Marta Rode wants to put PJ Day on the world stage this year with a Guinness World Record attempt. The goal is to get more than 1,184 people together to break the world record for the most people in PJs, in one place at one time. Those people will then march through town.
The march will begin at the Two Brothers Totem Pole at 12:30 p.m. on Feb. 27 and will take participants down Connaught Drive to Hazel Avenue and then down Patricia Street to the Jasper Elementary School.
Although a huge feat, Rode has never let a challenge stop her and Jasper hasn’t let her down yet.
In the past four years, swarms of people, all dressed in their coziest sleepwear, have embraced the day, whether they were getting up early to perform at the emergency services building for Breakfast Television, racing down a run at Marmot Basin in their favourite onesie or strutting their stuff in a fashion show at the activity centre.
Rode started PJ Day four years ago, as part of her mission to find the common thread linking all 150 autoimmune diseases, ranging from arthritis to lupus to Wegener’s and hyperthyroidism. (Autoimmune diseases cause the body’s immune system to attack the very organs it is meant to protect.)
Since the start, PJ Day has been celebrated on Rare Disease Day because many autoimmune diseases fall under the umbrella of rare diseases.
To find out more about the events taking place on Feb. 27, check out the Facebook event: “Jasper’s PJ Day for Autoimmune Diseases.”
Nicole Veerman
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