May 2017 Lyme & Tick-Borne Disease Awareness Month!
May 2017 is Lyme & Tick-Borne Disease Awareness
Month! Nationally AND here in Colorado!
HELP Elevate Awareness!
- Show your support for Governor John Hickenlooper’s proclamation by displaying this poster at your home, school, physicians office, or place of business! You may download and print the “We Support…Lyme & Tick-Borne Disease Awareness Month”… Support Poster!
- Paint your town Green! Display a “Lyme” green ribbon on you mailboxes, door handle or tree in your yard to show support! Green surveyors flagging is inexpensive and durable! Magnets for your car and ribbons for your mailbox may also be purchased at Lyme Disease Association, Inc.
- Wear a “Lyme” green ribbon or pin and share one with friends and family all month to show your personal support.
- Download and share the resources provided on the COTBDAA pages (Prevention, Physicians, Patients, Educators & Parents and Kids). Take or mail to your doctors, clinics, schools, workplaces, friends & family this month.
Then…. invite everyone to attend the upcoming:
Lyme & Other Tick-Borne Diseases: 2nd Rocky Mountain Forum on June 3rd! Flyer can be downloaded and printed here… Forum Flyer! See Events details and agenda.
“In recognition of Lyme disease awareness month, Contagion®, the nation’s leading digital and print publication that provides practitioners and specialists working in the infectious disease field with disease-specific information, interviewed Pat Smith, president of Lyme Disease Association, Inc, to better understand current issues surrounding the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease”. See all 9 segments at: www.contagionlive.com
Take the Lyme Disease Challenge and challenge others to do the same!
