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Connecting & supporting the birthmark community. We strive to REACH our community by financially supporting advancement in Research, Education, and Advocacy, while creating a safe space and sense of Community where everyone feels like they are Home.

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VAA is a fully approved not-for-profit. Your donation is tax deductible. In accordance with the IRS guidelines for charitable contributions, your donation was not in exchange for goods and services. We thank you! Federal tax ID: 33-1862896

Why give?

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    Help us throw a funded Polka Dot education day in schools to bring awareness to vascular birthmarks, anomalies, & related syndromes.

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    Help us send medical students or current doctors in the field of vascular birthmarks to conferences or help extend their learning in this field.

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    Help us send a family in need to treatment with an expert in vascular birthmarks, anomalies, or related syndromes.

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    Help us pay for a treatment or procedure of a patient in need with a vascular birthmark, anomaly, or related syndrome.

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    Help us create informative materials we can distribute to clinics and hospitals to be given to new parents who may have a newborn with a vascular birthmark, anomaly, or related syndrome.

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    Help us create initiatives to educate and inform the world about what vascular birthmarks, anomalies and related syndromes are and bring awareness to any hurdles that this community encounters.

My why is…

“…my passion about sharing my unique story with others to best help them navigate through maintaining the health of their birthmark, and their experiences of dealing with a vascular anomaly.”

Scott Cupples

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“…so the birthmark community finds a safe, non-judgemental, unbiased and loving space to all share and grow together.”

Jody Lee

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“…my commitment to help educate, by distributing informative pamphlets to be given to new parents and clinics to educate those who have a newborn child with a current or future birthmark, anomaly, or syndrome.”

Lindsay Benedict

“…to educate about vascular birthmarks, anomalies and related syndromes, and encourage all individuals with visible and invisible differences to celebrate their unique qualities in order to manifest their genuine selves.”

Maille McNicholas

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A young woman with long brown hair wearing a teal dress and a sash is smiling and holding a book titled 'Buddy Birthmark' featuring a cartoon duck. She is also wearing a silver crown and standing in front of a green display with various items on it.

“…to help others understand the significance of vascular anomalies and their related syndromes, as well as encourage my daughter to use her own voice to become an advocate and a leader for the vascular anomaly community.”

Megan McNicholas

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3% Cover the Fee

VAA is a fully approved not-for-profit. Your donation is tax deductible. In accordance with the IRS guidelines for charitable contributions, your donation was not in exchange for goods and services. We thank you! Federal tax ID: 33-1862896

 FAQs

  • Your donation will go anywhere from helping create informative materials, to helping a family/person in need of treatment or travel to a procedure for their birthmark, anomaly, or related syndrome, to funding a school wide educational day about birthmarks, or even helping send a doctor or medical student to a training or conference in the field of birthmarks.

  • VAA is made up of a diverse group of people with vascular birthmarks, children with vascular birthmarks, and people within the medical field of dermatology/vascular birthmarks. This group came together with a common goal to support the birthmark community and create a home for everyone with a birthmark, anomaly, or related syndrome. See more about our board here.

  • If you are interested in holding an event or fundraiser for VAA, please reach out to us at admin@vascularally.org so we can help you promote your event! We are happy to help guide you with our many years of experience at VAA.

  • Check out all our in person events and fundraisers or make a donation right here on our website.