Show your support! In addition to contacting your local and state government officials, you can show your support of Ependymoma Awareness Day by purchasing an awareness butterfly, wearing an awareness support pin or hat, or even holding an awareness event of your own!
We welcome your participation in this year’s activities – together we can grow awareness of ependymoma!
CERN Foundation Butterfly Release
Butterfly Balloons
The delicate and beautiful butterfly was chosen to represent ependymoma as it symbolizes rebirth and hope. Participants in Ependymoma Awareness Day are encouraged to purchase a butterfly to memorialize a loved one, or simply to demonstrate the need to create greater awareness of this poorly understood disease. To purchase a butterfly (or several butterflies!) visit the CERN Foundation website at www.cern-foundation.org.
Another easy way to participate is to release white balloons that have the CERN awareness butterfly printed on them. You can order these balloons in bulk as part of your own fundraiser, or simply to release on Ependymoma Awareness Day to remember a loved one or to show your support. If you have specific questions about the EAD, please call the CERN Foundation at 713-794-1727.
The CERN Foundation will conduct a mass butterfly release on April 10, 2014, that will coincide with a gathering of researchers who are studying ependymoma and working to find a cure. Visit www.cern-foundation.org to view the video from our 2013 release in Memphis! The butterfly release will be videotaped and posted on the internet so that patients, families and supporters around the world can participate and share in this moving event.
Organize Your Own Butterfly Release Interested in releasing live butterflies where you live? No problem! Our supplier will express mail live butterflies directly to you! Butterflies will be delivered to you or your event location the day before your release along with any displays and accessories. Complete instructions accompany your order with tips for release, display, photo ops, etc. A minimum order applies so please call Kathy Marshburn at Vibrant Wings for specific details at 832-671-4755.
Let Us Hear From You! Share Your Experiences! Please feel free to share your experiences with us and submit information and pictures of your activities so that we may include them in future events and on our website, giving inspiration and direction to others as they get involved in Ependymoma Awareness Day by e-mailing administrator@cernfoundation.org!