For the third year running, Hope for HS is organizing a campaign to get Hidradenitis Suppurativa Awareness Week recognized in every state! Our first year, we were successful in getting the governors of Michigan and Georgia to proclaim HS Awareness Week in their state. Last year, with residents from 35 states requested, 17 state governors…
Thanks to the efforts of Louisiana resident Susan Gilleland, governor John Bel Edwards will join with the governors of Michigan, Georgia, and Tennessee to proclaim June 4-10, 2018 as #Hidradenitis Suppurativa Awareness Week in the their great state! We still need residents from 14 states to reach out to their state governments about a proclamation…
On April 9th, Governor Bill Haslam proclaimed June 4-10, 2018 Hidradenitis Suppurativa Awareness Week in the state of Tennessee! Thanks goes to resident Elena Bou for contacting her state government to secure the proclamation. Hope for HS has produced a letter of support and sample Whereas clauses available to anyone that wishes to ask their…
Governor Rick Snyder has proclaimed a week for Hidradenitis Suppurativa Awareness in Michigan for the second year in a row. June 4-10, 2018 will be recognized to raise awareness in the state of Michigan, hopefully reducing the time to diagnosis and increasing the quality of care for everyone affected by HS. There is still time…
The first of our state proclamations are beginning to come in! Thanks to the efforts of Penny White, author and patient activist, Governor Nathan Deal has proclaimed June 4-10, 2018, Hidradenitis Suppurativa Awareness Week in the state of Georgia! Governor Deal was one of two governors that also proclaimed a week in June for Hidradenitis…
