Special Events for May Awareness 2026

Support ME/CFS SA during May

Tax-deductible donations received by ME/CFS SA will be included in the world Blue Sunday total.

Thank you to those who will hold a 'Blue Sunday' morning or afternoon tea during May to raise awareness and funds to support those with ME. 

Our weekly social zoom on 14 May will be a Blue Sunday cuppa for M.E., as well as an in-person social event on 1 May, held in an northeast suburb of Adelaide. (Members can email for more information contact@mecfssa.org.au)

Anyone can invite their own family and friends to have a Blue Sunday cuppa for M.E. to raise funds for our important work. 

Grill'd Unley Community Matters During the month of April 2026

Background to May 12th 

In 1992, 12 May was chosen as the international awareness day for ME/CFS as it is the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the pioneer of public health and the founder of modern nursing, who suffered for decades with an ME/CFS-like illness.
 

Florence contracted what was called 'Crimean Fever' whilst serving in the Crimean War. After returning home at the age of 38, she spent the next 50 years homebound and bedridden, achieving much of her later work from the confines of her bed.

In 1995, a blue ribbon was adopted to represent ME/CFS. Ribbons are available from ME/CFS SA for a donation of $1.