January
Thyroid Awareness Month
American Thyroid Association: www.thyroid.org
National Birth Defects Prevention Awareness Month contact:
alliances@marchofdimes.com | www.marchofdimes.com or http://nacersano.org
National Blood Donor Awareness Month contact:
Association of Donor Recruitment Professionals | phone: 512.658.9414 | dswift@adrp.org | www.adrp.org
Cervical Health Awareness and Cervical Cancer Screening Month contact:
Foundation for Women’s Cancer | phone: 312.578.1439 | info@foundationforwomenscancer.org | www.wcn.org
National Cervical Cancer Coalition / International HPV Cancer Coalition | phone: 800.685.5531 | nccc@ashastd.org | www.nccc-online.org and American Cancer Society phone: 800.227.2345 www.cancer.org
National Glaucoma Awareness Monthcontact: Prevent Blindness America | phone: 800.331.2020 | info@preventblindness.org | www.preventblindness.org
January 20-26 is National Healthy Weight WeekThis annual celebration is a time for people of all sizes to live actively, eat well, and feel good about themselves and others. On Tuesday of Healthy Weight Week, Rid the World of Fad Diets and Gimmicks Day is celebrated and the annual Slim Chance Awards are announced contact: Healthy Weight Network | fmberg@healthyweight.net | www.healthyweight.net/hww.htm#hww