SEPTEMBER IS FASD AWARENESS MONTH

NEAFAN’s 2022 theme for FASD Awareness Day and September FASD Month aligned with the FASD national theme of Building Strengths and Abilities.

NEAFAN held an event on September 9th from 10am to 3pm at the NEAFAN offices in Fort McMurray to celebrate and recognize our FASD clients’ talents, strengths, interests, and abilities. Attendees laced up red shoes in alignment with the national campaign for FASD Awareness Day.

Shine a Light on FASD Awareness

This year various Canadian monuments and landmarks were rocking red for FASD Awareness Day to shine a light on and raise public awareness and discussion of this disability. Key landmarks across the country were lit up red on September 9th in honour of FASD Awareness Day. In Fort Mac, the highly visible Saline Creek Bridge was lit up red to honour FASD Awareness Day and the Red Shoes Rock campaign. At night NEAFAN staff gathered on the bridge sporting their red shoes and smiles. Also, NEAFAN requested that the mayor and council of Fort McMurray publicly proclaim and recognize Sept 9th as FASD Awareness Day in the municipal region. 

A highly visible key landmark in Fort Mac, the Saline Creek Bridge, was lit up red for FASD Awareness Day.
A couple of furry friends sporting red shoes on FASD Day brought a lot of smiles to NEAFAN’s annual event to help raise FASD Awareness.
At NEAFAN’S FASD Awareness Day event, team members of NEAFAN programs for Assessment & Diagnosis, Outreach, PCAP, Wrap2.0, Bridges and Prevention Conversation stepped up in their red shoes to help raise FASD awareness.
Red Shoes were on display by staff of the Center of Hope, who carry out NEAFAN programs Women’s Wellness and Captains Place, when they paid NEAFAN a visit on FASD Awareness Day.
Ginger’s Bannock House catered NEAFAN’s FASD Awareness Event. Ginger’s passion for cooking is paying off in her busy catering business. Her bannock donuts really went over well at our event. Thanks Ginger.
Etta and Ike from WJS who run NEAFAN’s Bridges Program showing support on FASD Awareness Day.

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a lifelong disability that affects the brain and body of people who were exposed to alcohol in the womb. Each person with FASD has both strengths and challenges and will need special supports to help them succeed with many different parts of their daily lives.