Volunteer Spotlight

Thank You, NPF Volunteers

Since the very founding of the National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF) in 1967, volunteers have been at the center of each action taken to better the lives of people living with psoriatic disease. Over the last six decades, leaders and staff have come and gone, but the mission and the volunteers who drive our progress are constants. The people who depend on NPF depend on the volunteers that keep our community moving forward.
Volunteer Appreciation Week is one of our favorite times of the year because it is our annual chance to share our deepest appreciation for you and your fellow volunteers. Because of you, NPF is now reaching more people than ever before – delivering the highest quality support, research, and education to people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, as well as to the health care providers charged with caring for our community.
Did you know that other charities and community organizations are experiencing declining volunteer numbers? At NPF however, we are seeing the opposite. This year, we saw an 11% increase in the number of people who want to share their time and talents with us. We strongly believe that increase is due to the example our volunteers are setting each day. You are unified, driven, welcoming, and remarkably supportive. Who wouldn’t want to join such an incredible group?
Thank you, volunteers, for allowing us to be stewards of this 57-year-old mission and showing us how peer support and community building can drive incredible progress. You are a daily inspiration to the staff and leadership of NPF, and as always, you are at the center of everything we do for the more than 8 million people in this country and 125 million worldwide who live with psoriasis or PsA.

Forever Grateful,

Leah M. Howard, J.D.
President and CEO

Carol Ostrow
NPF Board of Directors Chair