Blowing snow and frigid temperatures weren鈥檛 enough to stop people from donning their pajamas and marching through town to raise awareness about autoimmune diseases, March 3.
Led by Marta Rode, more than two-dozen people gathered in their PJs for a barbecue at the info centre lawn before marching around the block.
The first PJ Day march was held in 2012, nearly a year after Rode was in the thick of her own autoimmune crisis, struggling with a Wegener鈥檚 granulomatosis diagnosis.
After spending months in her pyjamas, often looking like herself, but never feeling like herself, she wanted to do something to raise awareness about autoimmune disease鈥攐f which there are 150鈥攁nd to start a conversation about finding the common thread that links them all.
Autoimmune diseases鈥攍upus, Crohn鈥檚, rheumatoid arthritis and hyperthyroidism, to name a few鈥攃ause the body鈥檚 immune system to attack the very organs it is meant to protect.
For more information about PJ Day or autoimmune diseases visit www.findthecommonthread.com.
Paul Clarke
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