First Place - Mari Vasquez Mari poured her heart and soul into IC Awareness Month this year with more than twenty memes and posters. These were some of our favorites from her collection. She reminds us "You are strong for getting out of bed in the morning... You are brave for doing things even [...]
Funny, irreverent, witty, bold and often ridiculous, meme’s make a statement. A funny or shocking meme can be shared thousands of times across the internet where they could inspire patients to actually google IC. Last year, Tali Keteri created a fabulous meme contest that broke records and we’re doing it again this year. Memes are [...]
For the 2015 IC Awareness Month, we're holding a poster contest and a meme contest! Winners will receive a Kindle Fire Tablet! IC Awareness Month Poster Contest Bring out your inner artist and create a poster for IC Awareness Month sharing your own interpretation of life with IC. Light or dark, floral or portrait, encouraging & [...]
FIRST PLACE - CHRISTY KEYES Christy Keyes wins first place this year for a gorgeous yet satirical poster that utilizes color and text powerfully. Using a carnival theme, she shares the frustration that patients face every day as they struggle with a variety of symptoms and frustrations. Brilliantly done…. and the clear winner in this [...]
The most exciting time of the year for the IC community, IC Awareness Month, begins September first as patients around the world unite to educate others about IC. We need to reach those patients who are suffering in silence and give them hope. We need to educate doctors who are still treating IC out of [...]
Social networking is vital to our success. You can educate more people with a simple post on your Facebook and blog pages than many of us can with a national press release. We ask you to please spread the word. Add A Daily Fact Every Day Every day during the month of September ad a [...]
Help Put Our IC Awareness Poster in Thousands of Doctor Offices One of the ways that we raise awareness about IC is through our IC Awareness Month Poster Campaign. When they are displayed in doctors offices, it reminds clinicians that IC is real and patients that they are not alone. The problem, of course, is [...]
It is my pleasure to announce the winners of the 2013 IC Awareness Month Campaign and we have a surprise, rather than just three winners, we'll have five! The posters this year were fabulous First Place: Jennifer Williams - $100 gift certificate Jennifer Williams has created an iconic image absolutely perfect for use in an [...]
IC patient Cheryl Howell would be so proud of her children. Cheryl struggled with IC for several years before passing away unexpectedly in 2011. Her children and family wanted to honor her life and they did so in a magical and special way. They held an IC Awareness Walk on September 21st of this year [...]
New Poster Entry by Jamie using all the key terms we associate with IC... it just tells it like it is from the bladder to pain to isolation to hope, etc. etc. - Love love love this!!!!
