Mark your calendars – Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week is March 14 - 20, 2011!
What does MS mean to you? The National MS Society will launch the new “MS=” campaign during MS Awareness Week. Think about what MS “equals” or means to you, and share your story to help raise MS awareness in your community and beyond.
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Share what MS = to you. Starting on March 12, visit our Chapter Website or facebook page to share what MS equals to you. If you tweet you can share what MS means to you with “MS= <insert your own message> to me” using the #MSEquals hashtag. On Flickr, you can upload a photo about what MS = by using MSEquals.
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Spread the word with digital downloads. Visit www.nationalMSsociety.org/MSequals. Use one of the MS badges as your profile picture on facebook, MySpace and more. Download and post a web banner on your site; and, forward to everyone you know who has a website and ask them to post it during MS Awareness Week. Remember to have the URL click back to www.nationalMSsociety.org/cal.
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Form a Walk MS, Bike MS: Coastal Challenge, Bike MS: Vegas Challenge or Challenge Walk MS team. Or, if you already have one, use MS Awareness Week to kick-off or boost your fundraising and recruitment efforts.
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Get Involved: Join an MS Awareness Week event in your neighborhood. Click on a region below to find fun activities, educational programs and fundraisers near you. Plus, see who's supporting MS Awareness Week in your community.
- Channel Islands (Ventura, Santa Barbara & San Luis Obispo counties)
- Inland Empire/Coachella Valley (Riverside, San Bernardino & Inyo counties)
- Los Angeles County
- Nevada
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San Joaquin Valley (Kern, Fresno, Kings, Madera & Tulare counties)
- Ask a local business to support MS Awareness Week. For example, the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino will turn their fountain orange for the month of March, and all the coins tossed in the fountain will be donated to Chapter, and several popular LA food trucks are donating 10% of a day's proceeds to us.
Be creative…the ideas are endless! And please, share your ideas with us so we can spread the word. Call 800.344.4867 with questions or for more information.
