National Health Observances - June 2012

 

1 - July 4
Fireworks Safety Month
Prevent Blindness America
211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60606
(800) 331-2020
(312) 363-6001
(312) 363-6052 Fax
info@preventblindness.org
www.preventblindness.org 
Materials available
Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline		 1 - 30
Cataract Awareness Month
Prevent Blindness America
211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60606
(800) 331-2020
(312) 363-6001
(312) 363-6052 Fax
info@preventblindness.org
www.preventblindness.org 
Materials available
Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
1 - 30
Home Safety Month
Home Safety Council
1250 I Street NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 330-4900
(202) 330-4901 Fax
info@homesafetycouncil.org
www.homesafetycouncil.org/AboutUs/HSM/au
_hsm_w001.asp 
Materials available
Contact: None designated		 1 - 30
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month
Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America, Inc.
355 Lexington Avenue, 15th Floor
New York, NY 10017
(800) 541-5454
(212) 370-9047 Fax
www.myasthenia.org 
Materials available
Contact: None designated
1 - 30
National Aphasia Awareness Month
National Aphasia Association
350 Seventh Avenue, Suite 902
New York, NY 10001
(800) 922-4622
(212) 267-2814
(212) 267-2812 Fax
naa@aphasia.org
www.aphasia.org 
Materials available
Contact: Ellayne Ganzfried		 1 - 30
National Congenital Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month
Stop CMV - The CMV Action Network
P. O. Box 62214
Sunnyvale, CA 94088-2214
(209) 712-9929
awareness@stopcmv.org
www.stopcmv.org 
Materials available
Contact: Casey Famigletti
1 - 30
National Scleroderma Awareness Month
Scleroderma Foundation
300 Rosewood Drive, Suite 105
Danvers, MA 01923
(800) 722-HOPE (722-4673)
(978) 463-5809 Fax
sfinfo@scleroderma.org
www.scleroderma.org 
Materials available
Contact: National Office or Local Chapters		 3 - 9
National Rip Current Awareness Week
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service
Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services
1325 East West Highway, Room 9462
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 713-1677 x124
deborah.jones@noaa.gov
www.ripcurrents.noaa.gov
Materials available
Contact: Deborah Jones
3
National Cancer Survivors Day
National Cancer Survivors Day Foundation
P.O. Box 682285
Franklin, TN 37068
(615) 794-3006
(615) 794-0179 Fax
info@ncsd.org
www.ncsd.org 
Materials available
Contact: None designated		 11 - 17
Men's Health Week
Men’s Health Network
P.O. Box 75972
Washington, DC 20013
(202) 543-6461 x101
(202) 543-2727 Fax
info@menshealthweek.org
www.menshealthmonth.org/week/ 
Materials available
Contact: Theresa Morrow
19
World Sickle Cell Day
African American Blood Drive and Bone Marrow Registry for Sickle Cell Disease Awareness
P.O. Box 1275
Inglewood, CA 90308-1275
(323) 750-1087
aa4scdawareness@aol.com
aablooddriveandmarrowregistry4sicklecell
awareness.webs.com/worldsicklecellday.ht
m 
Materials available
Contact: Nita Thompson		 27
National HIV Testing Day
National Association of People with AIDS
8401 Colesville Road, Suite 505
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3349
(866) 846-9366
(240) 247-0880
(240) 247-0574 Fax
info@napwa.org
www.napwa.org 
Materials available
Contact: None designated