Event Calendar
RARE DISEASE DAY
February 29, 2024
Get the word out about ITP and other rare diseases and disorders. Check out Rare Disease Day website for more information
SPRING MEETING
April 6, 2024
Join us for our first meeting of the year! Share stories, ask questions, and create long lasting bonds and friendships with fellow patients and their loved ones.
Please verify time and place prior to the meeting date - life happens, and things can change. We will do our very best to let you know of any changes as soon as possible.
SUMMER MEETING
July 13, 2024
Join us! Share stories, ask questions, and create long lasting bonds and friendships with fellow patients and their loved ones.
Please verify time and place prior to the meeting date - life happens, and things can change. We will do our very best to let you know of any changes as soon as possible.
2024 ITP CONFERENCE
TBD
THE ITP event of the year! PDSA does an amazing job with this event, and if you've never been, you NEED to go!
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This year, it's being held right here in Chicago! Check out the official page on the PDSA website.
ITP AWARENESS MONTH
September 2024 - ALL MONTH
September is ITP Awareness Month!
What will YOU do to help spread the word about ITP? Try sharing facts and information about ITP on social media, or wearing something from our very own aWEARness shop or the PDSA Platelet Store. Find other ideas here, or share your own with us!
PUMP IT UP FOR PLATELETS - FOR A WORLD FREE OF ITP
3rd Saturday in September
Awareness & fundraising event for PDSA - SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
GLOBAL ITP AWARENESS WEEK
September 16-20, 2024
8th Annual global event!
Join the movement and paint the world purple! Share your photos and be sure to tag #ITPaware #chicagoitp #PDSA #global4ITP
Find out more here.
SPORT PURPLE FOR PLATELETS DAY
September 27, 2024
Get your purple on! T-shirts, silly hats, hair-ties, make-up, beads, nail polish, hair spray - anything goes!
This annual event is always the last Friday of September, and is a great way to cap off ITP Awareness Month!
Be sure to share your photos and tag #chicagoitp and #PDSA on social media!
AUTUMN MEETING
November 2, 2024
Join us! Share stories, ask questions, and create long lasting bonds and friendships with fellow patients and their loved ones.
Please verify time and place prior to the meeting date - life happens, and things can change. We will do our very best to let you know of any changes as soon as possible.