Halloween Safety Month
Prevent Blindness America
500 E. Remington Road
Schaumburg, IL 60173
(800) 331-2020
www.preventblindness.org
Eye Injury Prevention Month
American Academy of Ophthalmology
P.O. Box 7424
San Francisco, CA 94120-7424
(415) 447-0213
www.aao.org/eyemd
National Celiac Disease Awareness
Month
Celiac Sprue Association
P.O. Box 31700
Omaha, NE 68131-0700
(877) 272-4272
www.csaceliacs.org
National Disability Employment
Awareness Month
Office of Disability Employment Policy
U.S. Department of Labor
Frances Perkins Building
200 Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20210
(866) 633-7365
www.dol.gov/odep
Healthy Lung Month
American Lung Association
1740 Broadway
New York, NY 10019-4374
(800) LUNG-USA
www.lungusa.org
National Medical Librarians Months
Medical Library Association
65 E. Wacker Place, Suite 1900
Chicago, IL 60601
(312) 419-9094, Ext. 11
www.mlanet.org/resources/nml-month/index.html
National Family Sexuality Education
Month/Let's Talk Month
Advocates for Youth
2000 M Street NW, Suite 750
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 419-3420
www.advocatesforyouth.org
National Down Syndrome Awareness
Month
National Down Syndrome Society
666 Broadway
New York, NY 10012
(800) 221-4602
www.ndss.org
National Chiropactic Month
American Chiropractic Association
1701 Clarendon Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22209
(703) 276-8800
www.acatoday.org
National Dental Hygiene Month
American Dental Hygienists' Association
444 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 3400
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 440-8900
www.adha.org
National Physical Therapy Month
American Physical Therapy Association
1111 N. Fairfax Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-1488
(703) 684-2782 x 3248
www.apta.org
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Awareness Month
First Candle/SIDS Alliance
1314 Bedford Ave., Suite 210
Baltimore, MD 21208
(800) 221-7437
www.firstcandle.org
Fire Prevention Week
October 5-11
National Fire Protection Association
1 Batterymarch Park
Quincy, MA 02169-7471
(800) 344-3555
www.firepreventionweek.org
National Spina Bifida Awareness Month
Spina Bifida Association
4590 MacArthur Blvd. NW, Suite 250
Washington, DC 20007-4226
(800) 621-3141
www.spinabifidaassociation.org
Sarcoidosis Awareness Day
October 4
National Sarcoidosis Society, Inc. and
Affiliates
2525 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60616
(312) 567-6626
www.nationalsarcoidosisfriends.org.tripod.com
Interstitial Cystitis Awareness Day
October 31
National Association of Nurse Practitioners
in Women's Health
505 C Street NE
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 543-9693
www.npwh.org
Talk About Prescriptions Month
National Council on Patient Information and Education
4915 St. Elmo Ave., Suite 505
Bethesda, MD 20814-6053
(301) 656-8565
www.talkaboutrx.org
World Mental Health Day
October 10
World Federation for Mental Health
2001 N. Beauregard Street, Suite 950
Alexandria, VA 22311
(703) 313-8680
www.wmhday.net
National Mammography Day
October 17
American Cancer Society
1599 Clifton Road, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30329
(800) ACS-2345
www.cancer.org
Drive Safely Work Week
October 6 - 10
Network of Employers for Traffic Safety
8150 Leesburg Pike, Suite 410
Vienna, VA 22182
(888) 221-0045
www.trafficsafety.org
Bone and Joint Decade National
Awareness Week
October 12 - 20
U.S. Bone and Joint Decade
6300 N. River Road
Rosemont, IL 60018
(847) 384-4010
www.usbjd.org
SAVE (Stop America's Violence
Everywhere) Today
October 8
American Medical Association Alliance
515 N. State Street
Chicago. IL 60610
(312) 464-4470
www.amaalliance.org
National Health Education Week
October 20 - 24
National Center for Health Education
Society for Public Health Education
242 W. 30th St., 10th Floor
New York, NY 10001
(212) 463-4053
www.nche.org
International Stuttering Awareness
Day
October 22
Stuttering Foundation of America
3100 Walnut Grove Road, Suite 603
P.O. Box 11749
Memphis, TN 38111-0749
(800) 992-9392
www.stutteringhelp.org
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02/04/2008
