Wellness Calendar - September

September

 

Awareness Months 

• Baby Safety Month - http://www.jpma.org  (US)
• Backpack Safety Month
• Childhood Cancer Month
• Children's Good Manners Month
• Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month  - http://www.thegcf.org  (US)
• Healthy Aging Month - http://www.healthyaging.net (US)
• Home and Sports Eye Safety Month - http://www.preventblindness.org (US)
• International Self-Awareness Month
• International Strategic Thinking Month
• Leukemia & Lymphoma Awareness Month - http://www.lls.org (US)
• National Arthritis Month - http://www.arthritis.ca (CND)
• National 5 A Day Month - http://www.5aday.gov (US)
• National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month - http://www.recoverymonth.gov (US)
• National Cholesterol Education Month - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov (US)
• National Food Safety Education Month - http://www.nraef.org (US)
• National Head Lice Prevention Month - http://www.headlice.org/special/allcombout.htm (US)
• National Menopause Awareness Month - http://www.fda.gov/womens/menopause (US)
• National Osteopathic Medicine Month - http://www.osteopathic.org (US)
• National Preparedness Month - http://www.nsc.org/Preparedness/ (US)
• National Sickle Cell Month - http://www.sicklecelldisease.org (US)
• National Food Allergy Awareness Month
• Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month - http://www.ovarian.org (US)
• Prostate Cancer Awareness Month - http://www.pcacoalition.org (US)
• Pain Awareness Month - http://www.invisibleillness.com/ (US)
  
• Reye's Syndrome Awareness Month - http://www.reyessyndrome.org (US)
• Self-Improvement Month

 

 

 

Awareness Days

 

• Be Late For Something Day - http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/September/belateforsomething.htm - Sept 5
• Do It! Day - Fight Procrastination - http://www.dailycelebrations.com/090402.htm - Sept 6
• International Literacy Day - http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=50276&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html  - Sept 8
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Day http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/fasd-etcaf/about_e.html - Sept 9 (CND)
• World Suicide Prevention Day - http://www.med.uio.no/iasp/english/wspd/2007/ - Stop A Suicide Today Day - http://www.stopasuicide.org  - Sept 10
• National Grandparents Day http://www.grandparents-day.com - Sept 12, 2010 – (first Sunday after Labour Day)
• Terry Fox Run http://www.terryfoxrun.org/english/terry%20fox%20run/default.asp?s=1  - Sept 12, 2010 (CND)
• Take A Loved One To The Doctor Day – Sept 21, 2010 – (third Tuesday) - was sponsored by http://www.omhrc.gov/
• International Day For The Preservation Of The Ozone - http://ozone.unep.org/ - Sept 16 (CND)
• Wife Appreciation Day - http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=19958  - Sept 16
• International Day of Peace - http://www.un.org/events/peaceday  - Sept 21
• World Alzheimer’s Day http://www.alzheimer.ca/english/media/releases-worldalzday06.htm - Sept 21
• Pause the World Day - http://www.earthcharter.org/ - Sept 21
• Family Health and Fitness Day - http://www.fitnessday.com/family/index.htm - Sept 25, 2010 – last Saturday (US) 
• Family Day - A Day To Eat Dinner With Your Children - http://casafamilyday.org/familyday/   - Sept 27,  2010 (US)
• National Women's Health and Fitness Day - http://www.fitnessday.com/women/index.htm - Sept 29, 2010 – (last Wednesday) (US)

 

 

Awareness Weeks 

 

• National Childhood Injury Prevention Week - http://www.assafeaspossible.org/ - Sept 1-7
• International Enthusiasm Week – no sponsor – Sept 1-7
• AIDS Walk Canada - http://www.walkforlife.ca  - Sept 12-18, 2010 (CND)
• National Assisted Living Week - http://www.nalw.org/ - Sept 12-18, 2010 
• National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week - http://www.invisibleillness.com/ - Sept 12-18, 2010 
• Prostate Cancer Awareness Week - http://www.cancer.ca/Ontario/About%20us/OD-Mark%20your%20calendar.aspx?sc_lang=en - Sept 12-18, 2010 (CND)
• National Rehabilitation Week - http://www.nraf-rehabnet.org/   and http://www.healthfinder.gov/library/nho/nho.asp  - Sept 19-25, 2010 (US)
• National Reye's Syndrome Week http://www.reyessyndrome.org/nrsf.htm - Sept 19-25, 2010 – (third full week) (US)
• National Clean Hands Week - http://www.cleanhandscoalition.org/nchw.htm  - Sep 19-25, 2010
• Suicide Prevention Week - http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/campaign/kit/  - Sept 19-25, 2010  (US) (third Sunday)
• National Adult Immunization Awareness Week -http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/events/naiaw  - Sept 19-25, 2010  (US)
• Deaf Awareness Week – http://www.nad.org/site/pp.asp?c=foINKQMBF&b=180409  - Sept 19-25, 2010 – (last full week)
• Self-Help Awareness Week - http://www.selfhelp.on.ca/shaw.html - Sept 19-25, 2010
• National Chimney Safety Week - http://www.csia.org/TradeResources/NationalChimneySafetyWeek/tabid/159/Default.aspx - Sept 26-Oct 2, 2010

 

 

 

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