May 1 - 31
Arthritis Awareness Month
Arthritis Foundation
1330 West Peachtree Street, Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30309
(800) 283-7800
(404) 965-7595 Fax
aforders@arthritis.org
www.arthritis.org
Materials available
Contact: Carol Galbreath
May 1 - 31
Better Hearing and Speech Month
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
2200 Research Boulevard
Rockville, MD 20850-3289
(800) 498-8255
(301) 296-5700
(301) 296-8580 Fax
bhsm@asha.org
www.asha.org/bhsm/
Materials available
Contact: None designated
May 1 - 31
Food Allergy Action Month
May 1 - 31
Global Employee Health and Fitness Month
May 1 - 31
Global Youth Traffic Safety Month
May 1 - 31
Healthy Vision Month
National Eye Institute Information Center
National Institutes of Health
31 Center Drive MSC 2510
Bethesda, MD 20892-2510
(301) 496-5248
(301) 402-1065 Fax
www.nei.nih.gov/hvm/
Materials available
Contact: None designated
May 1 - 31
Hepatitis Awareness Month
Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road, G-37
Atlanta, GA 30033
(800) 232-4636
(404) 718-8596 Voice
dvhwi@cdc.gov
www.cdc.gov/hepatitis
Materials available
Contact: None designated
May 1 - 31
International Mediterranean Diet Month
Oldways and the Mediterranean Foods Alliance
266 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 421-5500
(617) 421-5511 Fax
rachel@oldwaypt.org
www.oldwayspt.org
Materials available
Contact: Hannah Weisman
May 1 - 31
Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month ®
American Academy of Dermatology
930 East Woodfield Road
Schaumburg, IL 60173
(888) 462-DERM (462-3376)
(847) 330-0230
(847) 330-0050 Fax
mediarelations@aad.org
www.spotskincancer.org
Materials available
Contact: Jennifer Allyn
May 1 - 31
Mental Health Month
May 1 - 31
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
May 1 - 31
National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
May 1 - 31
National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
National Osteoporosis Foundation
1150 17th Street NW, Suite 850
Washington, DC 20036
(800) 231-4222
(202) 223-2226
(202) 223-2237 Fax
info@nof.org
www.nof.org
Materials available
Contact: Claire Gill
May 1 - 31
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition
Suite 560, Tower Bldg.
1101 Wootton Parkway
Rockville, MD 20852
(240) 276-9567
(240) 276-9860 Fax
fitness@hhs.gov
www.fitness.gov
Materials available
Contact: None designated
May 1 - 31
National Stroke Awareness Month
May 1 - 31
National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
May 1 - 31
Preeclampsia Awareness Month
May 1 - 31
Ultraviolet Awareness Month
May 1 - 7
National Physical Education & Sport Week
May 3 - 9
Children's Mental Health Awareness Week
National Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
9605 Medical Center Drive, Suite 280
Rockville, MD 20850
(240) 403-1901
(240) 403-1909 Fax
ffcmh@ffcmh.org
www.ffcmh.org
Materials available
Contact: Sandra A. Spencer
May 3 - 9
North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
American Society of Safety Engineers
ASSE Public Relations Department
1800 East Oakton Street
Des Plaines, IL 60018-2187
(847) 699-2929
(847) 768-3441
(847) 768-3434 Fax
tstachura@asse.org
www.asse.org/NAOSH
Materials available
Contact: Trinity Stachura
May 5
Hand Hygiene Day
May 6
National Bike to School Day
National Center for Safe Routes to School
730 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Suite 300/ Campus Box 3430
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3430
866-610-SRTS (610-7787)
info@walktoschool.org
www.walkbiketoschool.org
Materials available
Contact: Nancy Pullen-Seufert
May 10 - 16
National Alcohol- and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Awareness Week
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc.
217 Broadway, Room 712
New York, NY 10007
(800) NCA-CALL (622-2255) (24-Hour Helpline)
(212) 269-7797
(212) 269-7510 Fax
national@ncadd.org
www.ncadd.org
Materials available
Contact: None designated
May 10 - 16
National Women's Health Week
Office on Women's Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue SW, Room 712E
Washington, DC 20201
(800) 994-9662
(202) 260-6437 Fax
www.womenshealth.gov
Materials available
Contact: None designated
May 10
Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Awareness Day
CdLS Foundation
302 West Main Street, #100
Avon, CT 06001
(800) 753-2357
(860) 676-8166
(860) 676-8337 Fax
info@cdlsusa.org
www.cdlsusa.org
Materials available
Contact: Marie Malloy
May 11 - 17
National Stuttering Awareness Week
May 11
National Women's Check-up Day
Office on Women's Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue SW, Room 712 E
Washington, DC 20201
(800) 994-9662
(202) 260-6537 Fax
www.womenshealth.gov
Materials available
Contact: None designated
May 12 - 16
National Neuropathy Awareness Week
The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy
485 Half Day Rd., Suite 350
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
(847) 808-4374
(847) 883-9960 Fax
info@tffpn.org
www.foundationforpn.org
Materials available
Contact: None designated
May 18 - 24
Healthy and Safe Swimming Week
Waterborne Disease Prevention Branch
Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30333
(800) 232-4636
(404) 639-1700
(404) 718-4842 Fax
healthyswimming@cdc.gov
www.cdc.gov/healthywater/observances/hss-week/index.html
Materials available
Contact: Michele Hlavsa
May 18
HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
May 19
National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
May 20
World Autoimmune Arthritis Day
May 22
Heat Safety Awareness Day
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service
Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services
1325 East West Highway, Station 160
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 713-1867 x135
deborah.jones@noaa.gov
www.weather.gov/om/heat/index.shtml
Materials available
Contact: Deborah Jones
May 24 - 30
National Hurricane Preparedness Week
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service
Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services
1325 East West Highway, Station 126
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 713-1677 x122
deborah.jones@noaa.gov
www.nhc.noaa.gov
Materials available
Contact: Deborah Jones
May 27
National Senior Health & Fitness Day ®
May 31
World No Tobacco Day
WHO Prevention for Noncommunicable Diseases
Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health
20 Avenue Appia
1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
+41 22 791 4426
+ 41 22 791 4832 Fax
tfi@who.int
www.who.int/tobacco/wntd/en
Materials available
Contact: None designated