From Awareness to Action
The Power of the Red Tulip
Our Mission: Let’s make the Red Tulip as powerful for Parkinson’s as the Pink Ribbon is for breast cancer - to raise awareness, increase funding, accelerate research and ultimately prevent and cure Parkinson’s.
History shows us what awareness can do!
Why the Red Tulip? Because it has been the official symbol of Parkinson’s since 2005 when the 9th World Parkinson’s’ Disease Day Conference officially adopted it as the worldwide symbol to raise awareness and show support.
The connection with the Red Tulip began in 1980 when J.W.S. Van der Wereld, a Dutch horticulturist with Parkinson’s, created a red and white tulip and named it the Dr. James Parkinson flower in honor of the surgeon who first wrote about the disease in 1817.
The Red Tulip in our logo shown here is the exact flower adopted by the World Conference, without the stem. We left the stem off only to keep the printing to one color, in hopes that would make it easier for replication.
We added the words Red Tulip for Parkinson’s Awareness to assure the purpose of the Red Tulip is given the recognition it deserves. We encourage everyone to utilize our symbol on anything and everything. Individuals can put it on shirts, hats, cups; printed stickers can be placed on iPhone covers, laptops, water bottles, etc.,etc. Organizations can add it alongside their own logos. Copy and paste the above symbol and put under your email signatures.
Our symbol is not meant to replace an organization’s logo. It is intended to enhance the organization by linking all Parkinson’s organizations. Why? Because there is more power in numbers. Imagine filling the National Mall in D.C. with people holding signs with the Red Tulip for Parkinson’s! That is the sight Congress (and the world) needs to see to get their attention so they can increase the funding in order to slam the brakes on the fastest growing neurological disease in the world!
United we can make an impact!
Awareness leads to Action
The Red Tulip:
The global symbol for Parkinson’s Awareness, with the POWER TO UNITE!
From Awareness to ACTION: The Red Tulip
Awareness Matters. Letting the Red Tulip lead the way.
When more people recognize the symbol – and the people behind it – we will gain more support for the cause to spread understanding and raise funds.
It’s awareness that can lead to:
Recognizing the symptoms for earlier diagnosis and intervention
Getting the funds to more research leading to prevention and finding a cure
Engaging the medical community for proper diagnosis and more proactive management of the symptoms
Improved quality of life
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