How To Get Involved

The easiest way to celebrate Color The World orange™, Is to wear Orange!

Make sure to take a picture and post IT to social media with the hashtag: #CRPSORANGEDAY™

Billboards in Times Square, New York for Color The World Orange™ 2017

IN THE COMMUNITY

• Send a letter to your local mayor, council member and governor asking for a proclamation naming November as CRPS/RSD awareness month.

•  Speak to your local newspaper or television station and ask them to run a story about CRPS/RSD.

• Plan a CRPS/RSD restaurant night, where a portion of the profits can be donated to a CRPS/RSD non-profit organization.

• Ask local businesses to hang signs advertising Color The World Orange™.

• Ask local businesses to leave a basket of orange ribbons on the counter with a Color The World Orange™ pamphlet.

• Speak to a local nursery and see if it will donate an annual or tree -- perhaps one with orange flowers -- that can be planted in your town. Plan a ceremonial planting with a local official.

• Apply to turn your local landmark orange on Color The World Orange™.

• Ask your company to leave a basket of orange ribbons in the office for employees to wear. Make sure to leave a Color The World Orange™ pamphlet for colleagues to read.

• Plan a Color The World Orange™ fun-run or walk. Encourage everyone to wear orange and award a prize to the person wearing the craziest orange costume. 

At School

• Plan an orange day at your school where all teachers and students wear orange.

• Ask the school newspaper to publish an article about CRPS/RSD.

• Dedicate a football or basketball game to CRPS/RSD awareness. Encourage fans  to wear orange. Set up a booth outside the game to share CRPS/RSD information.

• Plan a bake sale and donate the proceeds to a CRPS/RSD non-profit organization.

• If you are in college, get your sorority or fraternity, dorm or club involved. Set up a booth on campus to hand out information about CRPS/RSD.

• Plan an event and raise money for a CRPS/RSD non-profit organization.

AT HOME

• Change your social media backgrounds to display the Color The World Orange™ logos.

• Encourage friends and family to wear orange and post pictures to social media using the hashtag: #CRPSORANGEDAY™.

• Post one CRPS/RSD fact on social media every day in November.

• Make orange cookies or orange cupcakes to share with family and friends.

• tie orange ribbons to distribute to friends and family.

These are just a few suggestions of ways to get involved. Be creative and have fun! Whether you wear an orange ribbon or plan a large event, your participation will help to spread much-needed awareness of CRPS/RSD!

                                                                                                                                                                                                   All photos used with permission