Showing posts with label MCS Awareness and Education Month. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MCS Awareness and Education Month. Show all posts

Friday, February 3, 2012

Washington Recognizes MCS Awareness Month, May 2012


Washington Recognizes MCS Awareness Month, May 2012

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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Christiane Tourtet’s 2011 Florida Library Display for Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Awareness Month

Here is an example of a May awareness event in Florida. Congratulations on a beautiful display Christiane!
CHRISTIANE TOURTET, B.A., Founder and President of International MCS/EMS Awareness, presents her MCS/EMS Awareness Month Display at
The Dr. B. L. Perry, Jr. Public Branch Library, Tallahassee, Florida


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Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Awareness Month May 2011

Hi Everyone!

It's never too early to start planning for May 2011. The Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Awareness Month May 2011 Event Planning Kit is ready for download at http://mcs-america.org/MCSAwarenessMonthEventPlanningKit2011.pdf.

Please click to "attend" the event http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=107070065801&ref=share to show our worldwide solidarity. Attending just means you are either following awareness events via news feeds and Facebook or participating in spreading the word yourself.

Let's make May 2011 even better than May 2010!

Lourdes

Friday, April 30, 2010

May is MCS Awareness Month and the Theme this Year is Yellow!


"Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness." - James Thurber

May is MCS Awareness month and the theme this year is yellow! People around the world are making a statement by wearing yellow on Saturday, May 1 and throughout May. T-shirts, hats, scarfs, and pins all show awareness and support of people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities. Won't you join us for this important observance?

One of the greatest ways to generate awareness is to wear clothing and accessories which mention and promote MCS. MCS America has provided several designs to Cafe Press on a volunteer basis to further the awareness of MCS and to support the mission of MCS America. All the designs are available in yellow shirts and bags. Cafe Press prints these designs and sells the items from their website. Our Cafe Press mark-up is 0%, so we take no income from this project and buyers pay Café Press’s wholesale cost only.

Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) affects over 48 million men, women, and children of all races. Even though MCS is of widespread epidemic prevalence, public awareness of the toxicity of common environmental insults and ways to manage and accommodate MCS remain limited.

Happy MCS Awareness Month everyone!

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Friday, May 15, 2009

MAY ACTIVISM: Trends and Products: our worsening indoor air

Trends and Products: our worsening indoor air

Chemically sensitive? How safe is your house? The average person spends approximately 60% of their time in the indoor environment. As we move to conserve energy in our houses we often need to close off the house -- but this means less air flow and more potential for a poor quality of indoor air.

Neil Blyth
Architect

Further Information

Chemical Sensitivity 2009 website
AESSRA is the Allergy and Environmental Sensitivity Support and Research Association Inc

Producer

Janne Ryan

Radio National often provides links to external websites to complement program information. While producers have taken care with all selections, we can neither endorse nor take final responsibility for the content of those sites.

MAY ACTIVISM: Connecticut Governor proclaims May 2009 as Electromagnetic Sensitivity (EMS) Awareness Month

Connecticut Governor proclaims May 2009 as Electromagnetic Sensitivity (EMS) Awareness Month.
 
The proclamation was obtained by the hard work of CHRISTIANE TOURTET B.A. Founder/President of International MCS/EMS Awareness
 
The direct link to the EMS proclamation is as follows:
 
Please circulate the annoncement worldwide.
 
Thank you,
 
Christiane Tourtet B.A.
Founder/President
International MCS/EMS Awareness
 
Due to the extraordinary amount of e-mails anticipated,
it will not be possible for Christiane Tourtet to be able to answer to everyone.Thank you.

MAY ACTIVISM: EE Week

Thirty-six governors and 30 mayors issued Environmental Education Week
proclamations stressing the value of and need for environmental education in
their states and cities.

Children's Environmental Health Network: Environmental Education Week
http://www.eeweek.org/

MAY ACTIVISM: MCS Posters from ONFCI

May is MCS Awareness Month Poster
 
New Meaning for Dead on Arrival Poster

The DOA poster has been giving folks trouble.  The link is right, but for some reason it can't be directly accessed.  It can be accessed from:  http://www.ohionetwork.org/ by clicking on "Greening" of the Fleets" in the left menu and then clicking "View Dead on Arrival Poster" in the main screen. 
 

MAY ACTIVISM: Winning entries of the UK M.E. Awareness Week

Winning entries of the UK M.E. Awareness Week Poster Competition
"Come to bed with ME" and "If you catch ME" designed by Joss Morton
http://www.mefreeforall.org/fileadmin/PDFs/ME_Awareness_Posters_2009.pdf
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MAY ACTIVISM: Montana Governor Recognizes May 2009 As Multiple Chemical Sensitivity ( MCS) /EI Awareness Month

Montana Governor Recognizes May 2009 As Multiple Chemical Sensitivity ( MCS) /EI Awareness Month

http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/101082

Christiane Tourtet B.A.

May 02, 2009

Governor Brian Schweitzer stated that he was pleased to recognize

"Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS)/ Environmental Injury (EI)

Awareness Month in Montana", and that preventing exposures to harmful chemicals is critical in protecting public health and safety.

The Governor also stated that "reduction of hazardous chemicals in our environment can help eliminate "MCS and EI ".

He applauded Vanessa Gaudette, in her efforts to educate the public about "MCS/EI " and raise awareness of prevention and solutions.


The Governor encouraged all Montanans to take time to learn about the illness and he recognized May 2009 as

"(MCS/EI ) Month ".

For more information on MCS/EI, please visit :

MCS Homepage

http://www.nettally.com/prusty/mcs.htm

mcs-america.org

http://www.mcs-america.org/

© 2009 Christiane Tourtet . All rights reserved.

MAY ACTIVISM: Now Available - Third Edition of Tips for First Responders!

Comment:  This is a great brochure to email or distribute to emergency medical personnel to increase awareness of MCS and encourage proper treatment in medical emergencies.  It's produced by the University of New Mexico Center for Development and Disability.
 

Now Available - Third Edition of Tips for First Responders!

 

Tips for First RespondersTips for First Responders, a 14-page, color-coded, laminated 4.5 x 5.5-inch field guide. For the third editon a tip sheet has been added that offers information to first responders on how to assist Childbearing Women and Newborns. Tips also include persons with a wide range of disabilities, as well as Seniors, People with Service Animals, People with Mobility Challenges, People with Mental Illness, Blind or Visually Impaired People, Deaf or Hard of Hearing People, People with Autism, People with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities and People with Cognitive Disabilities.

 

The tip sheets provide information first responders can use during emergencies as well as routine encounters. They are not meant to be comprehensive, but contain specific information that you can read quickly either before or while responding to an incident. Over 80,000 copies of the tips have been ordered by first reponders across the country.

 

Partners in developing the Tip Sheets include the Bureau of Health Emergency Management, New Mexico Department of Health; the New Mexico Governor's Commission on Disability; the American Association on Health and Disability; and the Disability and Health Branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

View PDF Version of the Tips for First Responders >>> http://cdd.unm.edu/products/tips3rdedition.pdf
You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader to View this file

 

Download the Tips for First Responders order form in Adobe Acrobat Reader >>>

http://cdd.unm.edu/products/TIPSheetOrderForm.pdf
You can print this form and fax or mail it to us.

 

Contact us for further information >>> mailto:acahill@salud.unm.edu

Or call Dr. Anthony Cahill at 505-272-2990

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MAY ACTIVISM: National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day - May 12, 2009National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day - May 12, 2009

National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day - May 12, 2009
http://www.baxterbulletin.com/article/20090502/NEIGHBORHOODS01/905020343

CITY, STATE- On May 12, 2009, residents of Mountain Home will join millions
of people worldwide to observe Fibromyalgia Awareness Day. Led by the
National Fibromyalgia Association, the theme for this year's campaign is
"Fibromyalgia Affects Everyone" and focuses on the far-reaching effects of
this common, chronic pain disorder-from broken lives to the economic costs
for patients and society.

An estimated 10 million men, women and children in the United States suffer
from fibromyalgia, which is characterized by chronic widespread pain,
multiple tender points, abnormal pain processing, sleep disturbances, and
fatigue.

For those with severe symptoms, fibromyalgia can be extremely debilitating
and interfere with basic daily activities.

Total healthcare costs over 12 months are about three times higher among
fibromyalgia patients compared to patients without the disorder

Fibromyalgia costs the U.S. between $12-$14 billion each year

"Fibromyalgia Awareness Day provides an opportunity to educate others in our
local community about this life-altering disorder-and to bring hope to the
millions of people who suffer from it," says (Lakeview resident Linda
Brisbois).

ABOUT AWARENESS DAY

In 1993, Tom Hennessy, the founder of RESCIND, INC. (Repeal Existing
Stereotypes about Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases),
designated May 12 as International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological
and Neurological Diseases (CIND). The date was chosen to memorialize the
birth date of Florence Nightingale, the English army nurse who inspired the
founding of the International Red Cross. Nightingale contracted a
paralyzing, CIND-like illness in her mid-30s and spent the last 50 years of
her life virtually bedridden. Despite her illness, she managed to found the
first-ever School of Nursing. Awareness Day activities take place worldwide
in an effort to increase awareness of chronic pain illnesses including
fibromyalgia.

ABOUT THE NATIONAL FIBROMYALGIA ASSOCIATION:

The National Fibromyalgia Association is a nonprofit organization whose
mission is to develop and execute programs dedicated to improving the
quality of life for people with fibromyalgia. The NFA publishes a quarterly
magazine, Fibromyalgia AWARE, and hosts an award-winning website at
www.fmaware.org.

MAY ACTIVISM: MCS Senate Bill in Ohio No. 117

Ohio Senators Dale Miller (D-Cleveland) and Kevin Coughlin (R-Cuyahoga
Falls) introduced Senate Bill No. 117 today to annually designate May as MCS
Awareness Month in Ohio

Letter from the ONFCI requesting support:
http://www.ohionetwork.org/2009/letter_re_bill.pdf

Actual Sentate Bill:
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_SB_117_I_Y.pdf

MAY ACTIVISM: MCS America Celebrates Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and Toxic Injury Awareness Month

PRESS RELEASE

MCS America Celebrates Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and Toxic Injury Awareness Month
http://www.prlog.org/10228421-mcs-america-celebrates-multiple-chemical-sensitivity-and-toxic-injury-awareness-month.html

In response to alarming statistics, and to raise public awareness of the risks faced everyday by Americans, May is Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and Toxic Injury Awareness Month in America.
 

MAY ACTIVISM: Library Meeting: The Environment and Your Health

The Environment and Your Health

Branch: Parma Heights - Meeting Room A

Type of Event: Program

Date: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 7:00 PM

Theodore Esborn, environmental attorney, ONFCI* Board Member and co-executive producer of the PBS documentary, Return of the Cuyahoga, presents...

The Environment and Your Health: the hidden dangers in your surroundings and thier consequences.

Whether from natural and man-made disasters or everyday chemicals, we are exposed to an increasingly diverse array of harmful pollutants and toxins that can create adverse reactions in our bodies.

Learn the connection between chemicals and cancer, asthma, MCS, Parkinson's and other disabilities.

*Presented in collaboration with the Ohio Network for the Chemically Injured.

MAY ACTIVISM: Library Meeting: Eating Green with Jeff Heinen

Eating Green with Jeff Heinen

Branch: Parma Heights - Meeting Room A

Type of Event: Program

Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 7:00 PM

Jeff Heinen, co-owner of Heinen's Fine Foods presents...

Eating Green: learn about the growing popularity of organically and locally grown food. Mr. Heinen shares his insights about this current trend as well as food safety.

Presented in collaboration with the Ohio Network for the Chemically Injured.

Register
 

MAY ACTIVISM: International MCS/EMS Awareness 2009 Library Display

International MCS/EMS Awareness 2009 Library Display
http://www.nettally.com/prusty/Formww.htm
Observance of MCS/EMS Awareness Month May 2009 in Florida, USA
 

MAY ACTIVISM: Chemical Sensitivity 2009 Seminar (Australia)

Allergy and Environmental Sensitivity Support and Research Association, Inc.
Chemical Sensitivity 2009 Seminar (Australia) May 15, 2009

http://www.mcs-america.org/ChemicalSensitivitySeminar2009PressRelease.pdf

Medical, legal and architectural experts discuss chemical sensitivity and its impacts on the lives of sufferers and family.  

Press Release     
Flyer   

MAY ACTIVISM: Australia MCS Seminar and Brochure

Allergy and Environmental Sensitivity Support and Research Association, Inc.
Chemical Sensitivity '09 Seminar (Australia)
http://www.mcs-america.org/AESSRAChemicalSensitivty09Seminar.pdf
 
Are You Sensitive to Chemicals? 
 
Chemical Sensitivity 2009 Seminar (Australia) May 15, 2009
http://www.mcs-america.org/ChemicalSensitivitySeminar2009PressRelease.pdf
Medical, legal and architectural experts discuss chemical sensitivity and its impacts on the lives of sufferers and family.
 

MAY ACTIVISM: Arizona Trail hiker spotlights fibromyalgia

Arizona Trail hiker spotlights fibromyalgia

 
Tucsonan due to complete last leg of 800-mile walk
 
Published: 05.07.2009
 
When she set out to hike the 800-mile Arizona Trail last spring, Sirena Dufault worried that she might not finish.
The daunting trail stretches from Utah to the U.S.-Mexico border.
 
Tucsonan Dufault's concern stemmed from her decade-long battle with fibromyalgia, a little-understood chronic pain disorder.
 
"I was a little hesitant to publicize it because I didn't know how far I could go," Dufault said this week. "Now I can comfortably do a 15-mile day with a big pack, no problem."
 
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