World PANS PANDAS Awareness Day
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Champions raising awareness & support.
#LightUp4PANS | 2025 Global Landmark Lighting Campaign
Why Green for #LightUp4PANS?
Based on a survey sent out to the global partners, Green has been selected as the lighting color for the 2025 #LightUp4PANS Global Landmark Lighting Campaign.
Green is widely recognized as the color for mental health awareness. For PANS and PANDAS, conditions that often look like mental illness but are rooted in underlying medical and immune dysfunction, green offers a meaningful starting point into the broader conversation. It opens the door to awareness, understanding, and compassion, especially for families whose journey often begins in the mental health system.
By choosing green, we shine a light on the urgent need for multidisciplinary care and help reduce the stigma that can come when symptoms are misunderstood or misdiagnosed.
We’re grateful to be part of a global effort to raise awareness of PANS PANDAS. Change happens when communities unite to shine a light on its impact. Thank you to all the organizations for your continued partnership in the #LightUp4PANS campaign.
As Helen Keller said,
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
Interactive Map of 2024 #LightUp4PANS Landmarks
Get Involved with Awareness Day…
Since 2009, PANS PANDAS families & advocates around the world have been increasing public awareness and building community support every year on October 9 World PANS PANDAS Awareness Day.
Here’s a few easy ways you can be an advocate!
LEADING UP TO AWARENESS DAY:
Spread Awareness for #LightUp4PANS on October 9!
Help raise awareness for the #LightUp4PANS global campaign in honor of World PANS PANDAS Awareness Day by adding a frame to your Facebook profile picture! You can find the link HERE and step-by-step instructions below.
Create Your Own Awareness Day Frame Using Canva:
- Click the Canva link HERE to open the template.
- Once it opens in view-only mode, click the “File” menu in the top-left corner.
- Select “Make a copy.”
- Canva will create a duplicate in your own account, which you can now edit freely.
- In the left-hand menu, click “Uploads.”
- Click “Upload files” to add your image from your phone or computer.
- Drag your image into the circle within the frame to customize.
- When you’re happy with your design, click “Share,” then select “Download.” (On mobile, tap the download icon in the top right corner.)
- Choose the page you want to save, then click “Download.”
- Post your framed image to social media to show your support and raise awareness!
ON AWARENESS DAY:
Make a Donation
Support IBA’s 3rd Annual Steppin’ Out for PANS PANDAS fundraising walk, happening September 20, 2025! This nationwide event is a meaningful step forward in building connection, awareness, and support for the PANS PANDAS community. As a young, volunteer-led charity powered by donors, your gift helps us grow our impact. Together, we can bring more visibility, resources, and hope to families across Canada. Donations accepted HERE until October 31.