How and Why YOU Can Help Invisible Illness Awareness Week
National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week starts in just a couple of weeks, Sept 13-19, 2010.
If you would like to be of assistance there are a variety of ways that collectively we can make a huge difference. If you have a few minutes a day over the next couple of weeks, by just making a quick call, sending off a couple of emails, or posting something to your social network can help us spread the word a great deal.
We don’t have a room full of volunteers on the telephones. We don’t have a budget for this undertaking. It’s me (typing this at my son’s karate class and then uploading it tonight after he goes to bed) and YOU! So, can you see why any help you give us a huge help? (smile)
So watch this web site each day (get our emails to make it really easy PLUS you will get our 80-page ebook for free when you sign up with tips for living with chronic illness.
And then, to encourage others, when you do make a phone call or email a newsletter editor, whatever… post in the comments below (each post on the blog has a place for your comments). We’d love to say thanks as well as celebrate with you!
In summary:
Ways to help: watch the web site for specific tips, but ANYTHING you touch on our web site helps. For example, if you are on Facebook you may be familiar with the “Like” button that is on all of our web pages. Be sure to click that so others see. Email illness newsletter editors; email your friends, etc.
Main things to know about II Week:
- Our 2010 Theme is “Each One Can Reach One” – anyone can leave an anonymous sticky note anywhere to share encouragement that someone will find!
- Sign up to receive the daily emails between now and 9/26 and receive our free ebook “Chronic Illness Tips: 263 Ways to Do More Than Just Get By.” This has over 80-pages of tips from the “experts” who live with illness like Jenni Prokopy, Georgia Shaffer, Pam Farrel and more.
- Our main event? Sept 13-17, M-F we will have our virtual conference with 5 90-minute podcasts featuring special guests with topics from coping skills, relationships and finances.
Here is a quick description you can copy and paste.
September 13-19, 2010 is National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week. This annual event, started in 2002 by Lisa Copen, features a variety of ways to get involved including a virtual conference September 13-17 online for free with speakers each morning 10:30 – 12 USA Pacific time.
There is a Meme “30 Things You May Not Know About My Invisible Illness”, you can sign up to blog for the cause, read guest bloggers’ posts, and get involved in the campaign on Facebook. There is even a free 80-page ebook when you sign up for email updates, with 263 tips!
With nearly 1 in 2 people living with a chronic condition, about 96% of those people are suffering silently with invisible illnesses. See InvisibleIllnessWeek.com
Lisa
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