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Wear It Purple Days are charity events, fundraising is conducted in relation to participants wearing purple.
Charity days
[edit]Major celebrations
[edit]- The Wear it Purple Day, held in Australia to give support for LGBTIQA+ identifying young people.
- The Purple Day, celebrated on 26 March[1] in order to fundraise for Epilepsy Action Australia.
Local celebrations
[edit]- The Wear it Purple Day, held in Scotland during Erskine Week in 2009, to fundraise for veterans' hospital Erskine.[2]
- The Wear it Purple Day, held as part of Love You 2 Appeal (in Yorkshire) in 2013. Nurseries hosted a Wear it Purple Day to raise building funds for Dove House Hospice.[3] In previous years this has been known as "Purple Day".[4]
- The Wear it Purple Day, held as part of Crocus Week (in Bradford) in 2014. Events were hosted by staff at the University of Bradford, Bilton Medical Centre, and at local schools.[5] The Telegraph & Argus Bradford Crocus Cancer Appeal focused on fundraising for purchasing machinery and developing new treatments for cancer.[6][7]
- The Wear it Purple Day, held by Glan Y Mor schoo (in Burry Port) in 2014, which showed their support for student Josh Anderson by raising £960 for charity Kidney Research UK.[8]
- The Wear it Purple Day, held by Creetown Primary School (in Wigtownshire) in 2015, which fundraised towards cancer awareness.[9]
- The Wear it Purple Day, held by Areley House Care Home (in Stourport-on-Severn) in 2016, which focused on raising awareness of dementia.[10]
- The Wear Purple for JIA Day, organised by Lynette Haselip of Corby in 2015 and again on 6 May 2016,[11] to raise awareness of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.
- The Wear it Purple Day, held by Mica Sanders in April 2016, to support Tish Edwards by raising awareness in the Asian community of stem cell donation and fundraising for the Lymphoma Association.[12]
- The non-uniform Wear it Purple Day, held by Carrick Academy's student council circa November 2016, raised funds for Ayrshire Hospice.[13]
Commercial days
[edit]- The Purple Day, held by Capistrano Volkswagen in San Juan Capistrano, California. Staff wear purple as a promotional activity.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "PURPLE DAY | Epilepsy Action Australia". www.epilepsy.org.au. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
- ^ "Raise funds for ex-vets". Evening Times. 19 May 2009.
- ^ Wright, Emma (21 May 2013). "We'd all love you to go purple and proud". Hull Daily Mail.
- ^ "Hospice closes in on its dream to expand". Hull Daily Mail. 26 February 2010. p. 16.
- ^ Lowson, Rob (19 May 2014). "Purple patch aids Bradford Crocus Appeal". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
- ^ "Crocus Cancer Appeal news from the Bradford Telegraph and Argus". www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
- ^ "A look back on how the district supported the Telegraph & Argus Bradford Crocus Cancer Appeal". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
- ^ Roberts, Gemma (18 June 2014). "School paints fundraiser purple in support of pupil". Llanelli Star.
- ^ Lewis, Patricia (11 June 2015). "Purple pupils". The Galloway News.
- ^ "Stourport care home raises awareness of dementia". Kidderminster Shuttle. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
- ^ "Corby mum sets up second Wear It Purple day for daughter with rare childhood arthritis". www.northantstelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
- ^ "Fundraising day to support Perrigo's Tish". North Devon Gazette. 27 April 2016.
- ^ Smith, Kenny (4 November 2016). "Carrick". Ayrshire Post. p. 34.
- ^ O'Brien-Mecke, M.A. (2001). "'Purple day' at VW solo". Automotive News. 75 no. 5916: 38 – via EBSCOhost.