Steffens Scleroderma Foundation

Steffens Scleroderma Foundation www.steffens-scleroderma.org Ann's nature was to help others, and she participated in several research studies throughout her life.

The Steffens Scleroderma Foundation was formed in memory of Ann Steffens who was diagnosed with scleroderma in 1984 and passed away in 1997. Her mother Helen Polenz donated the funds to create the research center in the hope of sparing others the pain of losing a loved one to this disease.

We are deeply saddened to share the passing of our board member, volunteer and friend, Melissa Marquis.Melissa shared he...
09/25/2025

We are deeply saddened to share the passing of our board member, volunteer and friend, Melissa Marquis.

Melissa shared her journey from nurse to patient with honesty and courage, guiding others through her book ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’๐’†: ๐‘จ ๐‘ต๐’–๐’“๐’”๐’†-๐‘ป๐’–๐’“๐’๐’†๐’…-๐‘ท๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’•โ€™๐’” ๐‘น๐’†๐’”๐’๐’–๐’“๐’„๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’—๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘พ๐’†๐’๐’ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐‘จ๐’–๐’•๐’๐’Š๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’† ๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’”๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’†.

Her words continue to offer hope and wisdom to those living with autoimmune conditions, reflecting her lifelong dedication to caring for others and her legacy inspires us to keep moving forward for the scleroderma community.

Learn more about Melissaโ€™s story and consider purchasing her book as a resource for yourself or someone you love: https://www.steffens-scleroderma.org/melissas-story

๐Ÿงต Every stitch threads a story. Each square honors a life. This October, we invite you to wrap the season in purpose.Our...
09/23/2025

๐Ÿงต Every stitch threads a story. Each square honors a life. This October, we invite you to wrap the season in purpose.

Our ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐‘๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ‘. Each patch a tribute to courage. Each thread a call to action.

Through the five quilts in the raffle, we honor those whoโ€™ve faced battles, sparked breakthroughs and inspired a way forward.

๐Ÿ’™ ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ. ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž. ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ž.

๐Ÿ“… ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐๐š๐ซ as a day stitched with purpose.
Stay tuned for raffle details and be part of the story.

๐Ÿ Hello, Fall.As the leaves turn and the air grows crisp, weโ€™re reminded of the beauty in change, and the strength it ta...
09/21/2025

๐Ÿ Hello, Fall.

As the leaves turn and the air grows crisp, weโ€™re reminded of the beauty in change, and the strength it takes to face it.

This season, we continue to uplift patients, educate providers and raise awareness for a disease that often goes unseen.

Just like autumnโ€™s quiet transformation, our work is steady, heartfelt and deeply rooted in hope.

Join us this fall as we stitch together stories, support and community one quilt, one voice, one act of kindness at a time.

๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐‘๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ‘! Weโ€™re celebrating the season with ๐™›๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™ž๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™›๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃโ€”on...
09/19/2025

๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐‘๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ‘!

Weโ€™re celebrating the season with ๐™›๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™ž๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™›๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃโ€”one raffle each week leading up to Thanksgiving!

The quilts are handcrafted and will be revealed just before each quilt raffle begins. The quilts shown are for inspiration only, but they capture the spirit of whatโ€™s to come. Stay tuned for weekly unveilings and raffle details!

All proceeds support the Steffens Scleroderma Foundation and our mission to raise awareness and uplift patients and families.

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09/07/2025

Almost reached our goal. Please help us by ordering TODAY.

๐“๐Ž๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐€๐’๐“ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜ to shop Carlaโ€™s ๐๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐Ÿ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐‚๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž!

Every order helps fund research and supports families facing rare diseases.

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๐‘ฉ๐’–๐’š ๐’‚ ๐‘ด๐’†๐’‚๐’, ๐‘ฎ๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’‚ ๐‘ด๐’†๐’‚๐’. Your purchase helps neighbors through Feeding America
๐‹๐ž๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ . Place an order and make a difference!

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๐“๐Ž๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐€๐’๐“ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜ to shop Carlaโ€™s ๐๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐Ÿ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐‚๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž!Every order helps fund research and supports famil...
09/07/2025

๐“๐Ž๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐€๐’๐“ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜ to shop Carlaโ€™s ๐๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐Ÿ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐‚๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž!

Every order helps fund research and supports families facing rare diseases.

Spend $90+ and receive a free gift
๐‘ฉ๐’–๐’š ๐’‚ ๐‘ด๐’†๐’‚๐’, ๐‘ฎ๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’‚ ๐‘ด๐’†๐’‚๐’. Your purchase helps neighbors through Feeding America
๐‹๐ž๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ . Place an order and make a difference!

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๐„๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญโ€”๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ!

Hi! I just wanted to let you know that my online Pampered Chef party is coming to an end. I know we are all so busy, I d...
09/06/2025

Hi! I just wanted to let you know that my online Pampered Chef party is coming to an end. I know we are all so busy, I didnโ€™t know if you saw the reminder post in the FB group. Here is the link in case you wanted anything. Take the quiz to save $5 on your order will help offset the cost of shipping๐Ÿฅฐ
๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shopping link:

Table By Pampered Chef

๐™’๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™› ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™˜๐™–๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ?๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: ๐—” ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ...
09/04/2025

๐™’๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™› ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™˜๐™–๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ?

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: ๐—” ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ launches ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ and is now available for pre-order.

This inspiring memoir blends personal experience with practical lessons on resilience, advocacy and navigating the healthcare system. A powerful read for anyone touched by chronic illness.

๐Ÿ”— ๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป: https://drjosephwashington.org/

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐‹๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ, ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐š ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒThe strength of patients, caregivers and dedicated professional...
09/01/2025

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐‹๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ, ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐š ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ

The strength of patients, caregivers and dedicated professionals moves us closer every day to better treatments and a cure. Progress depends on all of us.

Join us in honoring their resilience by helping fuel the research, education and advocacy that make change possible.

๐†๐ข๐ฏ๐ž. ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž. ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค ๐ฎ๐ฉ. Together, we can create a future without limits.

๐Ÿ”— https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CFF8BP5UB8PYJ

09/01/2025

I am so close to my goal with my Pampered Chef party! Selling at least five of these products will help me to reach it! Of course, you can order any other PC PRODUCTS, too (including the NEW Spring & Summer products!) so check out the catalog & see what else you need!! (My ordering link is below!) Thanks in advance!

๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง. ๐†๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ. ๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ. ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž. This isn't the start of a recipe. It's a chance to nourish ๐‡๐Ž๐๐„. Join our ๐๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐‚...
08/26/2025

๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง. ๐†๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ. ๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ. ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž. This isn't the start of a recipe. It's a chance to nourish ๐‡๐Ž๐๐„.

Join our ๐๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ now through September 7 to support scleroderma research, awareness and patient care. ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿณ

๐…๐‘๐„๐„ ๐ ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ with $90+ purchase.
๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  (it's just around the corner!).
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๐€ ๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž. ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ: ๐€ ๐๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ...
08/22/2025

๐€ ๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž. ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ: ๐€ ๐๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž launches ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ and is now available for pre-order.

This inspiring memoir blends personal experience with practical lessons on resilience, advocacy and navigating the healthcare system. An inspiring journey for anyone who's faced the challenges of chronic illness..

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