Lyme Task Force Changes Its Name

GREENWICH — The Greenwich Lyme Disease Task Force, Inc (GLDTF), a Lyme disease research, education and advocacy network, announced that it has changed its name to Time For Lyme, Inc. The move is designed to address the expansion of the not-for-profit group’s efforts toward eradicating Lyme disease beyond its Greenwich roots.

Time for Lyme, Inc remains an affiliate of the Lyme Disease Association, Inc, (LDA) a national organization.

Since it begin in 1998 as a grassroots efforts to support local families struggling with undiagnosed or late diagnosed Lyme disease, Time for Lyme has become involved in numerous activities beyond its original mission. It has produced and disseminated educational materials –– including a video based on a local seminar it presented –– that are now being used around the nation.

In addition, it is partnering with the LDA to raise funds for and to endow the Lyme Disease Research Center at Columbia University in New York City. It has also worked at both the state and federal levels to advocate for legislation related to Lyme disease issues, including insurance coverage, reporting of cases, and government funding for research.

Time for Lyme has already raised more than $1.5 million, most of which has gone toward the Research Center, which will be the first endowed research facility in the nation dedicated to undiagnosed or late diagnosed Lyme disease and other tick-borne illness. For further information about Time for Lyme or Lyme disease, call 203-969-1333.