the women were called and they came - September Health Awareness Month

[THE SISTERS WERE CALLED]

September
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Childhood Cancer Month
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation
10400 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 205
Kensington, MD 20895
[phone]
[phone]
[phone] Fax
[e-mail]
www.candlelighters.org/awareness/childho
odcancerawarenessmonth/tabid/406/default
.aspx
Contact: Ruth Hoffman

September
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
[phone]
[phone] TTY
[phone] Fax
[e-mail]
www.fruitsandveggiesmatter.gov
Materials available
Contact: Katherine Thomas

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Leukemia & Lymphoma Awareness Month
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

1311 Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plains, NY 10605
[phone]
[phone]
[phone] Fax
www.lls.org
Materials available
Contact: Information Resource Center

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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
[phone]
[phone]
[phone] Fax
[e-mail]
www.recoverymonth.gov
Materials available
Contact: Consumer Affairs


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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

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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


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National Infant Mortality Awareness Month
National Healthy Start Association
2030 M Street NW, Suite 350
Washington , DC 20036
[phone]
[phone] Fax
[e-mail]
www.healthystartassoc.org
Materials available
Contact: Phyllis George

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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


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National Sickle Cell Month
Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc.
231 East Baltimore Street, 8th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21202
[phone]
[phone]
[e-mail]
www.sicklecelldisease.org
Materials available
Contact: None designated

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National Yoga Awareness Month
Yoga Health Foundation
4051 Glencoe Avenue, #10
Marina del Rey, CA 90292
[phone]
[e-mail]
www.yogamonth.org
Materials available
Contact: Johannes R. Fisslinger


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Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition
500 NE Spanish River Boulevard, Suite 8
Boca Raton, FL 33431
(888) OVARIAN (682-7426)
[phone]
[e-mail]
www.ovarian.org
Materials available
Contact: None designated

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Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Zero - The Project to End Prostate Cancer
10 G Street NE, Suite 601
Washington, DC 20002
[phone]
[phone]
[phone] Fax
[e-mail]
www.zerocancer.org
Materials available
Contact: None designated


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Reye's Syndrome Awareness Month
National Reye's Syndrome Foundation
P.O. Box 829
Bryan, OH 43506
[phone]
[phone]
[phone] Fax
[e-mail]
www.reyessyndrome.org
Materials available
Contact: None designated

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Sports and Home Eye Safety Month
Prevent Blindness America
211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60606
[phone]
[phone] Fax
[e-mail]
www.preventblindness.org
Materials available
Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline


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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-month-in-septembe
r
Materials available
Contact: Cynthia Harriman

5 - 11
National Suicide Prevention Week
American Association of Suicidology
5221 Wisconsin Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20015
[phone]
[phone] Fax
[e-mail]
www.suicidology.org
Materials available
Contact: None designated


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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

15
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.promoteot.org/AI_BackpackAwareness.h
tml
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
[phone]
[phone] Fax
[e-mail]
www.theaidsinstitute.org
Materials available
Contact: None designated

19 - 25
National Farm Safety & Health Week
National Education Center for Agricultural Safety
10250 Sundown Road
Peosta, IA 52068
[phone]
[phone]
[phone] Fax
[e-mail]
www.nsc.org/necas/
Materials available
Contact: Charlotte Halverson


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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
Contact: James Brogna

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


23
RAINN Day
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)
2000 L Street NW, Suite 406
Washington, DC 20036
(800) 656-HOPE (4673)
[e-mail]
www.rainn.org/get-involved/college/rainn
-day
Materials available
Contact: Sara Amin

25
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


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National Mesothelioma Awareness Day
Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation
P.O. Box 91840
Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1840
[phone]
[phone] Fax
[e-mail]
www.curemeso.org
Materials available
Contact: None designated

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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: None designated


28
World Rabies Day
Global Alliance for Rabies Control
529 Humboldt Street, Suite 1
Manhattan, KS 66502
[phone]
[e-mail]
www.worldrabiesday.org
Materials available
Contact: Peter Costa

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National Women's Health & Fitness Day
Health Information Resource Center
1850 West Winchester Road, #213
Libertyville, IL 60048
[phone]
[e-mail]
www.fitnessday.com
Materials available
Contact: Patricia Henze


30
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: Jane Park