[HealthyTribes] CRC awareness month email being sent to partners

[Freewynn Sabrina L]

Hello all.

As a part of Colorectal Cancer awareness month we will be sending out an email to everyone who has helped us with the campaign so far. This includes spokespeople, research partners, audience experts, coalition members in eastern Oregon and in Clatsop County, Cancer Registrars across the state, PEBB Staywell Coordinators and others. The email I will be sending is below (and attached for those who prefer a word version). As many of these individuals and organization are your partners as well, I want you to know what they will be receiving.

Please let me know if you have any questions. And, thank you for your ongoing work on this campaign.

Sabrina


Partner E-mail

Subject Line: Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month - YOUR HELP REQUESTED

Hi XXXX,

Thank you for your tremendous support thus far of Oregon's campaign to increase colorectal cancer (CRC) screening.

March is CRC Awareness Month and we're asking for your help again. Would you be willing to use this milestone to share additional information with your networks?
Taking just one or all of the actions listed below will greatly help us get more people screened and save lives.

  1.  Send the attached email or flyer to your personal and/or professional networks (consider the subject line: A Simple Request in March)
  2.  Print the attached flyer and post it at your office. This is a great time to spark water-cooler conversations.
  3.  "Like" the campaign on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/TheCancerYouCanPrevent) and share our posts that feature stories of Oregonians all over the state.
  4.  Submit your stories or those of people you know to: http://thecanceryoucanprevent.org/your-stories/
  5.  Get screened regularly and, of course, talk about your experience and encourage others to get screened too.

Here's a quick recap of what you've already helped us achieve since we first received a grant to increase screening. We're very thankful:

  *   Conduct research about Oregonians' barriers, attitudes and beliefs toward CRC screening;
  *   Develop a unique campaign approach that targets already screened Oregonians;
  *   Testing that approach successfully in Clatsop County, Oregon;
  *   Launch the statewide campaign through media efforts, partnership development and provider outreach; and
  *   Successfully help to reduce the burden of CRC on our communities by participating as a spokesperson, donating ads, sharing information with your networks, encouraging others to get screened and much, much more!

Thank you again for all you do to improve the health of our community. If you're curious to read more about what we're doing statewide or reading the pilot case study, visit: http://thecanceryoucanprevent.org/about-this-campaign/

Sincerely,

Sabrina Freewynn
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention

Attached E-mail [E-mail we ask partners in #1 to distribute to personal/professional networks]

Subject Line: A Simple Request in March

I have supported Oregon's campaign to increase colorectal cancer screening because I know that screening saves lives (colorectal cancer is the #2 cancer killer). Screening can reduce the tremendous toll colorectal cancer takes on our families, communities and health care system.

It's CRC Awareness month and I have a quick request for your support.

People are much more likely to get screened if they're encouraged by someone they know and trust. So...If you've been screened, you can save lives by talking about your experience and encouraging others to get screened too.



Please also consider "liking" the campaign on Facebook and share the campaign's posts (http://www.facebook.com/TheCancerYouCanPrevent).



Thank you for your support. For more information about colorectal cancer and screening options, visit www.TheCancerYouCanPrevent.org<http://www.thecanceryoucanprevent.org/>. There you can find Oregonians' stories and share your own.


Thank you,

XXXX

Information to share with friends, colleagues, your spouse and other loved ones:

*         Everyone over the age of 50 (45 for African Americans) should be screened for colorectal cancer even if they don't have a family history or symptoms.

*         There are several reliable screening options-some cost as little as $25 and all are covered by insurance.

*         Talk to your doctor about the one that is right for you. Make and keep your appointment to be screened.

*         Then, do what I'm doing: tell someone else.








Sabrina Freewynn
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention
800 NE Oregon Street
Portland, OR 97232
Phone: 971-673-1121
BB: 971-212-1661

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