"Friends at NIH provides emotional, financial and logistical support to patients while they are receiving groundbreaking and life-saving treatments at the NIH."
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“There aren’t adequate words to describe the relief that parents feel when they can focus 100% on their sick child and not on whether they will have a home, water, or electricity to return to.” – Katie from Minnesota
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“[We are] not alone in this fight. There are people out in this sometimes gloomy world who care and try to bring hope where most of the time it seems there is none.” – father of cancer patient
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Friends Night Out is back! October 20, 2022

WHEN: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2022 6-10PM
WHERE: THE ROOFTOP – 8300 FLATS
8300 WISCONSIN AVE. BETHESDA, MD

Special Early bird ticket price $200 until 9/10/22

Sponsor early bird specials include 2 additional guests for top 3 sponsorships until 9/10/22

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Friends at NIH Charity Golf Outing! Oct 31, 2022

Join us at

Friends’ Fall Annual Charity Golf Tournament!

Early Bird pricing and Sponsor specials until 9/15

Registration for the Friend’s of Patients at the NIH’s annual Fall golf tournament on Monday, October 31 is open.

Mark your calendars and be sure to register for this fun HALLOWEEN event which supports families, caregivers and patients receiving treatment at the National Institutes of Health.

Several sponsorship levels are available and you can join as an individual or a corporate team.

Plan for a beautiful day of golf, fun contests, great food and beverages, special guest speakers and most of all… a wonderful way to support our vital charity!

If you missed our April event, please be sure to sign up early!

Any questions please contact Heidi Williams at heidi@friendsatnih.org.

Funding Supports Patients in Many Different Ways

How Donations are Used

When you give to Friends of Patients at the NIH your support can go to help patients in a variety of ways.
Whatever need they have, we work to support them. Here are some of the ways we have assisted patients in the past.
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Thankful board member and NIH patient, Mr. Jerry Sachs

Jerry Sachs is a man with a mission. As a patient at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center for 40+ years, Jerry is passionate about giving back to the NIH.

“There isn’t enough I can do to show my appreciation for this treatment they have given me,” Jerry says.

Jerry wants donors to know that their donations make a difference helping to keep patients in many life-saving trials is critical for their well-being and also furthers medical science.

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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

As we continue into 2022, we ask for your continued support. Patients are coming back to the NIH clinical center for ground-breaking, life-saving treatments.

A donation from you can mean so much to one of our patients who is looking for transportation assistance or lodging to continue or start their protocols. Please, make a gift today. It’s only though your generosity that we are able to help.
Thank you for that.

Your generosity is greatly appreciated by those we helped in 2021 and those we will support in 2022.

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17-year-old Dixon

Friends of Patient at the NIH provided support to 17-year-old Dixon and his family last year when he came to the NIH seeking a stem cell transplant for Sickle Cell Disease.

Dr. John Tisdale, his physician, who has pioneered this experimental treatment, says it is safe to say Dixon is cured! What great words for Dixon’s family to hear!

Initially, Dixon’s father, Leonard, took him and his older sister, Flavia, to India from their native country of Uganda. Both children had Sickle Cell Disease.

The family could only afford treatment for one child at a time, so Flavia told her little brother, “You go first.” Unfortunately, Flavia died waiting for medicine.

When Dixon’s father heard about this treatment in the United States, he resolved to do everything possible to save Dixon’s life. Hear Dixon’s story in his own words, meet his father and the physician/researcher, Dr. John Tisdale.

Please help us help provide emergency financial support to many more NIH patients in clinical trials, like Dixon.

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