Raise Awareness

Come together during Brain Tumor Awareness Month to support the more than 1 million Americans living with brain tumors and their loved ones. There are many ways to raise awareness.

Share Your Story

We invite you to #GoGrayinMay and help amplify the voice of the brain tumor community this month. In sharing your story, you are raising awareness for the brain tumor community, helping others feel less alone, and highlighting the extraordinary challenges and extraordinary hope that are familiar to all.

Submit your story this month for a chance to win a Gray May giveaway pack.  Your story may be reshared on our social media channels, so be sure to look for it and share it with your friends.

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Spread the Word on Social Media

If you need some help getting started, post one of the social media messages below to your personal channels. Remember to include our suggested hashtags so we can follow along and possibly reshare on our social media channels.

• #GrayMay is an opportunity for the brain tumor community to take action to propel research and treatments forward. [OPTIONAL: INSERT PERSONAL STORY]. Let’s #GoGrayinMay to conquer and cure brain tumors — once and for all: braintumor.org/btam

• This #GrayMay, we come together for Brain Tumor Awareness Month #BTAM [OPTIONAL: INSERT PERSONAL STORY]. Together, we can raise funds and spread awareness about this deadly disease. Connect with the brain tumor community and #GoGrayinMay: braintumor.org/btam

• I’m urging Congress to prioritize the urgent needs of the brain tumor community. [OPTIONAL: INSERT PERSONAL STORY]. Will you #GoGrayinMay with me? braintumor.org/btam

• I’m recognizing #GrayMay along with more than a million other patients with brain tumors and their caregivers. [OPTIONAL: INSERT PERSONAL STORY]. #BTAM

• It’s #GrayMay! This month, #GoGrayinMay to conquer and cure brain tumors — once and for all. Discover ways that you can make lasting change for the brain tumor community at braintumor.org/btam.
  
• This #GrayMay, learn more about biomarker testing and clinical trials with NBTS’s #MyTumorID campaign — our resources emphasize the importance of IDing your tumor and identifying treatment options for your tumor type to help you make the best possible treatment decisions: MyTumorID.org

• Everyone can #GoGrayinMay! Join me this #GrayMay by taking action and raising awareness to conquer and cure brain tumors — once and for all: braintumor.org/btam

• #GrayMay is an opportunity for the brain tumor community to propel research and treatments forward. #GoGrayinMay to help make real, tangible progress in the fight to conquer and cure brain tumors: braintumor.org/btam

• Philanthropy alone is not enough to solve the complex challenge of brain tumors. Will you #GoGrayinMay to urge Congress to prioritize the urgent needs of our community? With thousands beside us, our collective voices and actions are a powerful force for progress: braintumor.org/btam #BTAM

• May 17 is DIPG Awareness Day. I am honoring #GrayMay to spread awareness about this deadly disease and to support researchers in their efforts to find new therapies to treat DIPG and all childhood cancer: braintumor.org/btam 

• I am one of more than 1 million Americans living with a brain tumor. [OPTIONAL: INSERT PERSONAL STORY]. Will you #GoGrayinMay with me to raise funds and spread awareness to advance new treatments and improve the quality of patients’ lives? braintumor.org/btam

• I’m proud to #GoGrayinMay to raise awareness and support for patients with brain tumors and their caregivers. Join me in giving to the National Brain Tumor Society for #GrayMay: braintumor.org/btam

• Survival rates for adult and pediatric patients with brain tumors have not significantly changed over the past 45 years despite major breakthroughs made in the treatment of other cancers. Your gift this #GrayMay will help make real, tangible progress in the fight to conquer and cure brain tumors: braintumor.org/btam

• It’s Brain Tumor Awareness Month, a time dedicated to supporting, empowering, and amplifying the voice of the brain tumor community. This #GrayMay, make a gift to propel brain tumor research and treatments forward: braintumor.org/btam #BTAM

• Just [INSERT #][INSERT HOURS/DAYS] left to #GoGrayinMay! Click this link to support more than 1 million people estimated to be living with brain tumors and their caregivers: braintumor.org/btam

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