Lyme Disease Awareness Month
Lyme Disease Foundation
One Financial Plaza
Hartford, CT 06103-2610
(800) 886-5963
www.lyme.org
Healthy Vision Month
National Eye Institute
National Institutes of Health
Building 31, Room 6A32
31 Center Drive MSC 2510
Bethesda, MD 20892-25210
(301) 496-5248
www.healthyvision2010.nei.nih.gov
Lupus Awareness Month
Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.
2000 L Street NW, Suite 710
Washington, DC 20036
(888) 385-8787
www.lupus.org
Better Sleep Month
Better Sleep Council
501 Wythe Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 683-8371
www.bettersleep.org
American Stroke Month
American Heart Association
7272 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75231
(800) 242-8721
www.americanheart.org
Clean Air Month
American Lung Association
61 Broadway, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10006
(800) 586-4872)
www.lungusa.org
Hepatitis Awareness Month
Hepatitis Foundation International
504 Blick Drive
Silver Spring, MD 20904-2901
(800) 891-0707
www.hepfi.org
National Celiac Disease Awareness
Month
American Celiac Disease Alliance
2504 Duxbury Place
Alexandria, VA 22308
(703) 622-3331
www.americanceliac.org
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
Awareness Month
International MCS Awareness
P.O. Box 20517
Tallahassee, FL 32316-0517
(850) 878-0674
www.nettally.com/prusty/mcs.htm
National Physical Fitness and
Sports Month
President's Council on Physical Fitness and
Sports
Department W, Room 738-H
200 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20201-0004
(202) 690-9000
www.fitness.gov
Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
1233 20th St., N.W., Suite 402
Washington, DC 20036
(800) 7-ASTHMA
www.aafa.org
Mental Health Month
National Mental Health Association
P.O. Box 16810
Alexandria, VA 22311
(800) 969-6642
www.nmha.org
National Neurofibromatosis Month
Children's Tumor Foundation
95 Pine Street, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10005
(800) 323-7938
www.ctf.org
Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and
Prevention Month
American Academy of Dermatology
930 E. Woodfield Road
Schaumburg, IL 60173
(888) 462-3376
www.aad.org
National Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Month
Advocates for Youth
2000 M Street, NW, Suit 750
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 419-3420
www.advocatesforyouth.org
Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Month
Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance
801 Roeder Road, Suite 750
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(800) 225-6872
www.tsalliance.org
National High Blood Pressure
Education Month
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
(NHLBI) Health Information Center
P.O. Box 30105
Bethesda, MD 20824-0105
(301) 592-8573
http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/nhbpep_kit/
Ultraviolet Awareness Month
Prevent Blindness America
500 E. Remington Road
Schaumburg, IL 60173
(800) 331-2020
www.preventblindness.org
National Physical Education and
Sport Month/Week
May 1 - 7
National Association for Sport and Physical
Education
1900 Association Drive
Reston, VA 20191
(703) 476-3410
www.naspeinfo.org
National Anxiety Disorders
Screening Day
May 7
Freedom From Fear
308 Seaview Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10305
(888) 442-2022
www.freedomfromfear.org
North American Occupational Safety
and Health Week
American Society of Safety Engineers
Canadian Society of Safety Engineering
U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
ASSE Public Relations Department
1800 E. Oakton Street
Des Plaines, IL 60018-2187
(847) 699-2929
www.asse.org/naosh
Cornelia de Lange Syndrome
Awareness Day
May 10
CdLS-USA Foundation
302 W. Main Street, #100
Avon, CT 06001
(800) 753-2357
www.cdlsusa.org
Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
May 12
2200 N. Glassell Street, Suite A
Orange, CA 92865
(714) 921-0150
www.fmaware.org/may12.htm
National Women's Health Week
May 11 - 17
Office on Women's Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Ave. SW, Room 712E
Washington, DC 20201
(202) 690-7651
www.womenshealth.gov/whw
National Stuttering Awareness Week
May 12 - 18
Stuttering Foundation of America
3100 Walnut Grove Road, Suite 603
P.O. Box 11749
Memphis, TN 38111-0749
(800) 992-9392
www.stutteringhelp.org
National Women's Check-up Day
May 12
Office on Women's Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Ave. SW, Room 712E
Washington, DC 20201
(202) 690-7651
www.womenshealth.gov
Sex Differences in Health Awareness
Day
May 13
Society for Women's Health Research
1025 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 701
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 223-8224
www.womenshealthresearch.org
National Employee Health and
Fitness Day
May 21
National Association for Health and Fitness
65 Niagara Square, Room 07
Buffalo, NY 14202
(716) 583-0521
www.physicalfitness.org
Recreational Water Illness
Prevention Week
May 19 - 25
Water and Environment Activity
Division of Parasitic Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
4770 Buford Highway, NE, MS F-22
Atlanta, GA 30341-3724
(770) 488-7763
www.cdc.gov/healthyswimming/index.htm
National Neuropathy Week
May 16-20
The Neuropathy Association, Inc.
60 E. 42nd St., Suite 942
New York, NY 10165-0999
(212) 692-0662
www.neuropathy.org
Food Allergy Awareness Week
May 11 - 17
Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network
10400 Eaton Place, Suite 107
Fairfax, VA 22030-2208
(800) 929-4040
www.foodallergy.org
National Anxiety Disorders Screening
Day
May 7
Freedom From Fear
308 Seaview Ave.
Staten Island, NY 10305
(718) 351-1717
www.freedomfromfear.org
National Stuttering Awareness Week
May 12 - 18
Stuttering Foundation of America
3100 Walnut Grove Rd., Suite 603
P.O. Box 11749
Memphis, TN 38111(800) 992-9392
www.stutteringhelp.org
National Alcohol-and Other
Drug-Related Birth Defects Week
May 11 - 17
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc.
20 Exchange Place, Suite 2902
New York, NY 10005
(800) NCA-CALL (24-hour helpline)
www.ncadd.org
National Emergency Medical Services
Week
May 18 - 24
American College of Emergency Physicians
1125 Executive Circle
Irving, TX 75038-2522
(800) 798-1822
www.acep.org/emsweek
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02/04/2008
