Now Accepting Applications for 2018 About LymeAid 4 Kids (LA4K) - The Lyme Disease Association started LA4K fund in 2003 and has helped children all over the U.S. and in Canada. Developed with the help of author Amy Tan, the fund is for children who do not have/receive insurance coverage for Lyme disease treatment for children and have economic difficulties. Donations can be made on-line to LDA help this LA4K fund as there are so many applicants, the fund does run out of money frequently.

Internationally acclaimed author Amy Tan said the following this week to LDA in continued support of its LymeAid 4 Kids fund "My heart goes out to undiagnosed children who face not only the painful and debilitating effects of this disease but are at risk for a lifetime of poor self-esteem." Ms. Tan, herself a victim of chronic Lyme disease with neurologic symptoms, approached the LDA in 2003.

NEWARK, DELAWARE-The Delaware 87ers today announced LymeAid 4 Kids night, presented by the University of Delaware Coll. of Health Sciences, on Tues., Feb.17 at the Bob Carpenter Center. The national non-profit Lyme Disease Association's LymeAid 4 Kids fund raises monies for families

The "new" Lyme numbers from Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), an estimated 300,000 Lyme cases annually, only scratch the surface of Lyme's impact. The numbers are really not new but confirmation that Lyme is vastly underreported to CDC by a factor of 10─figures that are probably not inclusive of most people who are clinically diagnosed by their doctor and do not meet strict CDC surveillance criteria─ often used by insurers to deny Lyme treatment. The 300,000 cases bring us closer to actual numbers, valuable to gain attention, but not to conveying real suffering of Lyme patients, especially children.

Lyme Disease Association’s (LDA) new fund, LymeAid 4 Kids (LA4K). The fund will provide monies for families who have no health coverage for their children, so they cannot get diagnosed or treated for Lyme disease. Up to $1,000 per child will be available to be applied for through the physician.

Jackson, October 27, 2003––The Lyme Disease Association (LDA), a national non-profit organization dedicated to Lyme disease education, prevention, research, and patient support announced today the creation of LymeAid4Kids, a fund administered through the LDA and designed to be used by families with no insurance who need to have their children properly evaluated for possible Lyme disease.