wareness Dates for January Alzheimer Awareness Month - Canada - Alzheimer Society Awareness Month Awareness Month Be On-Purpose Month, National Bird-Feeding Months, National California Dried Plum Digestive Health Month (California) Celebration of Life Month Creativity Month, International - by Randall Munson Clean Up Your Computer Month, National Crime Stoppers Month - Ontario - Canada Constipation awareness month, National Drag History Month, National (Established by Logo T.V. to celebrate the history and role of Drag Queens in the LGBT community.) Financial Wellness Month Get Organized Month Glaucoma Awareness Month, National Hot Tea Month, National Mailorder Gardening Month, National - according to the Mailorder Gardening Association Manuary - men grow facial hair Meetings History Month, National Mentoring Month, National (USA) National Clown College Month Oatmeal Month Ontario March of Dimes Month - Canada Poverty in America Awareness Month, National - according to the Catholic Campaign for Human Development Radon Action Month, National - US Environmental Protection Agency Self-Help Group Awareness Month - according to the Mental Health Clearinghouse Skating Month, National - according to the U.S. Figure Skating Association Volunteer Blood Donor Month, National Day - Week: January 1 - Global Family Day - formerly One Day of Peace and Sharing (Recognized by the UN) January 1 - World Day of Peace - established by pope Paul VI in his letter dated on 8.12.1967 January 4 - World Braille Day - International January 15 - World Religion Day January 26 - International Customs Day January 27 - Family Literacy Day - ABC Life Literacy Canada January 27 - International Holocaust Remembrance Day (Recognized by the UN) January 28 - Data Protection Day - recognized by the Council of Europe January 28 - Potato Day 3rd Wk - National Non-Smoking Week - Canada - Canadian Council on Smoking and Health 3rd Wed - Weedless Wednesday - Canada - Canadian Council on Smoking and Health U.S. National Health Observances - January: Cervical Health Awareness Month - National Cervical Cancer Coalition (NCCC), 6520 Platt Avenue, #693, West Hills, CA 91307-3218, (818) 992-4242 - [email protected] - nccc-online.org/awareness.html - Materials available, Contact: Rachel Biety. National Birth Defects Prevention Month - National Birth Defects Prevention Network, 14781 Memorial Drive, #1561, Houston, TX 77079 - [email protected] - nbdpn.org - Materials available. National Glaucoma Awareness Month - Prevent Blindness America, 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700, Chicago, IL 60606, (800) 331-2020, (312) 363-6001, (312) 363-6052 Fax, [email protected] - preventblindness.org/news/observe.html - Materials available, Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline. National Radon Action Month - Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, Indoor Environments Division - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1310 L Street NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 343-9370, (202) 343-2394 Fax, epa.gov/radon/nram, Materials available, Contact: Gina Bowler. Thyroid Awareness Month - American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists - 245 Riverside Avenue, Suite 200, Jacksonville, FL 32202, (904) 353-7878 x147, (904) 404-4207 Fax, cjones@hotmail, aace, Materials available, Contact: Casey Jones. January 2nd - 8th - National Folic Acid Awareness Week, National Council on Folic Acid c/o Spina Bifida Association, 4590 MacArthur Boulevard NW, Suite 250, Washington, DC 20007, (800) 621-3141 x13, (202) 944-3285 x13, (202) 944-3295 Fax, [email protected], folicacidinfo.org, Materials available.
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