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.

2011 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.

Alberta

Thursday, May 5
Executive Director, Bob Rogers, meets with the Alberta Minister of Health, Gene Zwozdesky. The province of Alberta Community Spirit Grant cheque is presented  to Bob by the Minister at 10 am in Room 210 of the Legislature Building. This cheque will enable the Society to hold information seminars in Alberta in the coming fall in cooperation with local Primary Care Networks.

Sunday, May 15
Listen for the re-airing of the show featuring Hemochromatosis on AM630 CHED radio’s The Inside Story with Michelle Boden. Listen live for the segment from 9 pm to 11 pm MDT at http://www.630ched.com. The Inside Story is an award winning documentary series.

Wednesday, May 18
Executive Director Bob Rogers will be interviewed by 630 CHED’s morning show host, Bruce Bowie, out of Edmonton. Listen live to the segment at 8:45 am MDT at http://www.630ched.com/.

BC

Thursday, May 5 - Wednesday, May 18
We will be present at three public information seminars on Estate Planning, hosted by Leave a Legacy™. These seminars feature a panel of leading estate planning professionals from the legal, accounting, trust and financial sectors. Staff and volunteers from CHS will be on hand to provide information on hemochromatosis. All sessions begin at 2 pm with complimentary refreshments served at 3:30 pm. Pre-registration is required for COMPLIMENTARY admission, by email to leavealegacy@bestway.ca. For more information visit www.leavealegacyvancouver.com.

• Thursday, May 5- Norman Rothstein Theatre (Jewish Community Centre)  950 West 41st Ave (at Oak Street), Vancouver
• Thursday, May 12 - Kay Meek Centre; 1700 Mathers Avenue, West Vancouver
• Wednesday, May 18 - Morgan Creek Golf and Country Club; 3500 Morgan Creek Way, Surrey

Saturday, May 7 and Sunday, May 8
CHS is taking part in Doors Open Richmond, a free opportunity to explore 40 of Richmond’s arts, cultural and heritage sites. Information will be available to promote hemochromatosis awareness at the Richmond Caring Place, 7000 Minoru Boulevard, Richmond, from 10 am to 4 pm each day. For more information on Doors Open, visit www.richmond.ca/doorsopen.

Monday, May 9 – Sunday, May 22
Oakridge Centre Readerboard signage (corner of 41st Avenue and Cambie Street) saying, "Together we can IRON OUT HEMOCHROMATOSIS www.TooMuchIron.ca."

Wednesday, May 11
Bob Rogers, CHS Executive Director and CEO, will be interviewed on Afternoons With Adam Stirling on CFAX 1070  in Victoria. Listen live for the segment at 5:50 pm PDT at http://www.cfax1070.com/.

Saturday, May 14
Student volunteers will be heading to Burnaby in an Ironic Blitz! These volunteers will be "blitzing" shoppers at Metropolis at Metrotown with hemochromatosis information and awareness.

Tuesday, May 31
Bob Rogers, CHS Executive Director and CEO, can be heard in news casts between 6 am and 9 am on Radio NL AM610 www.radionl.com in Kamloops. Bob’s interview can also be heard in news casts on Country 103 www.country103.ca  and the 97.5FM The River www.ckrv.com.

Sunday, May 22 – Thursday, May 26
CHS will be attending the BioIron Conference and hosting an exhibitor’s booth. Executive Director, Bob Rogers, will be speaking at the International Alliance of Hemochromatosis Associations Symposium on Sunday, May 22. The symposium is being held from 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm at the Port McNeil Room at the Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel, Vancouver. The symposium is free to attend, but registration is necessary. For more information on the conference including the program schedule and registration, visit http://bioiron.org/meetings/.

Sunday, May 22
Bob Rogers, CHS Executive Director and CEO, will be interviewed on The Weekend Morning News with Jill Bennett on CKNW AM980 out of Vancouver. Listen for his segment between 6 am and 8:30  am. www.cknw.com

Newfoundland & Labrador

Tuesday, May 24
Bob Rogers, CHS Executive Director and CEO, will be interviewed on Backtalk with Bill Rowe on 590 VOCM out of St. John’s.  Listen for his segment between 2:30 pm and 3:45 pm. www.vocm.com

Nova Scotia

Wednesday, May 18
Bob Rogers, CHS Executive Director and CEO, will be interviewed on Afternoon News with Tom Young on News 95.7 in Halifax. Listen for the segment at 2:30 pm Atlantic time at http://www.news957.com/.

Ontario

Wednesday, May 11
Bob Rogers, CHS Executive Director and CEO, will be interviewed on The Talk Show with Bryan Allen on CKNX AM920 in Wingham. Listen live for the segment at 11:30 am EDT at http://www.am920.ca/index.php. Bob was previously on Bryan’s show in May 2009.