We at the ITP Support Association are all excited to announce a new,
fun initiative that we are setting up involving EIGHT ITP Bears. I hope
that you don`t think we have gone mad but with the upcoming Summer months and
ITP September Awareness, this is a fantastic opportunity to get the ITP
message out far and wide. It will be great fun too so please do FOLLOW THE BEAR
The whole initiative was the idea of
our great friend and Medical Advisor Dr Paula Bolton-Maggs and indeed she will
be caring for one of the GREAT EIGHT Bears and sending us regular updates.
Our GREAT EIGHT Bears will be out
and about raising awareness for ITP and the ITP Support Association, so do look
out for them at various events around the UK and further afield too from now. Don`t forget to FOLLOW
THE BEAR and do drop us a line or take a picture if you spot one of them on
your travels.
So eight Bear Carers have been appointed
and they will send me regular pictures of their Bears and you can FOLLOW THE BEAR here on their own special Blog
Pictures of the Bears in all sorts of
situations are likely to come in as of course Bears by nature are adventurous,
inquisitive types. They might be on holiday, at home, at work, at a famous
place, with a famous person, at a fund raising event.
There will be 4 Gentleman Bears and 4
Lady Bears and they will be named THROMBO for the Gentlemen and CY for the
Ladies (Thrombo and Cy were chosen as names as they form part of
Thrombocytopenia so have that link to ITP). They will each be given a first
name or nickname too by their carers.
So whatever you do during the Summer
remember to FOLLOW THE BEAR and always
be BEAR AWARE ! One of the GREAT EIGHT maybe a lot closer to you than you think
!
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