May is MS Awareness Month

May has been MS Awareness month in Canada since 1975!  Over the past 36 years, thousands have helped raise awareness as well as financial support for MS research and services, and this year will be no different.  You can continue to show your support by participating in the events that the MS Society has planned for the month of May.  On May 5 to 7, don’t forget to buy your mother or loved one a carnation from one of our volunteers!  Also help raise awareness this month by spreading the word on Facebook and Twitter.  Together we will end MS.

This month, do your part to raise the profile of those touched by MS by doing any of the following activities:

• From May 5 to 7 make sure to participate in the MS Carnation Campaign! Volunteers will be selling carnations across Canada just in time for Mother’s Day.
• Donate your Facebook status to promote MS Awareness Month.
• Participate in World MS Day’s global petition on employment and MS.
• Print and post this year’s MS awareness posters.
• Read and repost important May Awareness Month press releases from the MS Society of Canada.
• Launch a “Dress for MS Day” in your office by wearing “MS” red and making a donation to the MS Society of Canada.  
• Join the MS research teleconference taking place May 11 at 6:30PM ET.
• Get an oil change at Mr. Lube on May 14. For every oil change done that day, $5 will be donated the MS Society of Canada.
• On May 25, acknowledge World MS Day by hosting a Global Dinner Party.

Make sure to get involved! Visit mssociety.ca for more details on what’s happening in your area and how to help out!