Ribbons of Awareness

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Awareness Ribbons of Support and Hope

Since their introduction in the United States in 1991, colorful swirling Ribbons supporting various causes have quickly spread.

These ribbons have wrapped their tendrils around the world to become a lasting symbolic cultural icon representing awareness, unity, support and hope to the masses in both times of crisis and recovery from both personal and global tragedies.

Awareness Ribbon Color Meanings

Black= Melanoma Cancer, Sleep Disorders.

Blue (Navy) = Arthritis, Colon Cancer, Down's Syndrome, Osteoporosis, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Child Abuse, Dysautonomia, Hystiocytosis, Erb's Palsy, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), Dystonia, Interstitial Cystitis, Bracial Plexus Injury, Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Alopecia, Reyes Syndrome

Blue (Light) = Prostate Cancer, Men's Health and Behcet's Disease.

Blue Pin Stripe = ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease)

Burgundy = Myeloma, Hospice Care, Sepsis, APS (Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome), FVL, Thrombophilia, Headaches and to support the Permanently Disabled.

Gold = Childhood Cancer and COPD.

Green = Celiac Disease, Transplants, Depression (both Adults and Children), Bipolar Disorder, Mental Health or Illness, Eye Injuries, Tourette's Syndrome, Bone Marrow Transplants and Donation, Fanconi's Syndrome, Glaucoma, Leukemia, Fibrodysplasia Ossificans, Kidney Cancer or Kidney Disease, Neural Tube Defects, Mitochondrial Disease, Cerebral Palsy and to support Stem Cell Research

Gray = Asthma, Juvenile Diabetes and Brain Tumors.

Orange = Hunger, Leukemia, Self Injury, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, Skin Cancer (with a sun in the center of the loop), Addiction Recovery

Lavender = All Cancers (general cancer awareness), Epilepsy, Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis, Rett Syndrome

Purple = Pancreatic Cancer, Chron's Disease and Colitis, Cystic Fibrosis, Leimyosarcoma, Macular Degeneration, Sjogren's Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Lupus, Sarcoidosis, Thyroid Cancer, ADD, ADHD, Alzheimer's, Cancer Survivors (this is a general color that anyone who has survived cancer can wear), Chronic Pain, and Domestic Violence

Pink = Breast Cancer, Birth Parents, Cleft Palate

Pink/Blue = Prematurity, Birth Defects, Infertility, SIDS, Support for those who have had a Miscarriage

Puzzle = Autism.

Red = Aids/HIV, MDS & Aplastic Anemia, Substance and Drug Abuse (includes inhalants), MADD, DARE, Heart Disease, Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (WPW), Pro-life, Hypertension, Evans Syndrome

Silver = Parkinson's Disease

Teal = Ovarian, Cervical, Uterine (all gynecological) Cancers, Sexual Abuse, Myasthenia Gravis and Panic Attacks.

White = Lung Cancer, Diabetes, Adoption, Bone Cancer, Osteoporosis, Scoliosis, Support and Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism, Blindness and Holocaust Remembrance

Yellow = Bladder and Testicular Cancer , Liver Disease, Hydrocephalus, Suicide Prevention, Downs Syndrome, Military Troops and it represents Hope.

Our Ribbon Culture

Health Awareness

Ribbon Culture: Charity, Compassion and Public Awareness

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Ribbon Culture explores the history, meaning, and sociological implications of the popular practice of 'showing awareness'. The book suggests that we see the rise of awareness campaigns in terms of a growing interest in personal displays of compassion in a cultural climate where empathy has become a by-word for authenticity. Not only this, but Ribbon Culture highlights charities' use of slick awareness campaigns to 'reach' their target-audience and explores the repercussions of the transformation of charity into a commercial enterprise.

Blue Ribbon

Arthritis, Colon Cancer, Down's Syndrome, Child Abuse

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Green Ribbons

Lymphoma, Organ Donor

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Lavender / Purple Ribbons

Alzheimer's, Cancer Survivors, Chronic Pain, Lupus, and Domestic Violence

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Pink Ribbon Fund-raising and Gift Ideas

Breast Cancer

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Awareness News

Your Health: Heart Disease Awareness
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"My main concern is to try to keep my kids healthy, not just teach them how to stay healthy but, so they'll know how to be healthy," said Runnels. Runnels agreed to eat one worm for every 500-dollars students raised for heart health awareness.
Fashion Week's first trend: Heart-health awareness
By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL, AP The veteran supermodel returned to the runway for the Red Dress Collection fashion show, an annual New York Fashion Week kickoff event that aims to draw attention to women's heart health by putting celebrity catwalkers in a ...

Red Ribbons

Heart Disease

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Red Ribbons

AIDS Awareness

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Teal Ribbons

Gynecological Cancers, Sexual Abuse

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Multi-Colored Ribbons

SIDS, Autism, Animal Abuse

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