Put Your Purple On! Campaign

An important part of National Dental Hygienists Week is our very successful "Put Your Purple On" campaign that encourages members to display their professional pride.

Illustrate your passion and pride for the profession by taking and sharing purple-themed photos. Flash mob group shots in purple clothing, purple-themed displays, have a community landmark (building, bridge etc.) lit up purple – you are limited only by your imagination. The more original, the better! Just four simple steps:

Download our "Purple Pride" poster

Incorporate the poster in your photos.* To be eligible to win the photo contest, you MUST incorporate the PYPO poster in your photo.

Use hashtags #dhpurplepride and #ndhw24, tag @thecdha and post on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram. Be sure your posts are set to public.

Submit them to marketing@cdha.ca and we'll add them to our image gallery.

*Don't forget you need permission of those in the photo in order to submit and if photos contain image of a client you should retain a photo release form.

View previous winners:
2024 / 2023 / 2022 / 2021 / 2020 / 2019

Why Purple?

The colour purple is synonymous with dental hygiene, and has been the official colour of dental professionals since 1897 when lilac was first chosen for the emblem of the National Association of Dental Faculties. Purple has long been the trim colour for dental hygiene graduates' caps and gowns and is said to signify compassion, purpose, and inspiration.

Prizes

  • $500 cash grand prize plus other great product prizes from PHILIPS Sonicare and PHILIPS ZOOM!

PHOTO REPRODUCTION: By participating in this contest CDHA reserves the right to use any submitted photo in any publication or media for future educational and promotional activities/materials, without further notification or any compensation to you. For example, the selected images could assist in the promotion of future events and may be used in professional displays, advertisements, printed publications, and/or on websites. You also acknowledge and agree to waive any right to inspect or approve any future educational and promotional activities/materials that may include your photographs.