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Ideas for:   

Everyone
 

Activity & Event Planning TimelineLooking for ideas that fit your audience type and time frame? Check out this list to find a fun option.

Just One Thing: Everyone can do something that fits their time, resources and interests...just pick one from the Just One Thing list!

Mix & Match!: 10 easy, fun ways to make a difference

Operation Beautiful: Join the campaign to end fat-talk...one post-it note at a time.

Toolkits CD-ROM Request Form: Send a free CD-ROM containing all three of the NEDA Toolkits - Parent, Educator, and Coach & Athletic Trainer - to a school, the PTA, sports coaches, gyms, etc.  

Event Planning Guide: Want to host an event but not sure where to start? This guide walks you through the main components and is great for group planning.

Online Outreach: Post these Articles, Facebook posts & Tweets, and webinars to spread the word. 

NEDA Navigators Outreach: Let your community know there are Navigators to help guide those who know someone affected to treatment referrals, support groups, information, and to provide informal support. Just distribute these cards to school personnel, doctors and dentists, etc.

Webinars: Check out the list of upcoming webinars.   

Teens
  

Teen Voices Artist of the Month Contest:  Partner Organization Teen Voices is teaming up with NEDA for March's contest theme:  Beauty is More than Skin Deep.  Find out more about contest rules and some amazing prizes here.

Teen Activist Guide:  Easy to use guide walks you through many ways to get involved- including media and online activism, raising awareness in your community, event planning at highschools, & provides useful eating disorder information to help get the word out!

Teen Blogging Guide: Check out our brand new teen blogging guide with tips on how to get started, stats on eating disorders, how to share your story responsibly and setting boundaries for self-care.

Build A Life-Size Barbie: A great attention-getter for raising awareness about unrealistic body image ideals and standards of beauty.

Great Jeans Giveaway: A signature event of NEDAwareness Week. People are invited to donate their old jeans that no longer fit to promote embracing one's natural shape and size, and the message, "Be comfortable in your genes. Wear jeans that fit the real you!"
 

College Students
 

We NEDAwareness on College Campuses! This chart gives you ideas on what to do each day of the week on your campus.  Ideas come from successful past events at colleges across the country.

Blogging Guide: Check out our brand new teen blogging guide with tips on how to get started, stats on eating disorders, how to share your story responsibly and setting boundaries for self-care.

Build A Life-Size Barbie: A great attention-getter for raising awareness about unrealistic body image ideals and standards of beauty.

Great Jeans Giveaway: A signature event of NEDAwareness Week. People are invited to donate their old jeans that no longer fit to promote embracing one's natural shape and size, and the message, "Be comfortable in your genes. Wear jeans that fit the real you!"

Online Outreach: Post these pre-written Articles, Facebook posts & Tweets, to spread the word. 

Host a Movie Night:  Download this list of suggested movies and a discussion guide to get everyone involved.
 

Activists
 

Media Activism:  Use this guide to learn how to be a critical consumer of the media and take action against ad campaigns you find offensive or that promote eating disorders.

Legislative Advocacy with the STAR Program: Choose from a range of options that fit your time availability and interests.

Become a Media Sponsor: Feel free to download and use our high-resolution print ads in your publication. Please contact our PR Consultant, Vicki Greenleaf, with the name, date, and issue of your publication. Please include an estimate of a pro bono placement so that we can recognize your in-kind contribution. To learn more about our campaign, read our Media Proposal.
 

Artists


Calendar Art Contest:  NEDA is hosting a contest for art submissions of all kinds for our 2013 NEDA Calendar of hope and recovery, to be sold in the NEDA store.  Download the contest flyer for details or to send to a friend!  Click here for the online submission form.  Submission deadline: April 15th, 2012

Teen Voices Artist of the Month Contest:  Partner Organization Teen Voices is teaming up with NEDA for March's contest theme:  Beauty is More than Skin Deep.  Find out more about contest rules and some amazing prizes here.
 

Education


Publish an Article: Pre-written articles by noted authors are available for print or online publication.  Articles address various topics including eating disorders in diverse populations, pregnancy, healthy body imgae, and eating disorders among athletes, plus more.

Webinars:  Attend one of our upcoming webinars, and invite your friends or colleagues to join you!  Webinars currrently available include a "Volunteer Speaker Training", "By Dads for Dads" and "Challenging the BMI." 

Host a volunteer speaker at your school or university.  Each year volunteers across the country offer to speak to your class or community group about eating disorders.

Download our Educators Packet with lesson plans, activities and materials for eating disorder education and media literacy.
 

Guides

Teen Activist Guide:  Easy to use guide walks you through many ways to get involved- including media and online activism, raising awareness in your community, event planning at highschools, & provides useful eating disorder information to help get the word out!

Teen Blogging Guide: Check out our brand new teen blogging guide with tips on how to get started, stats on eating disorders, how to share your story responsibly and setting boundaries for self-care.

Build A Life-Size Barbie: A great attention-getter for raising awareness about unrealistic body image ideals and standards of beauty.

Activity & Event Planning TimelineLooking for ideas that fit your audience type and time frame? Check out this list to find a fun option.

Event Planning Guide: Want to host an event but not sure where to start? This guide walks you through the main components and is great for group planning.

Great Jeans Giveaway: A signature event of NEDAwareness Week. People are invited to donate their old jeans that no longer fit to promote embracing one's natural shape and size, and the message, "Be comfortable in your genes. Wear jeans that fit the real you!"
 
How the Namuh Learned to be Content with Who They Are: A grade school activity excerpt from Healthy Body Image: Teaching Kids to Eat and Love Their Bodies Too!

How to Involve the Legislature: Don't be afraid to invite your local & state representatives to your NEDAwarness Week event! This guide tells you how. 
 

Discounts

20% Discount on all titles from Partner Organization Guilford Press.  Visit Guilford Press for more information on titles for practioners, health care professionals, and family members.  Use promotional code 6E at checkout to get your discount!

NEDAwareness Week Kits
now available for purchase in the NEDA store
! Kits have been discounted 40%.
 
All a-la-carte materials are available now through the end of February at a 15% discount for registered participants.  Use the code NEDA2012 during check-out and start shopping now! 

15% discount on select Media Education Foundation films now through March 3rd, 2012.  Featured films deal directly with the cultural norms and pressures that can lead to disordered eating.  MEF has also put together a free web-based tool kit with tips on how to host an event and poster to publicize it.  Click here to see which films are featured and to order today!

$10 Yoga Event GuideClick Here for more information about this great activity from Partner Organization NORMAL.

25% Discount on Documentary Film, Someday Melissa
In 2009, 19 year old Melissa lost her life to an eating disorder.  Someday Melissa is a documentary inspired by Melissa's journal writings and designed to raise awareness of this disease.  Click here for information about showing it during NEDAwareness Week.

Our fabulous Partner Organizations offer discounts on various films, host free webinars, and much more. As these offers become available they will be featured here!