Tomorrow is Purple Day
"Dear Advocates:
Purple Day is an international grassroots effort dedicated to increasing awareness about epilepsy worldwide. Every March 26th, people from around the world wear purple to show support for people with epilepsy; in the US Purple Day is an initiative of The Anita Kaufmann Foundation and in Canada the Epilepsy Association of Nova Scotia.
Purple Day was founded in 2008, by nine-year-old Cassidy Megan of Nova Scotia, Canada. Cassidy started Purple Day in order to give people a forum to show support and express solidarity for people who have epilepsy, to show them they are not alone. Cassidy started this by writing to the members of Canada’s Parliament and asking them to wear purple on March 26th. 95% of the members wore purple and Purple Day was born. Cassidy named the day Purple Day after the internationally recognized color for epilepsy, lavender.
In 2009, over 100,000 students worldwide wore purple to support epilepsy awareness, and hundreds of businesses and community groups hosted awareness events. Many American leaders (such as US Senator Menendez of New Jersey and Governor Paterson of New York) also demonstrated their solidarity by wearing purple and making proclamations.
Information on Purple Day is available at www.purpleday.org."
(This is Steph. This email was sent by our local Epilepsy Foundation)
Lincoln
ReplyDeleteMrs. G., Miss DF and I wish for you a safe journey today, and that all is well for you. Give your Mom a great big hug for us, and please ask her to do the same to you-for us!!!
Love,
Ms. L
Hi Guys...Uncle Scott and Uncle Geoff here....we're dusting off our purple boxer shorts for the 'wear purple day'.
ReplyDeleteWould you guys like a picture????????????
Wait.....on second thought.....maybe a picture wouldn't be such a good idea.
Loves sp and gb
Hey Lincoln, I too wore purple yesterday (with a pair of great white slacks) told everyone that would listen to me in sunny Florida about my superhero grandson and the meaning of purple (they all thought I was wearing purple because I am old :-() O well, my thoughts and prayers were with you all day.
ReplyDeleteI will take a long walk today in solidarity for the people walking in Washington! And proudly wear the purple shirt again today.