It’s time to wear your heart on your sleeve.
On June 19, the Friday before Father’s Day, Prostate Cancer Canada is inviting everyone to Wear Plaid For Dad. This nation-wide initiative is both a celebration of dads and a call to action.
The premise is simple: challenge your office or team to start a campaign at www.wearplaidfordad.ca. Set a goal and start fundraising. Host fun challenges at work — pin your baby photos on the staff room bulletin board and see if co-workers can guess who’s who; host a bake sale or a pub night —, let your friends and family know you’re involved and ask them to donate, too. Encourage your boss to buy you all a pizza lunch if you reach your target by Father’s Day or, better yet, match the funds that you raise.
Then, on June 19, wear plaid. Plaid shirts, plaid ties, plaid dresses, plaid socks — reveal your inner squareness!
Here are a few other ideas:
• make a donation in honour or memory of your dad
• make a donation as your Father’s Day gift; send him a link so he knows that you’re showin’ the love and care about his health.
• donate $8 in recognition of the one in eight men who will be diagnosed with prostate cancer
• donate the equivalent amount of your dad’s age.
If your office isn’t involved, that doesn’t have to stop you. You can pledge to wear plaid on the website or you can go to www.prostatecancer.ca/doitfordad to start your own personal crowdfunding campaign. The donations go directly to Prostate Cancer Canada and your donors will be emailed a tax receipt.
Wear Plaid For Dad is a fun, easy and a powerful show of support for the men in your life.
