FEBRUARY
2003
- Black History Month
NAACP
4805 Mt Hope Road
Baltimore, Maryland 21215
(410) 521-4939
www.naacp.org
- Mental Retardation Awareness Month
The Arc of the United States
1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 650
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
(301) 565-3842
- Poison Prevention Week
Maryland Poison Center
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
www.pharmacy.umaryland.edu/~mpc/
- Stress Awareness Month
The Health Resource Network
2936 East Baltimore Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21224
- Lupus Alert Day - April 1st
1300 Piccard Drive
Rockville, Maryland 20850
(800) 558-0121
- National Minority Cancer Awareness Week
National Cancer Institute, Cancer Information Service
6116 Executive Blvd., Room 3036A
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
(800) 4-CANCER
- National High Blood Pressure Education Month
National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute
PO Box 30105
Bethesda, Maryland 20824
(301) 592-8573
- Better Hearing and Speech Month
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
10801 Rockville Pike
Rockville, Maryland 20852
(800) 498-2071 ext. 4349
- National Trauma Awareness Month
American Trauma Society
8903 Presidential Parkway, Suite 512
Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772
(800) 556-7890
- National History Day
University of Maryland
0119 Cecil Hall
College Park, Maryland 20740
(301) 314-9739
- National Immunization Awareness Month
National Partnership for Immunization
4733 Bethesda Avenue, Suite 750
Bethesda, Maryland 20824
(301) 656-0003 ext. 15
www.partnersforimmunization.org
- National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, Maryland 20857
(301) 443-5052
- National Cholesterol Education Month
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
PO Box 30105
Bethesda, Maryland 20824
(301) 592-8573
- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Awareness Week
American Foundation for Urologic Disease
1128 N Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
(410) 468-1800
- Prostate Cancer Awareness Week -
American Foundation for Urologic Disease
1128 N Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
(410) 468-1800
- Talk About Prescriptions Month
National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE)
4915 St. Elmo Avenue, Suite 505
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
(301) 656-8565
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Alliance
1314 Bedford Avenue, Suite 210
Baltimore, Maryland 21208
(800) 221-SIDS
- Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
International Rett Syndrome Association
9121 Piscataway Road, Suite 2B
Clinton, Maryland 20735
(800) 818-RETT
- Lupus Awareness Month
Lupus Foundation of America
1300 Piccard Drive, Suite 200
Rockville, Maryland 20850
(800) 558-0121
- National Child Health Day - October 1st
Health Resources & Services Administration
Parklawn Building, Room 18-20
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, Maryland
(301) 443-0205
- National Adult Immunization Awareness Week - October 13-19
National Coalition for Adult Immunization
4733 Bethesda Avenue, Suite 750
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
(301) 656-0003 ext. 15
- National Family Caregivers Month
National Family Caregivers Association
10400 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 500
Kensington, Maryland 20995
(301) 942-6430
- National Sexual Medicine Month
American Foundation for Urologic Disease
1128 N Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
(410) 468-1800