APRIL: This Month's Resource List
Find resources and contacts for health issues of special note this month
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Alcohol Awareness Month
SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
P.O. Box 2345
Rockville, MD 20015
(800) 729-6686
(240) 468-2600
(240) 468-7394 Fax
info@health.org
Materials available
Contact: None designated
Counseling Awareness Month
American Counseling Association
5999 Stevenson Avenue
Alexandria, VA 22304-3300
(800) 347-6647
(800) 473-2329 Fax
jgaskins@counseling.org
Materials available
Contact: Jean Gaskins
Foot Health Awareness Month
American Podiatric Medical Association
9312 Old Georgetown Road
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 581-9227
(301) 530-2752 Fax
elwendel@apma.org
Materials available
Contact: Erin Wendel
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month
International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
P.O. Box 170864
Milwaukee, WI 53217-8076
(888) 964-2001
(414) 964-1799
(414) 964-7176 Fax
iffgd@iffgd.org
Materials available
Contact: Nancy Norton
National Autism Awareness Month
Autism Society of America
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 300
Bethesda, MD 20814-3067
(800) 3-AUTISM (328-8476)
(301) 657-0881
(301) 657-0869 Fax
mcolston@autism-society.org
Materials available
Contact: Marguerite Colston
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
Children's Bureau
Administration for Children and Families
1250 Maryland Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20024
(800) 394-3366
(703) 385-7565
(703) 385-3206 Fax
info@childwelfare.gov
Materials available
Contact: Customer Services Department
National Donate Life Month
Division of Transplantation, OSP, HRSA
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Parklawn Building, Room 16C-17
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
(301) 443-7577
ask@hrsa.gov
Materials available
Contact: Division of Transplantation Staff
Occupational Therapy Month
American Occupational Therapy Association
4720 Montgomery Lane
P.O. Box 31220
Bethesda, MD 20824-1220
(301) 652-6611 x2963
(800) 377-8555 TDD
(301) 652-7258 Fax
praota@aota.org
Materials available
Contact: Rob Black
Sports Eye Safety Month
American Academy of Ophthalmology
P.O. Box 7424
San Francisco, CA 94120-7424
(415) 447-0213
(415) 561-8533 Fax
eyemd@aao.org
Materials available
Contact: Georgia Alward
Women's Eye Health and Safety Month
Prevent Blindness America
211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60606
(800) 331-2020
(847) 843-8458 Fax
info@preventblindness.org
Materials available
Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
Days of Special Interest include...
April 2 - 8
National Public Health Week
American Public Health Association
800 I Street NW
Washington, DC 20001-3710
(202) 777-APHA (2742)
(202) 777-2500 TTY
nphw@apha.org
Materials available
Contact: None designated
April 5
National Alcohol Screening Day
Screening for Mental Health, Inc.
1 Washington Street, Suite 304
Wellesley Hills, MA 02481
(781) 239-0071
(781) 431-7447 Fax
nasd@mentalhealthscreening.org
Materials available
Contact: Jillian Barber
April 21 - 28
National Infant Immunization Week
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road NE, MS E-05
Atlanta, GA 30333
(800) CDC-INFO (232-4636) English/Spanish
(888) CDC-FAXX (232-3299) Free fax-back
(404) 639-8905
nipinfo@cdc.gov
Materials available
Contact: Michelle Basket
April 23 - 29
Cover the Uninsured Week
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
1010 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20007
(202) 572-2928
(202) 338-2334 Fax
info@covertheuninsured.org
Materials available
Contact: National Office
April 28 - 29
2007 WalkAmerica
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
1275 Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plains, NY 10605
(888) MODIMES (663-4637)
(800) 525-WALK (9255)
(914) 997- 4617
walkamerica@modimes.org
Materials available
Contact: Katrina Edwards