Category Archives: Blog

National Volunteer Week: Fast Five Questions with Bishop Kelley High School Junior Brian Limekiller

Tell me about the volunteer work you’ve done for the GFPD. My school hosted a...

National Volunteer Week: Longtime Volunteer Helps Connect Families with the Global Foundation for Peroxisomal Disorders

Pamela Marshall has been the Support Group Coordinator for the Global Foundation for Peroxisomal Disorders...

How to Work with Doctors and Hospice Care

Claire Helms is a wife, mother and family practice nurse who lives in Louisiana. Her...

Pound the Pavement for Peter

Pound the Pavement for Peter returns this year on March 24th for the eighth annual...

Rare Disease Day

              The GFPD is excited to once again be...

How You Can Help

When our son passed away our lives changed forever. Throughout the first year we found...

Surviving the firsts, (and seconds, thirds, fourths and…..) after the loss of a child with Zellweg

It was Christmas time. I was opening a box of decorations and as I looked...

The GFPD Fall Newsletter

Happy Thanksgiving week everyone!   We have mailed out our fall newsletter but it is...

The family of Thomas Thériault honors their son on Pause for PBD

This year, we wanted to do something to honor our son, Thomas, and all the...

A Mother’s Story: Krista Cowan Discusses her PBD Journey with 11-year old Jadin

Tell me about Jadin’s birth. Were there any complications? Jadin Charles Cowan was born on...