Alzheimer’s Awareness Purple Sunday FAITH-BASED OUTREACH FOR ALZHEIMER’S AWARENESS.

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Transcript of Alzheimer’s Awareness Purple Sunday FAITH-BASED OUTREACH FOR ALZHEIMER’S AWARENESS.

Alzheimer’s Awareness Purple SundayFAITH-BASED OUTREACH FOR ALZHEIMER’S AWARENESS

Purple Sunday• History

• Purpose

• Greater Indiana Chapter

• Ways to participate in Purple Sunday

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Purple Sunday: The Start

• Began in Maryland as an African-American outreach initiative

• Purpose was to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s disease and to promote early detection

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Purple Sunday: The Start

This year, 125 faith-based organizations across Maryland participated in the 5th Annual Purple Sunday. The Alzheimer’s Association reached more than 165,000 people through this event.

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Greater Indiana Chapter’s First Purple Sunday

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noun. a faith-based awareness initiative that aims to educate the community about the impact of Alzheimer’s disease, provide resources to the community and empower congregations to be active participants in care and support on a dedicated Sunday

Purple Sunday

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1st Annual Alzheimer’s Awareness Purple Sunday

• 10 churches participated• Approximately 4,700 individuals

were reached through this event

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Ways to Participate

• Encourage congregates to wear purple

• Include in announcements

• Include in bulletin• Provide a resource table

with a representative• Post flyers around your

church

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Ways to Participate

• Facts & Figures video• Use social media

– Facebook– Twitter– Use media during

services

#INDYPURPLESUNDAY

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How YOU can help• Reach out to faith-based organizations in your community

to see if they would be interested in getting involved

• Become a representative for your faith-based community

• Provide contact information to Kelly Litster at [email protected] of interested faith-based institutions