What are the awareness months and colors?

What are the awareness months and colors?

Cause Ribbon Color Awareness Month
Alopecia Awareness Dark Blue Ribbon September
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Purple Ribbon November
Alzheimer’s Disease Purple Ribbon November
Amber Alert Yellow Ribbon January

What colors represent different diseases?

Colors and meanings

Color First use Meanings
Pink ribbon October 1992 Breast cancer awareness
Red ribbon ? Heart disease
1985 Substance-abuse awareness including tobacco, alcohol and drugs (Red Ribbon Week is commonly held in American schools.)
June 1991 HIV/AIDS awareness

What do purple ribbons mean?

Purple Awareness Ribbons The meaning of a purple ribbon is most commonly identified with Alzheimer’s, Crohn’s, lupus, and pancreatic cancer. Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness (May) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness (May)

What are blue ribbons for?

The blue ribbon is internationally used to spread awareness of chronic fatigue syndrome. A blue ribbon is also the ribbon used for awareness for the autoimmune disease of Sjögren’s syndrome. In Canada, it is the symbol of an anti-tobacco, anti–second hand smoke campaign.

What does purple mean for awareness?

Ribbons of different colors and patterns are used for different causes. Solid purple color ribbon is one of the most widely used awareness ribbon. It stands for a lot of things including Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Pancreatic Cancer, Lupus awareness and Epilepsy awareness.

What is the purple ribbon for?

A light purple or lavender ribbon often is used to represent all cancers as a whole. Sometimes, many different ribbons are combined together to represent all cancers. Uncommon or rare cancers may be represented by a black-and-white zebra print ribbon.