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October 2008

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
nbcamquestions@yahoo.com
http://nbcam.org/
-or-
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer
Foundation at (800) 462-9273
http://www.komen.org
-or-
National Cancer Institute's Cancer
Information Service
(800) 4-CANCER
http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov

"Talk About Prescriptions" Month
National Council on Patient Information and Education
4915 Saint Elmo Avenue, Suite 505
Bethesda, MD 20814-6082
(301) 656-8565
(301) 656-4464 Fax
ncpie@ncpie.info
www.talkaboutrx.org
Materials available
Contact: Information Specialist

Eye Injury Prevention Month
American Academy of Ophthalmology
P.O. Box 7424
San Francisco, CA 94120-7424
(415) 447-0213
(415) 561-8533 Fax
eyemd@aao.org
www.aao.org/aaoesite/eyemd/injury.cfm
Materials available
Contact: Georgia Alward

Halloween Safety Month
Prevent Blindness America
211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60606
(800) 331-2020
(847) 843-8458 Fax
info@preventblindness.org
www.preventblindness.org
Materials available
Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline

Healthy Lung Month
American Lung Association
61 Broadway, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10006
(800) LUNG-USA (586-4872)
(212) 315-8700
info@lungusa.org
www.lungusa.org
Materials available
Contact: None designated

Let's Talk Month
Advocates for Youth
2000 M Street NW, Suite 750
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 419-3420
(202) 419-1448 Fax
tom@advocatesforyouth.org
www.advocatesforyouth.org
Materials available
Contact: Tom Klaus

National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
Celiac Sprue Association
P.O. Box 31700
Omaha, NE 68131-0700
(877) 272-4272
(402) 643-4108 Fax
celiacs@csaceliacs.org
www.csaceliacs.org
Materials available
Contact: Mary Schluckebier

National Chiropractic Month
American Chiropractic Association
1701 Clarendon Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22209
(703) 276-8800
(703) 243-2593 Fax
communications@acatoday.org
www.acatoday.org
Materials available
Contact: Communications & Marketing Department

National Dental Hygiene Month
American Dental Hygienists' Association
444 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3400
Chicago, IL 60611-3980
(800) 243-ADHA (2342)
(312) 440-8900
(312) 467-1806 Fax
media@adha.net
http://www.adha.org
Materials available
Contact: Communications Division

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 (202) 693-7880
(202) 693-7888 Fax
(877) 889-5627 TTY
www.dol.gov/odep
Materials available
Contact: None designated

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Project
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
6400 Flank Drive, Suite 1300
Harrisburg, PA 17112-2791
(800) 537-2238
(800) 553-2508 TTY
(717) 545-9456 Fax
ck@pcadv.org
dvam.vawnet.org
Materials available
Contact: Casey Keene

National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
National Down Syndrome Society
666 Broadway
New York, NY 10012
(800) 221-4602
(212) 460-9330
(212) 979-2873 Fax
info@ndss.org
www.ndss.org
Materials available
Contact: Educational Services

National Medical Librarians Month
Medical Library Association
65 East Wacker Place, Suite 1900
Chicago, IL 60601
(312) 419-9094 x11
(312) 419-8950 Fax
info@mlahq.org
www.mlanet.org/resources/nml-month/index.html
Materials available
Contact: Tomi Gunn

National Physical Therapy Month
American Physical Therapy Association
1111 North Fairfax Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-1488
(703) 684-2782 x3248
(703) 706-8578 Fax
public-relations@apta.org
www.apta.org
Materials available
Contact: Public Relations Department

National Spina Bifida Awareness Month
Spina Bifida Association
4590 MacArthur Boulevard NW, Suite 250
Washington, DC 20007-4226
(800) 621-3141
(202) 944-3285
(202) 944-3295 Fax
sbaa@sbaa.org
www.spinabifidaassociation.org
Materials available
Contact: Amanda Darnley

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month
First Candle/SIDS Alliance
1314 Bedford Avenue, Suite 210
Baltimore, MD 21208
(800) 221-7437
(410) 653-8226
(410) 653-8709 Fax
info@firstcandle.org
www.firstcandle.org
Materials available
Contact: Laura Reno

October 4
Sarcoidosis Awareness Day
National Sarcoidosis Society, Inc. and Affiliates
2525 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60616
(312) 567-6626
(312) 567-6144 Fax
sarcoidosisfriends2@hotmail.com
nationalsarcoidosisfriends.org.tripod.com
Materials available
Contact: Glenda Fulton

October 5 - 11
Fire Prevention Week
National Fire Protection Association
1 Batterymarch Park
Quincy, MA 02169-7471
(800) 344-3555 orders only
(617) 984-7285
(617) 770-0200 Fax
bdunn@nfpa.org
www.firepreventionweek.org
Materials available
Contact: Barbara Dunn

October 6 - 10
Drive Safely Work Week
Network of Employers for Traffic Safety
8150 Leesburg Pike, Suite 410
Vienna, VA 22182
(888) 221-0045
(703) 891-6005
(703) 891-6010 Fax
nets@trafficsafety.org
www.trafficsafety.org
Materials available
Contact: Kathryn Lusby-Treber

October 8
Stop America's Violence Everywhere Today
American Medical Association Alliance
515 North State Street, 9th Floor
Chicago, IL 60610
(312) 464-4470
(312) 464-5020 Fax
amaa@ama-assn.org
www.amaalliance.org
Materials available
Contact: Jennifer West

October 10
World Mental Health Day
World Federation for Mental Health
6564 Loisdale Court, Suite 301
Springfield, VA 22150-1812
(703) 313-8680
(703) 313-8683 Fax
info@wfmh.org
www.wfmh.org/wmhday/about.html
Materials available
Contact: Deborah Maguire

October 12 - 20
Bone and Joint Decade National Action Week
U.S. Bone and Joint Decade
6300 North River Road
Rosemont, IL 60018
(847) 384-4010
(847) 823-0536 Fax
tobyking@usbjd.org
www.usbjd.org
Materials available
Contact: Toby King

October 17
National Mammography Day
American Cancer Society
250 Williams Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30303
(800) ACS-2345 (227-2345)
www.cancer.org
Materials available
Contact: National Office

October 20 - 24
National Health Education Week
National Center for Health Education
375 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10014
(212) 463-4060 Fax
ray@nche.org
www.nche.org
Materials available
Contact: Ray Marks

October 22
International Stuttering Awareness Day
Stuttering Foundation of America
3100 Walnut Grove Road, Suite 603
P.O. Box 11749
Memphis, TN 38111-0749
(800) 992-9392
(901) 452-3931 Fax
info@stutteringhelp.org
www.stutteringhelp.org
Materials available
Contact: Jane Fraser

October 31
Interstitial Cystitis Awareness Day
National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
505 C Street NE
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 543-9693
(202) 543-9858 Fax
info@npwh.org
www.npwh.org
Materials available
Contact: Susan Wysocki