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<p class="MsoNormal">In order to mark WORLD NEUROFIBROMATOSIS AWARENESS DAY on the 17 May 2012 the Neuro Foundation is proud to announce the launch of the first annual</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Broadway;">Fancy Dress for </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 60pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Broadway; color: #31849b;">NF</span></strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The aim of this event is to increase awareness of Neurofibromatosis (NF1, NF2 and schwannomatosis) and to all work together to stop this common genetic condition being invisible and start it being a household name.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With this annual event it will get bigger and better with more people involved each year, and wouldn't it be great to say you were involved from the beginning!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">All you need to do is wear Fancy Dress on the 17 of May 2012 and tell people why. The more people who wear fancy dress (especially if you do it in a group somewhere people will see you) the more chance we have of having NF recognised and getting press. After the event please e-mail a photo of you in fancy dress to <a href="mailto:fancydressforNF@gmail.com">fancydressforNF@gmail.com</a>, the Neuro Foundation’s members will then vote on the top twelve photos for our 2013 calendar.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And if you feel like doing a sponsored fancy dress to or having a fancy dress party or doing any other event whilst in fancy dress then all the better!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you would like to receive a fundraising pack complete with stickers, sponsorship form, and leaflets to hand out then please e-mail <a href="mailto:fancydressforNF@gmail.com">fancydressforNF@gmail.com</a>. Please specify if you would like templates to print the resources yourself (which would help keep our costs down) or if you would like them to be posted to you, which we are also happy to do. If you want to collect online donations through Justgiving then please join our team, you get your own page to personalise and the money raised will show up both individually and on the team page. To join go to https://www.justgiving.com/teams/Fancydressfornf</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Here are some fundraising ideas -</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span><span>1)<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> </span></span></span>Schools, pupil donate £1 to wear fancy dress, teachers get sponsored to wear something silly, would your child pay to see their head teacher dressed up as a clown, I bet they would?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span><span>2)<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> </span></span></span>Work places, employees donate £1 to wear their fancy dress and try and get the boss to do a sponsored fancy dress and raise even more.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span><span>3)<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> </span></span></span>Organise a walk or fun run anything that gets a lot of people wearing fancy dress outside where they can be seen!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span><span>4)<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> </span></span></span>Have a fancy dress event, a party, ladies night, spiritual evening, or anything else you can think of.</p>
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