Fundraising opportunity for the Canadian charity National ME/FM Action Network - PLEASE VOTE

This one is really quick and easy.  Please vote every day until 29 March 2013.  We can do it!

1. Go to http://www.sharethebounty.ca/charities.php
2. Click on the letter 'N', National ME/FM Action Network is second on the list, click the green 'Vote' button
3. In the pop-up box, enter your email, the captcha characters and click the box that says you agree with the terms and conditions, click 'Vote' again (the light purple button)
4. Done! Vote again tomorrow!

Here are some pictures to help you promote the contest - the long image is a Facebook cover. Remember to click on the image first so that it becomes larger, before doing 'Save Image As' so that the image is the right size.

Good luck to National ME/FM Action Network!

I wish I had a magic wand to take your illness away

Unfortunately, there are no quick or magical solutions for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME). We cannot magic the illness away... but we wish you at least some relief from the symptoms.

To share this image on Facebook: click here
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Note: If you are a patient advocate or run an ME-related (or similar illnesses) Facebook page or an organization's Facebook page, please share the image on Facebook using the 'Share' button (as opposed to downloading the image to your computer and then uploading it to your profile/page).  This will ensure that there is a connection to the source of the images we make and more people will be able to find more awareness images be connected to the resources available to them, this will help in building an online community.  Thank you!

The many aspects of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) - Take 2

There are so many aspects to Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.  This picture deals with just some of them.  This picture is a redesigned version of this one here.

To share this image on Facebook: click here
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To retweet this image on Twitter: click here

Note: If you are a patient advocate or run an ME-related (or similar illnesses) Facebook page or an organization's Facebook page, please share the image on Facebook using the 'Share' button (as opposed to downloading the image to your computer and then uploading it to your profile/page).  This will ensure that there is a connection to the source of the images we make and more people will be able to find more awareness images be connected to the resources available to them, this will help in building an online community.  Thank you!

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Dozens of everchanging symptoms of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis - ME/CFS version

There are so many symptoms of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) - this colourful picture shows just some of them.

To share this image on Facebook: click here
To repin this image on Pinterest: click here
To retweet this image on Twitter: click here

Note: If you are a patient advocate or run an ME-related (or similar illnesses) Facebook page or an organization's Facebook page, please share the image on Facebook using the 'Share' button (as opposed to downloading the image to your computer and then uploading it to your profile/page).  This will ensure that there is a connection to the source of the images we make and more people will be able to find more awareness images be connected to the resources available to them, this will help in building an online community.  Thank you!

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Turn Facebook with this blue sunflower!

Simple and creative messages often work best!

To share this image on Facebook: click here
To repin this image on Pinterest: click here

Note: If you are a patient advocate or run an ME-related (or similar illnesses) Facebook page or an organization's Facebook page, please share the image on Facebook using the 'Share' button as opposed to downloading the image to your computer and then uploading to your profile/page.  This will ensure there is a connection to the source of the images we make and more people will be able to find more awareness images and be connected to resources available to them, this will help in building an online community.  Thank you!

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Children get ill with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) too

This cute kitten represents a child in this picture. Children (as well as adolescents) get ill with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) too. And they can get very, very ill indeed - and miss out on vital education, play time, forming important friendships and many other things during this crucial time in their life. 

To share this image on Facebook: click here
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To retweet this image on Twitter: click here

Note: If you are a patient advocate or run an ME-related (or similar illnesses) Facebook page or an organization's Facebook page, please share the image on Facebook using the 'Share' button as opposed to downloading the image to your computer and then uploading to your profile/page.  This will ensure there is a connection to the source of the images we make and more people will be able to find more awareness images and be connected to resources available to them, this will help in building an online community.  Thank you!

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Acronyms explained (part 1)

There are so many acronyms surrounding Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME).  This image shows just some of them.

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Three powerful words you can say to someone suffering with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)

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Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) bingo

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Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) bingo

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Come to our Facebook page to spread awareness

Join us at our Facebook page to spread awareness about Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME).  Facebook is ideal for spreading awareness via images: it is a very visual medium.  Go to our Facebook page www.facebook.com/MEAwarenessPics and click 'Like' to subscribe to our page.  This is the easiest thing to do.

If you are a well connected patient advocate or run an ME-related page or an organisation page, we encourage you to share as many pictures as possible.  Please share using the 'Share' button (rather than downloading to your computer and then uploading as your own to your page/profile) - when you do it this way, you will be facilitating awareness raising through connecting people with resources available to them and promoting building an online community.

To share this image on Facebook: click here
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Children get ill with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) too - Facebook cover

To see this image on Facebook: click here
To see this image on Pinterest: click here

Get this Facebook cover onto your profile. To ensure the image is the right size, do the following:

1. Click on the picture below - it will enlarge and open in a new layout with black background.
2. Right click on the picture and click 'Save Image As' to save it to your computer.
3. Upload it from your computer to where you want to your Facebook profile.

This picture is a Facebook cover sized version of this picture.

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A year in a severe ME sufferer's life

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Twelve Days of Christmas - severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) edition

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Dear Santa - Christmas wish of a Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) sufferer - Facebook cover

Get this Facebook cover onto your profile. To ensure the image is the right size, do the following:

1. Click on the picture above - it will enlarge and open in a new layout with black background.
2. Right click on the picture and click 'Save Image As' to save it to your computer.
3. Upload it from your computer to where you want to your Facebook profile.

To embed this image to your blog, use this code:

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Remind people there is an online charity contest going on!

Get this Facebook cover onto your profile as a quick reminder how easy fundraising for ME can be. To ensure the image is the right size, do the following:

1. Click on the picture above - it will enlarge and open in a new layout with black background.
2. Right click on the picture and click 'Save Image As' to save it to your computer.
3. Upload it from your computer to where you want to your Facebook profile.


And here is a video explaining online charity contests - an easy, quick and free way to fundraise for our research organisations and a way to support our researchers!

If you would like to embed this video into your blog or website, use this HTML code:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bHq46At8C_E" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Video to guide you through voting for the Complex Chronic Diseases Clinic in Aviva Community Fund

Please share this video on social media and elsewhere.  The video gives an overview of this very important contest and detailed instructions how to cast your vote.

Vote daily 3-12 December, up to $150,000 is at stake!


Instructions how to vote in French:




Instructions how to vote in German:




Instructions how to vote in Czech:

Take this blue heart and share it on your page (ME-only version)

The colour of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) is blue - share this simple message on social media and use this image on your profile.

To share this image on Facebook: click here
To repin this image on Pinterest: click here

Language: ENGLISH

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Take this blue heart and share it on your page - Facebook cover

Simple message to share on your Facebook.  This image is sized to fit the cover on Facebook.  Just download it from here (or from our Facebook page - www.facebook.com/MEAwarenessPics) and use it on your profile.

To see this image on Facebook: click here

To repin this image on Pinterest: click here

Language: ENGLISH

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Simple banner to promote the Aviva Community Fund contest for forum and email signatures

Using this banner with Googlemail email as a signature:

1. Log in to you Googlemail account.
2. Under the cogwheel symbol, click 'Settings'.
3. Under 'Signature', click the 'Insert Image' icon which looks like a mountain landscape.
4. A new box will pop up - paste this link to the box called 'Image URL': http://tinyurl.com/c5a5d9n
5. As the banner itself is NOT a direct link, we suggest you include the voting link underneath, for example: "To vote, please click here: www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf13624" and make this a link by clicking the 'Link' icon which looks like a chain.
6. You will see the preview of your signature.  If you are happy with how it looks, scroll down and click 'Save Changes'.

Note: you have to enable 'rich text' for this banner to show, it does not work in 'plain text'.

Using the banner with other email providers and forums/internet groups will be similar. Some sites will allow you to make the banner itself a link too.

To embed the banner into your blog, copy the code below and include the direct link to the Aviva website to vote: (www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf13624)

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The Aviva Community Fund contest is an enormous opportunity for our community to win up to $150,000 for crucial cardio pulmonary medical equipment which can objectively measure Post Exertional Relapse (PEM or PENE), according to the Stevens Protocol.  This is a potential biomarker for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) and one that proves what ME sufferers will already know: we cannot sustain activity beyond our limits.

The Complex Chronic Diseases Clinic (CCDC) is a newly opened clinic in Vancouver, Canada which is lead by one of the co-authors of the Canadian Criteria and the potential beneficiary of this large grant.  But we need to vote in as great numbers as possible and encourage everyone to vote too to help make this happen!!!  It doesn't matter where in the world research into ME takes place - it will benefit us all.  Anyone around the world can vote.

Please use this banner in your email signatures, internet group signatures and forum signatures to promote the contest and also please include the link to the CCDC entry to encourage people to vote (www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf13624).  The banner is designed in such a way that it works on both white and black/dark grey background and it's transparent - this is to ensure the text is legible for as many people as possible, even those people whose eyes are sensitive.