Jan 12: Pain Into Purpose ‘Sea Of Blue Day’
Pain Into Purpose Bermuda, in collaboration with the Kijani Burgess Dream Award Charity #1023, announced their upcoming Sea of Blue Day this Friday, January 12.
A spokesperson said, “On Friday, January 12, 2024, PainIntoPurpose Bermuda, in collaboration with the Kijani Burgess Dream Award Charity #1023, is inviting you to express your support for the families of road accident victims and to promote road safety and wellness awareness by wearing Blue in remembrance of all who have been lost or injured in traffic accidents in Bermuda. Between January 2020 to December 2023, 47 persons have lost their lives on Bermuda’s roads
“Unfortunately, we have lost 17 year old Jeremiah Phillips on our roads in 2024, our hearts hurt with his family and friends. In honour and special memory of all loved ones and those impacted by their deaths, PainIntoPurpose Bermuda will host the Sea of Blue Day once again
“Our annual theme is – Road Safety and Wellness Awareness. Our purpose and mission is to remember those individuals who are no longer with us and to shed light on the importance of Road Safety and Wellness. Through our grief, we realized that adding ‘Wellness’ to our mission allows us to be more inclusive of matters that are connected to road safety such as: overcoming injury, as well as dealing with grief and mental health whilst showing support to victims’ families and loved ones. The impact of road traffic accidents on families can be devastating mentally, physically and financially, and we would like to bring awareness to each of these areas.
“On January 12, 2024, we hope that everyone will ‘Paint’ Bermuda Blue and show their support in an impactful way by wearing your PainIntoPurpose Road Safety Awareness blue shirts, dressing in blue, writing with a blue pen or wearing a blue ribbon.
“PIPBDA will also be holding their annual tag day at the Phoenix Centre and Lindo’s Warwick on Friday, January 12, 2024. PIPBDA is encouraging the community to donate time by tagging for us at one of our locations between 8:30 am – 5pm. To Tag on Friday, January 12th, email pipbda@gmail.com to pick a tagging slot. Students can also earn community service hours.
“We also encourage you to perform a Random of Act of Kindness in the memory of someone who has lost their life or been injured on Bermuda’s roads. Your visible demonstration of support will help the families to turn their Pain Into Purpose. We also encourage you to remember the first responders on this day who are also impacted mentally when attending to accidents.
“Please post pictures of your participation on social media and tag us on Instagram and Facebook @PainIntoPurposeBermuda using the hashtag #PainIntoPurpose or #PainIntoPurposeBermuda.
“Come join us and let’s Paint Bermuda BLUE on Friday, January 12, 2024.”
Impactful
Thank you!