Upcoming Events
October 2013
- Tuesday 1stDomestic Violence Awareness Month
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
One Broadway, Suite B210
Denver, CO 80203
(303) 839-1852
(303) 839-8459 TTY
(303) 831-9251 Fax
mainoffice@ncadv.org
www.ncadv.org/takeaction/DomesticViolenc
eAwarenessMonth.php External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated - Tuesday 1stEye Injury Prevention Month
American Academy of Ophthalmology
P.O. Box 7424
San Francisco, CA 94120-7424
(415) 447-0258
(415) 561-8533 Fax
eyemd@aao.org
www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/injuries/in
dex.cfm External Link
Materials available
Contact: Georgia Alward - Tuesday 1stHealth Literacy Month
Health Literacy Consulting
31 Highland Street, Suite 201
Natick, MA 01760
(508) 653-1199
helen@healthliteracy.com
www.healthliteracymonth.org External Link
Contact: Helen Osborne - Tuesday 1stHome 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
www.preventblindness.org External Link
Materials available
Contact: PBA Vision Health Resource Center - Tuesday 1stNational Medical Librarians Month
Medical Library Association
65 East Wacker Place, Suite 1900
Chicago, IL 60601
(312) 419-9094 x11
(312) 419-8950 Fax
mlams@mlahq.org
www.mlanet.org External Link
Materials available
Contact: Tomi Gunn - Tuesday 1stSudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month
First Candle
1314 Bedford Avenue, Suite 210
Baltimore, MD 21208
(410) 653-8226
(410) 653-8709 Fax
info@firstcandle.org
www.firstcandle.org External Link
Materials available
Contact: Nadine Goldberg - Monday 7thMental 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
info@nami.org
www.nami.org External Link
Materials available
Contact: None designated - Wednesday 9thWalk 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)
walk@walktoschool.org
www.walkbiketoschool.org/ External Link
Materials available
Contact: Susan Byszeski - Monday 14thColumbus Day
- Monday 14thNational Health Education Week
Society for Public Health Education
10 G Street NE, Suite 605
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 408-9804
(202) 408-9815 Fax
info@sophe.org
http://www.sophe.org/nhew.cfm External Link
Materials available
Contact: Julia Gin - Wednesday 16thBoss's Day
- Tuesday 22ndInternational 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
info@stutteringhelp.org
www.stutteringhelp.org External Link
Materials available
Contact: Jane Fraser - Wednesday 23rd, 8:00 AMRed 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
ireyes@informedfamilies.org
www.nfp.org External Link
Materials available
Contact: Ileana Reyes - Thursday 31stHalloween
November 2013
- Friday 1stCOPD Awareness Month
American Lung Association
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20004
(800) 548-8252
(202) 785-3355
(202) 452-1805 Fax
mike.townsend@lung.org
www.lung.org External Link
Materials available
Contact: Mike Townsend - Friday 1stDiabetic 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
www.preventblindness.org External Link
Materials available
Contact: PBA Vision Health Resource Center - Friday 1stLung Cancer Awareness Month
American Lung Association
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20004
(800) 548-8252
(202) 785-3355
(202) 452-1805 Fax
mike.townsend@lung.org
www.lung.org External Link
Materials available
Contact: Mike Townsend - Friday 1stNational Hospice Palliative Care Month
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
1731 King Street, Suite 100
Alexandria, VA 22314
(800) 646-6460
(703) 837-1500
(703) 837-1233 Fax
jradulovic@nhpco.org
www.nhpco.org External Link
Materials available
Contact: Jon Radulovic - Friday 1st, 8:00 AMNational Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
No Stomach For Cancer, Inc.
9202 Waterside Street, #203
Middleton, WI 53562
(608) 335-0241
info@nostomachforcancer.org
www.nostomachforcancer.org External Link
Materials available
Contact: Karen Chelcun-Schreiber - Sunday 3rdDaylight Saving (End)
- Monday 11thVeterans' Day
- Thursday 21stGreat American Smokeout
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 - Sunday 24thGastroesophageal Reflux Disease Awareness Week
International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
700 W. Virginia St., #201
Milwaukee, WI 53204
(888) 964-2001
(414) 964-1799
(414) 964-7176 Fax
iffgd@iffgd.org
www.aboutgerd.org/site/about-gerd/gerd-a
wareness-week External Link
Materials available
Contact: Nancy Norton - Thursday 28thThanksgiving
- Friday 29thBlack Friday
December 2013
- Sunday 1stSafe 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
www.preventblindness.org External Link
Materials available
Contact: PBA Vision Health Resource Center - Monday 2ndCyber Monday
- Saturday 7thPearl Harbor Remembrance Day
- Wednesday 25thChristmas Day
- Tuesday 31stNew Year's Eve
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