First Friday Updates
Executive Director Mark Beckwith has made it a habit to email out an update on the first Friday of every month. This is a collection of all the First Friday Updates. If you are not receiving these via email but you would like to, please contact us and let us know.
First Friday Update - October 3, 2008
Megan Fields, an adult woman with a nevus, was here in Bartlesville last week to visit with Kathy Wright and me about a new research project here at Nevus Outreach (more about that in a later issue)....(more)
First Friday Update - November 7, 2008
October 2008 news includes a Nevus donations landmark, information about the Nevus Conference 2008 Newsletter and Memory Video, Tissue Bank Proposal and the Endowment Challenge. (more)
First Friday Update - January 2, 2009
The first First Friday update of 2010 includes information about donations, wishes for the New Year, and news about Dr. Bernhard Wehrie-Haller from the University of Geneva. (more)
First Friday Update - February 6, 2009
February's update include a farewell to Nevus Outreach Director or Developement Kathy Wright and a warm welcome to Megan Fields as well as news about gatherings and about progress on the medical front. (more)
First Friday Update - March 6, 2009
First Friday Update for March, 2009 includes news about the co-chairs for the Nevus Conference, to be held July 7-10, 2010 as well as a word how to give to Nevus without any cost to you by shopping at Amazon.com. (more)
First Friday Update - April 3, 2009
The First Friday Update of April includes exciting news about Total Body Photography (TBP), conference attendance expectations and news about the Nevus gathering in the Poconos. (more)
First Friday Update - May 1, 2009
Wow – so much to say. You know, we try to keep these things short!Did You Know? Heidi and Hilary just mailed out the Spring newsletter. It has about 15 short blurbs in it that...(more)
First Friday Update - June 5, 2009
I hope this note finds you well and looking forward to a nice weekend. The weather down here is lovely.Today a bunch of us from all over the country meet at the conference hotel in Texas to...(more)
First Friday Update - July 3, 2009
Wow. Jet-lagged and not much sleep here! I am sitting in Brussels, Belgium on the way home from a fast-paced two days with Dr. Bernhard Wehrle-Haller in Geneva. He and his family wer...(more)
First Friday Update - August 4, 2009
I hope this Mid-Summer First Friday Update finds you well. There is so much to pass along that I will keep the words to a minimum and provide links for you to surf. Please check out the things that in...(more)
First Friday Update - September 4, 2009
Summer is supposed to be the easy time of year. This summer has been anything but! Of course NEXT summer is the next conference which is always busy. I'm at a friend's house in Connecticut with my fam...(more)
First Friday Update - October 2, 2009
This October edition of the First Friday Newsletter has us back from that long trip that included Cask Night, the Cape Cod Nevus Gathering, and a scientific meeting at Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor...(more)
First Friday Update - November 6, 2009
Conference preparations are in full swing at Nevus Outreach. We try to learn from our experiences and make each nevus conference better than the last. Conference 2010 will be no exception....(more)
First Friday Update - December 4, 2009
I just got back from a pre-planning meeting, preparing for a major Strategic Planning meeting we will hold on February 4 – 6, 2010. For a variety of reasons the time is upon Nevus Outreach...(more)





