Welcome to Nevus Outreach, Inc.

Nevus Outreach, Inc. (NOI) is a non-profit organization that was founded by families affected by Large Nevi and Neurocutaneous Melanocytosis (NCM) to offer support and information to others who are similarly affected, improve awareness and education of the condition, and encourage and sponsor research that will lead to effective treatments and a cure.

Nevus Map

At our conference in 2004, we thought it would be interesting to take a map of the USA and stick a pin in every place where we knew someone lived who had a large nevus. It was really nice for the first time to get an overall look at how these people were distributed. Internet technology has caught up with this idea, and thanks to the effort of a very talented volunteer, we have come up with a way to generate a map electronically using our registry data.

Please Update Your Contact Info!

A mobile society has its benefits, but please keep us informed when you move or change email addresses. (more)

One for the Record Books

The 2008 Nevus Conference is history. It was unprecedented in so many ways. Forgive us if it's taking a while to debrief it all

Conference FAQ

Updated July 3! - It seems like there are a number of questions about our conference that keep coming up! July 9 is coming soon. To help you prepare for your trip to Dallas and to answer some of your most frequently asked questions, we assembled this FAQ (more)

Matt Luke to Speak at Conference

Retired Major League Baseball player Matt Luke has agreed to address the opening ceremony of the 2008 International Nevus Conference to be held in Dallas on July  9 - 12, 2008
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Stunning News from Conference 2008

Stunning, unbelievable, incredible, totally awesome are the words that come to mind when today we added the 300th name to the list of people planning to attend Conference 2008! 28 adults with a nevus are registered (more)

Conference 2008 Update

WOW! This week we passed the “magic” 200 number with 208 people already registered for Conference 2008. This is completely unprecedented to have so many people registered three months in advance.

Nevus Outreach awarded Yard Sign and Banners

This week Nevus Outreach received a gift from the Harmon Foundation's "Need a Banner?" program. The Harmon Foundation of Tulsa, OK has donated over 2000 banners, yard signs and posters to Tulsa area nonprofit organizations over the past five years. (more)

2008 Nevus Outreach Conference

Nevus Outreach is pleased to announce the 6th International Nevus Conference to be held July 9-12 at the Marriott Solana Hotel in Dallas
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Executive Director Attends SPD Winter Meeting

On January 30th, Mark Beckwith attended the pre-AAD meeting of the Society of Pediatric Dermatology in San Antonio, TX. He was invited by Pediatric Dermatologist Dr. Fred Ghali of Grapevine, TX, chair of the meeting. (more)

Huge Growth for Nevus Outreach Support Group

When the new, improved Nevus Outreach website was launched in May of 2007, one of the benefits was a huge increase in traffic in the Nevus Outreach Support Group (more)

Greehey Family Foundation Awards $30,000

The Bill and Louree Greehey Family Foundation has awarded Nevus Outreach $30,000 for 2007 and has pledged an additional $30,000 of support for the next two years. (more)

Gathering in the Poconos a Fabulous Time for All

In late September, nearly 60 people affected by a giant nevus met at Great Wolf Lodge in the Poconos of eastern Pennsylvania. This gathering, spearheaded by Kim Reinart, was the largest yet outside of the Nevus Outreach Conferences. (more)

Nevus Outreach receives $50,000 Grant

Nevus Outreach recently received a $50,000 gift from the Morgan Family Foundation. This grant is for general organizational support and for the completion of one special project. Nevus Outreach is sending brochures and information to every member of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology. (more)

Nevus Quilt on Tour

Sue Palmquist, former Board President and Nevus Outreach Volunteer, coordinated the first Nevus Outreach Quilt. The intention was for the quilt to be an ambassador for Nevus Outreach, raising awareness about Giant Nevi and Neurocutaneous Melanocytosis. Bring the quilt to your community

A Nevus Outreach Founder Reminisces - 10 Years Later

On the occasion of our 10th Anniversary, we asked the founding families to reminisce about how Nevus Outreach was started so many years ago, and we received this wonderful note from Kathy Stewart (more)

Nevus Neighborhood Access

There is a part of this web site that is accessible only to people who are affected by giant nevi. Nevus Outreach co-founder Kevin Williams envisioned a place within nevus.org where there would be content especially for people with nevi and their family members.