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Linda
Joined: 20 Aug 2005
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Location: Calgary, AB, Canada
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 Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 3:56 pm Post subject: Celiac Awareness Month |
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Mid-way through Celiac Awareness month and I haven't heard a peep about Celiac either in the paper or on tv/radio. CBS has all the Breast Cancer awareness month stuff happening from time to time, little 15 second psa's, but I guess it's a "sexier" disease.
I pitched an awareness story to the medical reporter (and all the assignment editors) in the newsroom where I work, and even THEY haven't done a story. I work evenings though, and the story meetings are during the day, so I guess I need to be a bit more "in their faces" about it.
I was sort of hoping there would be a mass letter-writing campaign or something to try to get Kellogg's on board with gluten-free, but I guess not. All my local Celiac association is doing is having a GF pizza and ice cream day.
I guess I'll bug the medical reporter when I go to work tomorrow afternoon. |
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isto
Joined: 30 Sep 2005
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Location: State of Exhaustion
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Here in ohio, Taft declared May CD Awareness month. I never heard anything about it and that was the month I found out about it for myself!!! My husband and I own a small shop and a regular customer is in the media. He agreed to do some public service announcements about CD and give my name and number as a contact. It's only a tri-county thing, but at least I'm starting somewhere in helping to raise awareness!!! I hope things go better for you at work, Linda. The media that doesn't listen -- how ironic!!!  |
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aklap
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
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Location: WI, USA
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| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:19 pm Post subject: Re: Celiac Awareness Month |
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| Linda wrote: | Mid-way through Celiac Awareness month and I haven't heard a peep about Celiac either in the paper or on tv/radio. CBS has all the Breast Cancer awareness month stuff happening from time to time, little 15 second psa's, but I guess it's a "sexier" disease.
I pitched an awareness story to the medical reporter (and all the assignment editors) in the newsroom where I work, and even THEY haven't done a story. I work evenings though, and the story meetings are during the day, so I guess I need to be a bit more "in their faces" about it.
I was sort of hoping there would be a mass letter-writing campaign or something to try to get Kellogg's on board with gluten-free, but I guess not. All my local Celiac association is doing is having a GF pizza and ice cream day.
I guess I'll bug the medical reporter when I go to work tomorrow afternoon. |
Hi Linda,
Keep up the good work! You keep bugging that reporter you know. It's amazing what a little press will do. A local newspaper did a story on me and Peg when we entered a local cookie baking contest. We entered a GF peanut butter cookie (the recipe is out here) for the sole reason to "spread the word". The newspaper wanted to interview a Healthy Cookie contestant (which we were the only one). The day of the contest, we had people (Celiacs) as far away as 40 miles away come because they saw the article. We even got a letter from a Celiac in Montana because they saw the paper (he still had connections in our hometown).
Hi Isto,
Glad to hear you're getting involved too!! We'll get the word out 1 person at a time if you have to!!
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