Brain Tumor Awareness Week - May 4-10, 2008

ANNUAL VIGIL OF HEALING, REMEMBRANCE
and ADVOCACY

T.H.E. BRAIN TRUST is collaborating with HOPE WITH SUPPORT (www.hopewithsupport.org) to host the Annual Vigil for brain tumor survivors and those who have been lost to this devastating illness, as well as caregivers, health professionals, and researchers.

A brief vigil service of Healing, Remembrance, Advocacy and Hope will be held on Capitol Hill Monday, May 5, 2008, in Upper Senate Park near the "Hidden Under Our Hats" National Brain Tumor Awareness Project. Thanks to our friends at the Brain Tumor Action Network (www.BTAN.org) for organizing the “Hats” exhibit again this year.

The Reading of the Names of our Heroes and Angels and Vigil Service will begin at 5:00 pm. Collection and Reading of the Names is being organized by Sandra Wyatt, founder of Hope With Support (www.hopewithsupport.org). Names must be submitted to their website by May 1st.

LATEST NEWS and INFO

• Download our Brain Tumor Vigil Text
  This text will be read at our Vigil on Monday afternoon, May 5, 2008. Please join with us and conduct your own service at home, at the dinner table, in the living room, at your local place of worship, a support group meeting, the town square. And then tell us about it so we can add your vigil to our remote vigil map.
  
  To add a brain tumor survivor or angel to the list of names to be honored at the Vigil, send an email to Vigil@HOPEWithSupport.org.
• Download our Scroll of Names^*
  (note this is a partial list only)
  During the "Reading of the Names" those dear ones from the BRAINTMR list who have been overcome by brain tumors over the last decade will be blessed. We thank Diane Phillips of brainhospice.com for compiling this list. We will include in our Vigil Prayers and Blessings everyone from all our email lists, face to face networks, and friends in the brain tumor community as well.
  
  ^*PLEASE NOTE: This list includes mainly members from the BRAINTMR list over the last 10 years compiled by Diane Phillips. These are NOT ALL the names that were submitted to be read May 5, 2008. The full scroll, which is 22 feet long, will be rolled out at the Vigil Site. New names, such as those submitted this year will be added to the scroll in the future. Please do not despair if a specific name is not listed here, know you and your loved ones are in our hearts.
  
  When you do your own Vigil you can include any names you wish or just print these and those collected for 2008 by Hope With Support.
• Download Gray Ribbon Cards
  To expedite the process of getting information to as many people as possible during Brain Tumor Action Week, we encourage you to obtain some gray ribbon from your local fabric shop and print out these cards to give out with your own ribbons.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ANNUAL VIGIL OF HEALING,
REMEMBRANCE AND ADVOCACY

Attend our Annual Vigil of Healing, Remembrance and Advocacy

T.H.E. BRAIN TRUST will offer the Annual Vigil Readings for Healing, Remembrance, Advocacy and Hope on Capitol Hill for Brain Tumor Awareness Week in Cooperation with Hope with Support, who will be conducting the Reading of the Names.

Date:	Monday, May 5, 2008
Time:	5:00 pm: Reading of names and Vigil service
Where To Meet:	Upper Senate Park near the "Hidden Under Our Hats" exhibit

To register a name to be read at the vigil Monday, May 5, 2008 in Washington, D.C, please send an email to vigil@hopewithsupport.org.

The names of our loved ones and those who have touched our hearts and souls will be read at the Vigil/Hats site. Also, if you desire please request a free copy of the manuscript of the Vigil to read at home. Please email your information to info@braintrust.org.

Hope With Support will collect names to be read until May 1st. You can still submit names to receive Reiki Healing Energy anytime using this form.

Organize A Vigil Locally

If you can't join us in Washington, D.C.,we encourage you to hold your own Vigil. Please visit our local vigil page to see a map of vigils held by others locally and to register your vigil so it will appear on our map.

T.H.E. BRAIN TRUST is proud to be a supporter of the International Brain Tumor Awareness Week (October 26 - November 1, 2008) and the Walk Around the World for Brain Tumors sponsored by the International Brain Tumor Alliance.

See http://theibta.org for additional details.