Awareness Dates for January
Alzheimer Awareness Month - Canada - Alzheimer Society
Awareness Month Awareness Month
Be On-Purpose Month, National
Bird-Feeding Months, National
California Dried Plum Digestive Health Month (California)
Celebration of Life Month
Creativity Month, International - by Randall Munson
Clean Up Your Computer Month, National
Crime Stoppers Month - Ontario - Canada
Constipation awareness month, National
Drag History Month, National (Established by Logo T.V. to celebrate the history and role of Drag Queens in the LGBT community.)
Financial Wellness Month
Get Organized Month
Glaucoma Awareness Month, National
Hot Tea Month, National
Mailorder Gardening Month, National - according to the Mailorder Gardening Association
Manuary - men grow facial hair
Meetings History Month, National
Mentoring Month, National (USA)
National Clown College Month
Oatmeal Month
Ontario March of Dimes Month - Canada
Poverty in America Awareness Month, National - according to the Catholic Campaign for Human Development
Radon Action Month, National - US Environmental Protection Agency
Self-Help Group Awareness Month - according to the Mental Health Clearinghouse
Skating Month, National - according to the U.S. Figure Skating Association
Volunteer Blood Donor Month, National
Day - Week:
January 1 - Global Family Day - formerly One Day of Peace and Sharing (Recognized by the UN)
January 1 - World Day of Peace - established by pope Paul VI in his letter dated on 8.12.1967
January 4 - World Braille Day - International
January 15 - World Religion Day
January 26 - International Customs Day
January 27 - Family Literacy Day - ABC Life Literacy Canada
January 27 - International Holocaust Remembrance Day (Recognized by the UN)
January 28 - Data Protection Day - recognized by the Council of Europe
January 28 - Potato Day
3rd Wk - National Non-Smoking Week - Canada - Canadian Council on Smoking and Health
3rd Wed - Weedless Wednesday - Canada - Canadian Council on Smoking and Health
U.S. National Health Observances - January:
Cervical Health Awareness Month - National Cervical Cancer Coalition (NCCC), 6520 Platt Avenue, #693, West Hills, CA 91307-3218, (818) 992-4242 - [email protected] - www.nccc-online.org/awareness.html - Materials available, Contact: Rachel Biety.
National Birth Defects Prevention Month - National Birth Defects Prevention Network, 14781 Memorial Drive, #1561, Houston, TX 77079 - [email protected] - www.nbdpn.org - Materials available.
National Glaucoma Awareness Month - Prevent Blindness America, 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700, Chicago, IL 60606, (800) 331-2020, (312) 363-6001, (312) 363-6052 Fax, [email protected] - preventblindness.org/news/observe.html - Materials available, Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline.
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.
Thyroid Awareness Month - American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists - 245 Riverside Avenue, Suite 200, Jacksonville, FL 32202, (904) 353-7878 x147, (904) 404-4207 Fax, [email protected], www.aace.com, Materials available, Contact: Casey Jones.
January 2nd - 8th - 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, [email protected], www.folicacidinfo.org, Materials available.
Awareness Dates for February
American History Month
Bake for Family Fun Month
Black History Month (USA)
Berry Fresh in the Sunshine State Month
Canadian History Month
Chocolate Lover's Month
Creative Romance Month
Great American Pies Month
Heart & Stroke Month - National - Heart and Stroke Foundation
Human Relations Month
International Mother Language Day Month
I Love to Read Month, Manitoba - Canada - Manitoba Reading Association
Junior Achievement Month - Junior Achievement Canada
North Carolina Sweet Potato Month
National Grapefruit Month
National Cherry Month
National Bird Feeding Month
National Pudding-Snack Month
National Sweet Potato Month
National Boost-Your-Self-Esteem Month
National Canned Food Month
National Hot Breakfast Month
National Snack Food Month
Return Shopping Carts to the Supermarket Month
Typewriter Appreciation Month
Day - Week:
February 2 - Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day
February 4 - World Cancer Day
February 4 - World Cancer Day; International - International Union Against Cancer
February 6 - International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
February 8 - Safer Internet Day; International; Safer Internet Day
February 11 - World Day of the Sick, an observance day instituted by pope John Paul II
February 12 - Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Day - Canadian Federation for Sexual Health
February 12 - International Day of Women's Health - Canadian Foundation for Women's Health
February 14 - Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day - Canada - Children's Heart Society
February 15 - International Childhood Cancer Day - Interational - Childhood Cancer Foundation
February 15 - National Flag of Canada Day - Heritage Canada
February 16 - Family Day; AB,ON,SK; Ministry of Labour
February 17 - Heritage Day - Heritage Canada
February 20 - World Day of Social Justice (Recognized by the UN)
February 21 - International Mother Language Day (Recognized by the UN)
February 22 - International Scouts Day
February 22 - Thinking Day - Scouts Canada and Girl Guides of Canada
February 22 - World Thinking Day
February 22 - Work Your Proper Hours Day
February 28 - International Pashtun Jirga Day
1st Wk - Eating Disorder Awareness Week; National; National Eating Disorder Information Centre
1st Wk - International Development Week; National; CIDA
1st Wk - National Therapeutic Recreation Week; National; Canadian Therapeutic Recreation Association
1st Wk - White Cane Week; National; Canadian Council of the Blind
2nd Wk - World Orphan Week; International; SOS Children's Villages Canada
3rd Wk - Scout-Guide Week; National; Scouts Canada and Girl Guides of Canada
3rd Wk - Brotherhood/Sisterhood Week; National; Canadian Council of Christians & Jews
4th Wk - Freedom to Read Week - Canada - Book and Periodical Council
Last Wed - Pink Shirt Day (Anti-bullying) - Canada - Pink Shirt Day
U.S. National Health Observances - February:
AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month - Prevent Blindness America - 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700, Chicago, IL 60606, (800) 331-2020, (312) 363-6001, (312) 363-6052 Fax, [email protected], www.preventblindness.org, Materials available, Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline.
American Heart Month - American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231, (800) 242-8721, www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4441, Materials available.
International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month - Group B Strep International - 11 El Dorado Court, Pomona, CA 91766, (909) 620-7214, (909) 620-5557 Fax, [email protected], www.groupbstrepinternational.org, Materials available, Contact: Marti Perhach
National Children’s Dental Health Month - American Dental Association, 211 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611-2637, (800) 621-8099, [email protected], www.ada.org/2714.aspx, Materials available.
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, [email protected], www.aipm.net/wise, Materials available, Contact: Hope Irwin
Give Kids A Smile Day - American Dental Association - 211 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611-2637, (800) 621-8099, [email protected], givekidsasmile.ada.org, Materials available.
4th - 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, [email protected], www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/hearttruth, Materials available, Contact: Information Specialist
7th - 14th - 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, (609) 822-1574 Fax, [email protected], tchin.org/aware, Materials available, Contact: Mona Barmash.
13th - 19th - 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, [email protected], www.nacoa.org, Materials available, Contact: Gail Jordan.
14th - 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, [email protected], www.organdonor.gov/get_involved/national, donorday.htm, Materials available, Contact: Division of Transplantation Staff.
Awareness Dates for March
American Red Cross Month
Black Hole Awareness Month
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month - Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada
DVT(Deep Vein Thrombosis) Prevention Awareness Month
Developmental Disabilities Month
Epilepsy Month - Epilepsy Canada
Easter Seals Month - Ontario - Easter Seals Society
Fraud Prevention Month - Ontario Securities Commission
Foot Health Month
Greek-American Heritage Month
Help Fight Liver Disease Month - Canadian Liver Foundation
Irish American History Month
Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month - Canada - The Arthritis Society
Kidney Month - Kidney Foundation of Canada
Music in Our Schools Month
Manly Month of March
Moustache March
National Self-Injury Awareness Month
National Peanut Month
National Frozen Food Month
National Text your Neighbor Month
National Social Workers Month
National Color Therapy Month
National Caffeine Awareness Month
National Flour Month
National Sauce Month
National Noodle Month
National Nutrition Month - Dietitians of Canada
Polio Awareness Month - Polio Canada
Red Cross Month - Canadian Red Cross
Spanish Vocab Builder Month
Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, National
Women's History Month
Youth Science Festival Month - Youth Science Foundation Canada
Youth Art Month
Day - Week:
March 1 - Pig Day
March 1 - Self-Injury Awareness Day
March 8 - United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace (Recognized by the UN)
March 8 - International Women's Day (Recognized by the UN)
March 12 - World Glaucoma Day
March 14 - International Day of Action for Rivers
March 14 - Pi Day
March 15 - World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film
March 15 - World Consumer Rights Day
March 20 - International Day of the Francophonie
March 20 - World Day of Theatre for Children and Young People
March 20 - World House Sparrow Day
March 21 - World Down Syndrome Day
March 21 - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - UN
March 21 - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Recognized by the UN)
March 21 - World Poetry Day (Recognized by the UN)ESCO (Masood)
March 22 - World Day for Water (Recognized by the UN)
March 23 - World Meteorological Day (Recognized by the UN)
March 24 - International Day for Achievers, World Tuberculosis Day (Recognized by the UN)
March 25 - International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (Recognized by the UN)
March 26 - Purple Day for Epilepsy
March 27 - World Theatre Day
1st Wk - Pharmacy Awareness Week - Canadian Pharmacists Association
1st Wk - Lymphedema Awareness Week - BC Lymphedema Association
1st Wk - World Glaucoma Awareness Week - World Glaucoma Week
2nd Wk - Canadian Agricultural Safety Week - Canadian Federation of Agriculture
2nd Wk - National Social Work Week - Canadian Association of Social Workers
3rd Wk - Crisis Line Awareness Week - BC Crisis Line Association
3rd Wk - National Francophonie Week - Association canadienne d'education de la langue francaise (ACELF)
28 - April 4 - Consumer Awareness Week - Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services
U.S. National Health Observances - March:
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month - Prevent Cancer Foundation 1600 Duke Street, Suite 500 Alexandria, VA 22314 (800) 227-2732 (703) 886-4413 Fax [email protected] www.preventcancer.org/colorectal - Materials available Contact: Suzette Smith
National Endometriosis Awareness Month - Endometriosis Research Center World Headquarters 630 Ibis Drive Delray Beach, FL 34444 (800) 239-7280 (561) 274-0931 Fax [email protected] www.endocenter.org - Materials available.
National Nutrition Month - American Dietetic Association 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000 Chicago, IL 60606-6995 [email protected] www.eatright.org/nnm - Materials available Contact: Knowledge Center
Save Your Vision Month - American Optometric Association 243 North Lindbergh Boulevard, First Floor St. Louis, MO 63141 (314) 991-4100 (314) 991-4101 Fax [email protected] www.aoa.org/x5072.xml - Materials available Contact: Cathy Bryson
Trisomy Awareness Month - Support Organization for Trisomy 18, 13 & Related Disorders 2982 South Union Street Rochester, NY 14624-1926 (800) 716-SOFT -7638 (585) 594-4621 (585) 594-1957 Fax [email protected] http://www.trisomy.org - Materials available Contact: Barb Vanherreweghe
Workplace Eye Wellness Month - Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 (800) 331-2020 (312) 363-6001 (312) 363-6052 Fax [email protected] www.preventblindness.org - Materials available Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
6 - 12 Patient Safety Awareness Week - National Patient Safety Foundation 268 Summer Street, 6th Floor Boston, MA 02114 (617) 391-9900 (617) 391-9999 Fax [email protected] www.npsf.org/hp/psaw/ - Materials available Contact: Sara Reardon
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 [email protected] www.sleepfoundation.org/event/national-s leep-awareness-week%C2%AE - Materials available Contact: Jennifer Cowher Williams
7 - 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 [email protected] 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 (202) 205-3954 (202) 401-4005 Fax www.womenshealth.gov/nwghaad/ Materials available Contact: Monique Claggett-Davis
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 [email protected] www.kidney.org/news/wkd/index.cfm - Materials available.
14 - 20 Brain Awareness Week - Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives 745 Fifth Avenue, Suite 900 New York, NY 10151 (212) 401-1689 (212) 593-7623 Fax [email protected] www.dana.org/brainweek - Materials available Contact: Kathleen Roina
20 - 26 National Poison Prevention Week - Poison Prevention Week Council P.O. Box 1543 Washington, DC 20013 (703) 894-1858 (703) 683-2812 Fax [email protected] www.poisonprevention.org/poison.htm - Materials available Contact: Holly Wells
20 National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day - National Native American AIDS Prevention Center 720 South Colorado Blvd., Suite 650-S Denver, CO 80246 (720) 382-2244 (720) 382-2248 Fax www.nnaapc.org/news/awareness-day.htm - Materials available.
21 - 27 World Salt Awareness Week - World Action on Salt & Health Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ ,020-7882-5941 [email protected] www.worldactiononsalt.com - Materials available.
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 [email protected] www.stoptb.org/events/world_tb_day - Materials available.
25 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 [email protected] www.diabetes.org/communityprograms-and- localevents/americandiabetesalert.jsp - Materials available Contact: Local Chapters
27 - April 2 - National Tsunami Awareness 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) 713-1677 x124 [email protected] www.tsunami.gov Materials available Contact: Deborah Jones
Awareness Dates for April
Alcohol Awareness Month
American Cancer Society Month
Community Service Month
Daffodil Month; National; Canadian Cancer Society
Earth Month
Fresh Florida Tomato Month
Hmong History Month
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month; National; Canadian Society of Intestinal Research
Jazz Appreciation Month
Mathematics Awareness Month
National Garden Month
National Narz Awareness Month
National Food Month
National Pecan Month
National Oral Health Month; National; Canadian Dental Association
National 30-hour Famine; National; World Vision Canada
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
National Financial Literacy Month
National Poetry Month
National Soyfoods Month
Parkinson Awareness Month; National; Parkinson Society Canada
Poetry Month; National; League of Canadian Poets
Pets are Wonderful Month
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month
Records Management Month; National; Association of Records Management Professionals (ARMA)
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Stress Awareness Month
Volunteer Appreciation Month
Day - Week:
April 1 - Youth Homelessness Matters Day
April 2 - World Autism Awareness Day (Recognized by the UN)
April 4 - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action (Recognized by the UN)
April 7 - World Health Day (Recognized by the UN)
April 7 - International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda (Recognized by the UN)
April 8 - International Day of the Roma
April 8 - National Gifted Education Awareness Day in Ireland
April 12 - International Day of Human Space Flight - an official United Nations day
April 12 - International Day for Street Children
April 14 - Cultural Unity Day, recognized by India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh and Nepal.
April 14 - National Law Day; National; Canadian Bar Association
April 16 - World Entrepreneurship Day (WED) site
April 17 - World Hemophilia Day (Recognized by the UN)
April 17 - International Hemophilia Day; International; Canadian Hemophilia Society
April 17 - Zoo Awareness Day
April 19 - Bicycle Day
April 21 - World Creativity and Innovation Day. Celebrations begin April 15 - Leonardo da Vinci's Birthday
April 22 - Earth Day
April 23 - World Book and Copyright Day (Recognized by the UN)
April 24 - World Day for Laboratory Animals (Recognized by the UN)
April 25 - Parental Alienation Awareness Day
April 25 - Penguin Day
April 25 - World Meningitis Day; International; Meningitis Research Foundation of Canada
April 25 - World Malaria Day, recognized by the WHO
April 26 - World Intellectual Property Day (Recognized by the UN)
April 28 - International Workers' Memorial Day
April 29 - International Make-A-Wish Day; International; Make-A-Wish Foundation of Canada
April 29 - International Dance Day
13 - 19 National Dental Hygiene Week; National; Canadian Dental Hygienists Association
13 - 19 National Victims of Crime Awareness Week; National; Justice Canada
20 - 26 - Arts and Culture Week; British Columnia; British Columbia Arts Council
20- 27 - National Organ Donor Awareness Week; National; Canadian Association of Transplantation
25 - 27 - Global Youth Service Days; International; Volunteer Canada
2nd Wk - National Wildlife Week; National; Candian Wildlife Federation
2nd Wk - Ontario Coaches Week; Regional; Coaches Association of Ontario
2nd Wk - World Homeopathy Awareness Week; International; World Homeopathy Awareness Week
3rd Wk - National Medical Laboratory Week; National; Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science (CSMLS)
3rd Wk - National Soil Conservation Week; National; Soil Conservation Council of Canada
3rd Wk - National Volunteer Week; National; Volunteer Canada
3rd Wk - Screen-Free Week; International; Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood
U.S. National Health Observances - April:
Alcohol Awareness Month - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration P.O. Box 2345 Rockville, MD 20847-2345 (877) 726-4727 English/Spanish (240) 221-4292 Fax [email protected] www.samhsa.gov Materials available.
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 [email protected] www.aboutibs.org/site/about-ibs/april-ib s-awareness-month - Materials available Contact: Nancy Norton
National Autism Awareness Month - The Autism Society 4340 East West Highway, Suite 350 Bethesda, MD 20814-3067 (800) 3–AUTISM (328-8476) (301) 657-0881 (301) 657-0869 Fax [email protected] www.autism-society.org/about-us/national -autism-awareness-month/ Materials available Contact: Jennifer Repella
National Distracted Driving Awareness Month - Focus Driven P. O. Box 7001 River Forest, IL 60305 (603) 775-2405 [email protected] www.focusdriven.org/index.aspx - Materials available.
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 [email protected] www.organdonor.gov/get_involved/donateli femonth.htm Materials available Contact: Division of Transplantation Staff
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 [email protected] www.aaoms.org - Materials available Contact: AAOMS Communications
National Minority Health 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 [email protected] minorityhealth.hhs.gov/ Materials available.
Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month - Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) 2000 L Street NW, Suite 406 Washington, DC 20036 (800) 656-4673 [email protected] www.rainn.org - Materials available.
Sports Eye Safety Month - American Academy of Ophthalmology P.O. Box 7424 San Francisco, CA 94120-7424 (415) 447-0213 (415) 561-8533 Fax [email protected] www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/injuries/in dex.cfm - Materials available Contact: Georgia Alward
Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month - Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 (800) 331-2020 (312) 363-6001 (312) 363-6052 Fax [email protected] www.preventblindness.org - Materials available Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
National Public Health Week - American Public Health Association 800 I Street NW Washington, DC 20001-3710 (202) 777-2425 (202) 777-2500 TTY (202) 777-2532 Fax [email protected] www.nphw.org - Materials available Contact: Cintya Renderos
7 - 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 [email protected] www.mentalhealthscreening.org/events/nat ional-alcohol-screening-day.aspx Materials available.
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.
23 - 30 - 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 [email protected] www.cdc.gov/vaccines/events/niiw/default.htm Materials available Contact: Michelle Basket
24 - 30 - National Infertility Awareness Week - RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association 1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500 McLean, VA 22102 (703) 556-7172 (703) 506-3266 Fax www.resolve.org - Materials available Contact: Rebecca Flick
24 - World Meningitis Day - Confederation of Meningitis Organization Meningitis Centre Telethon Institite for Child Health Research P.O. Box 866 West Perth AUSTRALIA, 6872 (262) 391-0327 (262) 363-3882 Fax [email protected] www.comoonlilne.org/wmd.html - Materials available Contact: Linda Gibbs
Awareness Dates for May
Arthritis Month
Allergy/Asthma Awareness Month
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Better Sleep Month
Better Speech and Hearing Month
Cystic fibrosis Awareness Month AUSTRALIA & USA Leelee
Celiac Awareness Month
Correct Posture Month
Fibromyalgia Awareness
Foot Health Month
Haitian Heritage Month
Indian Heritage Month (observed in Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and most Caribbean island-nations)
Jewish American Heritage Month
Labor History Month
Lyme Disease Awareness Month
Mental Health Month
Military Appreciation Month
Month of Man
National Mobility Awareness Month - Annual celebration encouraging people with disabilities to enjoy active, mobile lifestyles - www.mobilityawarenessmonth.com
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
National High Blood Pressure Month
National Don't Eat Cheese Before Noon Month
National Hamburger Month
National Foster Care Month
National Barbecue Month
National Bike Month
National Zombie Awareness Month
National Mine Month
National Egg Month
National Morrissey History Month
National Pet Month
National Salad Month
National Artisan Gelato Month
National Asparagus Month
National Good Car Keeping Month
National Strawberry Month
National Chocolate Custard Month
National Clean Energy Month
National Salsa Month
National Share A Story month
Older Americans Month
Science Month (US EPA)
South Asian Heritage Month
Uranus Awareness Month
Day - Week:
May 1 - World Naturist Day
May 1 - May Day - Labour Day
May 2 - International Astronomy Day
May 3 - World Press Freedom Day (Recognized by the UN)
May 4 - International Firefighters' Day, Star Wars Day
May 5 - International Midwives Day
May 6 - International Awareness Day for Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Brittle Bones)
May 7 - Rabindranath Tagore's Anniversary Day
May 7 - Bladder Cancer Awareness Day
May 8 - World Red Cross & Red Crescent Day
May 8 - May 9 - Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War (Recognized by the UN)
May 10 - World Lupus Day
May 12 - International Nurses Day
May 15 - International Day of Families (Recognized by the UN)
May 17 - World Information Society Day (Recognized by the UN)
May 17 - Vesak Day Birth of Siddhartha ,Buddhism found and Death of Siddhartha Gautama Buddha
May 17 - Vesak Day 2600 Sri Sambuddha Jayanthiya found of Buddhism
May 18 - International AIDS Vaccine Day
May 18 - International AIDS Candlelight Memorial
May 18 - International Museum Day
May 19 - World Hepatitis Day
May 20 - World Autoimmune Arthritis Day, sponsored by the International Autoimmune Arthritis Movement
May 21 - World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development (Recognized by the UN)
May 22 - International Day for Biological Diversity (Recognized by the UN)
May 25 - Towel day Tribute to Author Douglas Adams
May 23 - World Turtle Day
May 29 - International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers (Recognized by the UN)
May 29 - Redhead Day in Walibi Belgium
May 31 - World No Tobacco Day (Recognized by the UN)
1st Tuesday of May - World Asthma Day
1st Thursday in May - National Day of Prayer
2nd Saturday of May - World Fair Trade Day
2nd Sunday of May - International Mothers' Day
U.S. National Health Observances - May:
Arthritis Awareness Month - Arthritis Foundation 1330 West Peachtree Street, Suite 100 Atlanta, GA 30309 (800) 283-7800 (404) 872-0457 Fax [email protected] www.arthritis.org - Materials available Contact: Carol Galbreath
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 [email protected] www.asha.org/bhsm/ - Materials available.
Employee Health and Fitness Month - National Association for Health and Fitness 65 Niagara Square, Room 607 Buffalo, NY 14202 (716) 583-0521 (716) 851-4052 (716) 851-4309 Fax [email protected] physicalfitness.org/nehf.html - Materials available Contact: Philip Haberstro
Healthy Vision Month - National Eye Institute National Institutes of Health 9 Memorial Drive, Building 9, Room B1E04 Bethesda, MD 20892-0900 (301) 496-5248 (301) 402-1065 Fax www.healthyvision2010.nei.nih.gov/hvm Materials available Contact: Linda Huss
Hepatitis Awareness Month - Hepatitis Foundation International 504 Blick Drive Silver Spring, MD 20904-2901 (800) 891-0707 (301) 622-4200 (301) 622-4702 Fax [email protected] www.hepatitisfoundation.org - Materials available Contact: Thelma King Thiel
Lupus Awareness Month - Lupus Foundation of America, Inc. 2000 L Street NW, Suite 710 Washington, DC 20036 (888) 385-8787 (202) 349-1156 Fax [email protected] www.lupus.org/newsite/pages/lupus-awaren ess-month.html - Materials available Contact: Duane Peters
Mediterranean Diet Month - Oldways and the Mediterranean Foods Alliance 266 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02116 (617) 421-5500 (617) 421-5511 Fax [email protected] www.mediterraneanmark.org/Resources.htm - Materials available Contact: Erika Ross
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 [email protected] www.melanomamonday.org - Materials available Contact: Kara McFarland
Mental Health Month - Mental Health America 2000 North Beauregard Street, 6th Floor Alexandria, VA 22311 (800) 969-6642 (703) 684-5968 Fax [email protected] www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/may - Materials available Contact: Raymond Bridge
National Celiac Disease Awareness Month - American Celiac Disease Alliance 2504 Duxbury Place Alexandria, VA 22308 (703) 622-3331 [email protected] www.capwiz.com/celiac/home - Materials available Contact: Andrea Levario
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 [email protected] www.nhlbi.nih.gov/new/press/mayhbpmo.htm Materials available, Contact: Information Specialist
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) 223-2237 Fax [email protected] www.nof.org - Materials available Contact: Jill Ryan
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month - President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports 1101 Wootton Parkway, #560 Rockville, MD 20852 (240) 276-9567 (240) 276-9860 Fax [email protected] www.fitness.gov Materials available.
National Toxic Encephalopathy and Chemical Injury Awareness Month - National Toxic Encephalopathy Foundation P.O. Box 29194 Las Vegas, NV 89126 [email protected] www.ntef-usa.org - Materials available Contact: Angel De Fazio
Older Americans Month - U.S. Administration on Aging 1 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20001 (202) 619-0724 (202) 357-3555 [email protected] www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/Press_Room/Observanc es/2011/Older_Americans.aspx Materials available Contact: Carol Crecy
Ultraviolet Awareness Month - Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 (800) 331-2020 (312) 363-6001 (312) 363-6052 Fax [email protected] www.preventblindness.org - Materials available Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
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 [email protected] www.ffcmh.org/2011/02/3762/ - Materials available Contact: Sandra A. Spencer
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) 768-3413 (847) 296-3769 Fax [email protected], www.asse.org/newsroom/naosh09/events.php - Materials available Contact: Diane Hurns or Joanna Climer
2 - 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 [email protected] www.aad.org - Materials available Contact: Kara McFarland
7 - 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 [email protected] www.cdlsusa.org - Materials available Contact: Marie Malloy
8 - 14 - 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 [email protected] www.foodallergy.org/section/food-allergy -awareness-week1 - Materials available Contact: Jennifer Roeder
8 - 14 - 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 [email protected] www.ncadd.org - Materials available Contact: President
8 - 14 - National Women's Health Week - Office on Women's Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue SW, Room 712E Washington, DC 20201 (202) 205-1952 (202) 690-7172 Fax www.womenshealth.gov/whw Materials available Contact: Retta Terry
9 - 15 - National Stuttering Awareness Week - Stuttering Foundation of America 1805 Meriah Woods Boulevard, #3 P.O. Box 11749 Memphis, TN 38111-0749 (800) 992-9392 (800) 967-7700 (901) 761-0484 Fax [email protected] www.stutteringhelp.org - Materials available Contact: Jane Fraser
9 - 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) 205-1952 (202) 690-7172 Fax www.womenshealth.gov/whw Materials available Contact: Retta Terry
18 - HIV Vaccine Awareness Day - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Division of AIDS Vaccine Research Program 6700-B Rockledge Drive, Room 4139 Bethesda, MD 20892 (301) 435-3732 (301) 402-1505 Fax [email protected], www.niaid.nih.gov/news/events/hvad/Pages /default.aspx 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) 292-3420 (415) 292-3404 Fax [email protected] www.banyantreeproject.org - Materials available Contact: Sapna Mysoor
19 - World Hepatitis Day - National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable, [email protected] www.nvhr.org - Materials available
22 - 28 - National Hurricane Awareness 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) 713-1677 x124 [email protected] www.nhc.noaa.gov Materials available Contact: Deborah Jones
23 - 29 - Recreational Water Illness and Injury Prevention Week - Waterborne Disease Prevention Branch Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious 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 [email protected] www.cdc.gov/healthywater/swimming/rwi/rw i-prevention-week/ Materials available Contact: Michele Hlavsa
25 - National Senior Health & Fitness Day - Mature Market Resource Center 1850 West Winchester Road, #213 Libertyville, IL 60048 (800) 828-8225 [email protected] www.fitnessday.com - Materials available Contact: Gary W. Ford
27 - Heat Safety Awareness Day - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services 1325 East West Highway, Room 13160 Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301) 713-1867 x135 [email protected] www.weather.gov/om/heat/index.shtml Materials available Contact: Jannie G. Ferrell
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.
Awareness Dates for June
Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome (APS) Awareness Month
Audiobook Month
Caribbean American Heritage Month
Gay Pride Month
ID-A International Day of Advertising
Lesbian Gay Bi-Sexual Transgender Month
National Flag Month
National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month
National Damon Appreciation Month
National Dairy Month
National Iced Tea Month
National Papaya Month? (or September)
National Candy Month
National Hunger Awareness Month
National Seafood Month
National Soul Food Month
National Rose Month
Turkey Lover's Month
Day - Week:
June 1 - International Children's Day
June 4 - International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression (Recognized by the UN)
June 5 - World Environment Day (Recognized by the UN)
June 6 - Hunger Day
June 8 - World Brain Tumour Day
June 8 - World Ocean Day
June 10 - Ballpoint Pen Day
June 12 - World Day Against Child Labour
June 14 - World Blood Donor Day (Recognized by the UN)
June 17 - World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (Recognized by the UN)
June 17 - Badger Day
June 17 - Panic Day
June 19 - World Sickle Cell Day, by UN Resolution
June 20 - World Refugee Day (Recognized by the UN)
June 21 - World Music Day
June 23 - United Nations Public Service Day (Recognized by the UN)
June 26 - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (Recognized by the UN)
June 26 - International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (Recognized by the UN)
June 27 - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day
3rd Sunday of June - International Fathers' Day
Father's Day - Belgium & Austria - second Sunday in June
Father's Day - Netherlands - third Sunday in June
U.S. National Health Observances - June:
1 - July 4 - Fireworks Safety Month - Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 (800) 331-2020 (312) 363-6001 (312) 363-6052 Fax [email protected] www.preventblindness.org - Materials available Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
1 - 30 - Cataract Awareness Month - Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 (800) 331-2020 (312) 363-6001 (312) 363-6052 Fax [email protected] 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 [email protected] www.homesafetycouncil.org/AboutUs/HSM/au _hsm_w001.asp - Materials available Contact: Angela D. Mickalide
1 - 30 - Men's Health Month - Men's Health Network P.O. Box 75972 Washington, DC 20013 (202) 543-6461 x101 (202) 543-2727 Fax [email protected] www.menshealthmonth.org - Materials available Contact: Theresa Morrow
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 [email protected] www.aphasia.org - Materials available Contact: Ellayne Ganzfried
1 - 30 - National Congenital Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month - Stop CMV - The CMV Action Network P. O. Box 62214 Sunnyvale, CA 94088-2214 (209) 712-9929 [email protected] 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 [email protected] www.scleroderma.org - Materials available Contact: National Office or Local Chapters
5 - 11 - National Rip Current Awareness 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) 713-1677 x124 [email protected] www.ripcurrents.noaa.gov Materials available Contact: Deborah Jones
5 - National Cancer Survivors Day - National Cancer Survivors Day Foundation P.O. Box 682285 Franklin, TN 37068 (615) 794-3006 (615) 794-0179 Fax [email protected] www.ncsd.org - Materials available.
13 - 19 - Men's Health Week - Men’s Health Network P.O. Box 75972 Washington, DC 20013 (202) 543-6461 x101 (202) 543-2727 Fax [email protected] www.menshealthmonth.org/week/ - Materials available Contact: Theresa Morrow
19 - World Sickle Cell Day - African American Blood Drive and Bone Marrow Registry for Sickle Cell Disease Awareness P.O. Box 1275 Inglewood, CA 90308-1275 (323) 750-1087 [email protected] aablooddriveandmarrowregistry4sicklecellawareness.webs.com/worldsicklecellday.htm - Materials available Contact: Nita Thompson
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 [email protected] www.napwa.org - Materials available.
Awareness Dates for July
Billy Mays Memorial Month
Lasagna Awareness Month
National Baked Beans Month
National Blueberries Month
National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month (NCCAPM)
National Ice Cream Month
National Culinary Arts Month
National Hot Dog Month
National Picnic Month
National Pickle Month
National Vehicle Theft Protection Month
National Banana Month
National Tickling Month
National Hat Month
National Awareness Month
Recreation and Parks Month
Day - Week:
July 1 - Doctor's Day,Bidhan Chandra Roy Birth Day
1st Saturday of July - International Day of Cooperatives (Recognized by the UN)
July 7 - International Cooperative Day
July 8 - Writer's Day
July 11 - World Population Day (Recognized by the UN)
July 18 - Mandela Day (Recognized by the UN)
July 16 - Disability (ADA) Awareness Day
July 28 - World Hepatitis Day
July 31 - Orgasm Day
Last Friday of July - System Administrator Appreciation Day
U.S. National Health Observances - July:
Cord Blood Awareness Month - Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation 23110 Georgia Avenue Brookeville, MD 20833 (301) 774-4915 [email protected] www.parentsguidecordblood.org - Materials available Contact: Dr. Frances Verter
International Group B Strep Awareness Month - Group B Strep International 11 El Dorado Court Pomona, CA 91766 (909) 620-7214 (909) 620-5557 Fax [email protected] www.groupbstrepinternational.org - Materials available Contact: Marti Perhach
Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month - Arthritis Foundation 1330 West Peachtree Street, Suite 100 Atlanta, GA 30309 (800) 283-7800 (404) 872-0457 Fax [email protected] www.arthritis.org/ja-alliance-main.php - Materials available Contact: Carol Galbreath
UV Safety Month - American Academy of Ophthalmology P.O. Box 7424 San Francisco, CA 94120-7424 (415) 447-0213 (415) 561-8533 Fax [email protected] www.aao.org/aaoesite/eyemd/uv.cfm - Contact: Georgia Alward
Awareness Dates for August
Audio Appreciation Month
Black Business Month
Catfish Month, National
Cataract Awareness Month
Children's Eye Health and Safety Month
Children’s Vision and Learning Month
Don't be a Bully Month
Dirty Harry month, National
Dragon appreciation month
Get Ready for Kindergarten Month
Happiness Happens Month
Immunization Awareness Month, Natl
Inventors' Month, Natl
Neurosurgery Outreach Month
Never Leave a Child Unattended in a Car, Purple Ribbon Month
Panini Month, National
Peach Month
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
Studious Behavior Awareness Month
Water Quality Month, National
What Will Be Your Legacy Month
Win with Civility Month, Natl
Day - Week:
August 1 - Clergy Sexual Abuse Awareness Day US & International
August 9 - International Day of the World's Indigenous People (Recognized by the UN)
August 9 - National Women's Day in South Africa
August 9 - World Gifted & Talented Awarness Day
August 12 - International Youth Day (Recognized by the UN)
August 13 - International Lefthanders Day
August 16-Black day
August 19 - World Humanitarian Day
August 23 - International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition (Recognized by the UN)
U.S. National Health Observances - August:
Children's Eye Health and Safety Month - Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 (800) 331-2020 (312) 363-6001 (312) 363-6052 Fax [email protected] www.preventblindness.org - Materials available Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
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.
World Breastfeeding Week - World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action P. O. Box 4097 Schaumburg, IL 60168-4079 (847) 519-7730 (847) 969-0460 Fax [email protected] www.worldbreastfeedingweek.org - Materials available
Awareness Dates for September
National Hydrocephalus Awareness Month
All American Breakfast Month
Better Breakfast Month
Emergency Care Month
Hug a Texas Chef Month
Mom & Apple Pie Month
National Preparedness Month
National Hispanic Month
National Courtesy Month
National Hispanic Heritage Month: Celebrated from September 15 to October 15
National Bourbon Heritage Month
National Children Cancer Awareness Month
National Sewing Month
National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
National Gynecological Cancer Awareness Month
National Potato Month
National Tumor Awareness Month
National Yoga Month
National Sight Saving Month
National Chicken Month
National Piano Month
National Honey Month
National Rice Month
National Mushroom Month
National Papaya Month? (or June)
National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
National Biscuit Month
National Cholesterol Awareness Month
National Organic Harvest Month
National Recovery Month
National Library Card Sign-up Month
National Baby Safety Month
Self-Improvement Month
Women of Achievement Month
Day - Week:
September 4 - World Cerebral Palsy Day (List of Famous People with Cerebral Palsy)
September 8 - International Literacy Day (Recognized by the UN)
September 10 - World Suicide Prevention Day
September 11 - 9/11 anniversary
September 11 - World First Aid Day
September 12 - United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation (Recognized by the UN)
September 15 - International Day of Democracy (Recognized by the UN)
September 16 - International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (Recognized by the UN)
September 19 - International Talk Like a Pirate Day
September 21 - International Day of Peace (Recognized by the UN)
September 21 - World Alzheimer's Day
September 22 - (World) Car Free Day(s)
September 24 - Dating Day
September 25 - International Ataxia Awareness Day
September 26 - European Day of Languages
September 27 - World Tourism Day
September 28 - Right to Know Day (RightToKnowDay.net)
September 28 - World Rabies Day
During last week of September - World Maritime Day (Recognized by the UN)
U.S. National Health Observances - September:
Fruit and Veggies - More Matters Month - Produce for Better Health Foundation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 7465 Lancaster Pike, Suite J, 2nd Floor Hockessin, DE 19707 (888) 391-2100 (302) 235-2329 x316 (302) 235-5555 Fax [email protected] www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org - Materials available Contact: Toni Eaton
Leukemia & Lymphoma Awareness Month - Leukemia & Lymphoma Society 1311 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 310 White Plains, NY 10605 (800) 955-4572 (914) 821-8888 (914) 821-3607 Fax www.lls.org - Materials available Contact: Information Resource Center
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month - Office of the Director, Consumer Affairs Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 1 Choke Cherry Road, 2nd Floor Rockville, MD 20857 (800) 662-HELP (662-4357) (240) 276-2750 (240) 276-2710 Fax [email protected] www.recoverymonth.gov Materials available Contact: Consumer Affairs
National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month - American Foundation for Women's Health P. O. Box 541 Greenwood, TX 76246-0541 (940) 466-9898 [email protected] www.stopafib.org - Materials available Contact: Mellanie True Hills
National Cholesterol 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 [email protected] hp2010.nhlbihin.net/cholmonth/ - Materials available Contact: Information Specialist
National Pediculosis Prevention Month/Head Lice Prevention Month - National Pediculosis Association, Inc. 1005 Boylston Street, #343 Newton, MA 02461 (617) 905-0176 (812) 434-6652 Fax [email protected] www.headlice.org - Materials available Contact: Deborah Altschuler
National Sickle Cell Month - Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc. 231 East Baltimore Street, Suite 800 Baltimore, MD 21202 (800) 421-8453 (410) 528-1495 [email protected] www.sicklecelldisease.org - Materials available.
National Yoga Awareness Month - Yoga Health Foundation P. O. Box 10072 Marina del Rey, CA 90295 (310) 928-6638 [email protected] www.yogamonth.org - Materials available Contact: Johannes R. Fisslinger
Newborn Screening Awareness Month - Save Babies Through Screening Foundation, Inc. P.O. Box 42197 Cincinnati, OH 45242 (888) 454-3383 www.savebabies.org/nbs_awareness_month.h tml - Materials available.
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month - National Ovarian Cancer Coalition 2501 Oak Lawn Avenue, Suite 435 Dallas, TX 75219 (888) OVARIAN (682-7426) (214) 273-4200 [email protected] www.ovarian.org - Materials available.
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month - ZERO - The Project to End Prostate Cancer 10 G Street NE, Suite 601 Washington, DC 20002 (888) 245-9455 (202) 463-9455 (571) 257-8559 [email protected] www.zerocancer.org - Materials available Contact: Linwood Norman
Whole Grains Month - Whole Grains Council 226 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02116 (617) 421-5500 (617) 421-5511 Fax [email protected] www.wholegrainscouncil.org/get-involved/ celebrate-whole-grains-month-in-septembe r - Materials available Contact: Cynthia Harriman
13 - National Celiac Disease Awareness Day - Celiac Sprue Association P.O. Box 31700 Omaha, NE 68131-0700 (877) 272-4272 (402) 643-4108 Fax [email protected] www.csaceliacs.org Materials available Contact: Mary Schluckebier
15 - National School Backpack Awareness Day - American Occupational Therapy Association 4720 Montgomery Lane P.O. Box 31220 Bethesda, MD 20824-1220 (301) 652-2682 (800) 377-8555 TDD (301) 652-7711 Fax [email protected] www.aota.org/Practitioners/Awareness/School- Backpack-Awareness.aspx - Materials available.
18 - 24 - National Farm Safety & Health Week - National Education Center for Agricultural Safety 10250 Sundown Road Peosta, IA 52068 (888) 844-6322 (563) 557-0354 (563) 557-0353 Fax [email protected] www.nsc.org/necas/ - Materials available Contact: Charlotte Halverson
18 - 24 - National Rehabilitation Awareness Celebration - National Rehabilitation Awareness Foundation 100 Abington Executive Park Clarks Summit, PA 18411 (800) 943-6723 (570) 341-4637 (570) 341-4331 Fax [email protected] www.nraf-rehabnet.org - Materials available Contact: James Brogna
18 - National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day - The AIDS Institute 2000 S Street NW, 3rd Floor Washington, DC 20009 (813) 258-5929 (202) 835-8373 (202) 835-8368 Fax [email protected] www.theaidsinstitute.org - Materials available Contact: Michelle Scavnicky
19 - Get Ready Day - American Public Health Association 800 I Street NW Washington, DC 20001-3710 (202) 777-2509 (202) 777-2500 TTY (202) 777-2532 Fax [email protected] www.aphagetready.org - Materials available Contact: Audrey Pernik
21 - World Alzheimer's Day - Alzheimer's Disease International 64 Great Suffolk Street London, SE1 OBL UNITED KINGDOM, +44 20 7981 0880 +44 20 7928 2357 Fax [email protected] www.alz.co.uk/adi/wad/ - Materials available.
23 - RAINN Day - Rape, Abuse & Incest - National Network (RAINN) 2000 L Street NW, Suite 406 Washington, DC 20036 (800) 656-HOPE (4673) [email protected] www.rainn.org/get-involved/college/rainn -day - Materials available Contact: Sara Amin
24 - Family Health & Fitness Day - USA Health Information Resource Center 1850 West Winchester Road, #213 Libertyville, IL 60048 (800) 828-8225 [email protected] www.fitnessday.com - Materials available Contact: Patricia Henze
27 - National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day - National Association of People with AIDS 8401 Colesville Road, Suite 505 Silver Spring, MD 20910 (866) 846-9366 (240) 247-0880 (240) 247-0574 Fax [email protected] www.napwa.org/ - Materials available Contact: Stephen Bailous
28 - National Women's Health & Fitness Day - Health Information Resource Center 1850 West Winchester Road, #213 Libertyville, IL 60048 (800) 828-8225 [email protected] www.fitnessday.com - Materials available Contact: Patricia Henze
28 - World Rabies Day - Global Alliance for Rabies Control 529 Humboldt Street, Suite 1 M8 anhattan, KS 66502 (570) 899-4885 www.worldrabiesday.org - Materials available.
30 - World Heart Day - World Heart Federation 7, rue des Battoirs, Case postale 155 1211 Geneva 4 SWITZERLAND, [email protected] www.worldheart.org - Materials available.
Awareness Dates for October
Black History Month (UK)
Computer Learning Month
Cook Book Month
Country Music Month
Disability Employment Awareness Month
Diversity Awareness Month
Diarrhea Awareness Month
Filipino American History Month
Family History Month
Gourmet Adventures Month
Hunger Awareness Month
Italian-American Heritage Month
LGBT History Month
Nonprofit Career Month
National Kitchen and Bath Month
National Bullying Prevention Month
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Car Care Month
National Caramel Month
National Book Month
National CyberSecurity Awareness Month
National Depression Education and Awareness Month
National Dessert Month
National Health Care Food Service Month
National AIDS Awareness Month
National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Month
National Pasta Month
National Pet Wellness Month
National Pickled Peppers Month
National Cookie Month
National Cosmetology Month
National Country Ham Month
National Crime Prevention Month
National Pizza Month
National Apple Month
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
National Applejack Month
National Popcorn Poppin' Month
National Pork Month
National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
National Pretzel Month
National Restaurant Hospitality Month
National Roller Skating Month
National Seafood Month
National Spinach-Lovers' Month
National Squirrel Awareness Month
National Stamp Collecting Month
National Sun Dried Tomato Month
National Toilet Tank Repair Month
National German Heritage Month (Celebrated from September 15 to October 15)
Polish American Heritage Month
Spina bifida awareness month
Vegetarian Awareness Month
Day - Week:
October 1 - International Day of Older Persons (Recognized by the UN)
October 1 - World Vegetarian Day
October 2 - International Day of Non-Violence (Recognized by the UN), observed on M.K. Gandhi's birthday
October 3 - World Smile Day
October 4 - World Animal Day
October 4 - eDay
October 5 - World Teachers' Day
October 5 - Poetry Day
Second Wednesday of October - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction (Recognized by the UN)
October 9 - World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
October 8 - World Humanitarian Action Day
October 8 - World Egg Day - 2nd Friday of October every year
October 9 - World Post Day (Recognized by the UN)
October 9 - Global Jamie Day (Recognized by the UN)
October 9 - Fire Prevention Week has been observed on the Sunday through Saturday period in which October 9 falls. Here are dates for future FPW campaigns: 2013: October 6-12 - 2014: October 5-11 - 2015: October 4-10.
October 10 - World Mental Health Day (Recognized by the UN)
October 10 - World Day Against Death Penalty, recognized by the WCADP
October 13 - International Suit Up Day
October 13 - Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day
October 14 - World Standards Day
October 15 - World Blind Day / World Sight Day
October 15 - International Day of Rural Women (Recognized by the UN)
October 15 - Global Handwashing Day
October 16 - National Boss Day (Boss's Day)
October 16 - World Food Day (Recognized by the UN)
October 17 - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (Recognized by the UN)
October 20 - International Day of the Air Traffic Controller
October 20 - World Statistics Day
October 22 - International Stuttering Awareness Day
October 24 - United Nations Day (Recognized by the UN)
October 24 - World Development Information Day (Recognized by the UN)
October 25 - Spina Bifida Awareness Day
October 25 - Hydrocephalus Day
October 27 - World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (Recognized by the UN)
October 29 - Sleep-In Day
October 25 - 31 - International Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week
First Monday of October - World Habitat Day (Recognized by the UN)
U.S. National Health Observances - October:
Eye Injury Prevention Month - American Academy of Ophthalmology P.O. Box 7424 San Francisco, CA 94120-7424 (415) 447-0213 (415) 561-8533 Fax [email protected] www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/injuries/in dex.cfm - Materials available Contact: Georgia Alward
Home Eye Safety Month - Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 (800) 331-2020 (312) 363-6001 (312) 363-6052 Fax [email protected] www.preventblindness.org - Materials available Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month - National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Board of Sponsors C1C-315 1800 Concord Pike Wilmington, DE 19850-5437 [email protected] www.nbcam.org - Materials available.
National Disability Employment Awareness Month - Office of Disability Employment Policy U.S. Department of Labor Frances Perkins Building, Room S-1303 200 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20210 (866) 633-7365 (202) 693-7880 (202) 693-7888 Fax (202) 693-7881 TTY www.dol.gov/odep Materials available Contact: Carol Dunlap
National Down Syndrome Awareness Month - National Down Syndrome Society 666 Broadway New York, NY 10012 (800) 221-4602 (212) 979-2873 Fax [email protected] www.ndss.org - Materials available Contact: Educational Services
National Medical Librarians Month - Medical Library Association 65 East Wacker Place, Suite 1900 Chicago, IL 60601 (312) 419-9094 x11 (312) 419-8950 Fax [email protected] www.mlanet.org/resources/nml-month/index .html - Materials available Contact: Tomi Gunn
National Physical Therapy Month - American Physical Therapy Association 1111 North Fairfax Street Alexandria, VA 22314-1488 (800) 999-2782 (703) 684-2782 x3248 (703) 706-8578 Fax [email protected] www.moveforwardpt.com - Materials available Contact: Public Relations Department
Stop America's Violence Everywhere - (SAVE) Today American Medical Association Alliance 515 North State Street, 9th Floor Chicago, IL 60654 (312) 464-4470 [email protected] www.amaalliance.org - Materials available.
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month - First Candle/SIDS Alliance 1314 Bedford Avenue, Suite 210 Baltimore, MD 21208 (800) 221-7437 (410) 653-8226 (410) 653-8709 Fax [email protected] www.firstcandle.org - Materials available.
Mental Illness Awareness Week - National Alliance on Mental Illness 3803 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 100 Arlington, VA 22203 (800) 950-6264 Helpline (703) 524-7600 (703) 524-9094 Fax [email protected] www.nami.org - Materials available.
Drive Safely Work Week - Network of Employers for Traffic Safety 344 Maple Avenue West, #357 Vienna, VA 22180 (888) 221-0045 (703) 273-6005 (703) 273-7122 Fax [email protected] www.trafficsafety.org - Materials available Contact: Liz Stevens
Child Health Day - Maternal and Child Health Bureau Health Resources and Services Administration U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Parklawn Building, Room 1805 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857 (301) 443-2170 (301) 443-1797 Fax www.mchb.hrsa.gov Contact: Cynthia Tibbs
5 - Walk to School Day - National Center for Safe Routes to School 730 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Suite 300 / Campus Box 3430 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3430 866-610-SRTS (610-7787) [email protected] www.walktoschool-usa.org/index.cfm - Materials available Contact: Susan Byszeski
6 - National Depression Screening Day - Screening for Mental Health, Inc. One Washington Street, Suite 304 Wellesley Hills, MA 02481 (781) 239-0071 (781) 431-7447 Fax [email protected] www.mentalhealthscreening.org/events/nat ional-depression-screening- day.aspx - Materials available.
10 - World Mental Health Day - World Federation for Mental Health 12940 Harbor Drive, Suite 101 Woodbridge, VA 22192-2930 (703) 494-6515 (703) 494-6518 Fax [email protected] www.wfmh.org/00worldmentalhealthday.htm - Materials available Contact: Deborah Maguire
12 - 20 - Bone and Joint Decade National Action Week - U.S. Bone and Joint Decade 6300 North River Road Rosemont, IL 60018 (847) 384-4010 (847) 384-4009 (847) 823-1822 Fax [email protected] www.usbjd.org - Materials available Contact: Toby King
15 - National Latino AIDS Awareness Day - Latino Commission on AIDS 24 W 25th Street, 9th Floor New York, NY 10010 (212) 584-9315 (212) 202-3620 Fax [email protected] www.nlaad.org/ - Materials available Contact: Melissa Faith Ramirez
16 - World Food Day - U.S. National Committee for World Food Day 2175 K Street NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20437 (202) 653-2404 (202) 653-5760 Fax www.worldfooddayusa.org - Materials available.
22 - International Stuttering Awareness Day - Stuttering Foundation of America 1805 Moriah Woods Boulevard, #3 P.O. Box 11749 Memphis, TN 38111-0749 (800) 992-9392 (800) 967-7700 (901) 761-0484 Fax [email protected] www.stutteringhelp.org - Materials available Contact: Jane Fraser
23 - 31 - Red Ribbon Week - National Family Partnership at Informed Families Education Center 2409 Coral Way, Suite 501 Miami, FL 33145 (800) 705-8997 (305) 856-4886 (305) 856-4815 Fax [email protected] www.nfp.org - Materials available Contact: Ileana Reyes
31 - November 6 - National Drug Facts Week - National Institute on Drug Abuse National Institutes of Health 6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 5213 Bethesda, MD 20892-9561 (301) 443-1124 [email protected] www.drugfactsweek.drugabuse.gov/ Materials available.
Awareness Dates for November
Aviation Month
COPD Awareness Month
Good Nutrition Month
Latin American Month
Movember
National American Indian & Alaska Native Heritage Month
National Adoption Awareness Month
National Epilepsy Month
National Peanut Butter Lover's Month
National Diabetes Awareness Month
National Red Ribbon Month (anti-drunkdriving)
National Stamp Collecting Month
National Georgia Pecan Month
National Pepper Month
National Raisin Bread Month
National Hospice Month
National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
National Novel Writing Month
National Prematurity Awareness Month
No Shave November (also Noshember)
Vegan Awareness Month
Day - Week:
November 1 - World Vegan Day
November 1 - Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Awareness Day - Recognized by the LGS Foundation, a national 501(c)3 organization, as the official awareness day for Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome.
November 6 - International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict (Recognized by the UN)
November 9 - World Freedom Day
November 10 - World Immunization Day
November 13 - World Kindness Day
November 14 - World Diabetes Day (Recognized by the UN)
November 16 - International Day for Tolerance (Recognized by the UN)
November 17 - International Students Day
November 19 - International Men's Day (Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Australia, India, United States, Singapore, Malta, United Kingdom, South Africa, Hungary, Ireland, Ghana, Canada, Denmark, Austria, England, France, Scotland, Pakistan, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis and Grenada)
November 19 - World Toilet Day
November 20 - Africa Industrialization Day (Recognized by the UN)
November 20 - Universal Children's Day (Recognized by the UN)
November 20 - Transgender Day of Remembrance
November 21 - World Hello Day
November 21 - World Television Day (Recognized by the UN)
November 25 - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (Recognized by the UN)
November 29 - International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (Recognized by the UN)
November 30 - Computer Security Day
Third Sunday of November - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (Recognized by the UN)
U.S. National Health Observances - November:
American Diabetes Month - American Diabetes Association 1701 North Beauregard Street Alexandria, VA 22311 (800) DIABETES (342-2383) (703) 549-1500 (703) 549-6995 Fax [email protected] www.diabetes.org - Materials available Contact: Local Chapters
COPD Awareness Month - American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004 (800) 548-8252 (202) 452-1805 Fax [email protected] www.lungusa.org/about-us/our-impact/top- stories/november-is-copd-awareness_1.htm l - Materials available.
Diabetic Eye Disease Month - Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 (800) 331-2020 (312) 363-6001 (312) 363-6052 Fax [email protected] www.preventblindness.org - Materials available Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
Foot Health Issues Related to Diabetes Awareness Month - American Podiatric Medical Association 9312 Old Georgetown Road Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 581-9200 (301) 530-2752 Fax www.apma.org - Materials available.
Lung Cancer Awareness Month - Lung Cancer Alliance 888 16th Street NW, Suite 150 Washington, DC 20006 (202) 463-2080 (202) 463-7497 Fax [email protected] www.lungcanceralliance.org - Materials available Contact: Kay Cofrancesco
National Family Caregivers Month - National Family Caregivers Association 10400 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 500 Kensington, MD 20895-3944 (800) 896-3650 (301) 942-2302 Fax [email protected] www.thefamilycaregiver.org - Materials available.
National Healthy Skin Month - American Academy of Dermatology 930 East Woodfield Road Schaumburg, IL 60173 (888) 462-DERM (462-3376) (847) 330-0230 (847) 330-8907 Fax [email protected] www.aad.org - Materials available Contact: Allison Sit
National Hospice Palliative Care Month - National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization 1731 King Street Alexandria, VA 22314 (800) 646-6460 (703) 837-1500 (703) 837-1233 Fax [email protected] www.nhpco.org - Materials available Contact: Jon Radulovic
National Stomach Cancer Awareness Month - No Stomach For Cancer, Inc. 9202 Waterside Drive, #203 Middleton, WI 53562 (608) 335-0241 [email protected] www.nostomachforcancer.org - Materials available Contact: Karen Chelcun-Schreiber
Prematurity Awareness Month - March of Dimes Foundation 1275 Mamaroneck Avenue White Plains, NY 10605 (914) 997-4488 (914) 997-4763 Fax [email protected] www.marchofdimes.com - Materials available Contact: Pregnancy and Newborn Health Education Center
Drowsy Driving Prevention Week - National Sleep Foundation 1522 K Street NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 347-3471 (202) 347-3472 Fax [email protected] drowsydriving.org/resources/drowsy-drivi ng-prevention-week-toolkit/ - Materials available Contact: Jennifer Cowher Williams
Get Smart About Antibiotics Week - Division of Bacterial Diseases National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS-C23 Atlanta, GA 30333 (800) CDC-INFO (232-4636) (404) 639-3636 (404) 639-3970 Fax [email protected] www.cdc.gov/getsmart Materials available Contact: Darcia Johnson
17 - Great American Smokeout - American Cancer Society 250 Williams Street NW Atlanta, GA 30303 (800) ACS-2345 (227-2345) acsf2f.com/gaso/ - Materials available Contact: National Office
17 - Prematurity Awareness Day - March of Dimes Foundation 1275 Mamaroneck Avenue White Plains, NY 10605 (914) 997-4488 (914) 997-4763 Fax [email protected] www.marchofdimes.com - Materials available Contact: Pregnancy and Newborn Health Education Center
19 - National Survivors of Suicide Day - American Foundation for Suicide Prevention 120 Wall Street, 22nd Floor New York, NY 10005 (212) 363-3500 x33 (212) 363-6237 [email protected] www.afsp.org - Materials available Contact: Rebecca Thorp
20 - 26 - Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Awareness Week - International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders P.O. Box 170864 Milwaukee, WI 53217-8076 (888) 964-2001 (414) 964-1799 (414) 964-7176 Fax [email protected] www.aboutgerd.org/site/about-gerd/gerd- awareness-week - Materials available Contact: Nancy Norton
Awareness Dates for December
AIDS Awareness Month
Constipation Awareness Month
Christmastache
Decembeard
International Calendar Awareness Month
National Labor Zionism Month
National Christmas Month
Noodle Ring Month
Pants Awareness Month
Read a New Book Month
Universal Human Rights Month
Wear Brown Shoes Month
Day - Week:
December 1 - World Aids Day (Recognized by the UN)
December 2 - International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (Recognized by the UN)
December 3 - International Day of Persons with Disabilities (Recognized by the UN)
December 5 - International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development (Recognized by the UN)
December 6 - National Day of Rememberance and Action on Violence Against Women - Status of Women Canada
December 7 - International Civil Aviation Day (Recognized by the UN)
December 9 - The International Day against Corruption (Recognized by the UN)
December 10 - Human Rights Day (Recognized by the UN)
December 11 - International Mountain Day (Recognized by the UN)
December 18 - International Migrants Day (Recognized by the UN)
December 20 - International Human Solidarity Day (Recognized by the UN)
December 25 - Christmas
U.S. National Health Observances - December:
Safe Toys and Gifts Month - Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 (800) 331-2020 (312) 363-6001 (312) 363-6052 Fax [email protected] www.preventblindness.org - Materials available Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
1 - World AIDS Day - World AIDS Campaign Van Diemenstraat 192 1013 CP Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS, +31 20 616 9045 [email protected] www.worldaidscampaign.org/en/ - Materials available.
4 - 10 - National Handwashing Awareness Week - Henry the Hand Foundation 11714 U.S. Route 42 Cincinnati, OH 45241 (513) 769-3660 [email protected] www.henrythehand.com - Materials available Contact: Dr. Will Sawyer.
Citation: Disabled World News (2011-04-30) - A List of US National or International awareness days weeks or months set by a major organization or government to commemorate a medical research or ethical cause of importance: http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/awareness/awareness-dates.php#ixzz2SdpGgMlQ
Alzheimer Awareness Month - Canada - Alzheimer Society
Awareness Month Awareness Month
Be On-Purpose Month, National
Bird-Feeding Months, National
California Dried Plum Digestive Health Month (California)
Celebration of Life Month
Creativity Month, International - by Randall Munson
Clean Up Your Computer Month, National
Crime Stoppers Month - Ontario - Canada
Constipation awareness month, National
Drag History Month, National (Established by Logo T.V. to celebrate the history and role of Drag Queens in the LGBT community.)
Financial Wellness Month
Get Organized Month
Glaucoma Awareness Month, National
Hot Tea Month, National
Mailorder Gardening Month, National - according to the Mailorder Gardening Association
Manuary - men grow facial hair
Meetings History Month, National
Mentoring Month, National (USA)
National Clown College Month
Oatmeal Month
Ontario March of Dimes Month - Canada
Poverty in America Awareness Month, National - according to the Catholic Campaign for Human Development
Radon Action Month, National - US Environmental Protection Agency
Self-Help Group Awareness Month - according to the Mental Health Clearinghouse
Skating Month, National - according to the U.S. Figure Skating Association
Volunteer Blood Donor Month, National
Day - Week:
January 1 - Global Family Day - formerly One Day of Peace and Sharing (Recognized by the UN)
January 1 - World Day of Peace - established by pope Paul VI in his letter dated on 8.12.1967
January 4 - World Braille Day - International
January 15 - World Religion Day
January 26 - International Customs Day
January 27 - Family Literacy Day - ABC Life Literacy Canada
January 27 - International Holocaust Remembrance Day (Recognized by the UN)
January 28 - Data Protection Day - recognized by the Council of Europe
January 28 - Potato Day
3rd Wk - National Non-Smoking Week - Canada - Canadian Council on Smoking and Health
3rd Wed - Weedless Wednesday - Canada - Canadian Council on Smoking and Health
U.S. National Health Observances - January:
Cervical Health Awareness Month - National Cervical Cancer Coalition (NCCC), 6520 Platt Avenue, #693, West Hills, CA 91307-3218, (818) 992-4242 - [email protected] - www.nccc-online.org/awareness.html - Materials available, Contact: Rachel Biety.
National Birth Defects Prevention Month - National Birth Defects Prevention Network, 14781 Memorial Drive, #1561, Houston, TX 77079 - [email protected] - www.nbdpn.org - Materials available.
National Glaucoma Awareness Month - Prevent Blindness America, 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700, Chicago, IL 60606, (800) 331-2020, (312) 363-6001, (312) 363-6052 Fax, [email protected] - preventblindness.org/news/observe.html - Materials available, Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline.
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.
Thyroid Awareness Month - American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists - 245 Riverside Avenue, Suite 200, Jacksonville, FL 32202, (904) 353-7878 x147, (904) 404-4207 Fax, [email protected], www.aace.com, Materials available, Contact: Casey Jones.
January 2nd - 8th - 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, [email protected], www.folicacidinfo.org, Materials available.
Awareness Dates for February
American History Month
Bake for Family Fun Month
Black History Month (USA)
Berry Fresh in the Sunshine State Month
Canadian History Month
Chocolate Lover's Month
Creative Romance Month
Great American Pies Month
Heart & Stroke Month - National - Heart and Stroke Foundation
Human Relations Month
International Mother Language Day Month
I Love to Read Month, Manitoba - Canada - Manitoba Reading Association
Junior Achievement Month - Junior Achievement Canada
North Carolina Sweet Potato Month
National Grapefruit Month
National Cherry Month
National Bird Feeding Month
National Pudding-Snack Month
National Sweet Potato Month
National Boost-Your-Self-Esteem Month
National Canned Food Month
National Hot Breakfast Month
National Snack Food Month
Return Shopping Carts to the Supermarket Month
Typewriter Appreciation Month
Day - Week:
February 2 - Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day
February 4 - World Cancer Day
February 4 - World Cancer Day; International - International Union Against Cancer
February 6 - International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
February 8 - Safer Internet Day; International; Safer Internet Day
February 11 - World Day of the Sick, an observance day instituted by pope John Paul II
February 12 - Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Day - Canadian Federation for Sexual Health
February 12 - International Day of Women's Health - Canadian Foundation for Women's Health
February 14 - Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day - Canada - Children's Heart Society
February 15 - International Childhood Cancer Day - Interational - Childhood Cancer Foundation
February 15 - National Flag of Canada Day - Heritage Canada
February 16 - Family Day; AB,ON,SK; Ministry of Labour
February 17 - Heritage Day - Heritage Canada
February 20 - World Day of Social Justice (Recognized by the UN)
February 21 - International Mother Language Day (Recognized by the UN)
February 22 - International Scouts Day
February 22 - Thinking Day - Scouts Canada and Girl Guides of Canada
February 22 - World Thinking Day
February 22 - Work Your Proper Hours Day
February 28 - International Pashtun Jirga Day
1st Wk - Eating Disorder Awareness Week; National; National Eating Disorder Information Centre
1st Wk - International Development Week; National; CIDA
1st Wk - National Therapeutic Recreation Week; National; Canadian Therapeutic Recreation Association
1st Wk - White Cane Week; National; Canadian Council of the Blind
2nd Wk - World Orphan Week; International; SOS Children's Villages Canada
3rd Wk - Scout-Guide Week; National; Scouts Canada and Girl Guides of Canada
3rd Wk - Brotherhood/Sisterhood Week; National; Canadian Council of Christians & Jews
4th Wk - Freedom to Read Week - Canada - Book and Periodical Council
Last Wed - Pink Shirt Day (Anti-bullying) - Canada - Pink Shirt Day
U.S. National Health Observances - February:
AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month - Prevent Blindness America - 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700, Chicago, IL 60606, (800) 331-2020, (312) 363-6001, (312) 363-6052 Fax, [email protected], www.preventblindness.org, Materials available, Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline.
American Heart Month - American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231, (800) 242-8721, www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4441, Materials available.
International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month - Group B Strep International - 11 El Dorado Court, Pomona, CA 91766, (909) 620-7214, (909) 620-5557 Fax, [email protected], www.groupbstrepinternational.org, Materials available, Contact: Marti Perhach
National Children’s Dental Health Month - American Dental Association, 211 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611-2637, (800) 621-8099, [email protected], www.ada.org/2714.aspx, Materials available.
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, [email protected], www.aipm.net/wise, Materials available, Contact: Hope Irwin
Give Kids A Smile Day - American Dental Association - 211 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611-2637, (800) 621-8099, [email protected], givekidsasmile.ada.org, Materials available.
4th - 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, [email protected], www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/hearttruth, Materials available, Contact: Information Specialist
7th - 14th - 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, (609) 822-1574 Fax, [email protected], tchin.org/aware, Materials available, Contact: Mona Barmash.
13th - 19th - 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, [email protected], www.nacoa.org, Materials available, Contact: Gail Jordan.
14th - 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, [email protected], www.organdonor.gov/get_involved/national, donorday.htm, Materials available, Contact: Division of Transplantation Staff.
Awareness Dates for March
American Red Cross Month
Black Hole Awareness Month
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month - Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada
DVT(Deep Vein Thrombosis) Prevention Awareness Month
Developmental Disabilities Month
Epilepsy Month - Epilepsy Canada
Easter Seals Month - Ontario - Easter Seals Society
Fraud Prevention Month - Ontario Securities Commission
Foot Health Month
Greek-American Heritage Month
Help Fight Liver Disease Month - Canadian Liver Foundation
Irish American History Month
Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month - Canada - The Arthritis Society
Kidney Month - Kidney Foundation of Canada
Music in Our Schools Month
Manly Month of March
Moustache March
National Self-Injury Awareness Month
National Peanut Month
National Frozen Food Month
National Text your Neighbor Month
National Social Workers Month
National Color Therapy Month
National Caffeine Awareness Month
National Flour Month
National Sauce Month
National Noodle Month
National Nutrition Month - Dietitians of Canada
Polio Awareness Month - Polio Canada
Red Cross Month - Canadian Red Cross
Spanish Vocab Builder Month
Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, National
Women's History Month
Youth Science Festival Month - Youth Science Foundation Canada
Youth Art Month
Day - Week:
March 1 - Pig Day
March 1 - Self-Injury Awareness Day
March 8 - United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace (Recognized by the UN)
March 8 - International Women's Day (Recognized by the UN)
March 12 - World Glaucoma Day
March 14 - International Day of Action for Rivers
March 14 - Pi Day
March 15 - World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film
March 15 - World Consumer Rights Day
March 20 - International Day of the Francophonie
March 20 - World Day of Theatre for Children and Young People
March 20 - World House Sparrow Day
March 21 - World Down Syndrome Day
March 21 - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - UN
March 21 - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Recognized by the UN)
March 21 - World Poetry Day (Recognized by the UN)ESCO (Masood)
March 22 - World Day for Water (Recognized by the UN)
March 23 - World Meteorological Day (Recognized by the UN)
March 24 - International Day for Achievers, World Tuberculosis Day (Recognized by the UN)
March 25 - International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (Recognized by the UN)
March 26 - Purple Day for Epilepsy
March 27 - World Theatre Day
1st Wk - Pharmacy Awareness Week - Canadian Pharmacists Association
1st Wk - Lymphedema Awareness Week - BC Lymphedema Association
1st Wk - World Glaucoma Awareness Week - World Glaucoma Week
2nd Wk - Canadian Agricultural Safety Week - Canadian Federation of Agriculture
2nd Wk - National Social Work Week - Canadian Association of Social Workers
3rd Wk - Crisis Line Awareness Week - BC Crisis Line Association
3rd Wk - National Francophonie Week - Association canadienne d'education de la langue francaise (ACELF)
28 - April 4 - Consumer Awareness Week - Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services
U.S. National Health Observances - March:
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month - Prevent Cancer Foundation 1600 Duke Street, Suite 500 Alexandria, VA 22314 (800) 227-2732 (703) 886-4413 Fax [email protected] www.preventcancer.org/colorectal - Materials available Contact: Suzette Smith
National Endometriosis Awareness Month - Endometriosis Research Center World Headquarters 630 Ibis Drive Delray Beach, FL 34444 (800) 239-7280 (561) 274-0931 Fax [email protected] www.endocenter.org - Materials available.
National Nutrition Month - American Dietetic Association 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000 Chicago, IL 60606-6995 [email protected] www.eatright.org/nnm - Materials available Contact: Knowledge Center
Save Your Vision Month - American Optometric Association 243 North Lindbergh Boulevard, First Floor St. Louis, MO 63141 (314) 991-4100 (314) 991-4101 Fax [email protected] www.aoa.org/x5072.xml - Materials available Contact: Cathy Bryson
Trisomy Awareness Month - Support Organization for Trisomy 18, 13 & Related Disorders 2982 South Union Street Rochester, NY 14624-1926 (800) 716-SOFT -7638 (585) 594-4621 (585) 594-1957 Fax [email protected] http://www.trisomy.org - Materials available Contact: Barb Vanherreweghe
Workplace Eye Wellness Month - Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 (800) 331-2020 (312) 363-6001 (312) 363-6052 Fax [email protected] www.preventblindness.org - Materials available Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
6 - 12 Patient Safety Awareness Week - National Patient Safety Foundation 268 Summer Street, 6th Floor Boston, MA 02114 (617) 391-9900 (617) 391-9999 Fax [email protected] www.npsf.org/hp/psaw/ - Materials available Contact: Sara Reardon
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 [email protected] www.sleepfoundation.org/event/national-s leep-awareness-week%C2%AE - Materials available Contact: Jennifer Cowher Williams
7 - 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 [email protected] 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 (202) 205-3954 (202) 401-4005 Fax www.womenshealth.gov/nwghaad/ Materials available Contact: Monique Claggett-Davis
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 [email protected] www.kidney.org/news/wkd/index.cfm - Materials available.
14 - 20 Brain Awareness Week - Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives 745 Fifth Avenue, Suite 900 New York, NY 10151 (212) 401-1689 (212) 593-7623 Fax [email protected] www.dana.org/brainweek - Materials available Contact: Kathleen Roina
20 - 26 National Poison Prevention Week - Poison Prevention Week Council P.O. Box 1543 Washington, DC 20013 (703) 894-1858 (703) 683-2812 Fax [email protected] www.poisonprevention.org/poison.htm - Materials available Contact: Holly Wells
20 National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day - National Native American AIDS Prevention Center 720 South Colorado Blvd., Suite 650-S Denver, CO 80246 (720) 382-2244 (720) 382-2248 Fax www.nnaapc.org/news/awareness-day.htm - Materials available.
21 - 27 World Salt Awareness Week - World Action on Salt & Health Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ ,020-7882-5941 [email protected] www.worldactiononsalt.com - Materials available.
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 [email protected] www.stoptb.org/events/world_tb_day - Materials available.
25 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 [email protected] www.diabetes.org/communityprograms-and- localevents/americandiabetesalert.jsp - Materials available Contact: Local Chapters
27 - April 2 - National Tsunami Awareness 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) 713-1677 x124 [email protected] www.tsunami.gov Materials available Contact: Deborah Jones
Awareness Dates for April
Alcohol Awareness Month
American Cancer Society Month
Community Service Month
Daffodil Month; National; Canadian Cancer Society
Earth Month
Fresh Florida Tomato Month
Hmong History Month
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month; National; Canadian Society of Intestinal Research
Jazz Appreciation Month
Mathematics Awareness Month
National Garden Month
National Narz Awareness Month
National Food Month
National Pecan Month
National Oral Health Month; National; Canadian Dental Association
National 30-hour Famine; National; World Vision Canada
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
National Financial Literacy Month
National Poetry Month
National Soyfoods Month
Parkinson Awareness Month; National; Parkinson Society Canada
Poetry Month; National; League of Canadian Poets
Pets are Wonderful Month
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month
Records Management Month; National; Association of Records Management Professionals (ARMA)
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Stress Awareness Month
Volunteer Appreciation Month
Day - Week:
April 1 - Youth Homelessness Matters Day
April 2 - World Autism Awareness Day (Recognized by the UN)
April 4 - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action (Recognized by the UN)
April 7 - World Health Day (Recognized by the UN)
April 7 - International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda (Recognized by the UN)
April 8 - International Day of the Roma
April 8 - National Gifted Education Awareness Day in Ireland
April 12 - International Day of Human Space Flight - an official United Nations day
April 12 - International Day for Street Children
April 14 - Cultural Unity Day, recognized by India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh and Nepal.
April 14 - National Law Day; National; Canadian Bar Association
April 16 - World Entrepreneurship Day (WED) site
April 17 - World Hemophilia Day (Recognized by the UN)
April 17 - International Hemophilia Day; International; Canadian Hemophilia Society
April 17 - Zoo Awareness Day
April 19 - Bicycle Day
April 21 - World Creativity and Innovation Day. Celebrations begin April 15 - Leonardo da Vinci's Birthday
April 22 - Earth Day
April 23 - World Book and Copyright Day (Recognized by the UN)
April 24 - World Day for Laboratory Animals (Recognized by the UN)
April 25 - Parental Alienation Awareness Day
April 25 - Penguin Day
April 25 - World Meningitis Day; International; Meningitis Research Foundation of Canada
April 25 - World Malaria Day, recognized by the WHO
April 26 - World Intellectual Property Day (Recognized by the UN)
April 28 - International Workers' Memorial Day
April 29 - International Make-A-Wish Day; International; Make-A-Wish Foundation of Canada
April 29 - International Dance Day
13 - 19 National Dental Hygiene Week; National; Canadian Dental Hygienists Association
13 - 19 National Victims of Crime Awareness Week; National; Justice Canada
20 - 26 - Arts and Culture Week; British Columnia; British Columbia Arts Council
20- 27 - National Organ Donor Awareness Week; National; Canadian Association of Transplantation
25 - 27 - Global Youth Service Days; International; Volunteer Canada
2nd Wk - National Wildlife Week; National; Candian Wildlife Federation
2nd Wk - Ontario Coaches Week; Regional; Coaches Association of Ontario
2nd Wk - World Homeopathy Awareness Week; International; World Homeopathy Awareness Week
3rd Wk - National Medical Laboratory Week; National; Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science (CSMLS)
3rd Wk - National Soil Conservation Week; National; Soil Conservation Council of Canada
3rd Wk - National Volunteer Week; National; Volunteer Canada
3rd Wk - Screen-Free Week; International; Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood
U.S. National Health Observances - April:
Alcohol Awareness Month - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration P.O. Box 2345 Rockville, MD 20847-2345 (877) 726-4727 English/Spanish (240) 221-4292 Fax [email protected] www.samhsa.gov Materials available.
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 [email protected] www.aboutibs.org/site/about-ibs/april-ib s-awareness-month - Materials available Contact: Nancy Norton
National Autism Awareness Month - The Autism Society 4340 East West Highway, Suite 350 Bethesda, MD 20814-3067 (800) 3–AUTISM (328-8476) (301) 657-0881 (301) 657-0869 Fax [email protected] www.autism-society.org/about-us/national -autism-awareness-month/ Materials available Contact: Jennifer Repella
National Distracted Driving Awareness Month - Focus Driven P. O. Box 7001 River Forest, IL 60305 (603) 775-2405 [email protected] www.focusdriven.org/index.aspx - Materials available.
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 [email protected] www.organdonor.gov/get_involved/donateli femonth.htm Materials available Contact: Division of Transplantation Staff
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 [email protected] www.aaoms.org - Materials available Contact: AAOMS Communications
National Minority Health 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 [email protected] minorityhealth.hhs.gov/ Materials available.
Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month - Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) 2000 L Street NW, Suite 406 Washington, DC 20036 (800) 656-4673 [email protected] www.rainn.org - Materials available.
Sports Eye Safety Month - American Academy of Ophthalmology P.O. Box 7424 San Francisco, CA 94120-7424 (415) 447-0213 (415) 561-8533 Fax [email protected] www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/injuries/in dex.cfm - Materials available Contact: Georgia Alward
Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month - Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 (800) 331-2020 (312) 363-6001 (312) 363-6052 Fax [email protected] www.preventblindness.org - Materials available Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
National Public Health Week - American Public Health Association 800 I Street NW Washington, DC 20001-3710 (202) 777-2425 (202) 777-2500 TTY (202) 777-2532 Fax [email protected] www.nphw.org - Materials available Contact: Cintya Renderos
7 - 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 [email protected] www.mentalhealthscreening.org/events/nat ional-alcohol-screening-day.aspx Materials available.
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.
23 - 30 - 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 [email protected] www.cdc.gov/vaccines/events/niiw/default.htm Materials available Contact: Michelle Basket
24 - 30 - National Infertility Awareness Week - RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association 1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500 McLean, VA 22102 (703) 556-7172 (703) 506-3266 Fax www.resolve.org - Materials available Contact: Rebecca Flick
24 - World Meningitis Day - Confederation of Meningitis Organization Meningitis Centre Telethon Institite for Child Health Research P.O. Box 866 West Perth AUSTRALIA, 6872 (262) 391-0327 (262) 363-3882 Fax [email protected] www.comoonlilne.org/wmd.html - Materials available Contact: Linda Gibbs
Awareness Dates for May
Arthritis Month
Allergy/Asthma Awareness Month
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Better Sleep Month
Better Speech and Hearing Month
Cystic fibrosis Awareness Month AUSTRALIA & USA Leelee
Celiac Awareness Month
Correct Posture Month
Fibromyalgia Awareness
Foot Health Month
Haitian Heritage Month
Indian Heritage Month (observed in Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and most Caribbean island-nations)
Jewish American Heritage Month
Labor History Month
Lyme Disease Awareness Month
Mental Health Month
Military Appreciation Month
Month of Man
National Mobility Awareness Month - Annual celebration encouraging people with disabilities to enjoy active, mobile lifestyles - www.mobilityawarenessmonth.com
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
National High Blood Pressure Month
National Don't Eat Cheese Before Noon Month
National Hamburger Month
National Foster Care Month
National Barbecue Month
National Bike Month
National Zombie Awareness Month
National Mine Month
National Egg Month
National Morrissey History Month
National Pet Month
National Salad Month
National Artisan Gelato Month
National Asparagus Month
National Good Car Keeping Month
National Strawberry Month
National Chocolate Custard Month
National Clean Energy Month
National Salsa Month
National Share A Story month
Older Americans Month
Science Month (US EPA)
South Asian Heritage Month
Uranus Awareness Month
Day - Week:
May 1 - World Naturist Day
May 1 - May Day - Labour Day
May 2 - International Astronomy Day
May 3 - World Press Freedom Day (Recognized by the UN)
May 4 - International Firefighters' Day, Star Wars Day
May 5 - International Midwives Day
May 6 - International Awareness Day for Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Brittle Bones)
May 7 - Rabindranath Tagore's Anniversary Day
May 7 - Bladder Cancer Awareness Day
May 8 - World Red Cross & Red Crescent Day
May 8 - May 9 - Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War (Recognized by the UN)
May 10 - World Lupus Day
May 12 - International Nurses Day
May 15 - International Day of Families (Recognized by the UN)
May 17 - World Information Society Day (Recognized by the UN)
May 17 - Vesak Day Birth of Siddhartha ,Buddhism found and Death of Siddhartha Gautama Buddha
May 17 - Vesak Day 2600 Sri Sambuddha Jayanthiya found of Buddhism
May 18 - International AIDS Vaccine Day
May 18 - International AIDS Candlelight Memorial
May 18 - International Museum Day
May 19 - World Hepatitis Day
May 20 - World Autoimmune Arthritis Day, sponsored by the International Autoimmune Arthritis Movement
May 21 - World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development (Recognized by the UN)
May 22 - International Day for Biological Diversity (Recognized by the UN)
May 25 - Towel day Tribute to Author Douglas Adams
May 23 - World Turtle Day
May 29 - International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers (Recognized by the UN)
May 29 - Redhead Day in Walibi Belgium
May 31 - World No Tobacco Day (Recognized by the UN)
1st Tuesday of May - World Asthma Day
1st Thursday in May - National Day of Prayer
2nd Saturday of May - World Fair Trade Day
2nd Sunday of May - International Mothers' Day
U.S. National Health Observances - May:
Arthritis Awareness Month - Arthritis Foundation 1330 West Peachtree Street, Suite 100 Atlanta, GA 30309 (800) 283-7800 (404) 872-0457 Fax [email protected] www.arthritis.org - Materials available Contact: Carol Galbreath
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 [email protected] www.asha.org/bhsm/ - Materials available.
Employee Health and Fitness Month - National Association for Health and Fitness 65 Niagara Square, Room 607 Buffalo, NY 14202 (716) 583-0521 (716) 851-4052 (716) 851-4309 Fax [email protected] physicalfitness.org/nehf.html - Materials available Contact: Philip Haberstro
Healthy Vision Month - National Eye Institute National Institutes of Health 9 Memorial Drive, Building 9, Room B1E04 Bethesda, MD 20892-0900 (301) 496-5248 (301) 402-1065 Fax www.healthyvision2010.nei.nih.gov/hvm Materials available Contact: Linda Huss
Hepatitis Awareness Month - Hepatitis Foundation International 504 Blick Drive Silver Spring, MD 20904-2901 (800) 891-0707 (301) 622-4200 (301) 622-4702 Fax [email protected] www.hepatitisfoundation.org - Materials available Contact: Thelma King Thiel
Lupus Awareness Month - Lupus Foundation of America, Inc. 2000 L Street NW, Suite 710 Washington, DC 20036 (888) 385-8787 (202) 349-1156 Fax [email protected] www.lupus.org/newsite/pages/lupus-awaren ess-month.html - Materials available Contact: Duane Peters
Mediterranean Diet Month - Oldways and the Mediterranean Foods Alliance 266 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02116 (617) 421-5500 (617) 421-5511 Fax [email protected] www.mediterraneanmark.org/Resources.htm - Materials available Contact: Erika Ross
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 [email protected] www.melanomamonday.org - Materials available Contact: Kara McFarland
Mental Health Month - Mental Health America 2000 North Beauregard Street, 6th Floor Alexandria, VA 22311 (800) 969-6642 (703) 684-5968 Fax [email protected] www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/may - Materials available Contact: Raymond Bridge
National Celiac Disease Awareness Month - American Celiac Disease Alliance 2504 Duxbury Place Alexandria, VA 22308 (703) 622-3331 [email protected] www.capwiz.com/celiac/home - Materials available Contact: Andrea Levario
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 [email protected] www.nhlbi.nih.gov/new/press/mayhbpmo.htm Materials available, Contact: Information Specialist
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) 223-2237 Fax [email protected] www.nof.org - Materials available Contact: Jill Ryan
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month - President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports 1101 Wootton Parkway, #560 Rockville, MD 20852 (240) 276-9567 (240) 276-9860 Fax [email protected] www.fitness.gov Materials available.
National Toxic Encephalopathy and Chemical Injury Awareness Month - National Toxic Encephalopathy Foundation P.O. Box 29194 Las Vegas, NV 89126 [email protected] www.ntef-usa.org - Materials available Contact: Angel De Fazio
Older Americans Month - U.S. Administration on Aging 1 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20001 (202) 619-0724 (202) 357-3555 [email protected] www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/Press_Room/Observanc es/2011/Older_Americans.aspx Materials available Contact: Carol Crecy
Ultraviolet Awareness Month - Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 (800) 331-2020 (312) 363-6001 (312) 363-6052 Fax [email protected] www.preventblindness.org - Materials available Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
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 [email protected] www.ffcmh.org/2011/02/3762/ - Materials available Contact: Sandra A. Spencer
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) 768-3413 (847) 296-3769 Fax [email protected], www.asse.org/newsroom/naosh09/events.php - Materials available Contact: Diane Hurns or Joanna Climer
2 - 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 [email protected] www.aad.org - Materials available Contact: Kara McFarland
7 - 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 [email protected] www.cdlsusa.org - Materials available Contact: Marie Malloy
8 - 14 - 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 [email protected] www.foodallergy.org/section/food-allergy -awareness-week1 - Materials available Contact: Jennifer Roeder
8 - 14 - 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 [email protected] www.ncadd.org - Materials available Contact: President
8 - 14 - National Women's Health Week - Office on Women's Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue SW, Room 712E Washington, DC 20201 (202) 205-1952 (202) 690-7172 Fax www.womenshealth.gov/whw Materials available Contact: Retta Terry
9 - 15 - National Stuttering Awareness Week - Stuttering Foundation of America 1805 Meriah Woods Boulevard, #3 P.O. Box 11749 Memphis, TN 38111-0749 (800) 992-9392 (800) 967-7700 (901) 761-0484 Fax [email protected] www.stutteringhelp.org - Materials available Contact: Jane Fraser
9 - 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) 205-1952 (202) 690-7172 Fax www.womenshealth.gov/whw Materials available Contact: Retta Terry
18 - HIV Vaccine Awareness Day - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Division of AIDS Vaccine Research Program 6700-B Rockledge Drive, Room 4139 Bethesda, MD 20892 (301) 435-3732 (301) 402-1505 Fax [email protected], www.niaid.nih.gov/news/events/hvad/Pages /default.aspx 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) 292-3420 (415) 292-3404 Fax [email protected] www.banyantreeproject.org - Materials available Contact: Sapna Mysoor
19 - World Hepatitis Day - National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable, [email protected] www.nvhr.org - Materials available
22 - 28 - National Hurricane Awareness 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) 713-1677 x124 [email protected] www.nhc.noaa.gov Materials available Contact: Deborah Jones
23 - 29 - Recreational Water Illness and Injury Prevention Week - Waterborne Disease Prevention Branch Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious 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 [email protected] www.cdc.gov/healthywater/swimming/rwi/rw i-prevention-week/ Materials available Contact: Michele Hlavsa
25 - National Senior Health & Fitness Day - Mature Market Resource Center 1850 West Winchester Road, #213 Libertyville, IL 60048 (800) 828-8225 [email protected] www.fitnessday.com - Materials available Contact: Gary W. Ford
27 - Heat Safety Awareness Day - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services 1325 East West Highway, Room 13160 Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301) 713-1867 x135 [email protected] www.weather.gov/om/heat/index.shtml Materials available Contact: Jannie G. Ferrell
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.
Awareness Dates for June
Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome (APS) Awareness Month
Audiobook Month
Caribbean American Heritage Month
Gay Pride Month
ID-A International Day of Advertising
Lesbian Gay Bi-Sexual Transgender Month
National Flag Month
National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month
National Damon Appreciation Month
National Dairy Month
National Iced Tea Month
National Papaya Month? (or September)
National Candy Month
National Hunger Awareness Month
National Seafood Month
National Soul Food Month
National Rose Month
Turkey Lover's Month
Day - Week:
June 1 - International Children's Day
June 4 - International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression (Recognized by the UN)
June 5 - World Environment Day (Recognized by the UN)
June 6 - Hunger Day
June 8 - World Brain Tumour Day
June 8 - World Ocean Day
June 10 - Ballpoint Pen Day
June 12 - World Day Against Child Labour
June 14 - World Blood Donor Day (Recognized by the UN)
June 17 - World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (Recognized by the UN)
June 17 - Badger Day
June 17 - Panic Day
June 19 - World Sickle Cell Day, by UN Resolution
June 20 - World Refugee Day (Recognized by the UN)
June 21 - World Music Day
June 23 - United Nations Public Service Day (Recognized by the UN)
June 26 - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (Recognized by the UN)
June 26 - International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (Recognized by the UN)
June 27 - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day
3rd Sunday of June - International Fathers' Day
Father's Day - Belgium & Austria - second Sunday in June
Father's Day - Netherlands - third Sunday in June
U.S. National Health Observances - June:
1 - July 4 - Fireworks Safety Month - Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 (800) 331-2020 (312) 363-6001 (312) 363-6052 Fax [email protected] www.preventblindness.org - Materials available Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
1 - 30 - Cataract Awareness Month - Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 (800) 331-2020 (312) 363-6001 (312) 363-6052 Fax [email protected] 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 [email protected] www.homesafetycouncil.org/AboutUs/HSM/au _hsm_w001.asp - Materials available Contact: Angela D. Mickalide
1 - 30 - Men's Health Month - Men's Health Network P.O. Box 75972 Washington, DC 20013 (202) 543-6461 x101 (202) 543-2727 Fax [email protected] www.menshealthmonth.org - Materials available Contact: Theresa Morrow
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 [email protected] www.aphasia.org - Materials available Contact: Ellayne Ganzfried
1 - 30 - National Congenital Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month - Stop CMV - The CMV Action Network P. O. Box 62214 Sunnyvale, CA 94088-2214 (209) 712-9929 [email protected] 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 [email protected] www.scleroderma.org - Materials available Contact: National Office or Local Chapters
5 - 11 - National Rip Current Awareness 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) 713-1677 x124 [email protected] www.ripcurrents.noaa.gov Materials available Contact: Deborah Jones
5 - National Cancer Survivors Day - National Cancer Survivors Day Foundation P.O. Box 682285 Franklin, TN 37068 (615) 794-3006 (615) 794-0179 Fax [email protected] www.ncsd.org - Materials available.
13 - 19 - Men's Health Week - Men’s Health Network P.O. Box 75972 Washington, DC 20013 (202) 543-6461 x101 (202) 543-2727 Fax [email protected] www.menshealthmonth.org/week/ - Materials available Contact: Theresa Morrow
19 - World Sickle Cell Day - African American Blood Drive and Bone Marrow Registry for Sickle Cell Disease Awareness P.O. Box 1275 Inglewood, CA 90308-1275 (323) 750-1087 [email protected] aablooddriveandmarrowregistry4sicklecellawareness.webs.com/worldsicklecellday.htm - Materials available Contact: Nita Thompson
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 [email protected] www.napwa.org - Materials available.
Awareness Dates for July
Billy Mays Memorial Month
Lasagna Awareness Month
National Baked Beans Month
National Blueberries Month
National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month (NCCAPM)
National Ice Cream Month
National Culinary Arts Month
National Hot Dog Month
National Picnic Month
National Pickle Month
National Vehicle Theft Protection Month
National Banana Month
National Tickling Month
National Hat Month
National Awareness Month
Recreation and Parks Month
Day - Week:
July 1 - Doctor's Day,Bidhan Chandra Roy Birth Day
1st Saturday of July - International Day of Cooperatives (Recognized by the UN)
July 7 - International Cooperative Day
July 8 - Writer's Day
July 11 - World Population Day (Recognized by the UN)
July 18 - Mandela Day (Recognized by the UN)
July 16 - Disability (ADA) Awareness Day
July 28 - World Hepatitis Day
July 31 - Orgasm Day
Last Friday of July - System Administrator Appreciation Day
U.S. National Health Observances - July:
Cord Blood Awareness Month - Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation 23110 Georgia Avenue Brookeville, MD 20833 (301) 774-4915 [email protected] www.parentsguidecordblood.org - Materials available Contact: Dr. Frances Verter
International Group B Strep Awareness Month - Group B Strep International 11 El Dorado Court Pomona, CA 91766 (909) 620-7214 (909) 620-5557 Fax [email protected] www.groupbstrepinternational.org - Materials available Contact: Marti Perhach
Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month - Arthritis Foundation 1330 West Peachtree Street, Suite 100 Atlanta, GA 30309 (800) 283-7800 (404) 872-0457 Fax [email protected] www.arthritis.org/ja-alliance-main.php - Materials available Contact: Carol Galbreath
UV Safety Month - American Academy of Ophthalmology P.O. Box 7424 San Francisco, CA 94120-7424 (415) 447-0213 (415) 561-8533 Fax [email protected] www.aao.org/aaoesite/eyemd/uv.cfm - Contact: Georgia Alward
Awareness Dates for August
Audio Appreciation Month
Black Business Month
Catfish Month, National
Cataract Awareness Month
Children's Eye Health and Safety Month
Children’s Vision and Learning Month
Don't be a Bully Month
Dirty Harry month, National
Dragon appreciation month
Get Ready for Kindergarten Month
Happiness Happens Month
Immunization Awareness Month, Natl
Inventors' Month, Natl
Neurosurgery Outreach Month
Never Leave a Child Unattended in a Car, Purple Ribbon Month
Panini Month, National
Peach Month
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
Studious Behavior Awareness Month
Water Quality Month, National
What Will Be Your Legacy Month
Win with Civility Month, Natl
Day - Week:
August 1 - Clergy Sexual Abuse Awareness Day US & International
August 9 - International Day of the World's Indigenous People (Recognized by the UN)
August 9 - National Women's Day in South Africa
August 9 - World Gifted & Talented Awarness Day
August 12 - International Youth Day (Recognized by the UN)
August 13 - International Lefthanders Day
August 16-Black day
August 19 - World Humanitarian Day
August 23 - International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition (Recognized by the UN)
U.S. National Health Observances - August:
Children's Eye Health and Safety Month - Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 (800) 331-2020 (312) 363-6001 (312) 363-6052 Fax [email protected] www.preventblindness.org - Materials available Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
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.
World Breastfeeding Week - World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action P. O. Box 4097 Schaumburg, IL 60168-4079 (847) 519-7730 (847) 969-0460 Fax [email protected] www.worldbreastfeedingweek.org - Materials available
Awareness Dates for September
National Hydrocephalus Awareness Month
All American Breakfast Month
Better Breakfast Month
Emergency Care Month
Hug a Texas Chef Month
Mom & Apple Pie Month
National Preparedness Month
National Hispanic Month
National Courtesy Month
National Hispanic Heritage Month: Celebrated from September 15 to October 15
National Bourbon Heritage Month
National Children Cancer Awareness Month
National Sewing Month
National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
National Gynecological Cancer Awareness Month
National Potato Month
National Tumor Awareness Month
National Yoga Month
National Sight Saving Month
National Chicken Month
National Piano Month
National Honey Month
National Rice Month
National Mushroom Month
National Papaya Month? (or June)
National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
National Biscuit Month
National Cholesterol Awareness Month
National Organic Harvest Month
National Recovery Month
National Library Card Sign-up Month
National Baby Safety Month
Self-Improvement Month
Women of Achievement Month
Day - Week:
September 4 - World Cerebral Palsy Day (List of Famous People with Cerebral Palsy)
September 8 - International Literacy Day (Recognized by the UN)
September 10 - World Suicide Prevention Day
September 11 - 9/11 anniversary
September 11 - World First Aid Day
September 12 - United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation (Recognized by the UN)
September 15 - International Day of Democracy (Recognized by the UN)
September 16 - International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (Recognized by the UN)
September 19 - International Talk Like a Pirate Day
September 21 - International Day of Peace (Recognized by the UN)
September 21 - World Alzheimer's Day
September 22 - (World) Car Free Day(s)
September 24 - Dating Day
September 25 - International Ataxia Awareness Day
September 26 - European Day of Languages
September 27 - World Tourism Day
September 28 - Right to Know Day (RightToKnowDay.net)
September 28 - World Rabies Day
During last week of September - World Maritime Day (Recognized by the UN)
U.S. National Health Observances - September:
Fruit and Veggies - More Matters Month - Produce for Better Health Foundation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 7465 Lancaster Pike, Suite J, 2nd Floor Hockessin, DE 19707 (888) 391-2100 (302) 235-2329 x316 (302) 235-5555 Fax [email protected] www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org - Materials available Contact: Toni Eaton
Leukemia & Lymphoma Awareness Month - Leukemia & Lymphoma Society 1311 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 310 White Plains, NY 10605 (800) 955-4572 (914) 821-8888 (914) 821-3607 Fax www.lls.org - Materials available Contact: Information Resource Center
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month - Office of the Director, Consumer Affairs Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 1 Choke Cherry Road, 2nd Floor Rockville, MD 20857 (800) 662-HELP (662-4357) (240) 276-2750 (240) 276-2710 Fax [email protected] www.recoverymonth.gov Materials available Contact: Consumer Affairs
National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month - American Foundation for Women's Health P. O. Box 541 Greenwood, TX 76246-0541 (940) 466-9898 [email protected] www.stopafib.org - Materials available Contact: Mellanie True Hills
National Cholesterol 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 [email protected] hp2010.nhlbihin.net/cholmonth/ - Materials available Contact: Information Specialist
National Pediculosis Prevention Month/Head Lice Prevention Month - National Pediculosis Association, Inc. 1005 Boylston Street, #343 Newton, MA 02461 (617) 905-0176 (812) 434-6652 Fax [email protected] www.headlice.org - Materials available Contact: Deborah Altschuler
National Sickle Cell Month - Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc. 231 East Baltimore Street, Suite 800 Baltimore, MD 21202 (800) 421-8453 (410) 528-1495 [email protected] www.sicklecelldisease.org - Materials available.
National Yoga Awareness Month - Yoga Health Foundation P. O. Box 10072 Marina del Rey, CA 90295 (310) 928-6638 [email protected] www.yogamonth.org - Materials available Contact: Johannes R. Fisslinger
Newborn Screening Awareness Month - Save Babies Through Screening Foundation, Inc. P.O. Box 42197 Cincinnati, OH 45242 (888) 454-3383 www.savebabies.org/nbs_awareness_month.h tml - Materials available.
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month - National Ovarian Cancer Coalition 2501 Oak Lawn Avenue, Suite 435 Dallas, TX 75219 (888) OVARIAN (682-7426) (214) 273-4200 [email protected] www.ovarian.org - Materials available.
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month - ZERO - The Project to End Prostate Cancer 10 G Street NE, Suite 601 Washington, DC 20002 (888) 245-9455 (202) 463-9455 (571) 257-8559 [email protected] www.zerocancer.org - Materials available Contact: Linwood Norman
Whole Grains Month - Whole Grains Council 226 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02116 (617) 421-5500 (617) 421-5511 Fax [email protected] www.wholegrainscouncil.org/get-involved/ celebrate-whole-grains-month-in-septembe r - Materials available Contact: Cynthia Harriman
13 - National Celiac Disease Awareness Day - Celiac Sprue Association P.O. Box 31700 Omaha, NE 68131-0700 (877) 272-4272 (402) 643-4108 Fax [email protected] www.csaceliacs.org Materials available Contact: Mary Schluckebier
15 - National School Backpack Awareness Day - American Occupational Therapy Association 4720 Montgomery Lane P.O. Box 31220 Bethesda, MD 20824-1220 (301) 652-2682 (800) 377-8555 TDD (301) 652-7711 Fax [email protected] www.aota.org/Practitioners/Awareness/School- Backpack-Awareness.aspx - Materials available.
18 - 24 - National Farm Safety & Health Week - National Education Center for Agricultural Safety 10250 Sundown Road Peosta, IA 52068 (888) 844-6322 (563) 557-0354 (563) 557-0353 Fax [email protected] www.nsc.org/necas/ - Materials available Contact: Charlotte Halverson
18 - 24 - National Rehabilitation Awareness Celebration - National Rehabilitation Awareness Foundation 100 Abington Executive Park Clarks Summit, PA 18411 (800) 943-6723 (570) 341-4637 (570) 341-4331 Fax [email protected] www.nraf-rehabnet.org - Materials available Contact: James Brogna
18 - National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day - The AIDS Institute 2000 S Street NW, 3rd Floor Washington, DC 20009 (813) 258-5929 (202) 835-8373 (202) 835-8368 Fax [email protected] www.theaidsinstitute.org - Materials available Contact: Michelle Scavnicky
19 - Get Ready Day - American Public Health Association 800 I Street NW Washington, DC 20001-3710 (202) 777-2509 (202) 777-2500 TTY (202) 777-2532 Fax [email protected] www.aphagetready.org - Materials available Contact: Audrey Pernik
21 - World Alzheimer's Day - Alzheimer's Disease International 64 Great Suffolk Street London, SE1 OBL UNITED KINGDOM, +44 20 7981 0880 +44 20 7928 2357 Fax [email protected] www.alz.co.uk/adi/wad/ - Materials available.
23 - RAINN Day - Rape, Abuse & Incest - National Network (RAINN) 2000 L Street NW, Suite 406 Washington, DC 20036 (800) 656-HOPE (4673) [email protected] www.rainn.org/get-involved/college/rainn -day - Materials available Contact: Sara Amin
24 - Family Health & Fitness Day - USA Health Information Resource Center 1850 West Winchester Road, #213 Libertyville, IL 60048 (800) 828-8225 [email protected] www.fitnessday.com - Materials available Contact: Patricia Henze
27 - National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day - National Association of People with AIDS 8401 Colesville Road, Suite 505 Silver Spring, MD 20910 (866) 846-9366 (240) 247-0880 (240) 247-0574 Fax [email protected] www.napwa.org/ - Materials available Contact: Stephen Bailous
28 - National Women's Health & Fitness Day - Health Information Resource Center 1850 West Winchester Road, #213 Libertyville, IL 60048 (800) 828-8225 [email protected] www.fitnessday.com - Materials available Contact: Patricia Henze
28 - World Rabies Day - Global Alliance for Rabies Control 529 Humboldt Street, Suite 1 M8 anhattan, KS 66502 (570) 899-4885 www.worldrabiesday.org - Materials available.
30 - World Heart Day - World Heart Federation 7, rue des Battoirs, Case postale 155 1211 Geneva 4 SWITZERLAND, [email protected] www.worldheart.org - Materials available.
Awareness Dates for October
Black History Month (UK)
Computer Learning Month
Cook Book Month
Country Music Month
Disability Employment Awareness Month
Diversity Awareness Month
Diarrhea Awareness Month
Filipino American History Month
Family History Month
Gourmet Adventures Month
Hunger Awareness Month
Italian-American Heritage Month
LGBT History Month
Nonprofit Career Month
National Kitchen and Bath Month
National Bullying Prevention Month
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Car Care Month
National Caramel Month
National Book Month
National CyberSecurity Awareness Month
National Depression Education and Awareness Month
National Dessert Month
National Health Care Food Service Month
National AIDS Awareness Month
National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Month
National Pasta Month
National Pet Wellness Month
National Pickled Peppers Month
National Cookie Month
National Cosmetology Month
National Country Ham Month
National Crime Prevention Month
National Pizza Month
National Apple Month
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
National Applejack Month
National Popcorn Poppin' Month
National Pork Month
National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
National Pretzel Month
National Restaurant Hospitality Month
National Roller Skating Month
National Seafood Month
National Spinach-Lovers' Month
National Squirrel Awareness Month
National Stamp Collecting Month
National Sun Dried Tomato Month
National Toilet Tank Repair Month
National German Heritage Month (Celebrated from September 15 to October 15)
Polish American Heritage Month
Spina bifida awareness month
Vegetarian Awareness Month
Day - Week:
October 1 - International Day of Older Persons (Recognized by the UN)
October 1 - World Vegetarian Day
October 2 - International Day of Non-Violence (Recognized by the UN), observed on M.K. Gandhi's birthday
October 3 - World Smile Day
October 4 - World Animal Day
October 4 - eDay
October 5 - World Teachers' Day
October 5 - Poetry Day
Second Wednesday of October - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction (Recognized by the UN)
October 9 - World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
October 8 - World Humanitarian Action Day
October 8 - World Egg Day - 2nd Friday of October every year
October 9 - World Post Day (Recognized by the UN)
October 9 - Global Jamie Day (Recognized by the UN)
October 9 - Fire Prevention Week has been observed on the Sunday through Saturday period in which October 9 falls. Here are dates for future FPW campaigns: 2013: October 6-12 - 2014: October 5-11 - 2015: October 4-10.
October 10 - World Mental Health Day (Recognized by the UN)
October 10 - World Day Against Death Penalty, recognized by the WCADP
October 13 - International Suit Up Day
October 13 - Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day
October 14 - World Standards Day
October 15 - World Blind Day / World Sight Day
October 15 - International Day of Rural Women (Recognized by the UN)
October 15 - Global Handwashing Day
October 16 - National Boss Day (Boss's Day)
October 16 - World Food Day (Recognized by the UN)
October 17 - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (Recognized by the UN)
October 20 - International Day of the Air Traffic Controller
October 20 - World Statistics Day
October 22 - International Stuttering Awareness Day
October 24 - United Nations Day (Recognized by the UN)
October 24 - World Development Information Day (Recognized by the UN)
October 25 - Spina Bifida Awareness Day
October 25 - Hydrocephalus Day
October 27 - World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (Recognized by the UN)
October 29 - Sleep-In Day
October 25 - 31 - International Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week
First Monday of October - World Habitat Day (Recognized by the UN)
U.S. National Health Observances - October:
Eye Injury Prevention Month - American Academy of Ophthalmology P.O. Box 7424 San Francisco, CA 94120-7424 (415) 447-0213 (415) 561-8533 Fax [email protected] www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/injuries/in dex.cfm - Materials available Contact: Georgia Alward
Home Eye Safety Month - Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 (800) 331-2020 (312) 363-6001 (312) 363-6052 Fax [email protected] www.preventblindness.org - Materials available Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month - National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Board of Sponsors C1C-315 1800 Concord Pike Wilmington, DE 19850-5437 [email protected] www.nbcam.org - Materials available.
National Disability Employment Awareness Month - Office of Disability Employment Policy U.S. Department of Labor Frances Perkins Building, Room S-1303 200 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20210 (866) 633-7365 (202) 693-7880 (202) 693-7888 Fax (202) 693-7881 TTY www.dol.gov/odep Materials available Contact: Carol Dunlap
National Down Syndrome Awareness Month - National Down Syndrome Society 666 Broadway New York, NY 10012 (800) 221-4602 (212) 979-2873 Fax [email protected] www.ndss.org - Materials available Contact: Educational Services
National Medical Librarians Month - Medical Library Association 65 East Wacker Place, Suite 1900 Chicago, IL 60601 (312) 419-9094 x11 (312) 419-8950 Fax [email protected] www.mlanet.org/resources/nml-month/index .html - Materials available Contact: Tomi Gunn
National Physical Therapy Month - American Physical Therapy Association 1111 North Fairfax Street Alexandria, VA 22314-1488 (800) 999-2782 (703) 684-2782 x3248 (703) 706-8578 Fax [email protected] www.moveforwardpt.com - Materials available Contact: Public Relations Department
Stop America's Violence Everywhere - (SAVE) Today American Medical Association Alliance 515 North State Street, 9th Floor Chicago, IL 60654 (312) 464-4470 [email protected] www.amaalliance.org - Materials available.
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month - First Candle/SIDS Alliance 1314 Bedford Avenue, Suite 210 Baltimore, MD 21208 (800) 221-7437 (410) 653-8226 (410) 653-8709 Fax [email protected] www.firstcandle.org - Materials available.
Mental Illness Awareness Week - National Alliance on Mental Illness 3803 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 100 Arlington, VA 22203 (800) 950-6264 Helpline (703) 524-7600 (703) 524-9094 Fax [email protected] www.nami.org - Materials available.
Drive Safely Work Week - Network of Employers for Traffic Safety 344 Maple Avenue West, #357 Vienna, VA 22180 (888) 221-0045 (703) 273-6005 (703) 273-7122 Fax [email protected] www.trafficsafety.org - Materials available Contact: Liz Stevens
Child Health Day - Maternal and Child Health Bureau Health Resources and Services Administration U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Parklawn Building, Room 1805 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857 (301) 443-2170 (301) 443-1797 Fax www.mchb.hrsa.gov Contact: Cynthia Tibbs
5 - Walk to School Day - National Center for Safe Routes to School 730 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Suite 300 / Campus Box 3430 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3430 866-610-SRTS (610-7787) [email protected] www.walktoschool-usa.org/index.cfm - Materials available Contact: Susan Byszeski
6 - National Depression Screening Day - Screening for Mental Health, Inc. One Washington Street, Suite 304 Wellesley Hills, MA 02481 (781) 239-0071 (781) 431-7447 Fax [email protected] www.mentalhealthscreening.org/events/nat ional-depression-screening- day.aspx - Materials available.
10 - World Mental Health Day - World Federation for Mental Health 12940 Harbor Drive, Suite 101 Woodbridge, VA 22192-2930 (703) 494-6515 (703) 494-6518 Fax [email protected] www.wfmh.org/00worldmentalhealthday.htm - Materials available Contact: Deborah Maguire
12 - 20 - Bone and Joint Decade National Action Week - U.S. Bone and Joint Decade 6300 North River Road Rosemont, IL 60018 (847) 384-4010 (847) 384-4009 (847) 823-1822 Fax [email protected] www.usbjd.org - Materials available Contact: Toby King
15 - National Latino AIDS Awareness Day - Latino Commission on AIDS 24 W 25th Street, 9th Floor New York, NY 10010 (212) 584-9315 (212) 202-3620 Fax [email protected] www.nlaad.org/ - Materials available Contact: Melissa Faith Ramirez
16 - World Food Day - U.S. National Committee for World Food Day 2175 K Street NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20437 (202) 653-2404 (202) 653-5760 Fax www.worldfooddayusa.org - Materials available.
22 - International Stuttering Awareness Day - Stuttering Foundation of America 1805 Moriah Woods Boulevard, #3 P.O. Box 11749 Memphis, TN 38111-0749 (800) 992-9392 (800) 967-7700 (901) 761-0484 Fax [email protected] www.stutteringhelp.org - Materials available Contact: Jane Fraser
23 - 31 - Red Ribbon Week - National Family Partnership at Informed Families Education Center 2409 Coral Way, Suite 501 Miami, FL 33145 (800) 705-8997 (305) 856-4886 (305) 856-4815 Fax [email protected] www.nfp.org - Materials available Contact: Ileana Reyes
31 - November 6 - National Drug Facts Week - National Institute on Drug Abuse National Institutes of Health 6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 5213 Bethesda, MD 20892-9561 (301) 443-1124 [email protected] www.drugfactsweek.drugabuse.gov/ Materials available.
Awareness Dates for November
Aviation Month
COPD Awareness Month
Good Nutrition Month
Latin American Month
Movember
National American Indian & Alaska Native Heritage Month
National Adoption Awareness Month
National Epilepsy Month
National Peanut Butter Lover's Month
National Diabetes Awareness Month
National Red Ribbon Month (anti-drunkdriving)
National Stamp Collecting Month
National Georgia Pecan Month
National Pepper Month
National Raisin Bread Month
National Hospice Month
National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
National Novel Writing Month
National Prematurity Awareness Month
No Shave November (also Noshember)
Vegan Awareness Month
Day - Week:
November 1 - World Vegan Day
November 1 - Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Awareness Day - Recognized by the LGS Foundation, a national 501(c)3 organization, as the official awareness day for Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome.
November 6 - International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict (Recognized by the UN)
November 9 - World Freedom Day
November 10 - World Immunization Day
November 13 - World Kindness Day
November 14 - World Diabetes Day (Recognized by the UN)
November 16 - International Day for Tolerance (Recognized by the UN)
November 17 - International Students Day
November 19 - International Men's Day (Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Australia, India, United States, Singapore, Malta, United Kingdom, South Africa, Hungary, Ireland, Ghana, Canada, Denmark, Austria, England, France, Scotland, Pakistan, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis and Grenada)
November 19 - World Toilet Day
November 20 - Africa Industrialization Day (Recognized by the UN)
November 20 - Universal Children's Day (Recognized by the UN)
November 20 - Transgender Day of Remembrance
November 21 - World Hello Day
November 21 - World Television Day (Recognized by the UN)
November 25 - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (Recognized by the UN)
November 29 - International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (Recognized by the UN)
November 30 - Computer Security Day
Third Sunday of November - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (Recognized by the UN)
U.S. National Health Observances - November:
American Diabetes Month - American Diabetes Association 1701 North Beauregard Street Alexandria, VA 22311 (800) DIABETES (342-2383) (703) 549-1500 (703) 549-6995 Fax [email protected] www.diabetes.org - Materials available Contact: Local Chapters
COPD Awareness Month - American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004 (800) 548-8252 (202) 452-1805 Fax [email protected] www.lungusa.org/about-us/our-impact/top- stories/november-is-copd-awareness_1.htm l - Materials available.
Diabetic Eye Disease Month - Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 (800) 331-2020 (312) 363-6001 (312) 363-6052 Fax [email protected] www.preventblindness.org - Materials available Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
Foot Health Issues Related to Diabetes Awareness Month - American Podiatric Medical Association 9312 Old Georgetown Road Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 581-9200 (301) 530-2752 Fax www.apma.org - Materials available.
Lung Cancer Awareness Month - Lung Cancer Alliance 888 16th Street NW, Suite 150 Washington, DC 20006 (202) 463-2080 (202) 463-7497 Fax [email protected] www.lungcanceralliance.org - Materials available Contact: Kay Cofrancesco
National Family Caregivers Month - National Family Caregivers Association 10400 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 500 Kensington, MD 20895-3944 (800) 896-3650 (301) 942-2302 Fax [email protected] www.thefamilycaregiver.org - Materials available.
National Healthy Skin Month - American Academy of Dermatology 930 East Woodfield Road Schaumburg, IL 60173 (888) 462-DERM (462-3376) (847) 330-0230 (847) 330-8907 Fax [email protected] www.aad.org - Materials available Contact: Allison Sit
National Hospice Palliative Care Month - National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization 1731 King Street Alexandria, VA 22314 (800) 646-6460 (703) 837-1500 (703) 837-1233 Fax [email protected] www.nhpco.org - Materials available Contact: Jon Radulovic
National Stomach Cancer Awareness Month - No Stomach For Cancer, Inc. 9202 Waterside Drive, #203 Middleton, WI 53562 (608) 335-0241 [email protected] www.nostomachforcancer.org - Materials available Contact: Karen Chelcun-Schreiber
Prematurity Awareness Month - March of Dimes Foundation 1275 Mamaroneck Avenue White Plains, NY 10605 (914) 997-4488 (914) 997-4763 Fax [email protected] www.marchofdimes.com - Materials available Contact: Pregnancy and Newborn Health Education Center
Drowsy Driving Prevention Week - National Sleep Foundation 1522 K Street NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 347-3471 (202) 347-3472 Fax [email protected] drowsydriving.org/resources/drowsy-drivi ng-prevention-week-toolkit/ - Materials available Contact: Jennifer Cowher Williams
Get Smart About Antibiotics Week - Division of Bacterial Diseases National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS-C23 Atlanta, GA 30333 (800) CDC-INFO (232-4636) (404) 639-3636 (404) 639-3970 Fax [email protected] www.cdc.gov/getsmart Materials available Contact: Darcia Johnson
17 - Great American Smokeout - American Cancer Society 250 Williams Street NW Atlanta, GA 30303 (800) ACS-2345 (227-2345) acsf2f.com/gaso/ - Materials available Contact: National Office
17 - Prematurity Awareness Day - March of Dimes Foundation 1275 Mamaroneck Avenue White Plains, NY 10605 (914) 997-4488 (914) 997-4763 Fax [email protected] www.marchofdimes.com - Materials available Contact: Pregnancy and Newborn Health Education Center
19 - National Survivors of Suicide Day - American Foundation for Suicide Prevention 120 Wall Street, 22nd Floor New York, NY 10005 (212) 363-3500 x33 (212) 363-6237 [email protected] www.afsp.org - Materials available Contact: Rebecca Thorp
20 - 26 - Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Awareness Week - International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders P.O. Box 170864 Milwaukee, WI 53217-8076 (888) 964-2001 (414) 964-1799 (414) 964-7176 Fax [email protected] www.aboutgerd.org/site/about-gerd/gerd- awareness-week - Materials available Contact: Nancy Norton
Awareness Dates for December
AIDS Awareness Month
Constipation Awareness Month
Christmastache
Decembeard
International Calendar Awareness Month
National Labor Zionism Month
National Christmas Month
Noodle Ring Month
Pants Awareness Month
Read a New Book Month
Universal Human Rights Month
Wear Brown Shoes Month
Day - Week:
December 1 - World Aids Day (Recognized by the UN)
December 2 - International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (Recognized by the UN)
December 3 - International Day of Persons with Disabilities (Recognized by the UN)
December 5 - International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development (Recognized by the UN)
December 6 - National Day of Rememberance and Action on Violence Against Women - Status of Women Canada
December 7 - International Civil Aviation Day (Recognized by the UN)
December 9 - The International Day against Corruption (Recognized by the UN)
December 10 - Human Rights Day (Recognized by the UN)
December 11 - International Mountain Day (Recognized by the UN)
December 18 - International Migrants Day (Recognized by the UN)
December 20 - International Human Solidarity Day (Recognized by the UN)
December 25 - Christmas
U.S. National Health Observances - December:
Safe Toys and Gifts Month - Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 (800) 331-2020 (312) 363-6001 (312) 363-6052 Fax [email protected] www.preventblindness.org - Materials available Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
1 - World AIDS Day - World AIDS Campaign Van Diemenstraat 192 1013 CP Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS, +31 20 616 9045 [email protected] www.worldaidscampaign.org/en/ - Materials available.
4 - 10 - National Handwashing Awareness Week - Henry the Hand Foundation 11714 U.S. Route 42 Cincinnati, OH 45241 (513) 769-3660 [email protected] www.henrythehand.com - Materials available Contact: Dr. Will Sawyer.
Citation: Disabled World News (2011-04-30) - A List of US National or International awareness days weeks or months set by a major organization or government to commemorate a medical research or ethical cause of importance: http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/awareness/awareness-dates.php#ixzz2SdpGgMlQ