From: MBC Business Services [office@multiplebirthscanada.org]
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 7:56 PM
To: MBC Office
Subject: IC-BO-02-26-06-#1 - National Multiple Births Awareness Day

MULTIPLE BIRTHS CANADA/NAISSANCES MULTIPLES CANADA 

PO Box 432, Wasaga Beach, ON   L9Z 1A4

Toll free: (866) 228-8824

 

INFORMATION CIRCULAR

BO-02-26-06-#1

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

February 26, 2006

 

National Multiple Births Awareness Day is fast approaching!

Wasaga Beach, ON:  Multiple Births Canada (MBC) is pleased to provide ongoing updates to its members, chapters and colleagues.  Your commitment to Supporting Multiple Births Together is of great importance to Canada’s multiple-birth community.

 

Chapter Representatives:  Please forward the information below to your Chapter Executive and members.

 

Last year, over a dozen chapters celebrated National Multiple Births Awareness Day in communities across Canada.  It was an exciting day that earned extensive media support and resulted in an audience with the Ministry of Human Resources and Skills Development to articulate our rationale for changes to EI benefits for multiple-birth families. 

 

This year we plan to build upon that success with the 2006 theme “Raising awareness of the unique risks of multiple-birth pregnancies and the post-natal issues faced by parents and multiples,” with the sub-theme “Supporting Multiple Births Together.” The MBC Board of Directors is hoping that our united effort will give insight to others about the challenges and issues we know firsthand.  We are encouraging all our chapters to celebrate the second annual National Multiple Births Awareness Day on Sunday, May 28th.  We know that members will be enthused by the excitement of our multiple-birth community coast to coast!

 

If you accept this invitation, please contact us at communications@multiplebirthscanada.org as soon as possible so we can add you to the list of chapters supporting National Multiple Births Awareness Day.

 

To assist you in organizing your local event, MBC has developed an Event Planner Package with the tools you’ll need to enable your chapter to host an exciting event while raising awareness on May 28th.  Your event need not be big; it can be as uncomplicated as a family hour in the park with cake and balloons.  The goal is to put together a celebration that can be handled effortlessly by your volunteers.  That is why we’ve prepared this package.

 

Event Planner Package includes:

  1. A basic step-by-step outline on how to organize and create interest in your event.
  2. A sample letter, for your chapter to send to your city or town council, to have May 28th proclaimed National Multiple Births Awareness Day in your city/town.  We’ll also send you the sample wording from a couple of cities that were approached by chapters last year!
  3. Sample letters, for your chapter to send to your MP and MPP, to encourage their support of the multiple-birth community, National Multiple Births Awareness Day, and a review of EI benefits for our families.
  4. 15 MBC balloons
  5. 50 large “National Multiple Births Awareness Day” stickers (stick on labels to be worn as badges and/or to be used on printed documentation).
  6. 15 MBC pamphlets
  7. Two MBC pins
  8. A sample media invitation to send to your local media to ask for their attendance at your National Multiple Births Awareness Day event.
  9. A list of suggested activities you may want to hold as part of your event.
  10. A template for a 2006 National Multiple Births Awareness Day cake design.
  11. A media kit to give to the media on May 28th featuring collateral material for this year’s theme as well as media clippings from last year’s events across Canada.  Please note that you can order extra media kits for $5 each.

 

Your cost?  MBC member chapters pay just $30.  Non-member multiple-birth groups pay $50.  Email office@multiplebirthscanada.org or call 1-866-228-8824.  Order deadline is April 1, 2006.  Kits will be mailed out by April 15, 2006.

 

Multiple Births Canada/Naissances multiples Canada

PO Box 432

Wasaga Beach, Ontario   L9Z 1A4

Toll-free (in Canada): 1-866-228-8824

Tel: 705-429-0901

Fax: 705-429-9809

mailto:office@multiplebirthscanada.org

http://www.multiplebirthscanada.org/

 

National Multiple Births Awareness Day – May 28th, 2006

 

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