CFS/ME/FMS
Awareness Day
CFS/ME/FMS
Awareness Day is May 12. Please wear a blue ribbon on this day to show
your support. This is a day for people to advocate and raise awarness
for these conditions.
Below
are some websites that give ideas about things that YOU can do to help
out, and also contain free materials that you can use to raise awareness!
Do you want to increase awareness?
Posted on the Pediatric Network. This site links to various other websites
that have free brochures and information packets that can be used to hand
out on May 12. It also gives a list of other ideas of things that you
can doon this special day.
May
12-- What is CFS/ME Awareness Day?
A great article about what this day is all about and why THIS particular
day was chosen.
Below
are websites that offer free materials to hand out
What
is it like to grow up with an invisible illness?
A brochure with lots of information straight from teenagers about what
it's like to be sick. A great resource to send to family and friends.
FMS
Awareness Day
A great website offering many ideas of things you can do to spread awareness.
Has kits you can order with FMS shirts, buttons, videos, etc.
Information
packet about Awareness Day
From the CFIDS Association of America. This packet gives great information
about things that you can do to raise awareness. It has a list of many
suggestions from writing a simple letter to friends and family, to contacting
your local TV news center.
Free
Brochure about CFS and ME
Explains what CFS and ME is, and what the symptoms are, along with other
useful information.
FMS
Materials
Sample FMS advocacy letter and FMS fact sheet
Click
here to look at the letter that I sent to my friends and family in
2003 about awareness day.
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