AAA Awareness Challenge launches!

OK folks, the AAA Awareness Challenge has launched!! Join here!

The basics:

  1. There are a few objectives for the AAA Awareness Challenge.
    a. Raise awareness of the AAA and A1AD.
    b. Give and encourage anybody, anywhere in the world 🌎, a good excuse to be a bit more active than they might otherwise be, no matter how small or big that activity is.
    c. Have some fun while doing so. 😎
    d. Optionally raise some funds towards future projects, no matter the size of the contribution. πŸ’° There'll be incentives to encourage this. πŸ†
  1. We'll be doing more challenges after this one, but the target for this inaugural challenge is to collectively write a 1,500km a virtual A1 in the middle of Australia 🦘by the stroke of midnight New Year's Eve.πŸŽ‰ You can see the progress on the virtual map.
  1. You don't have to use Strava to record your activity, but Strava makes it more fun, and of course more automated. Otherwise you can record activity details manually.
  1. Your activity can be literally anything distance-based. Running. πŸƒπŸ»β€β™‚οΈ Cycling. πŸš΄β€β™€οΈ Walking.πŸšΆπŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ Swimming. πŸŠβ€β™€ Jogging. πŸƒπŸΌβ€β™€οΈ Hiking. Skating. β›ΈStatic cycling. Treadmill. Sailing. ⛡️Dog Walking.πŸ• Anything else that you like to do. πŸ‡
  1. Join the challenge today at AAA Awareness Challenge.
  1. Do consider spreading the word globally 🌎 to anybody else you know, or via your social media channels!
  1. Fundraiser FAQs.

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AAA Brisbane Meet & Greet - Sat 7 or Sun 15 Nov 2020

Join us at the Tiger Eye Bar for a AAA Meet & Greet

Saturday 7 Nov 2020 3pm to 5pm
AND / OR
Sunday 15 Nov 2020 10:30am to 12:30pm

In the spirit of Alpha-1 Awareness Month feel free to wear your AAA brand name garment, take a pic, and post it on social media. Be sure to include #Alpha1OZ.

For more detail see this discussion (Australian and NZ residents only) or this event on Facebook. Or just get in touch to let us know you're coming.

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November - awareness month

Alpha-1 awareness month

  • Help raise awareness for Alpha-1 in November. You and your friends choose an activity. Take a pic. Post to official AAA social media, using hashtag #Alpha1OZ. For more detail, see this discussion.
  • In readiness for your November activity, consider organising your AAA t-shirt or other garment now! For detail, see this discussion.
  • Let us know what you plan for YOUR activity in November 2020. Simply fill in this form.

MYO t-shirt!

Webinar - Alpha-1 Foundation - Exclusive Alpha-1 Kids Webinar

Q&A with Jeffrey Teckman, MD Friday 1 May 2020 10 to 11am UTC+10 (AEST)

Register here

Parents of Alpha-1 Kids 25 years old and under: You are invited to join us for a question and answer webinar with Jeffrey Teckman, MD Speaker: Jeffrey Teckman, MD, Interim Chair, Department of Pediatrics; Drs. James and Patricia Monteleone Endowed Chair; Professor of Pediatrics and Biochemistry; Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Saint Louis University School of Medicine; Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital

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Booklets

Β The AAA has produced an information booklet which contains more detail about A1AD, and a poster for raising awareness. You can access the booklet and poster by clicking on the images below. The poster may be printed locally in A3 or A4 size. Please encourage your family doctor or respiratory physician to put a poster on display in the surgery or patient waiting area! For more information about A1AD, see our Links section.