Day 1)
Day 2)
Start your fundraiser: Get started here
Day 3)
Share the Homocystinurias Flow Chart
Day 4) Share a HCU Patient Story
Videos: https://bit.ly/PatientStoriesVideos
Written Bios: https://bit.ly/HCUHeroes
Day 5)
Share your diagnosis story!
Day 6) Challenge your friends to eat 10 g of protein and a normal protein shake 3 times a day #ToastToHCU
Day 7) Share a pic of an item that has the same amount of protein you can have.
Day 8) Share your daily diet record - completed.
Day 9)
Share a low protein meme
Day 10) Share your favorite low protein recipe! Bonus if you cook it and share a picture.
Day 11) Dining out, low-protein style! Share a picture of your favorite out to eat meal.
Day 12) Share a picture of what your grocery store "haul" looks like.
Day 13) Share - real cost of HCU: Grocery Cost Comparison
#MedicalNutritionEquityAct
Or, Some patients with HCU require injectable B12. B12 on average is $300-400 a month and most insurance companies do not cover it!
Day 14) Share a picture or video capturing all the medication you take in a day (this includes formula for those who need it)!
Day 15) Share a pic of your first pair of glasses - or a device that helps you navigate or communicate due to lack of vision
Day 16 ) Share something you wish people would understand about HCU
Day 17) #HaikuForHCU
Write and share a Haiku describing life with HCU.
Haiku poems consist of 3 lines. The first and last lines of a Haiku have 5 syllables and the middle line has 7 syllables. The lines rarely rhyme.
Ex.
Low Protein Diet
Homocystinuria
Formula is key
Day 18) Wear jeans for your rare genes
This is also a great idea for a fundraiser at work. Talk to your employer if they would back the idea of employees paying $5 a day to wear jeans for 1 week.
Learn how: https://hcunetworkamerica.org/casual-for-a-cause/
Day 19) Wear your HCU Shirt and share a pic online!
Day 20) #GoBlueForHCU
Go crazy - die your hair blue, just paint your nails blue, or just make blue cupcakes - take a picture and use the hashtag #GoBlueForHCU
Day 21) #HCUAwareness
Share something about HCU in a public place!
Day 22) Share with one stranger what HCU is and why it's important to you!
Day 23) #Create4Cure
Create a work of art that brings awareness to HCU
Day 24) #High5forHCU
List 5 ways HCU makes you a stronger, better person
Day 25) All states test for Classical HCU, but many are still missed.
Share how newborn screening, or lack there of has impacted your life!
Day 26) Share a picture of you and a HCU buddy, or tag a friend who is of great support!
Day 27) #FacesOfHCU Share a picture of you saying "I am one of the estimated 1 in 200,000 people with HCU"
Day 28) #Hope4HCU Share 4 things that give you hope and encouragement
Day 29) Share the HCU timeline - if you know other facts, let us know!
Day 30) Cutting Edge of HCU: Share about a HCU therapy that is in the works.
Revisit our Global Research Map presentations to see what's happening!
Day 31) Your message to the world about HCU!