VITFriends Vitiligo Support Group

12/31/2025

What an honor, for our non-profit organization, to be selected for day 28th of the Boston Prudential Tower - 31 Nights of Lights.

What an amazing way to end our year of Advocacy work, on this high, as our team together celebrated the season of JOY and Pride for this prestigious opportunity.

To Rep Rob Consalvo, his colleague Rep Decker of Cambridge, MA and his legislative aide Emily Carrara, THANK You for being apart of this event, it meant so much having your support. Happy New Year!

12/30/2025

Our End-of-year SPOTLIGHT:

Rob Consalvo we THANK you for being PRESENT and a constant supporter of VITFriends. So, here's the stats of where our ADVOCACY work Began:

- 2011 - Boston Councilman Rob Consalvo spoke at our conference https://world-vitiligo-con-4.vitfriends.org/set/2efb5857-6bdb-4742-8b5d-5277b7af78a1

- 2013 - Council floor invite by then Councilman Rob Consalvo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbsmUfx6S0A&t=10s

- 2025 - Bill H-1115 seeking INSURANCE Coverage for people with Vitiligo. https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1115

*FYI - We have many seniors in our group, with the oldest being 92, who now WORRY about The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) policies, changes and funding cuts.

So far, we have helped 2 seniors PAY the cost for the OPZELURA treatment that is FDA approved for Vitiligo and with commercials now seen on TV.

Rep Rob Consalvo. we APPRECIATE you, and our SPOTLIGHT shines brightly on you. We trust that your colleagues and others can see and appreciate all that you do in this great City. We certainly NEED more allies and voices raised for our cause, Thanks for your example!

12/29/2025

31 NIGHTS of Lights!

31 Boston non-profit business were selected to be recognized by The Prudential, and our VITFriends (means: Vitiligo Friends) Support business was recognized as day 28 with our GLOBAL Vitiligo color of PURPLE, and it was my honor to turn on the lights at 5pm.

Our life's work CONTINUES to be about and MUST always focus on

p.s. Our movie from this awesome event will follow..

12/26/2025

From our humble begin in 2009, to our Inaugural event on the U S Capitol Steps in 2016 - the work of advocating for our Beautiful Vitiligo Community, has remained our main focus.

JOIN us on Sunday, December 28 @ 4pm, as our Vitiligo Advocacy efforts is demonstrated.

2025 Lightings January 20 | Red, Black and Green in Recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day January 29 | Red & Gold in Celebration of Lunar New Year February 1 | Red, Black and Green in Recognition of Black History Month February 6 | Blue and Orange in Recognition of World Cancer Week February 7 [...

12/24/2025

Purple is our VITILIGO color!

VITFriends is honored to be selected for day #28 of the 31 Nights of Lights, at the Boston Prudential Tower. Read more...
https://www.prudentialcenter.com/experiences/events/31-nights-of-light/

12/23/2025

Happy Holidays!

12/19/2025

Happy Holidays!

Please see our VITFriends Vitiligo Greeting in our local Newspaper....

Hope you got a chance to see Barbara Hamilton our Boston Group co-leader and our Corporate Treasurer and I, on page #3 and page #7.

12/19/2025

From our 800 phone line, comes this message, that we want to share, hoping that someone can respond...

Message: "I trying to replace my vitiligo make up. My old company is out of business and dermablend seems to be out of business as well.
Can you recommend a company like dermablend which sells the same type of total coverage for dark skin women with vitiligo. I would even be interested in a company that could fromulate cream foundation for me. Thanks"

12/19/2025

We WELCOME Ramon, a member of the Dallas, TX Vitiligo Group, led by Sherel Riley

We thank him for joining us and sharing his Vitiligo Journey.

Please click FOLLOW to be notified of our next podcast...

Meet Ramon from Dallas, TX He has had Vitiligo since age 25 We met Ramon at the Dallas Vitiligo Group meeting led by Sherel

12/18/2025

The KINDNESS of Strangers - In His HONOR!

May God see your PURE heart of Kindness this season, and bountifully bless you in return, with Peace, JOY and Love!

Patricia Rossy received a CALL on our 800 line and returned the CALL to a woman who shared about wanting to GIVE to VITFriends.
The woman shared about the tragedy of her best friend son at age 23 year old, and how their friend-group, after speaking with the mother, who remembered that when he was a teen, she Googled and found VITFriends.

This young man was diagnosed with VITILIGO at 7yr old and was badly bullied. He was MURDERED, and recently the name VITFriends came back to the mother, So, this Christmas, her friends want to GIVE to VITFriends in his memory.

I spoke the mother for almost 1 hour and learned more about her sons death. Our sincere condolences to this family and all their caring friends, and with gratitude in his honor we accept you gift, Thank you all!
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15VUYUWUs3E/

Ryan Realbuto, 23, of Pittsford, New York, a volunteer at Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School in Takoma Park, was fatally shot in a robbery in Washington, D.C.

12/18/2025

Good morning and Happy Holidays!

Please get a copy of the Bulletin NEWSPAPER, which is published every Thursday or you can always view it ONLINE.

VITFriends is excited to have TWO ADS listed in this week's paper.

Barbara Hamilton and I, both Vitiligo patients, are very proud of our work for the National VITILIGO Community, but especially here in this great Commonwealth. Work like being Patient-Doctor Teachers, to first year medical students at Harvard University every years, that brings us great JOY!

We are grateful for the support of many people, but especially Rep Rob Consalvo, who has been a supporter since 2013.