If you have any young people living with HD, ages 9 to 29, please read the HDSA message below. First, any existing member of the NYA must fill out the new NYA Membership Application form!! This is necessary since most of the records are so out of date we're starting over! Membership to the NYA does not cost anything however only registered members of the NYA receive the HDSA convention discount rate and are eligible to apply for the annual convention scholarship fund!
Second, if any member of the NYA needs financial support to attend the 2008 HDSA National Convention in Pittsburgh PLEASE have them fill out the 2008 NYA Convention Scholarship Application! In the past some NYA members have felt they shouldn't try for the scholarship so that another person might have a better opportunity to attend. There is over $10,000.00 in your convention scholarship this year which we are hoping will cover several full scholarships and partial scholarships!
At the 2007 HDSA National Convention the members of the NYA voted to expand their convention scholarship fund to recognize at least two members from the NYA membership for outstanding contributions they have made in the past year in raising awareness for HD and/or their fund raising efforts. The details of this recognition convention scholarship will be announced later. It will, most likely, be based on recommendations from the HDSA Regional Development Directors, Chapters or Support Groups. Stay tuned for details!
Thank you, everyone, for your continued support to the HDSA National Youth Alliance!!
NYA Adult Advisors
Dave & Sue Hodgson, Jean Miller
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 4:36 PM
Subject: HDSA National Youth Alliance
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Dear Friends:
The Huntington’s Disease Society of America is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for HDSA’s 2008 - 5th Annual National Youth Alliance [NYA] Convention Scholarship as well as the new online NYA Membership applications.
NYA Membership:
If you are currently a member of the NYA please remember that you must re-register on the new website. To go to the online application please click here to download the Word version of the application click here.
Membership to the NYA is FREE!!
Eligibility to Join the NYA:
NYA is a place for young adults living with HD to share their feelings and experiences
while they support each other in searching for positive ways to live with and combat HD.
The NYA is open to anyone ages 9 through 29 who is living with Huntington’s Disease
in their lives. This can be a person with HD, someone who is at risk, a person who has
tested negative, a caregiver, a friend or relative to someone with HD.
NYA Scholarship:
The intent of this scholarship is to help active members of the NYA, living with Huntington’s Disease, attend the HDSA National Convention in Pittsburgh, PA. whom otherwise might not financially be able to afford attending.
This Fund was established for all current members of the NYA and is possible because of the support and generosity of families such as yours, in supporting the annual NYA Silent Auction and other events held at the annual HDSA National Convention.
Scholarship Availability & Application
The scholarship is open to any current or alumni member of the NYA. Any NYA member who was awarded a full scholarship in 2007 is not eligible for a 2008 scholarship.
Please click here to download the word format of the scholarship application
Application Deadline:
Each NYA member’s application must be post-marked no later than midnight, Friday, March 14, 2008. The application, essay and all required signatures are to be mailed to:
Huntington’s Disease Society of America
505 Eighth Avenue, Suite 902
New York, N.Y. 10018
Attention: Mynelly Perez
Email: mperez@...
Notification of Winners
Applicants will be notified no later than Friday, April 4, 2008 if they have won a 2008 convention scholarship.
Contributions to this Fund
If you would like to contribute to this scholarship fund, please mail your check or money order, payable to the “HDSA NYA Convention Scholarship Fund” to the above address or to donate online click here. Thank you for your continued support to the Huntington’s Disease Society of America and the HDSA National Youth Alliance!
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