Hi, my name is Bunny Gardner. I am your ISN Awards Coordinator for the Scleroderma Webmaster's Association (SWA), and I live in beautiful Wisconsin.

Every year, the SWA issues awards to scleroderma webmasters who are part of our popular Scleroderma Sites to Surf! program. I review all of the websites to determine the awards eligibility, work with a designer to create the award graphics, and issue the awards.

I was diagnosed with scleroderma in 1993. The type of scleroderma I have is Crest. I also have neuropathy in my left arm and hand, and am partially paralyzed. I had a complete mastectomy from breast cancer in January of 2000, and a heart attack and heart surgery in February of 2002.

I had been in the printing trade for about 30 years, and had to leave my job in 1996 due to scleroderma, pulmonary scarring, Raynaud's, atypical tuberculosis, and a bunch of other things. I am on oxygen as needed.

I enjoy reading, gardening, and making web pages. My website is Bunny's Place, where I share my scleroderma story on inspirational pages that encourage love, faith, hope, and charity. I also do a daily mailing of basically spiritual content called "Words", and feel that I am very blessed.

I believe that the people who have websites with information about their diseases deserve a lot of credit for what they do to help other people. That is the reason I volunteered for this position.

I am happy to answer emails as my health allows.

Donate in Memory to the nonprofit International Scleroderma Network at sclero.org. We will make a custom donation form and link for you, and send thank you's and acknowledgement cards. We list donors and events in our website and newsletter.

Please help raise awareness of scleroderma and related illnesses by mentioning and linking to the nonprofit International Scleroderma Network at sclero.org in conversations, speeches, web sites, and publications.