MAY IS....

National Arthritis Awareness Month (www.arthritis.org)
Arthritis Walk(www.arthritis.org)
Better Hearing and Speech Month (www.entnet.org)
Better Sleep Month (www.bettersleep.org)
National Bike Month (www.bikeleague.org/bikemonth)
National Critical Care Awareness and Recognition Month (www.sccm.org)
Global Employee Health and Fitness Month (www.physicalfitness.org)
Healthy Vision Month (www.geteyesmart.org)
Hepatitis Awareness Month (www.hepatitisfoundation.org)
National High Blood Pressure Education Month (www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/index.htm#hbp)
Huntington's Disease Awareness Month (www.hdsa.org)
Liver Awareness Month (www.liverfoundation.org)
Lupus Awareness Month (www.lupus.org)
Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month (www.spotskincancer.org)
Mental Health Month (www.mentalhealthamerica.net)
Motocycle Safety and Awareness Month (www.nhtsa.gov)
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month (www.ctf.org)
Older Americans Month (www.aoa.gov/aoaroot/pres_room/observances/oam/oam.aspx)
Oncology Nursing Month (www.ons.org)
National Osteoporosis Month (www.nof.org, www.nbha.org, or www.2million2may.org)
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month (www.fitness.gov)
National Stroke Awareness Month (www.stroke.org)
National Stroke Month (www.strokeassociation.org)
National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month (www.advocatesforyouth.org)
National Trauma Awareness (www.amtrauma.org)
Ultraviolet Awareness Month (www.preventblindness.org)

WEEK LONG OBSERVANCES...
5-11     Children's Mental Health Week  (www.ffcmh.org)
             North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
                 (www.asse.org/naosh)
             National Run A Mile Days (www.runamile.org)
6-12     National Nurses Week (www.pedsnurses.org)
12-18   Nationa Alcohol and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Week 
                 (www.ncadd.org)
             National Anxiety and Depression Awareness Week 
                 (www.freedomfromfear.org)
             Food Allergy Awareness Week (www.foodallergy.org)
             National Hospital Week (www.nationalhospitalweek.com)
             Neuroscience Nursing Week (www.aann.org/nnw)
             National Nursing Home Week (www.nnhw.org)
             National Women's Health Week (www.womenshealth.gov/whw)
13-19   National Stuttering Awareness Week (www.stutteringhelp.org)
19-25   National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week 
                  (www.acep.org/emsweek)
             National Medical Transcriptionist Week (www.ahdionline.org)

RECOGNITION DAYS/ EVENTS....
6          National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day (Tentative) 
                 (www.samhsa.gov/children/)
            Melanoma Monday (www.spotskincancer.org)
8          Allergy and Asthma Day Capitol Hill (www.aanma.org)
            National School Nurse Day (www.nasn.org)
12        International Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ Chronic Fatigue and Immune    
               Dysfuntion Syndrome/ Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Awareness Day
               (www.pandoranet.info)
            National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day (www.fmcpaware.org)
25       National Missing Children's Day (www.childfindofamerica.org)
29       Senior Health and Fitness Day (www.fitnessday.com)