Our Hands Can Picture Project – January 2015: NEW

The January winner of the Show Us Your Hands! Picture Project is announced:
"2015 - A new year with new beginnings for Show Us Your Hands! We now have a brand new website that we hope will bring greater benefits to you.  Also, we are now offering a second edition of our photo book “Our Hands Can” on Amazon at a more affordable price. The new website and book offering are intended to bring awareness to all inflammatory arthritis diseases as well as a place to display all the amazing things are community continues to do with inflammatory arthritis. 


To coincide with both the New Year and the new things happening at Show Us Your Hands, January’s Our Hands Can Picture Project theme was NEW.  We asked the community to share photos of something NEW along with their hand.  We appreciate the feedback and inspiration.  Here’s a little sampling of what we received."

Hop on over to the Show Us Your Hands! site to see the winner and learn how you can participate in the Picture Project and win a copy of the Our Hands Can photobook. This month's theme is LOVE.

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