Attend a Crohn’s and Colitis Event
We have a vast network of more than 40 CCFA chapters and affiliates nationwide—each with its own volunteer board and Chapter Medical Advisory Committee. Each chapter brings the work of the entire Foundation to their local community. You can make a difference by connecting and participating with your local chapter.
Discover which of these support programs and activities are offered in your local community. Just search for our events by keyword or by city, date, or category.
- Join Take Steps Be Heard, our nationwide fundraising walk program that makes it possible for us to fulfill our mission and meet our goals.
- Test your limits with Team Challenge, our endurance training program.
- Send your child to Camp Oasis—our local and regional summer camps for children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
- Connect with others who are struggling to cope with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) through one of our 300 support groups.
- Attend live education seminars and programs geared for patients and health care professionals.
- Stay informed about upcoming seminars, support groups, and events in your local community through your chapter newsletter or national newsletter.
- Pedal through Get Your Guts in Gear, a three-day bicycle ride that helps support CCFA.
To find out more about all of our programs and activities in your area, contact your local CCFA chapter.
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Team Challenge: Kona Half Marathon
June 24, 2012Kona, Hawaii
Team Challenge is the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation's endurance training and fundraising program. Through Team Challenge, you can run or walk 13.1 miles or train for a triathlon or cycling event while helping to find cures for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
Treatment Approaches in IBD: Options to Consider (Spring Valley, NY)
June 27, 2012Spring Valley, New York
Join other IBD patients and caregivers from your community, representatives from your local CCFA chapter, and a medical expert for "Treatment Approaches in IBD: Options to Consider," a presentation and interactive question-and-answer session that will help you sort through treatment strategies.
Team Challenge: Napa to Sonoma Wine Country Half Marathon
July 15, 2012Napa, California
Team Challenge is the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation's endurance training and fundraising program. Through Team Challenge, you can run or walk 13.1 miles or train for a triathlon or cycling event while helping to find cures for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
Treatment Approaches in IBD: Options to Consider (Brentwood, TN)
July 16, 2012Brentwood, Tennessee
Join other IBD patients and caregivers from your community, representatives from your local CCFA chapter, and a medical expert for "Treatment Approaches in IBD: Options to Consider," a presentation and interactive question-and-answer session that will help you sort through treatment strategies.
Treatment Approaches in IBD: Options to Consider (Greenwich, CT)
July 17, 2012Greenwich, Connecticut
Join other IBD patients and caregivers from your community, representatives from your local CCFA chapter, and a medical expert for "Treatment Approaches in IBD: Options to Consider," a presentation and interactive question-and-answer session that will help you sort through treatment strategies.
Gastroenterology Regulatory Endpoints and the Advancement of Therapeutics (GREAT); Public Workshop
September 19, 20128:30am to 5:00pm | College Park, Maryland
The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research is announcing a 4-day public workshop entitled “Gastroenterology Regulatory Endpoints and the Advancement of Therapeutics (GREAT).” The purpose of this workshop is to provide a forum to consider issues related to endpoints that can support drug development in the following disease areas: Eosinophilic esophagitis, pediatric and adult inflammatory bowel disease, and parenteral nutrition-associated liver disease.
Breakthroughs in IBD Research (webinar)
November 15, 2012Registration is now open for a webcast/teleconference on the latest research related to Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis! Breakthroughs in IBD Research will be held on Thursday, November 15 at 8 PM Eastern. Presented by James Lewis, MD of the University of Pennsylvania, this advanced, interactive program will explore the latest research discoveries, including microbiome and biomarker findings. New targets for treatment will also be discussed, and you will learn how to be involved in IBD research. Register Today!
Team Challenge
February 2, 2013summer season: CHOOSE YOUR CHALLENGE! Loudoun County, VA Chicago, IL Kona, HI Sonoma, CA
Orange County Patient Education Workshop Part I Presentation Slides
March 2, 20139:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Anaheim, California
8th Penn Inflammatory Bowel Disease Symposium
March 8, 2013Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
