10 Ideas to Spread Awareness
Scoliosis Awareness month is in June, so I put together a
few ideas to spread awareness. I hope
these ideas help you in your quest to spread the word, inspire, and share
awareness.
1. Create your own T-shirt. Ignite your creative juices and rock
awareness by designing your own T-shirt.
I created mine on www.uberprints.com.
You can even individualize it by adding a picture of your x-ray to the
back of the shirt. It’s one way to
initiate questions.
Here’s a few
pics of shirts I’ve designed:
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| Says: The Crooked Life - Crooked for years, but trying to straighten up! |
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| Part of my x-ray on the back |
Or, there’s also a t-shirt fundraising
campaign happening right now (thru June 7th, 2016) for Scoliosis Awareness
with the proceeds benefiting the International Chiropractic Scoliosis Board. I
ordered mine. You can copy and paste the link below to see the design or submit an order. https://www.bonfirefunds.com/scoliosis-awareness-campaign
2. Creative/Themed Snacks - Share awareness at work or with friends by
sharing creative food inspired by your cause.
For Scoliosis Awareness you could create a skeleton veggie tray with a
crooked spine to share with family/friends.
I found this idea online and altered it by creating a crooked spine. You could purchase snacks that are curved or
twisted. You could create a framed outline of your story to
place near the snacks.
3. Create a video of your story to share. Could you use a creative spark, here is a
video I put together about my story that might help ignite a few ideas.
4. Have a themed party or gathering. Share something useful for the guests,
while they also learn about your cause. For example, I’m in an exercise based
treatment program working hard to achieve the best possible results. When the day comes I’ll be having a huge
celebration – I’ve already decided on my theme: “Straight Up!” Yes, like the
Paula Abdul song. I plan on adding a
spine to the stem of the glasses, themed food, video highlights of my journey,
and themed music. But for now, I’m “Straight
Up” working my butt off towards accomplishing my goal.
5.
Make
a Statement! I hid for over 20
years behind baggy clothing until I found an exercised based treatment program
that gave me hope, and has changed my life in more ways than one. My confidence has been restored not only by
the improved appearance of my back, but also through the healing of the emotional
scars I suffered throughout the years.
Through my treatment I became brave enough to make a statement and do
the thing that I’ve always feared the most – exposing my back. I had my back painted to make a statement, as
well as a promise to myself – I Will Hide No
More!
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| About 7 months into treatment |
6. Use your story for a school presentation
or project. Have to give a
speech, or write a paper for a school project?
Use it to tell your story or provide education about your cause.
7. Use your talent to spread awareness. Are you good at art, poetry, dance, ECT…? Use
your talent to express yourself; maybe you can find a contest to enter your creative
work, or a public setting to display your work.
I’ve been working on my project for the last few months and can’t wait
until it’s finally completed!
8. Share inspirational messages/pictures
through social media. Others
experience the same thoughts and emotions as you do. Create photos with inspirational messages,
and creative selfies to inspire and uplift others. Below are a few examples I’ve put
together. If you aren’t up for creating
your own, you’re welcome to share any of these (link at the bottom of the page).
9. Share Appreciation. Spread awareness by shining a light on others
doing awesome work associated with your cause.
10. Increase your knowledge and share it with
others. For scoliosis awareness
you can share infographics located at – www.treatingscoliosis.com/infographics/.
You’ll find information about Back Pack Safety, Scoliosis Screening, Scoliosis
Fusion Surgery, and Scoliosis Awareness Month. I’ve included the one about
Scoliosis Awareness below.
I’d love to hear some of your ideas, or if you use any of
these ideas - I’d love to know how it went.
