NATIONAL HEALTH CALENDAR


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2010

2010 Federal Health Information Centers and Clearinghouses
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2010

2010 Federal Health Information Centers and Clearinghouses
Jump to Month: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec


January
1 - 31
Cervical Health Awareness Month
National Cervical Cancer Coalition (NCCC)
6520 Platt Avenue, #693
West Hills, CA 91307-3218
(818) 909-3849 info@nccc-online.org 
www.nccc-online.org/awareness.html  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Rachel Biety
1 - 31
Glaucoma Awareness Month
Prevent Blindness America
211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60606
(800) 331-2020
(312) 363-6001
(847) 843-8458 Faxinfo@preventblindness.org
preventblindness.org/news/observe.html  External Link
Materials available
Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
1 - 31
National Birth Defects Prevention Month
National Birth Defects Prevention Network
14781 Memorial Drive, #1561
Houston, TX 77079nbdpn@nbdpn.org
www.nbdpn.org/current/resources/bdpm2010
.html  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 31
National Radon Action Month
Office of Radiation and Indoor Air
Indoor Environments Division
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1310 L Street NW, 4th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 343-9370
(202) 343-2394 Faxwww.epa.gov/radon/nram
Materials available
Contact: Gina Bowler
1 - 31
Thyroid Awareness Month
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
245 Riverside Avenue, Suite 200
Jacksonville, FL 32202
(904) 353-7878 x147
(904) 353-8185 Faxgwillis@aace.com
www.aace.com  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Greg Willis
4 - 10
National Folic Acid Awareness Week
National Council on Folic Acid
c/o Spina Bifida Association
4590 MacArthur Boulevard NW, Suite 250
Washington, DC 20007
(800) 621-3141 x13
(202) 944-3285 x13
(202) 944-3295 Faxncfa@sbaa.org
www.folicacidinfo.org/pages/folicacid_in
fo.php  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Adriane Griffen
February
1 - 28
AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month
Prevent Blindness America
211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60606
(800) 331-2020
(312) 363-6001
(847) 843-8458 Faxinfo@preventblindness.org
www.preventblindness.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
1 - 28
American Heart Month
American Heart Association
7272 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75231
(800) 242-8721 karyn.cameron@heart.org
www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?id
entifier=4441  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Karyn Cameron
1 - 28
International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
Group B Strep International
11 El Dorado Court
Pomona, CA 91766
(909) 620-7214
(909) 620-5557 Faxinfo@gbs-intl.org
www.groupbstrepinternational.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Marti Perhach
1 - 28
National Children’s Dental Health Month
American Dental Association
211 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611-2637
(800) 621-8099 ncdhm@ada.org
www.ada.org/prof/events/featured/ncdhm.a
sp  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 28
National Wise Health Consumer Month
American Institute for Preventive Medicine
30445 Northwestern Highway, Suite 350
Farmington Hills, MI 48334
(248) 539-1800 x220
(248) 539-1808 Faxhwest@healthylife.com
www.aipm.net/wise  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Hope West
1 - 7
World Salt Awareness Week 
World Action on Salt & Health
Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine,
Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ
,
020-7882-5941 wash@qmul.ac.uk 
http://www.worldactiononsalt.com/awarene
ss/world_salt_awareness_week_2010/world_
salt_awareness_week_2010.htm   External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
5
Give Kids A Smile Day
American Dental Association
211 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611-2637
(800) 621-8099 gkas@ada.org
givekidsasmile.ada.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
5National 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 Faxnhlbiinfo@nhlbi.nih.gov
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/hearttruth
Materials available
Contact: Information Specialist
7 - 14
Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week
Congenital Heart Information Network
101 North Washington Avenue, Suite 1A
Margate City, NJ 08402
(609) 882-1572
(609) 822-1573 Faxmb@tchin.org
tchin.org/aware  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Mona Barmash
7 - 13
Burn Awareness Week
Shriners Hospital for Children
2900 Rocky Point Drive
Tampa, FL 33607
(813) 281-8162 shrinepr@shrinenet.org
www.burnawareness.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Public Relations
7National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Healthy Black Communities, Inc.
1596 West Cleveland Avenue, Suite 102-295
East Point, GA 30344
(404) 454-5469 info@hbc-inc.org 
www.hbc-inc.org/  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
14 - 20
Children of Alcoholics Week
National Association for Children of Alcoholics
11426 Rockville Pike, Suite 301
Rockville, MD 20852
(888) 554-2627
(301) 468-0987 Faxnacoa@nacoa.org
www.nacoa.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Gail Jordan
14
National Donor Day
Division of Transplantation, Healthcare Systems Bureau
Health Resources and Services Administration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Parklawn Building, Room 12C-05
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
(888) 275-4772
(703) 821-2098 Faxask@hrsa.gov
www.organdonor.gov/get_involved/national
donorday.htm
Materials available
Contact: Division of Transplantation Staff
March
1 - 31
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Prevent Cancer Foundation
1600 Duke Street, Suite 500
Alexandria, VA 22314
(800) 227-2732
(703) 886-4413 Faxinfo@preventcancer.org
www.preventcancer.org/colorectal  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Sherry Noziglia
1 - 31
National Endometriosis Awareness Month
Endometriosis Research Center
World Headquarters
630 Ibis Drive
Delray Beach, FL 34444
(800) 239-7280
(561) 274-0931 Faxaskerc@endocenter.org
www.endocenter.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 31
National Nutrition Month®
American Dietetic Association
120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000
Chicago, IL 60606-6995
(800) 877-1600 x4771
(312) 899-0040
(312) 899-4739 Faxnnm@eatright.org
www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl
/NNM_2007_home.htm  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Knowledge Center
1 - 31
Save Your Vision Month
American Optometric Association
243 North Lindbergh Boulevard, First Floor
St. Louis, MO 63141
(314) 991-4100
(314) 991-4101 Faxmcbryson@aoa.org
www.aoa.org/x5072.xml  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Cathy Bryson
1 - 31
Workplace Eye Wellness Month
Prevent Blindness America
211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60606
(800) 331-2020
(847) 843-8458 Faxinfo@preventblindness.org
www.preventblindness.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
7 - 13
National Patient Safety Awareness Week
National Patient Safety Foundation
268 Summer Street, 6th Floor
Boston, MA 02210
(617) 391-9900
(617) 391-9999 Faxinfo@npsf.org
www.npsf.org/hp/psaw/  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Rachel Crow
7 - 13
National Problem Gambling Awareness Week
National Council on Problem Gambling
730 11th Street NW, Suite 601
Washington, DC 20001
(800) 522-4700
(202) 547-9204
(202) 547-9206 Faxncpg@ncpgambling.org
www.npgaw.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Keith Whyte
7 - 13
National Sleep Awareness Week®
National Sleep Foundation
1522 K Street NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 347-3471
(202) 347-3472 Faxnsf@sleepfoundation.org
www.sleepfoundation.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Jennifer Cowher Williams
8 - 12
National School Breakfast Week
School Nutrition Association
120 Waterfront Street, Suite 300
National Harbor, MD 20745
(800) 877-8822
(301) 686-3100
(301) 686-3115 Faxservicecenter@schoolnutrition.org
www.schoolnutrition.org/nsbw  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Laura Maynard
10
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Office on Women's Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue SW, Room 728 E
Washington, DC 20201
(800) 994-9662
(202) 401-4005 Faxwww.womenshealth.gov/nwghaad/
Materials available
Contact: National Women's Health Information Center
11
World Kidney Day
National Kidney Foundation
30 East 33rd Street
New York, NY 10016
(800) 622-9010
(212) 889-2210
(212) 889-2310 Faxinfo@kidney.org
www.kidney.org/news/wkd/index.cfm  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Ellie Schlam
14 - 20
National Poison Prevention Week
Poison Prevention Week Council
P.O. Box 1543
Washington, DC 20013
(703) 894-1858
(703) 683-2812 Faxwells@aapcc.org
www.poisonprevention.org/poison.htm  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Holly Wells
15 - 21
Brain Awareness Week
Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives
745 Fifth Avenue, Suite 900
New York, NY 10151
(212) 223-4040
(212) 593-7623 Faxbawinfo@dana.org
www.dana.org/brainweek  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Kathleen Roina
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 Faxinformation@nnaapc.org 
www.nnaapc.org/news/awareness-day.htm  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
23
American Diabetes Alert Day
American Diabetes Association
1701 North Beauregard Street
Alexandria, VA 22311
(800) DIABETES (342-2383)
(703) 549-1500
(703) 549-6995 Faxaskada@diabetes.org
www.diabetes.org/communityprograms-and-l
ocalevents/americandiabetesalert.jsp  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Local Chapters
24
World Tuberculosis Day
Stop TB Partnerhsip (Secretariat)
World Health Organization
HTM/STB/TBP
20, avenue Appia
CH-1211 Geneva 27
SWITZERLAND,
+(41) 22 791 4650
+(41) 22 791 4886 Faxstoptbinfo@who.int
www.stoptb.org/events/world_tb_day  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
28 - April 3
Root Canal Awareness Week
American Association of Endodontists
211 East Chicago Avenue, Suite 1100
Chicago, IL 60601
(800) 872-3636 info@aae.org
www.aae.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Harriet Bogdanowicz
April
1 - 30
Alcohol Awareness Month
SAMHSA's Health Information Network
P.O. Box 2345
Rockville, MD 20847-2345
(877) 726-4727 English/Spanish
(240) 221-4292 Faxshin@samhsa.hhs.gov
ncadi.samhsa.gov/seasonal/aprilalcohol/
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 30
Foot Health Awareness Month
American Podiatric Medical Association
9312 Old Georgetown Road
Bethesda, MD 20814-1621
(301) 581-9227
(301) 530-2752 Faxahberard@apma.org
www.apma.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Angela Berard
1 - 30
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month
International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
P.O. Box 170864
Milwaukee, WI 53217-8076
(888) 964-2001
(414) 964-1799
(414) 964-7176 Faxiffgd@iffgd.org
www.aboutibs.org/site/about-ibs/april-ib
s-awareness-month  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Nancy Norton
1 - 30
National Autism Awareness Month
The Autism Society
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 300
Bethesda, MD 20814-3067
(800) 3–AUTISM (328-8476)
(301) 657-0881
(301) 657-0869 Faxinfo@autism-society.org
www.autism-society.org/naam  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 30
National Cancer Control Month
American Cancer Society
250 Williams Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30303
(800) ACS-2345 (227-2345)www.cancer.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: National Office
1 - 30
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Children's Bureau
ACYF, AFC, HHS
1250 Maryland Avenue SW, #8111
Washington, DC 20024
(800) 394-3366
(202) 260-9345 Faxinfo@childwelfare.gov
www.childwelfare.gov/preventing/preventi
onmonth/
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 30
National Donate Life Month
Division of Transplantation, Healthcare Systems Bureau
Health Resources and Services Administration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Parklawn Building, Room 12C-05
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
(888) 275-4772
(703) 821-2098 Faxask@hrsa.gov
www.organdonor.gov/get_involved/donateli
femonth.htm
Materials available
Contact: Division of Transplantation Staff
1 - 30
National Facial Protection Month
American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
American Association of Orthodontists
9700 West Bryn Mawr Avenue
Rosemont, IL 60018
(847) 678-6200 inquiries@aaoms.org
www.aaoms.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: AAOMS Communications
1 - 30
National Minority Health Awareness Month
Office of Minority Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
P.O. Box 37337
Washington, DC 20013-7337
(800) 444-6472
(240) 453-2883 Faxinfo@omhrc.gov
minorityhealth.hhs.gov/templates/browse.
aspx?lvl=2&lvlid=182
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 30
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
National Sarcoidosis Society
National Sarcoidosis Foundation
2525 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60616
(312) 567-6626
(312) 567-6144 Faxsarcoidosis3@gmail.com
www.nationalsarcoidosisfriends.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Glenda Fulton
1 - 30
National Youth Sports Safety Month
National Youth Sports Safety Foundation
One Beacon Street, Suite 3333
Boston, MA 02108
(617) 367-6677
(617) 722-9999 Faxnyssf@aol.com
www.nyssf.org/campaign.html  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Rita Glassman
1 - 30
Occupational Therapy Month
American Occupational Therapy Association
4720 Montgomery Lane
P.O. Box 31220
Bethesda, MD 20824-1220
(301) 652-6611
(800) 377-8555 TDD
(301) 652-7258 Faxpraota@aota.org
www.aota.org/news/consumer/ot-month.aspx  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 30
Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)
2000 L Street NW, Suite 406
Washington, DC 20036
(800) 656-4673 info@rainn.org
www.rainn.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 30
Sports Eye Safety Month
American Academy of Ophthalmology
P.O. Box 7424
San Francisco, CA 94120-7424
(415) 447-0213
(415) 561-8533 Faxeyemd@aao.org
www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/injuries/in
dex.cfm  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Georgia Alward
1 - 30
Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month
Prevent Blindness America
211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60606
(800) 331-2020
(847) 843-8458 Faxinfo@preventblindness.org
www.preventblindness.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
5 - 11
National Public Health Week
American Public Health Association
800 I Street NW
Washington, DC 20001-3710
(202) 777-2509
(202) 777-2500 TTY
(202) 777-2532 Faxbithiah.lafontant@apha.org 
www.nphw.org/nphw10/home1.htm  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Bithiah Lafontant
7World 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 Faxwww.who.int/world-health-day/en/  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
8
National Alcohol Screening Day®
Screening for Mental Health, Inc.
One Washington Street, Suite 304
Wellesley Hills, MA 02481
(781) 239-0071
(781) 431-7447 Faxsmhinfo@mentalhealthscreening.org 
www.mentalhealthscreening.org/events/nas
d/  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Ariela Edelson
20
Sexual Assault Awareness Month Day of Action
National Sexual Violence Resource Center
123 North Enola Drive
Enola, PA 17025
(877) 739-3895
(717) 909-0714 Faxresources@nsvrc.org
www.nsvrc.org/saam/current-campaign/day-
of-action  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Lauren Sogor
24 - May 1
National Infant Immunization Week
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road NE, MS E-05
Atlanta, GA 30333
(800) CDC-INFO (232-4636)
(404) 639-8200
(404) 639-8905 Faxcdcinfo@cdc.gov
www.cdc.gov/vaccines/events/niiw/default
.htm
Materials available
Contact: Michelle Basket
24 - 25
2010 March for Babies
March of Dimes Foundation
1275 Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plains, NY 10605
(800) 525-9255
(914) 997-4617 Faxmarchforbabies@marchofdimes.com
www.marchforbabies.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Bob Aglione
24
World Meningitis Day
Confederation of Meningitis Organization
CoMO, Meningitis Centre
Telethon Institite for Child Health Research
P.O. Box 866
West Perth
AUSTRALIA, 6872linda@ichr.uwa.edu.au
www.comoonline.org/wmd.html  External Link
Contact: Linda Gibbs
May
1 - 31
American Stroke Month
American Heart Association
7272 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75231
(800) 242-8721 inquires@heart.org
www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?id
entifier=3073279  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Francesca Sabile
1 - 31
Better Hearing and Speech Month
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
2200 Research Boulevard, Mailstop 215
Rockville, MD 20850
(800) 498-2071
(301) 296-5700
(301) 296-8586 Faxbhsm@asha.org
www.asha.org/bhsm/  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 31
Clean Air Month
American Lung Association
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20004
(800) LUNG-USA (586-4872)
(202) 785-3355
(202) 452-1802 Faxwww.lungusa.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Mary Havell
1 - 31
Healthy Vision Month
National Eye Institute
National Institutes of Health
Building 31, Room 6A32
31 Center Drive MSC 2510
Bethesda, MD 20892-2510
(301) 496-5248
(301) 402-1065 Faxwww.healthyvision2010.nei.nih.gov/hvm
Materials available
Contact: Linda Huss
1 - 31
Hepatitis Awareness Month
Hepatitis Foundation International
504 Blick Drive
Silver Spring, MD 20904-2901
(800) 891-0707
(301) 622-4200
(301) 622-4702 Faxhfi@comcast.net
www.hepb.org/advocacy/awareness_month.ht
m  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Thelma King Thiel
1 - 31
Lupus Awareness Month
Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.
2000 L Street NW, Suite 710
Washington, DC 20036
(888) 385-8787
(202) 349-1156 Faxinfo@lupus.org
www.lupus.org/webmodules/webarticlesnet/
templates/new_newsroomawareness.aspx?art
icleid=1726&zoneid=62  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Duane Peters
1 - 31
Lyme Disease Awareness Month
Lyme Disease Foundation
P.O. Box 332
Tolland, CT 06084
(800) 886-5963
(860) 870-0070
(860) 870-0080 Faxinfo@lyme.org
www.lyme.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 31
Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
American Academy of Dermatology
930 East Woodfield Road
Schaumburg, IL 60173
(888) 462-DERM (462-3376)
(847) 330-0230
(847) 330-8907 Faxmediarelations@aad.org
www.aad.org/media/press/month.html  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Jennifer Allyn
1 - 31
Mental Health Month
Mental Health America
2000 North Beauregard Street, 6th Floor
Alexandria, VA 22311
(800) 969-6642
(703) 684-5968 Faxcdaniels@mentalhealthamerica.net
www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/may  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Candace Daniels
1 - 31
Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590
(888) 327-4236 Vehicle Safety Hotline
(800) 424-9153 TTY
(202) 366-9550 Media Inquiriestrafficsafetymarketing.gov/motorcycles/S
hareTheRoad/index.cfm
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 31
National Arthritis Awareness Month
Arthritis Foundation
1330 West Peachtree Street, Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30309
(800) 283-7800
(404) 872-0457 Faxhelp@arthritis.org
www.arthritis.org/arthritis-awareness-mo
nth.php  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Carol Galbreath
1 - 31
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
8201 Corporate Drive, Suite 1000
Landover, MD 20785
(800) 7-ASTHMA (727-8462)
(202) 466-7643
(202) 466-8940 Faxinfo@aafa.org
www.aafa.org/display.cfm?id=10⊂=99&co
nt=457   External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 31
National Bike Month
League of American Bicyclists
1612 K Street NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 822-1333
(202) 822-1334 Faxbikeleague@bikeleague.org
www.bikeleague.org/programs/bikemonth  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 31
National Celiac Disease Awareness Month 
American Celiac Disease Alliance
2504 Duxbury Place
Alexandria, VA 22308
(703) 622-3331 info@americanceliac.org
www.capwiz.com/celiac/home  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Andrea Levario
1 - 31
National High Blood Pressure Education Month
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Information Center
P.O. Box 30105
Bethesda, MD 20824-0105
(301) 592-8573
(301) 592-8563 Faxnhlbiinfo@nhlbi.nih.gov
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/new/press/mayhbpmo.htm
Materials available
Contact: Information Specialist
1 - 31
National Neurofibromatosis Month
Children's Tumor Foundation
95 Pine Street, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10005
(800) 323-7938
(212) 344-6633
(212) 747-0004 Faxinfo@ctf.org
www.ctf.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Traceann Adams
1 - 31
National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
National Osteoporosis Foundation
1150 17th Street NW, Suite 850
Washington, DC 20036
(800) 231-4222
(202) 223-2226
(202) 223-1726 Faxcommunications@nof.org
www.nof.org/awareness2/annual.htm  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Lisa Wolfington
1 - 31National Physical Fitness and Sports Month 
President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
200 Independence Avenue SW, Room 738-H
Washington, DC 20201-0004
(202) 690-9000
(202) 690-5211 Faxfitness@hhs.gov
www.fitness.gov
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 31
National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
Advocates for Youth
2000 M Street NW, Suite 750
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 419-3420
(202) 419-1448 Faxsaraha@advocatesforyouth.org
www.advocatesforyouth.org/index.php?opti
on=com_content&task=view&id=1304&Itemid=
77  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Barbara Huberman
1 - 31
National Toxic Encephalopathy and Chemical Injury Awareness Month 
National Toxic Encephalopathy Foundation
P.O. Box 29194
Las Vegas, NV 89126Angel@NTEF-USA.Org
www.NTEF-USA.Org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Angel De Fazio
1 - 31
Older Americans Month
U.S. Administration on Aging
1 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 629-0724 aoainfo@aoa.gov
www.aoa.gov/aoaroot/press_room/observanc
es/oam/oam.aspx
Materials available
Contact: Carol Crecy
1 - 31
Sturge-Weber Awareness Month
The Sturge-Weber Foundation
P.O. Box 418
Mt. Freedom, NJ 07970
(800) 627-5482
(973) 895-4445
(973) 895-4846 Faxswf@sturge-weber.org
www.sturge-weber.org/get-involved/month-
of-awareness.html  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 31
Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Month
Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance
801 Roeder Road, Suite 750
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(800) 225-6872
(301) 562-9890
(301) 562-9870 Faxinfo@tsalliance.org
www.tsalliance.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Jaye Isham
1 - 31
Ultraviolet Awareness Month
Prevent Blindness America
211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60606
(800) 331-2020
(847) 843-8458 Faxinfo@preventblindness.org
www.preventblindness.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
1 - 7National Physical Education and Sport Week
National Association for Sport and Physical Education
1900 Association Drive
Reston, VA 20191
(800) 213-7193
(703) 476-3410
(703) 476-8316 Faxnaspe@aahperd.org
www.aahperd.org/naspe/advocacy/events/ma
yWeek/resources.cfm  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Paula Keyes Kun
2 - 8
Children's Mental Health Awareness Week
National Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
9605 Medical Center Drive, Suite 280
Rockville, MD 20850
(240) 403-1901
(240) 403-1909 Faxffcmh@ffcmh.org
www.ffcmh.org/events/national-children%e
2%80%99s-mental-health-awareness-week/  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Sandra A. Spencer
2 - 8
North American Occupational Safety and Health Week 
American Society of Safety Engineers
ASSE Public Relations Department
1800 East Oakton Street
Des Plaines, IL 60018-2187
(847) 699-2929
(847) 296-3769 Faxdhurns@asse.org
www.asse.org/newsroom/naosh09/events.php  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Diane Hurns or Joanna Climer
3 - 7
National Mental Health Counseling Week
American Mental Health Counselors Association
801 North Fairfax Street, Suite 304
Alexandria, VA 22314
(800) 326-2642
(703) 548-4775 Faxmhobson@amhca.org
www.amhca.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Dr. W. Mark Hamilton
3
Melanoma Monday
American Academy of Dermatology
930 East Woodfield Road
Schaumburg, IL 60173
(888) 462-DERM (462-3376)
(847) 330-0230
(847) 330-8907 Faxmediarelations@aad.org
www.aad.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Allison Sit
8
Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Awareness Day
CdLS-USA Foundation
302 West Main Street, #100
Avon, CT 06001
(800) 753-2357
(800) 223-8355
(860) 676-8166
(860) 676-8337 Faxoutreach@cdlsusa.org
www.cdlsusa.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Marie Malloy
9 - 15
Food Allergy Awareness Week
Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network
11781 Lee Jackson Highway, Suite 160
Fairfax, VA 22033
(800) 929-4040
(703) 691-3179
(703) 691-2713 Faxjlove@foodallergy.org 
www.foodallergy.org/faaw/index.html  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Jennifer Love
9 - 15
National Alcohol- and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Week
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc.
244 East 58th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10022
(800) NCA-CALL (622-2255) (24-hour helpline)
(212) 269-7797
(212) 269-7510 Faxpresident@ncadd.org
www.ncadd.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: President
10 - 16
National Stuttering Awareness Week
Stuttering Foundation of America
3100 Walnut Grove Road, Suite 603
P.O. Box 11749
Memphis, TN 38111-0749
(800) 992-9392
(800) 967-7700
(901) 452-3931 Faxinfo@stutteringhelp.org 
www.stutteringhelp.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Jane Fraser
10
National Women's Check-up Day
Office on Women's Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue SW, Room 712 E
Washington, DC 20201
(202) 690-7650
(202) 401-4005 Faxwww.womenshealth.gov
Materials available
Contact: Retta Terry
12
Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
National Fibromyalgia Association
2121 South Towne Centre Place, Suite 300
Anaheim, CA 92806
(714) 921-0150
(714) 921-6920 Faxsbennett@fmaware.org
www.fmaware.org/site/News2?page=NewsArti
cle&id=8639  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Sandy Bennett
18
HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Division of AIDS
Vaccine and Prevention Research Program
6700-B Rockledge Drive, Room 4139
Bethesda, MD 20892
(301) 435-3732
(301) 402-1505 Faxniaiddaidsscib@niaid.nih.gov
www3.niaid.nih.gov/news/events/hvad
Materials available
Contact: NIAID SCIB
19
National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
The Banyan Tree Project
Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center
730 Polk Street, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 292-3400 x361
(415) 292-3410 TTY
(415) 292-3404 Faxinfo@banyantreeproject.org
www.banyantreeproject.org/campaign2010.p
hp  External Link
Materials available
Contact: David Stupplebeen
19
National Employee Health and Fitness Day
National Association for Health and Fitness
65 Niagara Square, Room 607
Buffalo, NY 14202
(716) 583-0521
(716) 851-4052
(716) 851-4309 Faxwellness@city-buffalo.org
physicalfitness.org/nehf.html  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Philip Haberstro
19
World Hepatitis Day
National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable

, rhessmiller@nvhr.org
www.nvhr.org/WHD-2009.htm  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
24 - 30
Recreational Water Illness Prevention Week
Water and Environment Activity
Parasitic Diseases Branch
Division of Parasitic Diseases
National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
4770 Buford Highway NE, MS F-22
Atlanta, GA 30341-3724
(770) 488-7787
(770) 488-7761 Faxmhlavsa@cdc.gov
www.cdc.gov/healthyswimming/rwi_preventi
on_week.htm
Materials available
Contact: Michele Hlavsa
26
National Senior Health & Fitness Day
Mature Market Resource Center
1850 West Winchester Road, #213
Libertyville, IL 60048
(800) 828-8225 info@fitnessday.com
www.fitnessday.com/senior/index.htm  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Gary W. Ford
31
World No Tobacco Day
Pan American Health Organization
WHO Regional Office for the Americas
525 23rd Street NW
Washington, DC 20037-2895
(202) 974-3890 www.who.int/tobacco/wntd/en  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
June
1 - July 4
Fireworks Safety Month 
Prevent Blindness America
211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60606
(800) 331-2020
(847) 843-8458 Faxinfo@preventblindness.org
www.preventblindness.org  External Link
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 Faxinfo@homesafetycouncil.org
www.homesafetycouncil.org/AboutUs/HSM/au
_hsm_w001.asp  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Angela D. Mickalide
1 - 30
National Aphasia Awareness Month
National Aphasia Association
350 Seventh Avenue, Suite 902
New York, NY 10001
(800) 922-4622
(212) 267-2814
(212) 267-2872 Faxnaa@aphasia.org
www.aphasia.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Ellayne Ganzfried
1 - 30
National Congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Awareness Month
Stop CMV - The CMV Action Network
P. O. Box 62214
Sunnyvale, CA 94088-2214
(209) 712-9929 info@stopcmv.org
www.stopcmv.org  External Link
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 Faxsfinfo@scleroderma.org
www.scleroderma.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: National Office or Local Chapters
1 - 30
National Scoliosis Awareness Month
National Scoliosis Foundation
5 Cabot Place
Stoughton, MA 02072
(800) NSF-MYBACK (673-6922)
(781) 341-6333
(781) 341-8333 Faxnsf@scoliosis.org
www.scoliosis.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Joseph P. O'Brien
1 - 30
Vision Research Month
Prevent Blindness America
211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60606
(800) 331-2020
(847) 843-8458 Faxinfo@preventblindness.org
www.preventblindness.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
1 - 7
Sun Safety Week
Sun Safety Alliance
1856 Old Reston Avenue, Suite 215
Reston, VA 20190
(703) 481-1414 info@sunsafetyalliance.org 
www.sunsafetyalliance.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Alissa D'Amelio
6 - 12
National Headache Awareness Week
National Headache Foundation
820 North Orleans, Suite 217
Chicago, IL 60610-3132
(888) NHF-5552 (643-5552)
(312) 274-2650
(312) 640-9049 Faxinfo@headaches.org
www.headaches.org/NHF_Programs/National_
Headache_Awareness_Week  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Suzanne Simons
6National Cancer Survivors Day
National Cancer Survivors Day Foundation
P.O. Box 682285
Franklin, TN 37068
(615) 794-3006
(615) 794-0179 Faxinfo@ncsdf.org
www.ncsdf.org/Pages/AboutNCSD.html  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
8
Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Caribbean People International Collective, Inc.
4710 Church Avenue, Third Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11203
(718) 576-1839
(718) 282-9031 Faxinfo@cpicincny.org
www.caribbeanhealthaidsday.com/index.php  External Link
Contact: None designated
14 - 20
National Men's Health Week
Men’s Health Network
P.O. Box 75972
Washington, DC 20013
(202) 543-6461 x101
(202) 543-2727 Faxinfo@menshealthweek.org
www.menshealthmonth.org/week/  External Link
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 aa4scdawareness@aol.com
aablooddriveandmarrowregistry4sicklecell
awareness.webs.com/worldsicklecellday.ht
m  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Nita Thompson
20 - 26
Lightning Safety Week
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Weather Service
Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services
1325 East West Highway, Room 9462
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 713-1381 x130ronald.c.jones@noaa.gov
www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/index.htm
Materials available
Contact: Ronald C. Jones
21
National ASK Day
PAX/Real Solutions to Gun Violence
100 Wall Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10005
(212) 269-5100
(212) 269-5109 Faxask@paxusa.org
www.paxusa.org/ask/index.html  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
27 - July 5
Eye Safety Awareness Week
United States Eye Injury Registry
American Society of Ocular Trauma
1201 11th Avenue South, Suite 300
Birmingham, AL 35205
(205) 933-0064
(205) 933-1341 Fax
(205) 369-9276 Cellloretta@useironline.org
www.useironline.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: LoRetta Mann
27
National HIV Testing Day
National Association of People with AIDS
8401 Colesville Road, Suite 505
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3349
(866) 846-9366
(240) 247-0880
(240) 247-0574 Faxinfo@napwa.org
www.napwa.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
July
1 - 31
Cord Blood Awareness Month
Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation
23110 Georgia Avenue
Brookeville, MD 20833
(301) 774-4915 info@parentsguidecordblood.org
www.parentsguidecordblood.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Dr. Frances Verter
1 - 31
International Group B Strep Awareness Month
Group B Strep International
11 El Dorado Court
Pomona, CA 91766
(909) 620-7214
(909) 620-5557 Faxinfo@gbs-intl.org
www.groupbstrepinternational.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Marti Perhach
1 - 31
Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
Arthritis Foundation
1330 West Peachtree Street, Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30309
(800) 283-7800
(404) 872-0457 Faxhelp@arthritis.org
www.arthritis.org/ja-information.php  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Carol Galbreath
1 - 31
UV Safety Month
American Academy of Ophthalmology
P.O. Box 7424
San Francisco, CA 94120-7424
(415) 447-0213
(415) 561-8533 Faxeyemd@aao.org
www.aao.org/aaoesite/eyemd/uv.cfm  External Link
Contact: Georgia Alward
August
1 - 31
Cataract Awareness Month
American Academy of Ophthalmology
P.O. Box 7424
San Francisco, CA 94120-7424
(415) 447-0213
(415) 561-8533 Fax eyemd@aao.org
www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/diseases/in
dex.cfm  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Georgia Alward
1 - 31
Children's Eye Health and Safety Month
Prevent Blindness America
211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60606
(800) 331-2020
(847) 843-8458 Faxinfo@preventblindness.org
www.preventblindness.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
1 - 31
National Immunization Awareness Month
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road NE, MS E-05
Atlanta, GA 30333
(800) CDC-INFO (232-4636) English/Spanish
(888) 232-6348 (TTY)
(404) 639-7394 Fax
(877) 394-8747 International Travel Informationwww.cdc.gov/vaccines/events/niam/default
.htm
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 31
Psoriasis Awareness Month
National Psoriasis Foundation
6600 SW 92nd Avenue, Suite 300
Portland, OR 97223-7195
(800) 723-9166
(503) 244-7404
(503) 245-0626 Faxgetinfo@psoriasis.org
www.psoriasis.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx
?pid=937  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Catie Coman
1 - 31
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy
P.O. Box 196
Libertyville, IL 60048-0196
(800) 886-1762
(847) 367-7623 Faxinfo@fsma.org
www.curesma.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1
National Minority Donor Awareness Day
National Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program
Ambulatory Care Center
2041 Georgia Avenue NW, Suite 3100
Washington, DC 20060
(800) 393-2839
(202) 865-4888
(202) 865-4880 Faxnbbrooks@howard.edu
www.nationalmottep.org/nmdad.shtml  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Norman Brooks
8 - 14
National Health Center Week
National Association of Community Health Centers
7200 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 210
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 347-0400 www.healthcenterweek.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Amy Simmons
September
1 - 30
Childhood Cancer Month
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation
10400 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 205
Kensington, MD 20895
(800) 366-2223
(301) 962-3520
(301) 962-3521 Faxstaff@candlelighters.org
www.candlelighters.org/awareness/childho
odcancerawarenessmonth/tabid/406/default
.aspx  External Link
Contact: Ruth Hoffman
1 - 30
Fruit and Veggies - More Matters Month
Fruit and Vegetable Program Office
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Produce for Better Health Foundation
4770 Buford Highway NE, MS K-03
Atlanta, GA 30341
(770) 488-5435
(800) 243-7889 TTY
(770) 488-6027 Faxkrthomas1@cdc.gov
www.fruitsandveggiesmatter.gov
Materials available
Contact: Katherine Thomas
1 - 30
Leukemia & Lymphoma Awareness Month
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
1311 Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plains, NY 10605
(800) 955-4572
(914) 821-8806
(914) 821-3607 Faxwww.lls.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Information Resource Center
1 - 30
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) 729-6686
(240) 276-2750
(240) 276-1630 Faxinfo@samhsa.gov
www.recoverymonth.gov
Materials available
Contact: Consumer Affairs
1 - 30
National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month
American Foundation for Women's Health
P. O. Box 541
Greenwood, TX 76246-0541
(940) 466-9898 mhills@stopafib.org
www.stopafib.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Mellanie True Hills
1 - 30
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 Faxnhlbiinfo@nhlbi.nih.gov
hp2010.nhlbihin.net/cholmonth/  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Information Specialist
1 - 30
National Infant Mortality Awareness Month
National Healthy Start Association
2030 M Street NW, Suite 350
Washington , DC 20036
(202) 296-2195
(202) 296-2197 Faxinfo@nationalhealthystart.org
www.healthystartassoc.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Phyllis George
1 - 30
National Pediculosis Prevention Month/Head Lice Prevention Month
National Pediculosis Association, Inc.
1005 Boylston Street, #343
Newton, MA 02461
(781) 449-6487
(812) 434-6652 Faxnpa@headlice.org
www.headlice.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Deborah Altschuler
1 - 30
National Sickle Cell Month
Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc.
231 East Baltimore Street, 8th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21202
(800) 421-8453
(410) 528-1495 scdaa@sicklecelldisease.org
www.sicklecelldisease.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 30
National Yoga Awareness Month
Yoga Health Foundation
4051 Glencoe Avenue, #10
Marina del Rey, CA 90292
(310) 928-6638 join@yogamonth.org
www.yogamonth.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Johannes R. Fisslinger
1 - 30
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition
500 NE Spanish River Boulevard, Suite 8
Boca Raton, FL 33431
(888) OVARIAN (682-7426)
(561) 393-0005 nocc@ovarian.org
www.ovarian.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 30
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
(202) 463-9456 Faxinfo@zerocancer.org
www.zerocancer.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 30
Reye's Syndrome Awareness Month
National Reye's Syndrome Foundation
P.O. Box 829
Bryan, OH 43506
(800) 233-7393
(419) 636-2679
(419) 636-9897 Faxnrsf@reyessyndrome.org
www.reyessyndrome.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 30
Sports and Home Eye Safety Month
Prevent Blindness America
211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60606
(800) 331-2020
(847) 843-8458 Faxinfo@preventblindness.org
www.preventblindness.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
1 - 30
Whole Grains Month
Whole Grains Council
226 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 421-5500
(617) 421-5511 Faxcynthia@oldwayspt.org
www.wholegrainscouncil.org/get-involved/
celebrate-whole-grains-month-in-septembe
r  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Cynthia Harriman
5 - 11
National Suicide Prevention Week
American Association of Suicidology
5221 Wisconsin Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20015
(202) 237-2280
(202) 237-2282 Faxinfo@suicidology.org
www.suicidology.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
13
National Celiac Disease Awareness Day
Celiac Sprue Association
P.O. Box 31700
Omaha, NE 68131-0700
(877) 272-4272
(402) 643-4108 Faxceliacs@csaceliacs.org
www.csaceliacs.org  External Link
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 Faxpraota@aota.org
www.promoteot.org/AI_BackpackAwareness.h
tml  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
18
National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day
The AIDS Institute
2001 S Street NW, Suite 510
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 835-8373
(202) 835-8368 Faxinfo@theaidsinstitute.org
www.theaidsinstitute.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
19 - 25
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 Faxhalversc@nicc.edu
www.nsc.org/necas/  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Charlotte Halverson
19 - 25
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 Faxjbrogn@allied-services.org
www.nraf-rehabnet.org  External Link
Contact: James Brogna
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 Faxinfo@alz.co.uk
www.alz.co.uk/adi/wad/  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
23
RAINN Day
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)
2000 L Street NW, Suite 406
Washington, DC 20036
(800) 656-HOPE (4673)talk@rainn.org
www.rainn.org/get-involved/college/rainn
-day  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Sara Amin
25Family Health & Fitness Day USA
Health Information Resource Center
1850 West Winchester Road, #213
Libertyville, IL 60048
(800) 828-8225 info@fitnessday.com
www.fitnessday.com  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Patricia Henze
26
National Mesothelioma Awareness Day
Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation
P.O. Box 91840
Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1840
(805) 563-8400
(805) 563-8411 Faxinfo@curemeso.org
www.curemeso.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
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 napwa@napwa.org
www.napwa.org/  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
28
World Rabies Day
Global Alliance for Rabies Control
529 Humboldt Street, Suite 1
Manhattan, KS 66502
(570) 899-4885 peter.costa@worldrabiesday.org
www.worldrabiesday.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Peter Costa
29
National Women's Health & Fitness Day
Health Information Resource Center
1850 West Winchester Road, #213
Libertyville, IL 60048
(800) 828-8225 info@fitnessday.com
www.fitnessday.com  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Patricia Henze
30World Heart Day
World Heart Federation
7, rue des Battoirs, Case postale 155
1211 Geneva 4
SWITZERLAND, admin@worldheart.org
www.worldheart.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Jane Park
October
1 - 31
Eye Injury Prevention Month
American Academy of Ophthalmology
P.O. Box 7424
San Francisco, CA 94120-7424
(415) 447-0213
(415) 561-8533 Faxeyemd@aao.org
www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/injuries/in
dex.cfm  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Georgia Alward
1 - 31
Halloween Safety Month
Prevent Blindness America
211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60606
(800) 331-2020
(847) 843-8458 Faxinfo@preventblindness.org
www.preventblindness.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
1 - 31
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Board of Sponsors
C1C-315
1800 Concord Pike
Wilmington, DE 19850-5437nbcamquestions@yahoo.com
www.nbcam.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 31
National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
Celiac Sprue Association
P.O. Box 31700
Omaha, NE 68131-0700
(877) 272-4272
(402) 643-4108 Faxceliacs@csaceliacs.org
www.csaceliacs.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Mary Schluckebier
1 - 31
National Dental Hygiene Month
American Dental Hygienists' Association
444 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3400
Chicago, IL 60611-3980
(312) 440-8900
(312) 467-1806 Faxmedia@adha.net
www.adha.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Communications Division
1 - 31
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
Office of Disability Employment Policy
U.S. Department of Labor
Frances Perkins Building
200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room S-1303
Washington, DC 20210
(866) 633-7365
(202) 693-7880
(202) 693-7888 Fax
(202) 693-7881 TTYwww.dol.gov/odep
Materials available
Contact: Carol Dunlap
1 - 31
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Project
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
6400 Flank Drive, Suite 1300
Harrisburg, PA 17112-2791
(800) 537-2238
(800) 553-2508 TTY
(717) 545-9456 Faxwww.nrcdv.org/dvam  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 31
National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
National Down Syndrome Society
666 Broadway
New York, NY 10012
(800) 221-4602
(212) 979-2873 Faxinfo@ndss.org
www.ndss.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Educational Services
1 - 31
National Medical Librarians Month
Medical Library Association
65 East Wacker Place, Suite 1900
Chicago, IL 60601
(312) 419-9094 x11
(312) 419-8950 Faxinfo@mlahq.org
www.mlanet.org/resources/nml-month/index
.html  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Tomi Gunn
1 - 31
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 Faxpublic-relations@apta.org
www.apta.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Public Relations Department
1 - 31
National Spina Bifida Awareness Month
Spina Bifida Association
4590 MacArthur Boulevard NW, Suite 250
Washington, DC 20007-4226
(800) 621-3141
(202) 944-3285
(202) 944-3295 Faxsbaa@sbaa.org
www.spinabifidaassociation.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 31
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 Faxinfo@firstcandle.org
www.firstcandle.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 31
Talk About Prescriptions Month
National Council on Patient Information and Education
4915 Saint Elmo Avenue, Suite 505
Bethesda, MD 20814-6082
(301) 656-8565
(301) 656-4464 Faxncpie@ncpie.info
www.talkaboutrx.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Tigui Bangoura
1 - 7
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Week
National Sarcoidosis Society
National Sarcoidosis Foundation
2525 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60616
(312) 567-6626
(312) 567-6144 Faxsarcoidosis3@gmail.com
www.nationalsarcoidosisfriends.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Glenda Fulton
3 - 10
Hearing Aid Awareness Week
International Hearing Society
16800 Middlebelt Road, Suite 4
Livonia, MI 48154
(734) 522-7200
(734) 522-0200 Faxacmarkey@ihsinfo.org
www.ihsinfo.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Alice Markey
3 - 9
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 Faxinfo@nami.org
www.nami.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
3 - 9
National Fire Prevention Week
National Fire Protection Association
1 Batterymarch Park
Quincy, MA 02169-7471
(800) 344-3555
(617) 770-0200 Faxalebeau@nfpa.org
www.firepreventionweek.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
4 - 8
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 Faxnets@trafficsafety.org
www.trafficsafety.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Liz Stevens
4
National 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 Faxwww.mchb.hrsa.gov
Contact: Cynthia Tibbs
7
National Depression Screening Day ®
Screening for Mental Health, Inc.
One Washington Street, Suite 304
Wellesley Hills, MA 02481
(781) 239-0071
(781) 431-7447 Faxsmhinfo@mentalhealthscreening.org 
www.mentalhealthscreening.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Ariela Edelson
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 Faxwmhday@wfmh.com
www.wfmh.org/00worldmentalhealthday.htm  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Deborah Maguire
11 - 15
National School Lunch Week
School Nutrition Association
120 Waterfront Street, Suite 300
National Harbor, MD 20745
(800) 877-8822
(301) 686-3115 Faxservicecenter@schoolnutrition.org
www.schoolnutrition.org/nslw  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Laura Maynard
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) 823-1822 Faxtobyking@usbjd.org
www.usbjd.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Toby King
13
Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day
Metastatic Breast Cancer Network
P.O. Box 1449
New York, NY 10159
(888) 500-0370 mbcnet@gmail.com
www.mbcnetwork.org/page.aspx?nm=mbc_awar
eness_day  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Suzanne Herbert
15
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
Latino Commission on AIDS
24 W 25th Street, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10010
(212) 675-3288 x315
(212) 675-3466 Faxlranon@latinoaids.org
www.nlaad.org/  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Liliana Rañón
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 Faxwww.worldfooddayusa.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
18 - 24
National Drug-Free Work Week
Working Partners for an Alcohol- and Drug-Free Workplace
U.S. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room S-2312
Washington, DC 20210
(202) 693-5917
(202) 693-5960 Faxwebwp@dol.gov
www.dol.gov/drugfreeworkweek
Materials available
Contact: Renee Tajudeen
20
World Osteoporosis Day
International Osteoporosis Foundation
9, rue Juste-Olivier
CH-1260 Nyon
SWITZERLAND,
+41 22 994 0100
+41 22 994 0101 Faxwww.iofbonehealth.org/about-iof/iof-prog
rams/outreach-education/world-osteoporos
is-day.html  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
22
International Stuttering Awareness Day
Stuttering Foundation of America
3100 Walnut Grove Road, Suite 603
P.O. Box 11749
Memphis, TN 38111-0749
(800) 992-9392
(800) 967-7700
(901) 452-3931 Faxinfo@stutteringhelp.org
www.stutteringhelp.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Jane Fraser
22
National Mammography Day
American Cancer Society
250 Williams Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30303
(800) ACS-2345 (227-2345)www.cancer.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: National Office
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 Faxireyes@informedfamilies.org
www.nfp.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Ileana Reyes
24 - 30
Respiratory Care Week
American Association for Respiratory Care
9425 North MacArthur Boulevard, Suite 100
Irving, TX 75063
(972) 243-2272
(972) 484-2720 Faxinfo@aarc.org
www.aarc.org/rcweek  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Public Relations
27
Lung Health Day
American Association for Respiratory Care
9425 North MacArthur Boulevard, Suite 100
Irving, TX 75063
(972) 243-2272
(972) 484-2720 Faxinfo@aarc.org
www.aarc.org/rcweek  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Public Relations
November
1 - 30
American Diabetes Month
American Diabetes Association
1701 North Beauregard Street
Alexandria, VA 22311
(800) DIABETES (342-2383)
(703) 549-1500
(703) 549-6995 Faxaskada@diabetes.org
www.diabetes.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Local Chapters
1 - 30
COPD Awareness Month
The US COPD Coalition
132 Cardamon Drive
Edgewater, MD 21037
(877) 341-2673 info@uscopdcoalition.org
www.uscopdcoalition.org/NewsAndEvents.ht
m  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 30
Diabetic Eye Disease Month
Prevent Blindness America
211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60606
(800) 331-2020
(847) 843-8458 Faxinfo@preventblindness.org
www.preventblindness.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
1 - 30
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 Faxwww.apma.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 30
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Lung Cancer Alliance
888 16th Street NW, Suite 150
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 463-2080
(202) 463-7497 Faxinfo@lungcanceralliance.org
www.lungcanceralliance.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Kay Cofrancesco
1 - 30
National Family Caregivers Month
National Family Caregivers Association
10400 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 500
Kensington, MD 20895-3944
(800) 896-3650
(301) 942-2302 Faxinfo@thefamilycaregiver.org
www.thefamilycaregiver.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 30
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 Faxmediarelations@aad.org
www.aad.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Jennifer Allyn
1 - 30
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 Faxjradulovic@nhpco.org
www.nhpco.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Jon Radulovic
1 - 30
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
2141 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 7000
El Segundo, CA 90245
(877) 272-6226
(310) 725-0025
(310) 725-0029 Faxinformation@pancan.org
www.pancan.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 30
Prematurity Awareness Month
March of Dimes Foundation
1275 Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plains, NY 10605
(914) 997-4488
(914) 997-4763 Faxaskus@marchofdimes.com
www.marchofdimes.com  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Pregnancy and Newborn Health Education Center
1 - 30
Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month
Pulmonary Hypertension Association
801 Roeder Road, Suite 400
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(800) 748-7274 Helpline
(301) 565-3004 x749
(301) 565-3994 Faxpha@phassociation.org
www.phassociation.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Katie Kroner
8 - 14
Drowsy Driving Prevention Week
National Sleep Foundation
1522 K Street NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 347-3471
(202) 347-3472 Faxnsf@sleepfoundation.org
drowsydriving.org/resources/drowsy-drivi
ng-prevention-week-toolkit/  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Jennifer Cowher Williams
8 - 14
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 drugfacts@nida.nih.gov
www.drugfactsweek.drugabuse.gov/
Materials available
Contact: None designated
18
Great American Smokeout
American Cancer Society
250 Williams Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30303
(800) ACS-2345 (227-2345)acsf2f.com/gaso/  External Link
Materials available
Contact: National Office
18
Prematurity Awareness Day
March of Dimes Foundation
1275 Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plains, NY 10605
(914) 997-4488
(914) 997-4763 Faxaskus@marchofdimes.com
www.marchofdimes.com  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Pregnancy and Newborn Health Education Center
20
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 survivingsuicideloss@afsp.org
www.afsp.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Rebecca Thorp
21 - 27
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 Faxiffgd@iffgd.org
www.aboutgerd.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Nancy Norton
December
1 - 31
Safe Toys and Gifts Month
Prevent Blindness America
211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60606
(800) 331-2020
(847) 843-8458 Faxinfo@preventblindness.org
www.preventblindness.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
1 - 7
National Aplastic Anemia and MDS Awareness Week
Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation, Inc.
100 Park Avenue, Suite 108
Rockville, MD 20850
(800) 747-2820
(301) 279-7202
(301) 279-7502 Faxinfo@aamds.org
www.aamds.org  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Sandra Walter-Steinberg
1
World AIDS Day
World AIDS Campaign
Van Diemenstraat 192
1013 CP Amsterdam
THE NETHERLANDS,
+31 20 616 9045 info@worldaidscampaign.org 
www.worldaidscampaign.org/en/  External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated
5 - 11
National Handwashing Awareness Week
Henry the Hand Foundation
11714 U.S. Route 42
Cincinnati, OH 45241
(513) 769-3660 dr.will@henrythehand.com
www.henrythehand.com  External Link
Materials available
Contact: Dr. Will Sawyer

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