The Chiari Center Foundation

The Chiari Center Foundation, often referred to as simply Chiari Center or TCCF, is an 501(c)(3) non-profit public charitable organization striving for global chiari malformation awareness, support, and research founded August 1, 2008.

History

The Chiari Center Foundation was started as a grass roots organization founded by Jamie Lynn Sopczak, after the frustrations she encountered when first diagnosed with Chiari in September, 2006. She was diagnosed AbOUT four months after her initial symptoms. When Jamie started fighting her Chiari Malformation in January 2007, she knew that something had to be done so that no one would ever face the medical uncertainty and misdiagnoses she lived through.

Chiari Malformation Awareness

In 2009, The Chiari Center Foundation, a started a global Chiari Malformation Awareness, Support, and Research campaign in 2009 using a blue ribbon with a zipper,. Blue was chosen because the color blue is considered beneficial to the mind and body and symbolizes wisdom, confidence, faith, and tranquility.