In November of 2024 the Nova Scotia Lyme & Tick-Borne Diseases Association was officially formed. At that time we had a six member Board. Due to a variety of issues, such as moving out of the province and workloads, we have had three resignations. However, we have been fortunate to have three new people joining us. However, having gone through this we now realize that we need a larger Board so that we can maintain a quorum when some members are unable to attend. Therefore, we need YOU!

We have been meeting for an hour the first Thursday of the month at 7pm, via Zoom; however, we are in the process of trying to ascertain if this date/time is still working for everyone. Due to vacations and a limited Agenda we took July and August off.

Along with Board members, we also have a number of Lyme advocates that attend our meetings to keep them in the loop as they help with initiatives. We could also use more advocates.

We have no specific requirements to become a Board member other than you have to reside in Nova Scotia. We would love to include people from a number of stakeholder areas such as pharmacists, naturopaths, doctors, nurses, veterinarians (or people that work in that field), those that work in fields that are considered greater risk (Search & Rescue, NSPC line technicians, surveyors, and more), etc. Some knowledge of Lyme and tick-borne diseases would be helpful, but we can educate you in that regard.

Please reach out to me if you are interested in learning more about being on the Board OR if you would like to help out with advocacy efforts. We presently have someone building us a website but we need financial assistance for this to come to fruition so fundraising ideas are needed. As well, we will be commencing our awareness building initiatives for early next year very soon and could use help in this regard.

If you are unable to commit to time, perhaps you can commit to a donation OR helping to get the word out that we need financial assistance to get things moving forward. If you know of anyone that might be interested in helping us out financially, please feel free to connect us. Unfortunately, we cannot provide tax receipts at this time; however, depending upon the amount received, we may be able to arrange for one.

We are not asking for a lot of time or effort, just what you feel like you can give. We understand that everyone is busy, but Nova Scotia has one of the highest rates of Lyme in the country and other tick-borne diseases, like Anaplasmosis, are steadily increasing in the province.

We need to do more to help educate the general public and health care providers.

Interested? You can respond to this post or find me on Google.