SUDC Awareness Month
Join the movement to make a difference.
Request a 2025 Awareness Kit Here
The kit includes:
- The SUDC Fact Sheet
- A SUDC Awareness Flyer
- An SUDC Key chain
- SUDC Stride Miles Challenge Info.
- An Act of Kindness card
Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve with Representing Blue & Gold.
Show your support all month long to honor all the children gone too soon by wearing the official colors of the SUDC Foundation. Whether at home,
work, school, or at an event, can help spark conversations and spread awareness.
Join the #ShineALightOnSUDC Initiative: Help us light the night in Blue & Yellow! Encourage landmarks, buildings, bridges to illuminate in honor of SUDC Awareness Month and #ShineALightOnSUDC and honor the children gone to soon, the families we support, and the critical work of the SUDC Foundation.
Reach out to local landmarks, request an illumination, and share photos of these powerful displays.
Perform Acts of Kindness: Honor the memory of your loved one through acts of kindness and spread hope and compassion . Whether big or small, these gestures make a difference and bring light to others.
Ideas for Kindness: Donate books to a library, deliver treats to first responders, leave a heartfelt note for a neighbor
Download and personalize our Kindness Card here to share your act of kindness and inspire others to pay it forward.
Let love and kindness shine in honor of the children who are gone too soon and inspire us.
Take on the SUDC Mile Challenge: Walk, run, bike, roll, or move in any way that feels meaningful- one mile at a time- to honor your loved one and raise awareness. Ever step you take helps create a stronger community and spreads awareness.
Invite friends to join and family to join you.
Dedicate your miles to a loved on and share updates on social media.
Together, we’ll move forward for our children and for change.
Host An Awareness Walk: Organize a meaningful awareness walk in memory of your child’s memory. Whether it’s a small gathering of close family and friends or a larger community event, your walk brings people together to remember and reflect.
Reach out to [email protected] for support.
Every walk helps amplify our message of hope and remembrance.
Join the Self-Care Challenge! Play the Self-Care Bingo Game, share your progress on social media, and tag the #SUDCFoundation.
Self-care isn’t selfish. It’s essential!
Access our SUDC Resources here.
Learn more about what a Grand Round Presentation is here.
Request a Grand Round Presentation here.
Access our Help for Families Brochure here.
Access our Sibling Tool Kit here.
Access other Sibling Resources here.
March is SUDC Awareness Month!
The SUDC Foundation is once again leading efforts to raise awareness of SUDC around the world. This nationwide effort began in 2016, inspired by Drew Joseph Boswell and the Boswell family. The Boswell family successfully advocated for the first statewide proclamation declaring March 2015 as SUDC Awareness Month in the State of Louisiana which was signed by former Governor Bobby Jindal.
Please see below for a full list of activities and ways to get involved or click here to download our SUDC Awareness Month 2025 poster. Each week the SUDC Foundation’s social media will feature efforts for the week, so please be sure to “like” and follow us on Facebook, X (Twitter), and Instagram to stay up to date! And please share our posts including #SUDCAwareness!
In conjunction with the below activities, we have asked each U.S. State to proclaim March as SUDC Awareness Month. Last year, 44 U.S. States joined us, with 2 additional state recognitions. This year we are shooting for all 50! You can follow the action here.
Download Awareness Month materials including the SUDC Fact Sheet, Awareness Month Poster, and Kindness Cards.
Empowerment Challenge Week: Empower. Connect. Support. Learn.
Join us for a dynamic week of virtual trainings to insightful webinars. Immerse yourself in advocacy, research, and the power of peer connection.
(date is pending)
This will be a unique virtual opportunity to meet our Board of Directors and our Team members. During this open forum, we’ll reflect on our successes from 2024, provide updates on current projects, and discuss our strategic initiatives for the future. It’s a chance to come together, share perspectives, and collaborate towards our common goals.
(Registration details to come)
We look forward to having you join us!
Stride for SUDC Awareness
Strides for SUDC Awareness is back and bigger than last year’s efforts!
Our Strides for SUDC Community Challenge is back, and this year, we are striving to log 25,000 miles! Join us by walking, running, or rolling the distance you choose, throughout the month, from wherever you are. Track your progress on SUDC.org’s daily mile tracker and share your progress on social media!
Don’t forget to tag the SUDC Foundation.
Interested in hosting a team? Email [email protected] for more info.
Are you participating in the Strides Challenge?
Submit Your Miles Below:
25,000-mile Challenge
SUDC Awareness Month Through the Years
Thank you for Supporting SUDC Awareness Month 2024!
SUDC Awareness Month 2024 was an astounding success!
Some of our highlights include:
- Our supporters participated in weekly activities to raise awareness throughout the month – shining a light on SUDC, wearing their hearts on their sleeves, spreading kindness, and taking strides for awareness.
- We sent over 600 free awareness kits to our supporters all over the world to help mark the month.
- SUDC Awareness Month was honored through 47 U.S. state & municipality proclamations and 139 illuminated landmarks.
- Our supporters walked, ran, rolled and rode over 21,000 miles for our Stride for SUDC Awareness Challenge.
From the bottom of our hearts, we offer our gratitude to everyone who helped us honor SUDC Awareness Month. Your efforts have helped us promote awareness, advocate for research, and support those affected by sudden unexpected or unexplained death in childhood.
We’ll see you next year!
10,000-mile Challenge
Strides for SUDC 2022 Leaderboard
Adult Leaders
1. Travis Behm
751 miles
2. Kimberley Shepherd
635 miles
3. David Gulliver
470 miles
Child Leaders
1. Brandon Richardson
83 miles
2. Alivia Covington
80 miles
3. Sophia Rogers-Smalley
26 miles
Not on Social Media?
There are many ways you can still participate! Wherever social media is mentioned above, email your friends and family, or talk to your neighbors! Post your pictures, videos and experiences in the SUDC email groups. March is all about raising awareness for SUDC and strengthening our community of advocates for the benefit of all children. You can also download our SUDC Awareness Month Poster.
Thank you!