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Attention health professionals, teachers, and community groups!

By  supporting National Health Observances, you can:

• Educate the public about health risks
• Organize successful health promotion events  and campaigns

• September
  1 - 30 Childhood Cancer Awareness Month CureSearch for Children’s Cancer 4600 East-West Highway, Suite 600 Bethesda, MD 20814 [phone] [phone] Fax [e-mail] www.curesearch.org/ArticleView2.aspx?id= 7750&l=8810&c=7eb54f  Contact: None designated	1 - 30 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 [phone] [phone] Fax [e-mail] www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org  Materials available Contact: Toni Eaton
  1 - 30 Healthy Aging®Month Educational Television Network, Inc. P. O. Box 442 Unionville, PA 19375 [phone] [e-mail] www.healthyaging.net/events.htm  Materials available Contact: Information Specialist	1 - 30 Leukemia & Lymphoma Awareness Month Leukemia & Lymphoma Society 1311 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 310 White Plains, NY 10605 [phone] www.lls.org  Materials available Contact: Information Resource Center
  1 - 30 National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month American Foundation for Women's Health P. O. Box 541 Greenwood, TX 76246-0541 [phone] [e-mail] www.stopafib.org  Materials available Contact: Mellanie True Hills	1 - 30 National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month American College of Sports Medicine P.O. Box 1440 Indianapolis, IN 46206-1440 [phone] [e-mail] www.healthierkidsbrighterfutures.org/hom e/  Materials available Contact: None designated
  1 - 30 National Cholesterol Education Month National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Information Center P.O. Box 30105 Bethesda, MD 20824-0105 [phone] [phone] Fax [e-mail] hp2010.nhlbihin.net/cholmonth/  Materials available Contact: Information Specialist	1 - 30 National Pediculosis Prevention Month/Head Lice Prevention Month National Pediculosis Association, Inc. 1005 Boylston Street, #343 Newton, MA 02461 [phone] [phone] Fax [e-mail] www.headlice.org  Materials available Contact: Deborah Altschuler
  1 - 30 National Recovery Month Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration P.O. Box 2345 Washington, DC 20847-2345 [phone] Toll Free [phone] Fax [e-mail] www.recoverymonth.gov/ Materials available Contact: None designated	1 - 30 National Sickle Cell Month Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc. 231 East Baltimore Street, Suite 800 Baltimore, MD 21202 [phone] [phone] [phone] Fax [e-mail] www.sicklecelldisease.org  Materials available Contact: None designated
  1 - 30 National Yoga Awareness Month Yoga Health Foundation P. O. Box 725 Fairhope, AL 36533 [phone] [e-mail] www.yogamonth.org  Materials available Contact: Meredith Montgomery	1 - 30 Newborn Screening Awareness Month Save Babies Through Screening Foundation, Inc. P.O. Box 42197 Cincinnati, OH 45242 [phone] www.savebabies.org  Materials available Contact: None designated
  1 - 30 Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month National Ovarian Cancer Coalition 2501 Oak Lawn Avenue, Suite 435 Dallas, TX 75219 (888) OVARIAN (682-7426) [phone] [e-mail] www.ovarian.org  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 [phone] [phone] [phone] [e-mail] www.zerocancer.org  Materials available Contact: Melissa Kadish
  1 - 30 Whole Grains Month Whole Grains Council 226 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02116 [phone] [phone] Fax [e-mail] www.wholegrainscouncil.org/get-involved/ celebrate-whole-grains-mon...  Materials available Contact: Cynthia Harriman	1 - 28 National ITP Awareness Month Platelet Disorder Support Association 133 Rollins Avenue, Suite 500 Rockville , MD 20852 (877-528-3538) [phone] [phone] Fax [e-mail] www.pdsa.org/resources/itp-awareness-mon th.html  Materials available Contact: Nancy Potthast
  13 National Celiac Disease Awareness Day Celiac Sprue Association P.O. Box 31700 Omaha, NE 68131-0700 [phone] [phone] Fax [e-mail] www.csaceliacs.org  Materials available Contact: Mary Schluckebier	16 - 22 National Farm Safety & Health Week National Education Center for Agricultural Safety 10250 Sundown Road Peosta, IA 52068 [phone] [phone] [phone]  Fax [e-mail] www.necasag.org  Materials available Contact: Charlotte Halverson
  16 - 22 National Rehabilitation Awareness Celebration National Rehabilitation Awareness Foundation 100 Abington Executive Park Clarks Summit, PA 18411 [phone] [phone]  [phone] Fax [e-mail] www.nraf-rehabnet.org  Materials available Contact: James Brogna	18 Get Ready Day American Public Health Association 800 I Street NW Washington, DC 20001-3710 [phone] [phone] TTY [phone] Fax [e-mail] www.aphagetready.org  Materials available Contact: Audrey Pernik
  19 National School Backpack Awareness Day American Occupational Therapy Association 4720 Montgomery Lane P.O. Box 31220 Bethesda, MD 20824-1220 [phone] [phone] TDD [phone] Fax [e-mail] www.aota.org  Materials available Contact: None designated	21 World Alzheimer's Day Alzheimer's Disease International 64 Great Suffolk Street London, SE1 OBL UNITED KINGDOM,  [phone] [phone] Fax [e-mail] www.alz.co.uk/adi/wad/  Materials available Contact: None designated
  26 National Women's Health & Fitness DayTM Health Information Resource Center 1850 West Winchester Road, #213 Libertyville, IL 60048 [phone] [e-mail] 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 [phone]  [phone] [phone] Fax [e-mail] www.napwa.org/  Materials available Contact: Stephen Bailous
  27 RAINN Day Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) 2000 L Street NW, Suite 406 Washington, DC 20036 (800) 656-HOPE (4673) National Sexual Assault Hotline [phone] [e-mail] www.rainn.org/rainn-day  Materials available Contact: Megan Erhardt	28 World Rabies Day Global Alliance for Rabies Control 529 Humboldt Street, Suite 1 Manhattan, KS 66502 [phone] www.worldrabiesday.org  Materials available Contact: None designated
  29 Family Health & Fitness Day USA® Health Information Resource Center 1850 West Winchester Road, #213 Libertyville, IL 60048 [phone] [e-mail] www.fitnessday.com  Materials available Contact: Patricia Henze	29 World Heart Day World Heart Federation 7 Rue des Battoirs, Case postale 155 1211 Geneva 4 SWITZERLAND,  [e-mail] www.worldheart.org  Materials available Contact: Cynthia Haro
  30 Sport Purple For Platelets Day Platelet Disorder Support Association 133 Rollins Avenue, Suite 5 Rockville, MD 20852 [phone] [phone] [phone] Fax [e-mail] www.pdsa.org  Materials available Contact: Nancy Potthast
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  October
  1 - 31 Eye Injury Prevention Month American Academy of Ophthalmology P.O. Box 7424 San Francisco, CA 94120-7424 [phone] [phone] Fax [e-mail] www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/injuries/in dex.cfm  Materials available Contact: Georgia Alward	1 - 31 Health Literacy Month Health Literacy Consulting 31 Highland Street, Suite 201 Natick, MA 01760 [phone]  [e-mail] www.healthliteracymonth.org  Materials available Contact: Helen Osborne
  1 - 31 Home Eye Safety Month Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 [phone] [phone] [phone] Fax [e-mail] www.preventblindness.org  Materials available Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline	1 - 31 National Breast Cancer Awareness Month National Breast Cancer