Vasculitis Foundation Canada was featured on the CTV news in March 2009 for it’s efforts in promoting awareness about these forms of rare diseases.

Dr. Louise Vitou, a Nephrologist at Grand River Hospital, Kitchener and Donna Wall, a board member, were interviewed twice on Rogers Cable Television in the early life of the support group.

Once a brochure was developed, the awesome task of mailing a letter with a brochure to nine different medical specialty doctors across Canada was undertaken

Numerous newspaper articles have been written as the group developed.

A combined effort has been made with the Kansas City support group, now known as Vasculitis Foundation. To ensure the sharing of knowledge, we developed a dual membership with them which enables all members to a worldwide source of help.

The change-over from Wegener’s Granulomatosis Support Group of Canada to Vasculitis Foundation Canada involved many adjustments. New brochures, a new logo and an outreach to many more families coping with a form of Vasculitis have enabled many patients with much rarer diseases to join in a common fight.