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Good idea. Tulips ane pretty, PD is not. Nita Mary Sheehan wrote: > Felt the need to put my two cents in. > > Even though the tulip is an international symbol of PD, it is not recognized > as such in the US. A tulip doesn't send a message about PD as effectively as > an hourglass with its accompanying slogan, "Time is running out". Therefore, > as nice as it would be to adopt an international symbol, I vote for the > hourglass. > > Regarding ribbons: Yellow, purple, silver, puce....it really doesn't matter. > Every group has its ribbon nowadays. If we really want to stand out, we > should do something different, for example, we could tie a balloon (imprinted > with an houglass and slogan) on walkers, wheelchairs, canes, antennas of cars, > doorknobs, mailboxes, etc. > > I keep bringing up this idea, but no one ever replies to my suggestion. > However, I'll trot it out once more because I think it would work. > 1. Pick a day in September when all the congressmen will be back from > vacation. Proclaim it PD Awareness Day. > 2. On that day we make a great effort to see that every PWP and caretaker > sends a nominal donation (could be as little as $1) to their favorite PD > organization. > 3. Then we each send a letter (and a balloon?) to our senators and > congressman and to our local newspaper saying that time is running out and > we're tired of waiting for Congress to appropriate the money promised to us > and the NIH to stop playing games. Therefore, we have sent in our own > donations to keep research going until Congress stops procrastinating. Send a > photo of yourself or a group of Parkies and caregivers holding balloons. > Include a fact sheet about Parkinson's and the inequality of funding. > 4. Try to get additional spots on radio, TV, etc. Hand out balloons to all > your friends and family. Ask them to display them on that day. Support groups > could hand out balloons and literature at local malls. There are lots of > things we could do. The thing is to do it on one designated day and be sure > that the press, radio and TV are informed. > > Any comments? > Mary Sheehan