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National Microtia Awareness Day is on November 9th!

September 20, 2020 By Leave a Comment

National Microtia Awareness Day is on November 9th!

National Microtia Awareness Day started in 2016 and was established by our Ear Community Organization! The purpose of National Microtia Awareness Day is to help promote public awareness of Microtia & Atresia. Our hope is that families who have new babies born with Microtia & Atresia will leave the hospital armed with more answers than questions, and their dreams for their children intact. If more people learn about Microtia & Atresia, they will be kinder and more accepting. It is also our goal for children and adults with Microtia to realize that they are not alone and that little and missing ears can never hold you back. Through this national day, families can find out about organizations and resources for information and support. 💙👂💙

The Microtia & Atresia community has always wanted to come together and know that no one is alone with Microtia and Aural Atresia. The Ear Community Organization has created a home for Microtia and Atresia individuals and their families through our online support groups and our national awareness day. Over the years, National Microtia Awareness Day has been embraced and recognized by families and medical professionals all over the world! Click here to learn more about National Microtia Awareness Day.

For 2020, we will be offering (3) different stores to purchase official NMAD merchandise from. A portion of the proceeds from all of these items goes directly to the Ear Community Organization for us to benefit the Microtia & Atresia community. This year, we have fun prints on shirts, socks, masks, gaiters, phone covers, backpacks, pillows, pins, stickers and more.

Please note the different order deadlines for each online store:

Order by October 3rd
This store offers International shipping! This store has awareness day shirts by Ear Community!

Order by October 6th
This store offers International shipping! This store has masks, socks, backpacks, mugs, gaiters, pillows, sheets, accessories and more!

Order by October 12th
This store only ships in the United States! This store has Ear Community’s traditional 2020

https://stores.inksoft.com/earcommunity/shop/store

All three online stores will also be listed on Ear Community’s

home page at: www.EarCommunity.org

A special “thank you” to Dr. Leslie Gonsette for creating the designs on our Ear Community store awareness t-shirts! Dr. Gonsette is a mother to a child born with Microtia & Atresia and she is also a board certified pediatrician and an Ear Community Board Member. A special “thank you” to artist and advocate Priscila Soares for designing our fun designs through the My Lucky Ears Store for Microtia. Both Priscila and her son have hearing loss. She wears a BAHS and her son wears a cochlear implant. Priscila also created a piece of art honoring our National Microtia Awareness Day three years ago in the image of Ally Tumblin of Ear Community. Today, this piece of art hangs in the front lobby of the US headquarters for Oticon Medical. A special “thank you” to Sloan Coleman TinyLittleMonster for helping us again with this year’s design for our traditional National Microtia Awareness Day t-shirts!

Thank you to everyone for embracing our special day on November 9th and for embracing our Microtia & Atresia Community through the Ear Community Organization!

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