Craniofacial Acceptance Month (CAM)
2023 marks the 19th year Children’s Craniofacial Association will observe September as Craniofacial Acceptance Month across the nation. Each year CCA families, friends, volunteers and related support groups band together to widen the circle of acceptance for individuals with facial differences. We are proud to keep this tradition alive! View our anticipated schedule for 2023 below.
This year our theme is โThe Future is Inclusive.โ Our vision emphasizes on a world where all people are accepted for who they are, not how they look: the future is inclusive.
We believe having a community who shares your unique journey of living with a facial difference, makes life easier and more enjoyable. Thus, we have a focus on family networking to accommodate a community by hosting picnics across the nation, ongoing virtual support group sessions, engaging panels, virtual hangouts, and so much more!
Incidentally, going virtual during the pandemic has allowed us to reach people across the globe! Now more than ever, we have hope and insight for a connected future. Check out our YouTube page!
During September we encourage families to contact their local media and state offices to recognize the amazing strength and resilience of our kids and to proclaim September as Craniofacial Acceptance Month.
We hope you will join this important effort! For questions, please call 800.535.3643.
Here’s our anticipated schedule:
September 14th :ย Group Photo via Zoom – wear your favorite yellow outfit and show up for a Zoom photo at 5:30pm CST, sign up HERE.
Join a Local Picnic:
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๐ Please RSVP by September 1st to Lisa Bowers: [email protected]โฃโฃ
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๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐คโฃ
32901 Plymouth Rd.โฃ
Livonia, MI 48150โฃ
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๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ.โฃ
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๐ Please RSVP by September 7th to Kellie Dowd: [email protected]โฃ
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Middlefield, OH 44062โฃโฃ
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(๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ง ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ. ๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ.)โฃโฃ
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๐ Please RSVP by September 6th to [email protected] or you RSVP thru their Facebook page by sending a message.โฃ
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๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ค (๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐)โฃ
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Concord, NC 28027โฃ
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๐ RSVP by September 22nd to Jesanne Roden-Reynolds, [email protected]โฃ
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๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ค (๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง)โฃ
164 Cedar St.โฃ
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๐ Please RSVP by September 8th to Kara Jackman: [email protected]โฃ
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Facebook event page:
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๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ฏ๐ช๐ค ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ต๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฐ ๐โฃ
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๐๐จ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ค (๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ)โฃ
2801 Park Ave.โฃ
Paducah, KY 42001โฃ
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๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ/๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด/๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ!โฃ
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๐ Please RSVP by August 31st to Carol Ardelean: [email protected] or thru the Facebook event page:โฃ
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๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ค โฃ
100 Academic Wayโฃ
Phoenixville, PA 19460โฃ
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๐๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ท๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ช๐ค๐ฏ๐ช๐ค ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ!๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ช๐ข ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ด๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ.โฃ
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๐ช๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐.โฃ
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๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ, ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ.โฃ
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๐ Please RSVP by September 22nd to Ashley DiPaul, [email protected]โฃ
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๐๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐’๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐งโฃ
2320 Heads Ln.โฃ
Carrollton, TX 75006โฃ
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๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ. โฃ
๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธโฆโฃ
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๐ Please RSVP by September 20th to Annie Reeves, [email protected]
Furthermore, we are soliciting all 50 states to officially proclaim September as “Craniofacial Acceptance Month” – and so far we have several states who have joined us in the celebration. Take a look at this page to see all the official proclamations!
If you would like to be involved with Craniofacial Acceptance Month, contact CCA Program Director Annie Reeves. We can share our official proclamation with you and help you craft a “pitch” for your local media.
For CAM posters or CCA brochures, contact, Annie Reeves.
In addition to raising awareness and acceptance, CCA is raising funds to support programs and services available to all individuals with facial differences and their families. Contact CCA Director of Development, Christine Andler for materials about this yearโs fundraising efforts.
We have a Marketing Kit for you if you want to use our specific CAM Graphics, or our general media assets for contacting your local media.
You can find those items here.
To save the graphics for your use, “Right Click” and select “Open in a new tab.” Then you can save from there.