Save the Date!
We’re excited to share that the ESM Charity Golf Tournament will take place on August 24th at the beautiful Park Hyatt Aviara Resort in Carlsbad, CA.
FMDSA is honored to be one of two charities benefiting from this incredible event, alongside the Scleroderma Research Foundation. Funds raised will support important research and advocacy efforts for both communities.
Since ancient times and across many cultures, the tree has long been a symbol of many things, including wisdom, protection, strength, inter-connectivity, and life itself. We’ve chosen the tree to represent the Fibromuscular Dysplasia Society of America for these reasons, and because the tree’s branches and roots signify the arteries affected by this disease. The tree’s branches, reaching upward and outward, provide protection and shelter, and represent our mission to help those who’ve been diagnosed with FMD. Trees, strengthened by their continuously spreading roots, symbolize how as we grow together we are stronger and more resilient. As with its growth from a delicate sapling to a giant robust tree, and as its branches and roots grow and spread, the tree symbol represents how we’ve evolved and continue to promote research, education and patient support throughout the years. Together we can achieve much, as we strive to reach for the sky.
“The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
