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Schedule too busy this year? Just pick ONE thing!
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Light
a candle at dinner each night and take a moment of silence to
share Awareness with everyone at your dinner table. |
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Buy
a set of hand-sewn ribbon pins and have each member of your family
wear it that week. The
Awareness Store |
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Give
an Outreach Special Awareness Edition to your pediatrician. The
Awareness Store |
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Ask
your child if they want to be involved in our new Pen
Pal Project. |
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Ring
a bell on the first day of Awareness Week to "Ring In Awareness". |
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Donate
a couple of hours of babysitting for a family with a newborn who
has a brachial plexus injury. |
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Follow
the proclamation
guidelines and contact the mayor of your town to proclaim
Awareness Week. |
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Write
up a poem or story and enter it for the Literary
Contest. |
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Buy
a jewelry ribbon pin and wear it throughout Awareness Week.
Your pin comes with five business cards. Share all five
business cards with people you meet up with that week. The
Awareness Store |
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Send
the "Official
Press Release" to your local newspaper. |
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Light
a candle at your community
religious service. Maybe there can be a prayer for all those
affected and for all the doctors and therapists who have helped. |
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Contact
a new family in your area and invite them over for an Awareness
Week dinner. |
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Spend
one evening working on a poster. Read the poster
contest sheet. |
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Print
up bookmarks
and bring them to your local library, school library and community
center library. |
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Bring
cookies to your child's class and read the book Different
Just Like Me. |
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Donate
your 'therapy' toys to your local children's hospital therapy room
in honor of Awareness Week. Bring some Awareness materials
and/or ribbons with you. |
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Give
an Outreach Special Awareness Edition to your physical or
occupational therapist. The
Awareness Store |
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Write
a Letter
to The Editor
and send it
to the largest newspaper in your city. |
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Print
a set of New
Parent Guide brochures and bring them to your pediatrician. |
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Bring
a meal or two over to a local family who will be returning home
from brachial plexus injury surgery. |
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Free
blocks of time on the radio are available! Contact your
local radio station - here's how: Radio
Public Service Announcements |
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Bring
a stack of Information
for Adults With Brachial Plexus Injuries brochures to a local
motorcycle club or shop. |
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Post
information about brachial plexus injuries on expectant mother
message boards. |
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Pin
the Quick
Facts Sheet on the corkboard of your workplace's lunchroom. |
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Write
an update letter to your family. Include a Quick
Facts Sheet, or a bookmark,
or one of our brochures and some pictures. |