Exercise Rx
For the next several weeks, we are promoting the benefits of exercise for people with
arthritis through a new campaign called Exercise Rx.
Unsafe movement can worsen arthritis pain, but
proper exercise can actually reduce arthritis pain! If you have arthritis, get free resources on how exercise really can help you control your arthritis pain and improve your overall well-being.
Prescribe exercise for yourself!
Get fit and help your joints feel better! Exercise can…
- cut knee pain in half
- lower risk of osteoarthritis
- reduce disability
- decrease inflammatory pain
Please call us at (804) 359-1700 x.303 for more information on how you can try Arthritis Foundation classes for free and/or attend an educational workshop on the benefits of exercise and receive a free health screening.
Featured Volunteer Spotlight
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The Circle of Friends is a local volunteer organization of women who are committed to a broad range of community service projects. This group is known to be a hard-working, organized group of fun women who can tackle any project!
For more then 10 years this group has done over one hundred projects for many non-profits in the
Carolinas Chapter Cycling Event
Challenges are what make us stronger! Join the Carolinas Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation for the challenge of a lifetime. Ride 40, 60 or 80 miles through the Blue Ridge Mountains on August 9th, 2008 in Banner Elk, North Carolina. For more information, contact the Carolinas Chapter at (704) 529-5166 or go to the
Ride Along the Blue Ridge website.
Virginia Beach Branch
5101 Cleveland St., Ste 307
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Phone: 757-456-1119
Fax: 757-456-2347
Office Hours: 9am - 5pm
Check Out REACH, Our Chapter Newsletter!
From events and programs to milestones and accomplishments to new and helpful information, each spring and fall a new issue of our newsletter is released to keep you up-to-date on what's happening in Virginia. We hope you enjoy reading REACH online!
Featured in the Spring 2008 issue :
- Meet the Guys Who Make Us Look Great (Cover Story)
- Julie Rhyne recongized as one of eight SUPER Ambassadors (Page 4)
- Join the Team for a Cure - 2008 Arthritis Walks (Page 4)
- Update on 2008 Crystal Ball and 2007 'Commitment to a Cure' breakfast (Page 5, 9)
- Arthritis Foundation 'Top Model' announced (Page 6)
- Volunteer Spotlight: Dr. Randall S. Peyton, CEO of Arthritis & Sports Orthopaedics and Physical Therapy (Page 8)
- Juvenie Arthritis Weekend (Page 10)
Ukrops Golden Gift Program
The Arthritis Foundation is a registered organization with the Ukrop's Golden Gift Program so everytime you shop at Ukrops and use your UVC card you can earn money for the AF! To find out more please check out Ukrop's website. These grocery stores are located from Roanoke to Williamsburg so you may be closer than you think!
How do you search the internet?
What if the Arthritis Foundation earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? Well, now we can! GoodSearch.com is a new search engine that donates half its revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. You use it just as you would any search engine, and it's powered by Yahoo!, so you get great results.
Just go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter Arthritis Foundation, Virginia Chapter as the charity you want to support. Just 500 of us searching four times a day will raise about $7300 in a year without anyone spending a dime! And, be sure to spread the word!
Join Us On the Road to a Cure!
Arthritis Awareness License Plate
The Arthritis Foundation, Virginia Chapter is currently looking into the possibility of working with the DMV to produce a special Arthritis Awareness license plate! Would you be interested in having such a plate? We must have 350 folks pre-register for the plate. We are currently gauging interest. If enough of our supporters are interested, we will proceed with designing and formally applying for the plate. Please email Linda with your name, email address and phone number so that we can add you to the list of supporters who will be joining us on the road to a cure!
Contact Virginia Chapter
Toll-free: (800)456-4687
