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» 25 Mar 2008   : AWF transfers legacy to Emily Program Foundation
The Westin family has made the historic decision to close the Anna Westin Foundation (AWF) after 8 + years. The Anna Westin Foundation was created by the Westin family as the result of the tragic de  more...
 
» 25 Mar 2008   : 18th Annual Renfrew Center Conference
The Renfrew Center Foundation will hold it's 18th annual conference for professionals, Feminist Perspectives and Beyond: The Power of Therapeutic Relationships in the Treatment of Eating Disorders. Ph  more...
 
» 25 Mar 2008   : Join EDC in Washington April 9 - 10
Please consider joining the Eating Disoders Coalition (EDC) in Washington, D.C. on April 9 -10th to help us launch the Federal Response to Eliminate Eating Disorders Act (FREED Act). We know  more...
 
» 23 Oct 2007   : Join us for Halloween Fun and Festivites!
On Friday and Saturday, October 26 -27, 2007, please join us for two funfilled days of Halloween adventure! The Anna Westin Foundation and Imagine Hope Productions are teaming up to raise fu  more...
 
» 23 Oct 2007   : Mental Health Parity Moves in Congress!
Thank you for your unified effort in supporting passage of mental health parity! After working on this legislation for the past 11 years we are close to having a mental helath parity bill that will en  more...
 
» 12 May 2007   : Kitty Westin wins Advocacy Award from AED
Kitty Westin, President of the Anna Westin Foundation, was presented with the Academy for Eating Disorders Meehan/Hartley Leadership Award for Public Service and/or Advocacy at the AED Annual confernc  more...
 
» 11 May 2007   : The Emily Program takes over operations at the AWH
The Anna Westin Foundation is pleased to announce that on May 19th the Emily Program will take over operations at the Anna Westin House. The Anna Westin House was opened in 2002 and is a place of  more...
 
» 11 May 2007   : Lobby Day Report
The Eating Disoders Coaltion for Research, Policy & Action held an advocacy training and Lobby Day on May 1, 2007. What a great day! The day resulted in 76 advocates visiting 122 offices represent  more...
 
» 26 Mar 2007   : Kitty Westin Testifies before Congress
Local activist and President of the Anna Westin Foundation, Kitty Westin, was invited to testify before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means on mental health par  more...
 
» 06 Mar 2007   : Mental Health Parity; sign on today!
After decades of advocacy, there is strong reason to believe that in 2007, Congress will pass long-overdue “parity” legislation, ending the discrimination of Americans with mental health a  more...
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The outrage at Anna’s death and the outpouring of community support has led Anna’s family to establish The Anna Westin Foundation, a nonprofit organization formed to help others suffering directly or indirectly from eating disorders, and to provide education and information designed to prevent the development of anorexia and bulimia.
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