Today, we’re celebrating the birthday of SRF founder Sharon Monsky by revisiting her 1988 appearance on CBS News Nightwatch, where she helped bring national attention to scleroderma.
Sharon built the Scleroderma Research Foundation around a simple belief: research is the best hope for a cure. She knew she likely wouldn’t see a cure in her own lifetime, but that didn’t stop her from tirelessly pursuing that goal for others in the community.
Next year marks 40 years since Sharon founded the SRF, launching an organization that would eventually become the nation’s leading nonprofit funder of scleroderma research.
“The leadership and progress over the last 40 years is just astounding to see today,” said Mark Scher, who co-founded the SRF with his then-wife, Sharon, and who serves on its Board. “The SRF is truly a first-class organization that is changing the face of disease research, not just for scleroderma but for other related diseases as well.”
Sharon’s vision still drives everything we do. Joining the Sharon Monsky Legacy Society through a planned gift helps ensure scleroderma research keeps moving forward, long into the future.