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June 2019
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June 2019
CMV Mom Hopes to Spread CMV Awareness at Mrs. America Pageant
Posted:
2/8/2023
Category:
Advocacy
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Awareness
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Community
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Parent Perspective
CMV mom Kelsi Gagne is participating in the Mrs. America pageant in April. She plans to use this platform to increase awareness and health literacy of cCMV. Read more about her journey.
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Sign Up to Save Lives
Posted:
6/21/2019
Category:
Advocacy
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Awareness
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Fueling Our Mission
National CMV recently teamed up with
GSW
, an award-winning, full-service healthcare communications agency, to create a compelling public health campaign and bring some of our recent advocacy work to life.
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How to Pitch Your Family’s CMV Story to Media
Author: Becky Ericson
Posted:
6/16/2019
Category:
Advocacy
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Awareness
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Community
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Fueling Our Mission
There’s nothing better than a good story to spread a message. Stories are emotional, filled with context, and how we make sense of the world. And stories, incidentally, are the lifeblood of journalism. But for everyday people not working in media, reaching out to reporters pitching them on your personal experience or your kiddo’s story can be downright intimidating. How can you start from square one and break through the clutter?
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