Awareness Month

Held Across Canada Each May

Hemochromatosis Awareness Month is held the month of May of each year.

During Awareness Month, the Society print packages and electronic information for distribution to a country-wide network of regional contacts / volunteers.

Awareness Month volunteers concentrate their efforts during this month by setting up information booths in malls, hospitals, pharmacies and blood donor clinics.

We also schedule interviews with local radio, television and newspapers to drive people to the CHS web site or to contact the CHS office, where they can access hemochromatosis information packages.

2012 Events

Below is a list of events surrounding Hemochromatosis Awareness Month. Please contact us if you have an idea for raising awareness about hemochromatosis, or you would like to volunteer during Awareness Month.

Canada-Wide

Volunteers will send out Letters to the Editor in their local papers to promote hemochromatosis awareness. If you would like a template of a letter to send to your local newspaper, please email Brenda at bohara@toomuchiron.ca.

BC

April 27, 28 and 29: Canadian Home Builders' Home Show, Prince George, BC

CHS is at the Canadian Home Builders Association of Northern BC (CHBA NBC) Home Show April 27, 28 and 29 at the Prince George Exhibition Grounds. Come visit us in Booth 357 to gather more information on hereditary hemochromatosis and meet Executive Director Bob Rogers. We thank CHBA NBC for their kind support and invitation to participate in this year's home show.

Alberta

April 28: Benefit Concert For The Canadian Hemochromatosis Society

Join Il Sono Men's Vocal Ensemble - Calgary's premiere men's ensemble - for their spring concert. "His Sound" celebrates the versatility of the male voice. Il Sono will be singing "over 400 years of the manliest music" from Palestrina to Billy Joel. You don't want to miss this concert.

Saturday April 28, 2012
8:00 pm
St. Stephen's Anglican Church (1121 14th Ave. SW)
Tickets $10 at door

 

April 25: Hemochromatosis Information Workshop, Edmonton, AB

Awareness Month kicks off a little early this year with a Hemochromatosis Information Workshop being held in Edmonton. This workshop will feature a Power Point presentation about hemochromatosis followed by a question and answer period. This event takes place on April 25 at 7:00 pm at the Holiday Inn Express located at 2440 Calgary Trail in South Edmonton. Please RSVP your attendance as soon as possible as space is limited. To RSVP please call 1-877-BAD IRON.