Mark your calendars – Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week is March 12 - 18, 2012!
MS Awareness Week is a time for people affected by MS to connect with others, share knowledge and take action to increase awareness about the disease. Your voice and the connections you create will make the movement even more powerful.
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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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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.
- Inland Empire/Coachella Valley (Riverside, San Bernardino & Inyo counties)
- Los Angeles County
- Nevada
- San Joaquin Valley (Kern, Fresno, Kings, Madera & Tulare counties)
Or host your own event. Do It Yourself Fundraising is a chance for people to raise awareness and critical funds for the MS movement in new and creative ways. Visit www.DoItYourselfMS.org to get started today.
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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.
- A portion of the proceeds of Stamoules Produce Company's broccoli sales during March will support Walk MS. Stamoules is also helping to raise MS awareness throughout North America in March by co-branding all of their broccoli boxes shipped to grocery stores with the National MS Society's "We Joined the Movement" logo and bundling their broccoli stems with an orange "MS--Join the Movement" rubber band. Learn more.
- Jersey Mike's employees enjoyed volunteering so much at the Bike MS: Coastal Challenge, that in March, Jersey Mike's soda cups will feature our ride.
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MS Kills Connection. Connection Kills MS. Starting March 12, visit www.MSconnection.org to join our brand new online community, connect with others and give what you know.
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Spread the word with digital downloads. Visit www.MSconnection.org. Use the Connection Kills MS badge as your profile picture on facebook and other social media sites, and the IM icon for instant messaging. Add Connection Kills MS to your email signature. Post Connection Kills MS banners on your website. Share the MS Impacts Us All video.
- Enter our Video Champions for MS contest. Submit your story today in our Walk MS 2012 video contest. March’s theme is MS AWARENESS. So get out your smart phones and digital cameras. Be as creative, fun, emotional, personal, or silly as you want! This month's winner will be featured on our website and receive a $25 gift card of his/her choice. Learn more and get started today.
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.