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Raising Awareness
International Brain Tumour Awareness Week
Organized by the International Brain Tumour Alliance, the week encourages activities that draw attention to the particular challenges of a brain tumour and the need for an increased research effort.
We have been proud supporters of this effort for many years. Find out all the ways that you can get involved. Anything, no matter how small, which you can do to raise awareness of the particular challenges of a brain tumour diagnosis and the need for a special response and an increased research effort would be greatly appreciated by the international brain tumour community.
Suggested awareness-raising activities
Below are a few suggested ideas for awareness-raising activities that you, family and friends could try:
- Contact your local media and tell them your story
- Share your story with us
- Post awareness messages on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube and other social media channels (Follow us on social media and share our awareness posts!)
- Have a Zoom tea party or quiz with friends and family to raise funds Your Way for vital brain tumour research
- Organise an educational webinar about brain tumours
- Launch educational resources online
Hats for Hope
Hats for Hope, a nation-wide brain tumour awareness campaign, provides hope for those affected. Hope through research. Hope through information and education. Hope through support. Hope through advocacy. Hope for a cure.
On October 24, 2024, Brain Cancer Awareness Day, we invite you to raise awareness by wearing your #HatsForHope toque, hoodie or crew neck, or any hat, hoodie or crew neck, and post a photo of yourself on social media, using the hashtags #HatsForHope and #HoodiesForHope. Don’t forget to tag @BrainTumourFdn!
Thanks to our distributor New Era Grafix, proceeds from every toque and hoodie sold are being donated to Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada to continue our important mission to find the cause of and cure for brain tumours and brain cancer.
Be Social
- Follow Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube and share videos and images during the week
- Let people know about the signs and symptoms of a brain tumour, send out facts about the disease, and more.
Awareness, fundraising or both…
Brain Tumour Awareness Week is a great opportunity to raise awareness and also a great opportunity for fundraising. How much you want to do, is up to you! Take a look at our Your Way site and start fundraising now!
If you are fundraising, here are some significant amounts to bear in mind:
- Tax Receipts will be issued for donations of $20 or more
- $27 honours the 27 Canadians diagnosed with a brain tumour every day
- $52 signifies the estimated number of visits a newly diagnosed patient will make to their health care team in the first year after a brain tumour diagnosis (surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, blood work, etc.)
- $120 signifies the number of different types of brain tumours about which we need more research.
