Downtown Disney Nestled across the street from the luxurious resort of Buena Vista Palace Hotel & Spa where the NFED National Family Conference is being held, Downtown Disney® Marketplace waits to entertain and inspire. Offering a large array of shops and eclectic stores, the shopping area also features exhilarating nighttime fun and a wide selection…
What do your Family Conference fees actually pay for?
Basically, all your fees pay for is your food. We solicit sponsors, grants and use general donations to fund room rentals, speakers’ (12-15 unbelievable docs and dentists donate their time each year) and staff travel, scholarship recipients, off site activities, AV rental and childcare costs.The NFED absorbs 75% of the cost of the event. The 2012…
Four Research Opportunities at the National Family Conference
Families attending the 2012 National Family Conference in Orlando, July 18-21, have the opportunity to volunteer for the four projects listed below. To participate, sign-up on the 2012 national family conference registration form. You will receive your assigned research times when you check-in at registration on Wednesday, July 18th at the conference. Questions? Email Mary…
It Was Time That I Stop Ignoring the Thing That Made Me Most Unique
By Heather McKelvie In 1996, my mother and I went the Family Conference, which was in St. Louis that year. Looking back, I don’t remember very much about it. Perhaps because I was a teenager, I was in denial about the fact that my EEC was a life-long condition that I would always have to deal with. …
The Value of a Family Conference
By Rachel Buerman The NFED Family Conference has been an invaluable experience for us. We attended our first conference in Colorado 2010. For the first time since Jordan was born we felt at home. We learned more from other families in 3 days than we had learned from our local doctors in 2 years. NFED…
Regional Family Conference in Jackson, MS
We have mailed the registration form of the Regional Family Conference to be held in Jackson, MS at the Jackson Marriott Hotel on Saturday, September 10th, 2011 to all constituents in Mississippi and surroundings states. Most of you should have received this form/flyer with program by now! If not, click on the highlighted link which will take you…