October is Awareness Month for Breast Cancer and These Other Health-Related Issues

October
1 - 31 Eye Injury Prevention Month American Academy of Ophthalmology P.O. Box 7424 San Francisco, CA 94120-7424 (415) 447-0213 (415) 561-8533 Faxeyemd@aao.org www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/injuries/in dex.cfm   Materials available Contact: Georgia Alward	1 - 31 Home Eye Safety Month Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 (800) 331-2020 (312) 363-6001 (312) 363-6052 Faxinfo@preventblindness.org www.preventblindness.org   Materials available Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
1 - 31 National Breast Cancer Awareness Month National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Board of Sponsors C1C-315 1800 Concord Pike Wilmington, DE 19850-5437nbcamquestions@yahoo.com www.nbcam.org   Materials available Contact: None designated	1 - 31 National Disability Employment Awareness Month Office of Disability Employment Policy U.S. Department of Labor Frances Perkins Building, Room S-1303 200 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20210 (866) 633-7365 (202) 693-7880 (202) 693-7888 Fax (202) 693-7881 TTYwww.dol.gov/odep Materials available Contact: Carol Dunlap
1 - 31 National Down Syndrome Awareness Month National Down Syndrome Society 666 Broadway New York, NY 10012 (800) 221-4602 (212) 979-2873 Faxinfo@ndss.org www.ndss.org   Materials available Contact: Educational Services	1 - 31 National Medical Librarians Month Medical Library Association 65 East Wacker Place, Suite 1900 Chicago, IL 60601 (312) 419-9094 x11 (312) 419-8950 Faxmlams@mlahq.org www.mlanet.org/resources/nml-month/index .html   Materials available Contact: Tomi Gunn
1 - 31 National Physical Therapy Month American Physical Therapy Association 1111 North Fairfax Street Alexandria, VA 22314-1488 (800) 999-2782 (703) 684-2782 x3248 (703) 706-8578 Faxpublic-relations@apta.org www.moveforwardpt.com   Materials available Contact: Public Relations Department	1 - 31 Stop America's Violence Everywhere (SAVE) Today American Medical Association Alliance 515 North State Street, 9th Floor Chicago, IL 60654 (312) 464-4470 amaa@ama-assn.org www.amaalliance.org   Materials available Contact: None designated
1 - 31 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 Faxinfo@firstcandle.org www.firstcandle.org   Materials available Contact: None designated	2 - 8 Mental 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 Faxinfo@nami.org www.nami.org   Materials available Contact: None designated
3 - 7 Drive Safely Work Week Network of Employers for Traffic Safety 344 Maple Avenue West, #357 Vienna, VA 22180 (888) 221-0045 (703) 273-6005 (703) 273-7122 Faxnets@trafficsafety.org www.trafficsafety.org   Materials available Contact: Liz Stevens	3 Child Health Day Maternal and Child Health Bureau Health Resources and Services Administration U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Parklawn Building, Room 1805 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857 (301) 443-2170 (301) 443-1797 Faxwww.mchb.hrsa.gov Contact: Cynthia Tibbs
5 Walk 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.walktoschool-usa.org/index.cfm   Materials available Contact: Susan Byszeski	6 National Depression Screening Day ® Screening for Mental Health, Inc. One Washington Street, Suite 304 Wellesley Hills, MA 02481 (781) 239-0071 (781) 431-7447 Faxsmhinfo@mentalhealthscreening.org  www.mentalhealthscreening.org/events/nat ional-depression-screening-day.aspx   Materials available Contact: None designated
10 World Mental Health Day World Federation for Mental Health 12940 Harbor Drive, Suite 101 Woodbridge, VA 22192-2930 (703) 494-6515 (703) 494-6518 Faxwmhday@wfmh.com www.wfmh.org/00worldmentalhealthday.htm   Materials available Contact: Deborah Maguire	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) 384-4009 (847) 823-1822 Faxusbjd@usbjd.org www.usbjd.org   Materials available Contact: Toby King
15 National Latino AIDS Awareness Day Latino Commission on AIDS 24 W 25th Street, 9th Floor New York, NY 10010 (212) 584-9315 (212) 202-3620 Faxmramirez@latinoaids.org www.nlaad.org/   Materials available Contact: Melissa Faith Ramirez	16 World Food Day U.S. National Committee for World Food Day 2175 K Street NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20437 (202) 653-2404 (202) 653-5760 Faxwww.worldfooddayusa.org   Materials available Contact: None designated
22 International 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 Faxinfo@stutteringhelp.org www.stutteringhelp.org   Materials available Contact: Jane Fraser	23 - 31 Red 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 Faxireyes@informedfamilies.org www.nfp.org   Materials available Contact: Ileana Reyes
31 - November 6 National Drug Facts Week National Institute on Drug Abuse National Institutes of Health 6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 5213 Bethesda, MD 20892-9561 (301) 443-1124 drugfacts@nida.nih.gov www.drugfactsweek.drugabuse.gov/ Materials available Contact: None designated