The early morning infotainment broadcast “Good Morning” on National TV. The info reportage about "Kartu lengviau" and its objectives and the International Brain Tumour Awareness Week. The Mini Conference will be held in Vilnius Emergency University Hospital.  Presentations to be delivered: The history and activity of "Kartu lengviau". The participation in IBTA activity. The presentation of "The book for the patient“. The book to be published in November 2009. It will cover a lot of important issues (treatment modes, psychological aspects, advice of convalescents, etc.) for patients and their relatives. The disease of brain tumour. The information prepared on the basis of patients’ questions posed in the web site www.kartulengviau.lt. Comments of the neurosurgeon. The story of one patient. The latest treatment modes. On the evening of October 28th, at 5.30 pm Lithuanian time, before the beginning of the International Brain Tumour Awareness Week, there will be a Holy Mass for brain tumour patients at the Vilnius Arkikatedra Bazilika.

There will be a march (walking) from the Hospital to the nearby café; Informal discussion, coffee and snacks.

They have also produced their own special logo banner for the occasion:

Dr Marta Penas-Prado from  the Servicio de Neurologia at the Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre in Madrid, Spain advises: "I am pleased to announce to you that I am planning to organize a meeting and lecture for family members of patients with brain tumors on Thursday 5th November, during the Brain Tumour Awareness Week.  The title will be 'Symptom management in patients with brain tumors'. "  In Spanish the equivalent title is "Manejo de sintomas en pacientes con tumores cerebrales".   The meeting will cover practical things such as what to do when a brain tumour patient has a seizure and will also help family members better understand brain tumour symptoms. For further details, please contact Dr Penas-Prado at mpenaspr@hotmail.com

The 4th Annual Have a Chance Walk to Fight Brain Tumors will take place in  Battery Park, New York on 18 October. Proceeds will help Have a Chance and the (US) National Brain Tumor Society. The mileage covered will go towards the World Walk target.

Staff at the Royal Melbourne Hospital (Australia), under the leadership of neurosurgeon Dr Kate Drummond,  will organise a series of lunchtime lectures during the Awareness Week and a forum for the public on the Saturday.

Ana Maria Bosque Garcia from Barcleona (Spain) writes: “Sant Joan de Deu Hospital in Barcelona, and other non-profit organization of Catalonia (Spain) created to provide support services for the families of children afflicted with a brain tumour, will organise an activity on 6^th November, 2009, to contribute to increased awareness about brain tumours in children, supporting  the Awareness Week. These event is an information point, at the hospital main entrance, with the distribution of IBTA leaflets (in Spanish) and another organization’s leaflets which draws attention to the particular challenges of a brain tumour in children and the need for a special response and an increased research effort.” See: http://www.hsjdbcn.org/

Amber Bender writes from the USA: "My husband and I started Addi's Faith Foundation after our almost 2 year old daughter passed away from a brain tumor.  We raise funds for pediatric brain tumor research and for families who are struggling to care for a child with cancer.  We are having Addison Faith Bender's Inaugural Walk By Faith 5k Race/Walk on Sunday, November 8th.  So far we have over 250 people registered and we expect to double that." Their website is here.

Michelle Murray from the Sydney-based Cure for Life Foundation advises that they will be holding a Walk 4 Life at Sydney's Centennial Park on Sunday 1 November, the commencement day for the Awareness Week. There is an opportunity to sponsor well-known neurosurgeon and CFL identity Dr Charlie Teo in the Walk at this website.