MARCH: This Month's Resource List
Find resources and contacts for health issues of special note this month
National Brain Injury Awareness Month
Brain Injury Association of America
8201 Greensboro Drive, Suite 611
McLean, VA 22102
(703) 761-0750
(703) 761-0755 Fax
info@biausa.org
Materials available
Contact: Communications Coordinator
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation
1600 Duke Street, Suite 500
Alexandria, VA 22314
(800) 227-2732
(877) 35-COLON (352-6566) Materials Ordering
(703) 886-4413 Fax
cindy.iverson@preventcancer.org
Materials available
National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
6350 North Andrews Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
(800) 225-6495
(954) 938-8708 Fax
annette@msfocus.org
Materials available
Contact: Annette Woods
National Nutrition Month®
American Dietetic Association
120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000
Chicago, IL 60606-6995
(800) 877-1600 x4771
(312) 899-4790 Fax
nnm@eatright.org
Materials available
Contact: Knowledge Center
Save Your Vision Month
American Optometric Association
243 North Lindbergh Boulevard, First Floor
St. Louis, MO 63141
(314) 991-4100
(314) 991-4101 Fax
jmmahoney@aoa.org
Materials available
Contact: Julie Mahoney
Workplace 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...
March 4 - 10
National Patient Safety Awareness Week
National Patient Safety Foundation
132 MASS MoCA Way
North Adams, MA 01247
(413) 663-8900
(413) 663-8905 Fax
info@npsf.org
Materials available
March 5 - 11
Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
733 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017
(800) 344-4867
(212) 986-3240
MSAwarenessweek@nmss.org
Materials available
Contact: Annie Hammel
March 5 - 11
National Sleep Awareness Week®
National Sleep Foundation
1522 K Street NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 347-3471
(202) 347-3472 Fax
nsf@sleepfoundation.org
Materials available
March 12 - 18
Brain Awareness Week
Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives
745 Fifth Avenue, Suite 900
New York, NY 10151
(212) 223-4040
(212) 593-7623 Fax
bawinfo@dana.org
Materials available
Contact: Kathleen Roina
March 24
World Tuberculosis Day 2007
WHO Regional Office for the Americas
Communicable Disease Unit
525 23rd Street NW
Washington, DC 20037-2895
(202) 974-3848
(202) 974-3656 Fax
tb@paho.org
Materials available
March 27
American Diabetes Alert Day
American Diabetes Association
1701 North Beauregard Street
Alexandria, VA 22311
(800) DIABETES
askada@diabetes.org
Materials available
Contact: Local Chapters or National Office