Jingle Bell Run
Sun, Dec 14
|Wash Park (look for the event signage!)
Register today to join and support Team Panda at the Denver Jingle Bell Run: https://events.arthritis.org/teams/TEAMPANDA
Time & Location
Dec 14, 2025, 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Wash Park (look for the event signage!), Washington Park, Denver, CO, USA
Guests
About the event
Register today to join and support Team Panda at the Denver Jingle Bell Run: https://events.arthritis.org/teams/TEAMPANDA
AOII awarded its first two arthritis-related grants to pioneering women in rheumatology in 1968 and 1969; $5,000 to Dr. Naomi Rothfield, Chief of Rheumatology at the University of Connecticut for lupus research; and $6,000 to Dr. Gail Ann Theis, instructor and post-doctoral fellow in immunology from New York University. Those early donations would equate to roughly $80,000 dollars in today’s economy. In the 1960s, it was enough to help kick start research that would spur medical breakthroughs for years to come.
Since then, AOII has raised several millions for research, education and community engagement programs, with a special focus on juvenile arthritis camps, Conferences and the Power Packs (a bag of resources and gifts for kids and parents). Existing and alumnae chapters support the foundation’s efforts through different avenues; including participating in national events like…