Research Update, Let's Move Together, the Foundation Report and timely news alerts.  Click here to register.

BRANCH OFFICE DIRECTORY

CALIFORNIA

Coachella Valley

73-710 Fred Waring Drive #104
Palm Desert, CA 92260-2510
Phone: 760/ 773-3076
Email: info.sca.cvb@arthritis.org
Fax: 760/ 773-0858
Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. (4:30 p.m.on Friday) Pacific

Inland Empire

17155 Newhope St, Ste. A
Fountain Valley, CA 92708-4232
Phone: 714/436-1623
Email: info.sca.ieb@arthritis.org
Fax: 714/436-1625
Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. (4:30 p.m. on Friday) Pacific

Los Angeles

800 West 6th Street #1250
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: 323/ 954-5750
Email: info.sca@arthritis.org
Fax: 323/ 954-5790
Toll Free Phone: 800/ 954-2873
Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. (4:30 p.m. on Friday) Pacific 

Orange County

17155 Newhope St., Suite A
Fountain Valley, CA 92708-4232
Phone: 714/ 436-1623
Email: info.sca.ocb@arthritis.org
Fax: 714/ 436-1625
Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. (4:30 p.m. on Friday) Pacific

San Fernando Valley

800 W 6th Street, Ste 1250
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: 323/ 954-5750
Email: info.sca.sfvb@arthritis.org
Fax: 323/ 954-5790
Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. (4:30 p.m. on Friday) Pacific

Santa Barbara

2253 Las Positas Road, Suite A
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Phone: 805/ 563-4685
Email: info.sca.sbb@arthritis.org
Fax: 805/ 687-1094
Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. (4:30 p.m. on Friday) Pacific

Greater Sacramento
and Central Valleys

3040 Explorer Drive, Suite 1
Sacramento, CA 95827
Phone: 916/368-5599
Email: info.neca@arthritis.org
Fax: 916/368-5596
Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. (4:30 p.m. on Friday) Pacific

HAWAII

615 Piikoi St., #1109
Honolulu, HI 96814
Phone: 808/ 596-2900
Email: info.sca.hib@arthritis.org
Phone: 800/ 462-0743
Fax: 808/ 596-2904
Office Hours: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Hawaii Aleutian

NEVADA

1368 Paseo Verde Parkway, Suite 200
Henderson, Nevada  89012
Phone: 702/367-1626
Email: info.sca.lvb@arthritis.org
Fax: 702/367-6381
Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. (4:30 p.m. on Friday) Pacific