Get Involved
You can help by joining IAPS in our worldwide effort to advance education, awareness, and research to help the youngest stroke patients survive and thrive. Please consider helping in many ways: Follow & Share, Raise Awareness, Donate, Advocate, Advance Research, Connect Us, and more…
Follow & Share
- Use Social Media to follow, like, share, comment, tag and blog about IAPS and pediatric stroke to build awareness. We are on Facebook, Instagram, X (Twitter), and LinkedIn!
- Sign up for our newsletter
Raise Awareness
- Make sure your local medical community knows about our Pediatric Stroke Family Tool Kit — a must-have guide for families navigating the journey after a pediatric stroke. We have printed copies available at no cost for families.
- Share our fact sheets and website with: family, friends, co-workers, teachers, coaches, school nurses, firemen, police, paramedics, hospitals, healthcare providers and anyone that should know about strokes in children.
- Place fact sheets in medical offices/on bulletin boards
Donate
- Individual donations are welcomed in any amount
- Use Facebook to create a birthday fundraiser for us!
- Create a fundraising event in your community
- Corporate sponsors are encouraged
- We are continually seeking grant opportunities
- Your donations help us continue to:
- Provide our Pediatric Stroke Family Tool Kit at no cost
- Award grants to promising research for pediatric stroke
- Advocate and support the community
Advocate
- Form a team for your local American Heart Association Heart Walk in the U.S.
- Start a local support group in your area. We can give you start-up pointers, contact us.
- Share your child’s story with local news media
Advance Research
- We can help researchers with recruitment for research studies
- Share our yearly grant opportunities with the medical community
Connect Us To:
- Medical conferences — we are happy to host a vendor’s table
- Funding opportunities — do you know about a grant we should apply for? Let us know!
- Community or online organizations we can partner with