Awareness 2002: Share A Story & Personal Dedications For Outreach

[Awareness Co-Chairs]

Awareness 2002 Plans are now underway!!

WHAT IS AWARENESS ?

Awareness, in general, is an opportunity to educate the public, inform parents and professionals about the services available, and to reach out into the general public, thereby making a difference in the lives of those with brachial plexus injuries.

Awareness 2002 specific goals are:

* to increase awareness of brachial plexus injuries among the public at large;

* to increase the participation and involvement of the medical community for awareness;

* to increase the participation and involvement of the brachial plexus communities throughout the nation so that more state proclamations are requested and processed;

* to make a sincere and conscious effort to reach new families, individuals affected by brachial plexus injuries and families with newborns, so that they may become aware of our support and informational network;

* to enhance our community involvement and sense of belonging.

In order for these efforts to be successful, we need YOU to play an active role. There are many ways to become involved in this program and we hope that you will pick at least one thing that you can do to bring awareness to your family, friends and community.

YOU CAN START HERE...

STEP ONE

Read this letter about our plans for this years Outreach Awareness Special Issue and how you can take part in it. The letter is found at this link (which is in the awareness section of this site, right on the home page, linked on top):

http://ubpn.org/awareness/A2002dedletter.html

STEP TWO

Send in your story and personal dedications by the deadlines. Last year's personal dedication section of the Outreach was quite wonderful - if you read them, then you know what we are talking about. If you have not received a copy of last year's Outreach, contact UBPN at info@ubpn.org and request one (include your address).

STEP THREE

Watch the message boards for more information about how you can get involved in Awareness.

We've only just begun! The information currently found in the Awareness section will be updated for this year. The Outreach Awareness Special Issue will be packed with articles written by medical professionals around the world and will be available once again for bulk purchases. Jewelry ribbons pins and handsewn ribbon pins will also be sold.

The last two years have laid the foundation and each year it gets bigger and bigger. This year's Awareness is going to be FANTASTIC because we are one strong community. We're going to work together and make this happen together.

Any questions? You can either post them here or in the Awareness message board or email a co-chair privately.

AWARENESS 2002 CO-CHAIRS
Nancy Birk (nancy@ubpn.org)
Francine Litz (francine@injurednewborn.com)

[Awareness Co-Chairs]

Just wanted to post once again about the deadlines:

Share-A-Story Deadline is JUNE 1

Personal Dedication Deadline is JUNE 15

~~this means that we must RECEIVE it by those dates~~


The FASTEST way to send in your story is to email it to one of the co-chairs.

The FASTEST way to send in your personal dedication is to fax the form in and pay by PayPal.

(Paypal does work very well and is safe. We've been using it for a long time.)


Any questions?? We're here to answer them all.

AWARENESS 2002 CO-CHAIRS,
Nancy Birk (nancy@ubpn.org)
Francine Litz (francine@injurednewborn.com)