October 3, 2022
McLean Central Park
The McLean Community Center has created the “purrfect” event for local pet owners and their beloved animals! McLean Central Park will be alive with local pets and their families on October 16, 2022, when McLean Pet Fest takes place. NatCapLyme will exhibit at the McLean Pet Fest. Come and learn how to keep your pets safe from ticks and the diseases they carry and what to do if you find a tick on your pet. Demonstrations on how to properly remove a tick will be shown throughout the day. Learn how YOU can become a Tick Buster and fight the bite.
The McLean Community Center has created the “purrfect” event for local pet owners and their beloved animals! will be alive with local pets and their families on October 16, 2022, when McLean Pet Fest takes place.
Read moreJune 1, 2022
McLean Day, McLean VA
Service to others is an important part of the Scout Oath: ” . . . to help other people at all times.” Each year tens of thousands of scouts strive to achieve the coveted Eagle Scout rank by applying character, citizenship, and scouting values in their daily lives. One of the rank requirements is to plan, develop, and give leadership to others in a service project helpful to any religious institution, school or community.
Dominic, along with his troop, family, friends provided an information booth with awareness, games and activities at the annual 2022 McLean Day event, for his Eagle Scout project. “This is the best way I can think to educate my family, friends and community about the devastation ticks can cause” Dominic said.
Read moreMay 18, 2022
Fairfax County, Board of Supervisours
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors has once again has proclaimed, May 2022, as Lyme Disease Awareness Month in the county of Fairfax.
The National Capital Disease Association is grateful to Supervisor Pat Herrity and the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors for its continued commitment of raising awareness of tick-borne diseases. For the past 12 years, Supervisor Herrity has been a leading partner to the National Capital Lyme Disease Association and the public-at-large in the effort to bring awareness of Lyme and tick-borne diseases to Fairfax County.
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For almost 20 years, NatCapLyme has been a nationally known advocate for the recognition of tick-borne diseases and for the acknowledgment of the people who suffer from these diseases.
Read moreSince its inception, NatCapLyme has provided support group meetings to Lyme sufferers and their families.
Read moreNatCapLyme authored and petitioned for the passage of the Lyme Disease Testing Information Disclosure Act of 2013, and in 2016, the State of Maryland passed the Lyme Disease-Laboratory Test-Required Notice bill.
Read moreNatCapLyme participated in the creation of a newly formed organization called Partners Against Lyme and Tick Associated Diseases (PALtad). This organization was founded to advocate for and protect the rights of patients suffering from tick-borne diseases.
Read moreNatCapLyme created a new series of highly acclaimed educational print materials on Lyme and tick-borne diseases including our trademarked Tick Busters Series for children.
Read moreNatCapLyme participated as a panel member on numerous Virginia and Maryland Task Forces, which focused on Lyme and tick-borne diseases.
Read moreNatCapLyme was a participant in the Institute of Medicine’s scientific workshop and represented the patient community on a summation panel presenting the patient’s perspective on current gaps in the science and research of tick-borne diseases.
Read moreIn anticipation of the IDSA’s Lyme treatment guideline review hearing at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington D.C., NatCapLyme created an awareness campaign using lime green ribbons placed on two of the main thoroughfares entering Washington D.C.
Read moreNatCapLyme held a Congressional luncheon briefing for members of Congress and staff on Lyme and tick-borne diseases. All 535 House and Senate members were invited.
Read moreNatCapLyme engages in a variety of fundraising efforts to accomplish its mission and work on behalf of individuals with tick-borne illnesses.
Read moreTick Busters: Wanted Dead or Alive, NatCapLyme’s newest children’s educational series was chosen as a winner in the Department of Health and Human Services 2021 LymeX Education and Awareness Healthathon Challenge on August 12, 2021.
Read moreNational Capital Lyme Disease Association
P.O. Box 8211
McLean, VA 22106-8211