ADVOCACY . . . IN A BOX
It’s always a wonderful feeling when you get everything you need to start a big task packed in a small box. In fall of 2007, the COPD Foundation—supported by a grant from the Alpha-1 Foundation—joined with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s (NHLBI’s) COPD Learn More Breathe Better Campaign to create exactly that: an advocacy “kit-in-a-box.”
The fashionably designed box carries everything a leader—or rookie advocate—would need to become a successful pioneer in COPD awareness for their local community. The Kit includes tools and materials designed to help advocacy organizations, patient groups and health care professionals spread the word about COPD. The materials can be adapted for local community-based presentations or informal support groups, office-based/waiting room outreach, large scale or regional awareness, screening, or media events or even more formal presentation settings, such as grand rounds. Contents of the Kit include:
- Cover Letter
- Campaign Backgrounder
- Fact Sheets for Patients
- Fact Sheets for At-Risk Individuals
- Poster
- Speakers Guide/Presentation Materials
- Radio PSAs
- Print PSAs
- Educational Video (DVD) and Companion Guide for Presenters
- Materials Order Form
- Alpha-1 Fact Sheet
- COPD Digest
- COPD Foundation Resource Connection Cards
- Evaluation Form
- Event Planning Tips
- Press Release Template
For more information about the Campaign the free COPD Resource Kit contents, visit the Campaign website.
To order, click here.