Feb 24, 2009
MS Awareness Week
MOVE IT! Join the Movement to End MS Now
MS Awareness Week is March 2-8
Denver, CO – MS Awareness Week is March 2 – 8, and the All America Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society is asking everyone to MOVE IT to end MS now. Show your commitment to the MS movement with simple actions throughout the week.
“Whether you’re a Move It maverick or a Move It motivator, you can make a difference in the lives of the 27,000 people who live within the All America Chapter,” said Pam McElrath, President of the National MS Society’s All America Chapter. “There are fun and easy activities throughout MS Awareness week that will make you feel ‘good’ while you do good.”
To find out ways to be a part of MS Awareness Week, and encourage others to move it too, visit www.nationalMSsociety.org:
- Download web banners and widgets for your social network pages
- Share your story about how you are “moving it”
- Sign up to volunteer at an upcoming chapter event
- Form a team for a Bike MS or Walk MS [insert local event name here]
- Email a legislator about an issue important to people with MS
- Tell five people it’s MS Awareness Week and ask them to tell five more people
- Support the Society – every donation moves us closer to a world free of MS
- Raise MS aWEARness by wearing orange; need something new? Visit: http://www.msstoreipp.org/index.php
- Visit nationalMSsociety.org every day during MS Awareness Week for new tips and ideas
“ Remember, Move it… Move it, during MS Awareness Week. It is the perfect time to join and help build the MS Movement,” said McElrath.
For more information, contact your local All America Chapter office at 1.800.344.4867, option 2.