by Carolyn Thomas ♥ @HeartSisters
We were driving home around dusk when I noticed that the fountain at our beautiful provincial legislature buildings here in downtown Victoria was illuminated in bright purple light. I immediately guessed that the lights must be part of some kind of awareness-raising campaign – but awareness of what? I asked my friends in the car, but none of us knew why the fountain was now purple.
So I looked up “landmarks lit up with purple”. I learned that lighting a landmark in purple raises awareness of pancreatic cancer – but that’s not all. It’s also the colour that’s supposed to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s Disease, epilepsy, ADHD, domestic violence, lupus, testicular cancer, Crohn’s Disease – and probably many other such causes..
So how does seeing a PURPLE fountain really help to raise my awareness about anything?
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