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Each month we will highlight International and National Awareness. SSE's goal is educate and assist others in the community. This is one way we are putting our best foot forward. Find out how you can get involved.

1 - 31 Cataract Awareness Month American Academy of Ophthalmology P.O. Box 7424 San Francisco, CA 94120-7424 (415) 447-0213 (415) 561-8533 Fax eyemd@aao.org www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/diseases/in dex.cfm Materials available Contact: Georgia Alward	1 - 31 Children's Eye Health and Safety Month Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 (800) 331-2020 (847) 843-8458 Fax info@preventblindness.org www.preventblindness.org Materials available Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
1 - 31 National Immunization Awareness Month National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS E-05 Atlanta, GA 30333 (800) CDC-INFO (232-4636) English/Spanish (888) 232-6348 (TTY) (404) 639-7394 Fax (877) 394-8747 International Travel Information www.cdc.gov/vaccines/events/niam/default .htm Materials available Contact: None designated	1 - 31 Psoriasis Awareness Month National Psoriasis Foundation 6600 SW 92nd Avenue, Suite 300 Portland, OR 97223-7195 (800) 723-9166 (503) 244-7404 (503) 245-0626 Fax getinfo@psoriasis.org www.psoriasis.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx ?pid=937 Materials available Contact: Catie Coman
1 - 31 Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy P.O. Box 196 Libertyville, IL 60048-0196 (800) 886-1762 (847) 367-7623 Fax info@fsma.org www.curesma.org Materials available Contact: None designated	1 National Minority Donor Awareness Day National Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program Ambulatory Care Center 2041 Georgia Avenue NW, Suite 3100 Washington, DC 20060 (800) 393-2839 (202) 865-4888 (202) 865-4880 Fax nbbrooks@howard.edu www.nationalmottep.org/nmdad.shtml Materials available Contact: Norman Brooks
8 - 14 National Health Center Week National Association of Community Health Centers 7200 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 210 Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 347-0400 www.healthcenterweek.org Materials available Contact: Amy Simmons


1 - 31 Cord Blood Awareness Month Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation 23110 Georgia Avenue Brookeville, MD 20833 (301) 774-4915 info@parentsguidecordblood.org www.parentsguidecordblood.org Materials available Contact: Dr. Frances Verter	1 - 31 International Group B Strep Awareness Month Group B Strep International 11 El Dorado Court Pomona, CA 91766 (909) 620-7214 (909) 620-5557 Fax info@gbs-intl.org www.groupbstrepinternational.org Materials available Contact: Marti Perhach
1 - 31 Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month Arthritis Foundation 1330 West Peachtree Street, Suite 100 Atlanta, GA 30309 (800) 283-7800 help@arthritis.org www.arthritis.org/ja-information.php Materials available Contact: Carol Galbreath	1 - 31 UV Safety Month American Academy of Ophthalmology P.O. Box 7424 San Francisco, CA 94120-7424 (415) 447-0213 (415) 561-8533 Fax eyemd@aao.org www.aao.org/aaoesite/eyemd/uv.cfm Contact: Georgia Alward

1 - July 4 Fireworks Safety Month Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 (800) 331-2020 (847) 843-8458 Fax info@preventblindness.org www.preventblindness.org Materials available Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline	1 - 30 Home Safety Month Home Safety Council 1250 I Street NW, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 330-4900 (202) 330-4901 Fax info@homesafetycouncil.org www.homesafetycouncil.org/AboutUs/HSM/au _hsm_w001.asp Materials available Contact: Angela D. Mickalide
1 - 30 National Aphasia Awareness Month National Aphasia Association 350 Seventh Avenue, Suite 902 New York, NY 10001 (800) 922-4622 (212) 267-2814 (212) 267-2872 Fax naa@aphasia.org www.aphasia.org Materials available Contact: Ellayne Ganzfried	1 - 30 National Congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Awareness Month Stop CMV - The CMV Action Network P. O. Box 62214 Sunnyvale, CA 94088-2214 (209) 712-9929 info@stopcmv.org www.stopcmv.org Materials available Contact: Janelle Greenlee
1 - 30 National Scleroderma Awareness Month Scleroderma Foundation 300 Rosewood Drive, Suite 105 Danvers, MA 01923 (800) 722-HOPE (722-4673) (978) 463-5809 Fax sfinfo@scleroderma.org www.scleroderma.org Materials available Contact: National Office or Local Chapters	1 - 30 National Scoliosis Awareness Month National Scoliosis Foundation 5 Cabot Place Stoughton, MA 02072 (800) NSF-MYBACK (673-6922) (781) 341-6333 (781) 341-8333 Fax nsf@scoliosis.org www.scoliosis.org Materials available Contact: Joseph P. O'Brien
1 - 30 Vision Research Month Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 (800) 331-2020 (847) 843-8458 Fax info@preventblindness.org www.preventblindness.org Materials available Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline	1 - 7 Sun Safety Week Sun Safety Alliance 1856 Old Reston Avenue, Suite 215 Reston, VA 20190 (703) 481-1414 info@sunsafetyalliance.org www.sunsafetyalliance.org Materials available Contact: Alissa D'Amelio
6 - 12 National Headache Awareness Week National Headache Foundation 820 North Orleans, Suite 217 Chicago, IL 60610-3132 (888) NHF-5552 (643-5552) (312) 274-2650 (312) 640-9049 Fax info@headaches.org www.headaches.org/NHF_Programs/National_ Headache_Awareness_Week Materials available Contact: Suzanne Simons	6 National Cancer Survivors Day National Cancer Survivors Day Foundation P.O. Box 682285 Franklin, TN 37068 (615) 794-3006 (615) 794-0179 Fax info@ncsdf.org www.ncsdf.org/Pages/AboutNCSD.html Materials available Contact: None designated
8 Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Caribbean People International Collective, Inc. 4710 Church Avenue, Third Floor Brooklyn, NY 11203 (718) 576-1839 (718) 282-9031 Fax info@cpicincny.org www.caribbeanhealthaidsday.com/index.php Contact: None designated	14 - 22 National Men's Health Week Men’s Health Network P.O. Box 75972 Washington, DC 20013 (202) 543-6461 x101 (202) 543-2727 Fax info@menshealthweek.org www.menshealthmonth.org/week/ Materials available Contact: Theresa Morrow
20 - 26 Lightning Safety Week National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services 1325 East West Highway, Room 9462 Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301) 713-1381 x130 ronald.c.jones@noaa.gov www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/index.htm Materials available Contact: Ronald C. Jones	21 National ASK Day PAX/Real Solutions to Gun Violence 100 Wall Street, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10005 (212) 269-5100 (212) 269-5109 Fax ask@paxusa.org www.paxusa.org/ask/index.html Materials available Contact: None designated
27 - July 5 Eye Safety Awareness Week United States Eye Injury Registry American Society of Ocular Trauma 1201 11th Avenue South, Suite 300 Birmingham, AL 35205 (205) 933-0064 (205) 933-1341 Fax (205) 369-9276 Cell loretta@useironline.org www.useironline.org Materials available Contact: LoRetta Mann	27 National HIV Testing Day National Association of People with AIDS 8401 Colesville Road, Suite 505 Silver Spring, MD 20910-3349 (866) 846-9366 (240) 247-0880 (240) 247-0574 Fax info@napwa.org www.napwa.org Materials available Contact: None designated

1 - 31 American Stroke Month American Heart Association 7272 Greenville Avenue Dallas, TX 75231 (800) 242-8721 inquires@heart.org www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?id entifier=3073279 Materials available Contact: Francesca Sabile	1 - 31 Better Hearing and Speech Month American Speech-Language-Hearing Association 2200 Research Boulevard, Mailstop 215 Rockville, MD 20850 (800) 498-2071 (301) 296-5700 (301) 296-8586 Fax bhsm@asha.org www.asha.org/bhsm/ Materials available Contact: None designated
1 - 31 Clean Air Month American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004 (800) LUNG-USA (586-4872) (202) 785-3355 (202) 452-1802 Fax www.lungusa.org Materials available Contact: Mary Havell	1 - 31 Healthy Vision Month National Eye Institute National Institutes of Health Building 31, Room 6A32 31 Center Drive MSC 2510 Bethesda, MD 20892-2510 (301) 496-5248 (301) 402-1065 Fax www.healthyvision2010.nei.nih.gov/hvm Materials available Contact: Linda Huss
1 - 31 Hepatitis Awareness Month Hepatitis Foundation International 504 Blick Drive Silver Spring, MD 20904-2901 (800) 891-0707 (301) 622-4200 (301) 622-4702 Fax hfi@comcast.net www.hepb.org/advocacy/awareness_month.ht m Materials available Contact: Thelma King Thiel	1 - 31 Lupus Awareness Month Lupus Foundation of America, Inc. 2000 L Street NW, Suite 710 Washington, DC 20036 (888) 385-8787 (202) 349-1156 Fax info@lupus.org www.lupus.org/webmodules/webarticlesnet/ templates/new_newsroomawareness.aspx?art icleid=1726&zoneid=62 Materials available Contact: Duane Peters
1 - 31 Lyme Disease Awareness Month Lyme Disease Foundation P.O. Box 332 Tolland, CT 06084 (800) 886-5963 (860) 870-0070 (860) 870-0080 Fax info@lyme.org www.lyme.org Materials available Contact: None designated	1 - 31 Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month American Academy of Dermatology 930 East Woodfield Road Schaumburg, IL 60173 (888) 462-DERM (462-3376) (847) 330-0230 (847) 330-8907 Fax mediarelations@aad.org www.aad.org/media/press/month.html Materials available Contact: Jennifer Allyn
1 - 31 Mental Health Month Mental Health America 2000 North Beauregard Street, 6th Floor Alexandria, VA 22311 (800) 969-6642 (703) 684-5968 Fax cdaniels@mentalhealthamerica.net www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/may Materials available Contact: Candace Daniels	1 - 31 National Arthritis Awareness Month Arthritis Foundation 1330 West Peachtree Street, Suite 100 Atlanta, GA 30309 (800) 283-7800 (404) 872-0457 Fax help@arthritis.org www.arthritis.org/arthritis-awareness-mo nth.php Materials available Contact: Carol Galbreath
1 - 31 National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America 8201 Corporate Drive, Suite 1000 Landover, MD 20785 (800) 7-ASTHMA (727-8462) (202) 466-7643 (202) 466-8940 Fax info@aafa.org www.aafa.org/display.cfm?id=10⊂=99&co nt=457 Materials available Contact: None designated	1 - 31 National Bike Month League of American Bicyclists 1612 K Street NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 (202) 822-1333 (202) 822-1334 Fax bikeleague@bikeleague.org www.bikeleague.org/programs/bikemonth Materials available Contact: None designated
1 - 31 National Celiac Disease Awareness Month American Celiac Disease Alliance 2504 Duxbury Place Alexandria, VA 22308 (703) 622-3331 info@americanceliac.org www.capwiz.com/celiac/home Materials available Contact: Andrea Levario	1 - 31 National High Blood Pressure Education Month National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Information Center P.O. Box 30105 Bethesda, MD 20824-0105 (301) 592-8573 (301) 592-8563 Fax nhlbiinfo@nhlbi.nih.gov www.nhlbi.nih.gov/new/press/mayhbpmo.htm Materials available Contact: Information Specialist
1 - 31 National Neurofibromatosis Month Children's Tumor Foundation 95 Pine Street, 16th Floor New York, NY 10005 (800) 323-7938 (212) 344-6633 (212) 747-0004 Fax info@ctf.org www.ctf.org Materials available Contact: Traceann Adams	1 - 31 National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month National Osteoporosis Foundation 1150 17th Street NW, Suite 850 Washington, DC 20036 (800) 231-4222 (202) 223-2226 (202) 223-1726 Fax communications@nof.org www.nof.org/awareness2/annual.htm Materials available Contact: Lisa Wolfington
1 - 31 National Physical Fitness and Sports Month President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports 200 Independence Avenue SW, Room 738-H Washington, DC 20201-0004 (202) 690-9000 (202) 690-5211 Fax fitness@hhs.gov www.fitness.gov Materials available Contact: None designated	1 - 31 National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month Advocates for Youth 2000 M Street NW, Suite 750 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 419-3420 (202) 419-1448 Fax saraha@advocatesforyouth.org www.advocatesforyouth.org/index.php?opti on=com_content&task=view&id=1304&Itemid= 77 Materials available Contact: Barbara Huberman
1 - 31 National Toxic Encephalopathy and Chemical Injury Awareness Month National Toxic Encephalopathy Foundation P.O. Box 29194 Las Vegas, NV 89126 Angel@NTEF-USA.Org www.NTEF-USA.Org Materials available Contact: Angel De Fazio	1 - 31 Older Americans Month U.S. Administration on Aging 1 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20001 (202) 629-0724 aoainfo@aoa.gov www.aoa.gov/aoaroot/press_room/observanc es/oam/oam.aspx Materials available Contact: Carol Crecy
1 - 31 Sturge-Weber Awareness Month The Sturge-Weber Foundation P.O. Box 418 Mt. Freedom, NJ 07970 (800) 627-5482 (973) 895-4445 (973) 895-4846 Fax swf@sturge-weber.org www.sturge-weber.org/get-involved/month- of-awareness.html Materials available Contact: None designated	1 - 31 Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Month Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance 801 Roeder Road, Suite 750 Silver Spring, MD 20910 (800) 225-6872 (301) 562-9890 (301) 562-9870 Fax info@tsalliance.org www.tsalliance.org Materials available Contact: Jaye Isham
1 - 31 Ultraviolet Awareness Month Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 (800) 331-2020 (847) 843-8458 Fax info@preventblindness.org www.preventblindness.org Materials available Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline	1 - 7 National Physical Education and Sport Week National Association for Sport and Physical Education 1900 Association Drive Reston, VA 20191 (800) 213-7193 (703) 476-3410 (703) 476-8316 Fax naspe@aahperd.org www.aahperd.org/naspe/advocacy/events/ma yWeek/resources.cfm Materials available Contact: Paula Keyes Kun
2 - 8 Children's Mental Health Awareness Week National Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health 9605 Medical Center Drive, Suite 280 Rockville, MD 20850 (240) 403-1901 (240) 403-1909 Fax ffcmh@ffcmh.org www.ffcmh.org/events/national-children%e 2%80%99s-mental-health-awareness-week/ Materials available Contact: Sandra A. Spencer	2 - 8 North American Occupational Safety and Health Week American Society of Safety Engineers ASSE Public Relations Department 1800 East Oakton Street Des Plaines, IL 60018-2187 (847) 699-2929 (847) 296-3769 Fax dhurns@asse.org www.asse.org/newsroom/naosh09/events.php Materials available Contact: Diane Hurns or Joanna Climer
3 - 7 National Mental Health Counseling Week American Mental Health Counselors Association 801 North Fairfax Street, Suite 304 Alexandria, VA 22314 (800) 326-2642 (703) 548-4775 Fax mhobson@amhca.org www.amhca.org Materials available Contact: Dr. W. Mark Hamilton	3 Melanoma Monday American Academy of Dermatology 930 East Woodfield Road Schaumburg, IL 60173 (888) 462-DERM (462-3376) (847) 330-0230 (847) 330-8907 Fax mediarelations@aad.org www.aad.org Materials available Contact: Allison Sit
8 Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Awareness Day CdLS-USA Foundation 302 West Main Street, #100 Avon, CT 06001 (800) 753-2357 (800) 223-8355 (860) 676-8166 (860) 676-8337 Fax outreach@cdlsusa.org www.cdlsusa.org Materials available Contact: Marie Malloy	9 - 15 Food Allergy Awareness Week Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network 11781 Lee Jackson Highway, Suite 160 Fairfax, VA 22033 (800) 929-4040 (703) 691-3179 (703) 691-2713 Fax jlove@foodallergy.org www.foodallergy.org/faaw/index.html Materials available Contact: Jennifer Love
9 - 15 National Alcohol- and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Week National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. 244 East 58th Street, 4th Floor New York, NY 10022 (800) NCA-CALL (622-2255) (24-hour helpline) (212) 269-7797 (212) 269-7510 Fax president@ncadd.org www.ncadd.org Materials available Contact: President	10 - 16 National Stuttering Awareness Week Stuttering Foundation of America 3100 Walnut Grove Road, Suite 603 P.O. Box 11749 Memphis, TN 38111-0749 (800) 992-9392 (800) 967-7700 (901) 452-3931 Fax info@stutteringhelp.org www.stutteringhelp.org Materials available Contact: Jane Fraser
10 National Women's Check-up Day Office on Women's Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue SW, Room 712 E Washington, DC 20201 (202) 690-7650 (202) 401-4005 Fax www.womenshealth.gov Materials available Contact: Retta Terry	12 Fibromyalgia Awareness Day National Fibromyalgia Association 2121 South Towne Centre Place, Suite 300 Anaheim, CA 92806 (714) 921-0150 (714) 921-6920 Fax sbennett@fmaware.org www.fmaware.org/site/News2?page=NewsArti cle&id=8639 Materials available Contact: Sandy Bennett
18 HIV Vaccine Awareness Day National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Division of AIDS Vaccine and Prevention Research Program 6700-B Rockledge Drive, Room 4139 Bethesda, MD 20892 (301) 435-3732 (301) 402-1505 Fax niaiddaidsscib@niaid.nih.gov www3.niaid.nih.gov/news/events/hvad Materials available Contact: NIAID SCIB	19 National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day The Banyan Tree Project Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center 730 Polk Street, 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94109 (415) 292-3400 x361 (415) 292-3410 TTY (415) 292-3404 Fax info@banyantreeproject.org www.banyantreeproject.org/campaign2010.p hp Materials available Contact: David Stupplebeen
19 National Employee Health and Fitness Day National Association for Health and Fitness 65 Niagara Square, Room 607 Buffalo, NY 14202 (716) 583-0521 (716) 851-4052 (716) 851-4309 Fax wellness@city-buffalo.org physicalfitness.org/nehf.html Materials available Contact: Philip Haberstro	19 World Hepatitis Day National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable , rhessmiller@nvhr.org www.nvhr.org/WHD-2009.htm Materials available Contact: None designated
24 - 30 Recreational Water Illness Prevention Week Water and Environment Activity Parasitic Diseases Branch Division of Parasitic Diseases National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 4770 Buford Highway NE, MS F-22 Atlanta, GA 30341-3724 (770) 488-7787 (770) 488-7761 Fax mhlavsa@cdc.gov www.cdc.gov/healthyswimming/rwi_preventi on_week.htm Materials available Contact: Michele Hlavsa	26 National Senior Health & Fitness Day Mature Market Resource Center 1850 West Winchester Road, #213 Libertyville, IL 60048 (800) 828-8225 info@fitnessday.com www.fitnessday.com/senior/index.htm Materials available Contact: Gary W. Ford
31 World No Tobacco Day Pan American Health Organization WHO Regional Office for the Americas 525 23rd Street NW Washington, DC 20037-2895 (202) 974-3890 www.who.int/tobacco/wntd/en Materials available Contact: None designated

April 2010

1 - 30 Alcohol Awareness Month SAMHSA's Health Information Network P.O. Box 2345 Rockville, MD 20847-2345 (877) 726-4727 English/Spanish (240) 221-4292 Fax shin@samhsa.hhs.gov ncadi.samhsa.gov/seasonal/aprilalcohol/ Materials available Contact: None designated	1 - 30 Foot Health Awareness Month American Podiatric Medical Association 9312 Old Georgetown Road Bethesda, MD 20814-1621 (301) 581-9227 (301) 530-2752 Fax ahberard@apma.org www.apma.org Materials available Contact: Angela Berard
1 - 30 Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders P.O. Box 170864 Milwaukee, WI 53217-8076 (888) 964-2001 (414) 964-1799 (414) 964-7176 Fax iffgd@iffgd.org www.aboutibs.org/site/about-ibs/april-ib s-awareness-month Materials available Contact: Nancy Norton	1 - 30 National Autism Awareness Month The Autism Society 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 300 Bethesda, MD 20814-3067 (800) 3–AUTISM (328-8476) (301) 657-0881 (301) 657-0869 Fax info@autism-society.org www.autism-society.org/naam Materials available Contact: None designated
1 - 30 National Cancer Control Month American Cancer Society 250 Williams Street NW Atlanta, GA 30303 (800) ACS-2345 (227-2345) www.cancer.org Materials available Contact: National Office	1 - 30 National Child Abuse Prevention Month Child Welfare Information Gateway Children's Bureau ACYF, AFC, HHS 1250 Maryland Avenue SW, #8111 Washington, DC 20024 (800) 394-3366 (202) 260-9345 Fax info@childwelfare.gov www.childwelfare.gov/preventing/preventi onmonth/ Materials available Contact: None designated
1 - 30 National Donate Life Month Division of Transplantation, Healthcare Systems Bureau Health Resources and Services Administration U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Parklawn Building, Room 12C-05 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857 (888) 275-4772 (703) 821-2098 Fax ask@hrsa.gov www.organdonor.gov/get_involved/donateli femonth.htm Materials available Contact: Division of Transplantation Staff	1 - 30 National Facial Protection Month American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry American Association of Orthodontists 9700 West Bryn Mawr Avenue Rosemont, IL 60018 (847) 678-6200 inquiries@aaoms.org www.aaoms.org Materials available Contact: AAOMS Communications
1 - 30 National Minority Health Awareness Month Office of Minority Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services P.O. Box 37337 Washington, DC 20013-7337 (800) 444-6472 (240) 453-2883 Fax info@omhrc.gov minorityhealth.hhs.gov/templates/browse. aspx?lvl=2&lvlid=182 Materials available Contact: None designated	1 - 30 National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month National Sarcoidosis Society National Sarcoidosis Foundation 2525 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60616 (312) 567-6626 (312) 567-6144 Fax sarcoidosis3@gmail.com www.nationalsarcoidosisfriends.org Materials available Contact: Glenda Fulton
1 - 30 National Youth Sports Safety Month National Youth Sports Safety Foundation One Beacon Street, Suite 3333 Boston, MA 02108 (617) 367-6677 (617) 722-9999 Fax nyssf@aol.com www.nyssf.org/campaign.html Materials available Contact: Rita Glassman	1 - 30 Occupational Therapy Month American Occupational Therapy Association 4720 Montgomery Lane P.O. Box 31220 Bethesda, MD 20824-1220 (301) 652-6611 (800) 377-8555 TDD (301) 652-7258 Fax praota@aota.org www.aota.org/news/consumer/ot-month.aspx Materials available Contact: None designated
1 - 30 Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) 2000 L Street NW, Suite 406 Washington, DC 20036 (800) 656-4673 info@rainn.org www.rainn.org Materials available Contact: None designated	1 - 30 Sports Eye Safety Month American Academy of Ophthalmology P.O. Box 7424 San Francisco, CA 94120-7424 (415) 447-0213 (415) 561-8533 Fax eyemd@aao.org www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/injuries/in dex.cfm Materials available Contact: Georgia Alward
1 - 30 Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 (800) 331-2020 (847) 843-8458 Fax info@preventblindness.org www.preventblindness.org Materials available Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline	5 - 11 National Public Health Week American Public Health Association 800 I Street NW Washington, DC 20001-3710 (202) 777-2509 (202) 777-2500 TTY (202) 777-2532 Fax bithiah.lafontant@apha.org www.nphw.org/nphw10/home1.htm Materials available Contact: Bithiah Lafontant
7 World Health Day Pan American Health Organization WHO Regional Office for the Americas 525 23rd Street NW Washington, DC 20037-2895 (202) 974-3156 (202) 974-3645 Fax www.who.int/world-health-day/en/ Materials available Contact: None designated	8 National Alcohol Screening Day^® Screening for Mental Health, Inc. One Washington Street, Suite 304 Wellesley Hills, MA 02481 (781) 239-0071 (781) 431-7447 Fax smhinfo@mentalhealthscreening.org www.mentalhealthscreening.org/events/nas d/ Materials available Contact: Ariela Edelson
20 Sexual Assault Awareness Month Day of Action National Sexual Violence Resource Center 123 North Enola Drive Enola, PA 17025 (877) 739-3895 (717) 909-0714 Fax resources@nsvrc.org www.nsvrc.org/saam/current-campaign/day- of-action Materials available Contact: Lauren Sogor	24 - May 1 National Infant Immunization Week National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS E-05 Atlanta, GA 30333 (800) CDC-INFO (232-4636) (404) 639-8200 (404) 639-8905 Fax cdcinfo@cdc.gov www.cdc.gov/vaccines/events/niiw/default .htm Materials available Contact: Michelle Basket
24 - 25 2010 March for Babies March of Dimes Foundation 1275 Mamaroneck Avenue White Plains, NY 10605 (800) 525-9255 (914) 997-4617 Fax marchforbabies@marchofdimes.com www.marchforbabies.org Materials available Contact: Bob Aglione	24 World Meningitis Day Confederation of Meningitis Organization CoMO, Meningitis Centre Telethon Institite for Child Health Research P.O. Box 866 West Perth AUSTRALIA, 6872 linda@ichr.uwa.edu.au www.comoonline.org/wmd.html Contact: Linda Gibbs

This Month We Celebrated

1 - 31 National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Prevent Cancer Foundation 1600 Duke Street, Suite 500 Alexandria, VA 22314 (800) 227-2732 (703) 886-4413 Fax info@preventcancer.org www.preventcancer.org/colorectal Materials available Contact: Sherry Noziglia	1 - 31 National Endometriosis Awareness Month Endometriosis Research Center World Headquarters 630 Ibis Drive Delray Beach, FL 34444 (800) 239-7280 (561) 274-0931 Fax askerc@endocenter.org www.endocenter.org Materials available Contact: None designated
1 - 31 National Nutrition Month^® American Dietetic Association 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000 Chicago, IL 60606-6995 (800) 877-1600 x4771 (312) 899-0040 (312) 899-4739 Fax nnm@eatright.org www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl /NNM_2007_home.htm Materials available Contact: Knowledge Center	1 - 31 Save Your Vision Month American Optometric Association 243 North Lindbergh Boulevard, First Floor St. Louis, MO 63141 (314) 991-4100 (314) 991-4101 Fax mcbryson@aoa.org www.aoa.org/x5072.xml Materials available Contact: Cathy Bryson
1 - 31 Workplace Eye Wellness Month Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 (800) 331-2020 (847) 843-8458 Fax info@preventblindness.org www.preventblindness.org Materials available Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline	7 - 13 National Patient Safety Awareness Week National Patient Safety Foundation 268 Summer Street, 6th Floor Boston, MA 02210 (617) 391-9900 (617) 391-9999 Fax info@npsf.org www.npsf.org/hp/psaw/ Materials available Contact: Rachel Crow
7 - 13 National Problem Gambling Awareness Week National Council on Problem Gambling 730 11th Street NW, Suite 601 Washington, DC 20001 (800) 522-4700 (202) 547-9204 (202) 547-9206 Fax ncpg@ncpgambling.org www.npgaw.org Materials available Contact: Keith Whyte	7 - 13 National Sleep Awareness Week® National Sleep Foundation 1522 K Street NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 347-3471 (202) 347-3472 Fax nsf@sleepfoundation.org www.sleepfoundation.org Materials available Contact: Jennifer Cowher Williams
8 - 12 National School Breakfast Week School Nutrition Association 120 Waterfront Street, Suite 300 National Harbor, MD 20745 (800) 877-8822 (301) 686-3100 (301) 686-3115 Fax servicecenter@schoolnutrition.org www.schoolnutrition.org/nsbw Materials available Contact: Laura Maynard	10 National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Office on Women's Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue SW, Room 728 E Washington, DC 20201 (800) 994-9662 (202) 401-4005 Fax www.womenshealth.gov/nwghaad/ Materials available Contact: National Women's Health Information Center
11 World Kidney Day National Kidney Foundation 30 East 33rd Street New York, NY 10016 (800) 622-9010 (212) 889-2210 (212) 889-2310 Fax info@kidney.org www.kidney.org/news/wkd/index.cfm Materials available Contact: Ellie Schlam	14 - 20 National Poison Prevention Week Poison Prevention Week Council P.O. Box 1543 Washington, DC 20013 (703) 894-1858 (703) 683-2812 Fax wells@aapcc.org www.poisonprevention.org/poison.htm Materials available Contact: Holly Wells
15 - 21 Brain Awareness Week Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives 745 Fifth Avenue, Suite 900 New York, NY 10151 (212) 223-4040 (212) 593-7623 Fax bawinfo@dana.org www.dana.org/brainweek Materials available Contact: Kathleen Roina	23 American Diabetes Alert Day American Diabetes Association 1701 North Beauregard Street Alexandria, VA 22311 (800) DIABETES (342-2383) (703) 549-1500 (703) 549-6995 Fax askada@diabetes.org www.diabetes.org/communityprograms-and-l ocalevents/americandiabetesalert.jsp Materials available Contact: Local Chapters
24 World Tuberculosis Day Stop TB Partnerhsip (Secretariat) World Health Organization HTM/STB/TBP 20, avenue Appia CH-1211 Geneva 27 SWITZERLAND, +(41) 22 791 4650 +(41) 22 791 4886 Fax stoptbinfo@who.int www.stoptb.org/events/world_tb_day Materials available Contact: None designated

February 2010

1 - 28 AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 (800) 331-2020 (312) 363-6001 (847) 843-8458 Fax info@preventblindness.org www.preventblindness.org Materials available Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline	1 - 28 American Heart Month American Heart Association 7272 Greenville Avenue Dallas, TX 75231 (800) 242-8721 karyn.cameron@heart.org www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?id entifier=4441 Materials available Contact: Karyn Cameron
1 - 28 International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month Group B Strep International 11 El Dorado Court Pomona, CA 91766 (909) 620-7214 (909) 620-5557 Fax info@gbs-intl.org www.groupbstrepinternational.org Materials available Contact: Marti Perhach	1 - 28 National Children’s Dental Health Month American Dental Association 211 East Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL 60611-2637 (800) 621-8099 ncdhm@ada.org www.ada.org/prof/events/featured/ncdhm.a sp Materials available Contact: None designated
1 - 28 National Wise Health Consumer Month American Institute for Preventive Medicine 30445 Northwestern Highway, Suite 350 Farmington Hills, MI 48334 (248) 539-1800 x220 (248) 539-1808 Fax hwest@healthylife.com www.aipm.net/wise Materials available Contact: Hope West	1 - 7 World Salt Awareness Week World Action on Salt & Health Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ , 020-7882-5941 wash@qmul.ac.uk http://www.worldactiononsalt.com/awarene ss/world_salt_awareness_week_2010/world_ salt_awareness_week_2010.htm Materials available Contact: None designated
5 Give Kids A Smile Day American Dental Association 211 East Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL 60611-2637 (800) 621-8099 gkas@ada.org givekidsasmile.ada.org Materials available Contact: None designated	5 National Wear Red Day National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Information Center Attention: The Heart Truth P.O. Box 30105 Bethesda, MD 20824-0105 (301) 592-8573 (240) 629-3255 TTY (301) 592-8563 Fax nhlbiinfo@nhlbi.nih.gov www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/hearttruth Materials available Contact: Information Specialist
7 - 14 Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week Congenital Heart Information Network 101 North Washington Avenue, Suite 1A Margate City, NJ 08402 (609) 882-1572 (609) 822-1573 Fax mb@tchin.org tchin.org/aware Materials available Contact: Mona Barmash	7 - 13 Burn Awareness Week Shriners Hospital for Children 2900 Rocky Point Drive Tampa, FL 33607 (813) 281-8162 shrinepr@shrinenet.org www.burnawareness.org Materials available Contact: Public Relations
14 - 20 Children of Alcoholics Week National Association for Children of Alcoholics 11426 Rockville Pike, Suite 301 Rockville, MD 20852 (888) 554-2627 (301) 468-0987 Fax nacoa@nacoa.org www.nacoa.org Materials available Contact: Gail Jordan	14 National Donor Day Division of Transplantation, Healthcare Systems Bureau Health Resources and Services Administration U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Parklawn Building, Room 12C-05 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857 (888) 275-4772 (703) 821-2098 Fax ask@hrsa.gov www.organdonor.gov/get_involved/national donorday.htm Materials available Contact: Division of Transplantation Staff

January

1 - 31 Cervical Health Awareness Month National Cervical Cancer Coalition (NCCC) 6520 Platt Avenue, #693 West Hills, CA 91307-3218 (818) 909-3849 info@nccc-online.org www.nccc-online.org/awareness.html Materials available Contact: Rachel Biety	1 - 31 Glaucoma Awareness Month Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 (800) 331-2020 (312) 363-6001 (847) 843-8458 Fax info@preventblindness.org preventblindness.org/news/observe.html Materials available Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
1 - 31 National Birth Defects Prevention Month National Birth Defects Prevention Network 14781 Memorial Drive, #1561 Houston, TX 77079 nbdpn@nbdpn.org www.nbdpn.org/current/resources/bdpm2010 .html Materials available Contact: None designated	1 - 31 National Radon Action Month Office of Radiation and Indoor Air Indoor Environments Division U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1310 L Street NW, 4th Floor Washington, DC 20005 (202) 343-9370 (202) 343-2394 Fax www.epa.gov/radon/nram Materials available Contact: Gina Bowler
1 - 31 Thyroid Awareness Month American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists 245 Riverside Avenue, Suite 200 Jacksonville, FL 32202 (904) 353-7878 x147 (904) 353-8185 Fax gwillis@aace.com www.aace.com Materials available Contact: Greg Willis	4 - 10 National Folic Acid Awareness Week National Council on Folic Acid c/o Spina Bifida Association 4590 MacArthur Boulevard NW, Suite 250 Washington, DC 20007 (800) 621-3141 x13 (202) 944-3285 x13 (202) 944-3295 Fax ncfa@sbaa.org www.folicacidinfo.org/pages/folicacid_in fo.php Materials available Contact: Adriane Griffen

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December Homage

World AIDS Day
American Association for World Health
1825 K Street NW, Ste 1208, Washington, DC 20006 (202) 466-5883
http://www.worldaidsday.org/

National Aplastic Anemia Awareness Week
Aplastic Anemia Foundation of America, Inc.
PO Box 613, Annapolis, MD 21404
(800) 747-2820

November Homage

Each year, November is recognized as National Adoption Awareness Month. While all adoption-related issues are important, the particular focus of this month is the adoption of children currently in foster care.

Check out this link!

November is National Diabetes Awareness Month

November is American Diabetes Month®—a time to shine a spotlight on a serious disease that leads to potentially life-threatening complications such as heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, blindness, and amputation.
National Diabetes Month
American Diabetes Association
1660 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314
(800) 232-3472 / (703) 549-1500

National Epilepsy Awareness Month
November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month. Epilepsy, which affects nearly 2.5 million persons in the United States, is characterized by recurrent, unprovoked seizures. Delayed recognition of these seizures and subsequent inadequate treatment increases the risk for additional seizures, disability, decreased health-related quality of life, and, in rare instances, death.

National Epilepsy Month
Epilepsy Foundation of America
4351 Garden City Drive, Landover, MD 20785
(800) EFA-1000 / (800) 213-5821 (publications)
(301) 459-3700

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month!

Lung Cancer Awareness Month (LCAM) is a national campaign dedicated to increasing attention to lung cancer issues. By organizing rallies, distributing educational material, holding fund-raising events, contacting Congress, and speaking to the media, those involved in LCAM bring much-needed support and attention to a disease that each year kills more people than breast, prostate, colon and pancreas cancers combined

More November Awareness

Diabetic Eye Disease Month
Prevent Blindness America
500 East Remington Rd , Schaumburg, IL 60173 (800) 331-2020 / (847) 843-2020

National Alzheimer's Awareness Month
Alzheimer's Association
919 North Michigan Ave, Ste 1000, Chicago, IL 60611-1676
(800) 272-3900 / (312) 335-8700
(312) 335-8882 (TDD) / (312) 335-1110 (Fax)

National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Week
Brain Aneurysm Foundation
66 Canal Street, Boston, MA 02114
(617) 723-3870 / (617) 723-8672 (Fax)

National Home Care Month

National Hospice Month

October Homage

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
c/o Foresight Communications
PO Box 3156, Chicago, IL 60654-3156

or
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
@ (800) IM AWARE
or

National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service
(800) 4-CANCER
http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov / http://rex.nci.nih.gov
or

American Cancer Society
1599 Clifton Rd, NE, Atlanta, GA 30329
(800) ACS-2345 / (404) 320-3333
http://www.cancer.org

Cancer Information Service
Office of Cancer Communications
Building 31, Room 10A16
9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892
(800) 4-CANCER / (301) 402-8594 (Fax)

Breast Cancer Control Month
American Cancer Society
National Headquarters
1599 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30329-4251
(800) ACS-2345 / (404) 320-3333

Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
International Rett Syndrome Association
9121 Piscataway Rd, Suite 2B, Clinton, MD 20735
(800) 818-RETT / (301) 856-3334
(301) 856-3336 (Fax)
http://www.rettsyndrome.org/

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month
SIDS Alliance
1314 Bedford Ave, Ste 210, Baltimore, MD 21208
(800) 221-SIDS / (410) 653-8226
(410) 653-8709 (Fax )

National Brain Injury Awareness Month

Pastoral Care Week

Other October Initiatives

American Heart Walk
American Heart Association
7272 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX 75231 (800) AHA-USA1 (301) 990-8900

Mental Illness Awareness Week
American Psychiatric Association
1400 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20005
(202) 682-6220

National Depression Screening Days
National Mental Illness Screening Project
308 Seaview Ave, Staten Island, NY 10305
(718) 351-1717 / (718) 667-8893 (Fax)
http://www.nmisp.org

National Hepatitis Awareness Week
American Liver Foundation
1425 Pompton Ave, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
(800) 223-0179 / (201) 256-2550

National Red Ribbon Celebration
National Family Partnership
11159B South Town Square, St. Louis, MO 63123
(314) 845-1933

World Mental Health Day
World Federation for Mental Health
1021 Prince St, Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 838-7525 / (703) 684-5968 (fax)

National Psoriasis Awareness Month
The National Psoriasis Foundation
6600 SW 92nd Ave, Ste 300, Portland, OR 97223
Tara Rolstad / Matthew Merenda
Voice: (800) 723-9166 / Fax: (503) 245-0626
E-mail: tara@npfusa.org
http://www.psoriasis.org/pressrel/psorawar100897.html

Celiac Sprue Awareness Month
Celiac Sprue Association/United States of America
PO Box 31700, Omaha, NE 68131-0700
(402) 558-0600

Healthy Lung Month
American Lung Association
1740 Broadway, New York, NY 10019-4374
(800) LUNG-USA
(212) 889-3370 New York
(202) 682-5864 Washington, DC

National Campaign for Healthier Babies Month
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
1275 Mamaroneck Ave, White Plains, NY 10605
(914) 997-4600

National Liver Awareness Month
American Liver Foundation
1425 Pompton Ave, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
(800) GO-LIVER / (973) 256-2550

National Lupus Awareness Month
National Lupus Foundation of America
1330 Piccard Drive, Ste 200, Rockville, MD 20850-4303
(800) 558-0121 (English) / (800) 558-0231 (Spanish)
(301) 670-9292

National Physical Therapy Month
American Physical Therapy Association
1111 North Fairfax St, Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 706-3248 / (703) 684-7343 (Fax)

National Spina Bifida Prevention Month
Spina Bifida Association of America
4590 MacArthur Blvd NW, Ste 250, Washington, DC 20007-4226
(800) 621-3141 / (202) 944-3285
(202) 944-3295 (Fax)

National Spinal Health Month
American Chiropractic Association
1701 Clarendon Blvd, Arlington, VA 22209
(800)986-4636 (for orders only) / (703)276-8800

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November is National Diabetes Awareness Month

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month!