The Stennis Foundation is a non-profit organization committed to raising public awareness regarding the Leukodystrophies, as well as raising funds for Leukodystrophies research, and forcefully advancing toward a cure for these diseases.

The Stennis Foundation is named for Dr. Sam Stennis, a former optometrist from Amarillo, Texas. He was diagnosed with adult-onset MLD in 1997.

Please consider this your introduction to, and invitation to be a part of, The Stennis Foundation, which is funded and supported through individual gifts, corporate donors, and special events and fundraisers. With your help, we are "One Step Closer" to a cure!