Morning tea guide

Holding a morning tea is a great way to Glow Up and Show up for Rare Disorders. You could organise this on International Rare Disease Day - Feb 28, or sometime during Rare Disorders Month (March) that works for you.

1. Organise a morning tea amongst your community where everyone brings a colourful plate to share, raising money and awareness for Rare Disorders Month. This could be as simple as a small gathering with some of your community members and their friends and family.
2. As you may have community members across Aotearoa, you could ask members of your community to organise morning teas in their own towns or cities. Send them this guide for more information.
3. To align with the #GlowUpShowUp theme, encourage attendees to don bright or neon coloured accessories.
4. Ask attendees to bring bright coloured food and drink, e.g. a rainbow shape of fresh fruit and veggies, fairy bread, or cupcakes with colourful icing.
5. Send a note to your network including information about Rare Disorders Month and how people can get involved. Give details about the morning tea and any other events you are organising for Rare Disorders Month.
6. In the note, ask those who are able to bring a koha for Rare Disorders NZ, and include a link to the RDNZ donation page.
7. You could hold the morning tea at a community centre, a cafe (with permission), a park, a beach, or someone’s home. Decorate your venue with bright, colourful decorations to fit with the #GlowUpShowUp theme.
8. Posters are available for download here. And you can order tattoos for all attendees for your group photo op, by emailing RDNZadmin@raredisorders.org.nz.
9. Take a photo of attendees in their #GlowUpShowUp attire, use the hashtag, tag us and post it on your social media accounts, website, newsletters, and any of your other channels.
10. After the day, contact RDNZadmin@raredisorders.org.nz to arrange transfer of donations and send in your morning tea photos.