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2008 Alcohol and Drug
Awareness Events Calendar
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| FEBRUARY |
10-16
National Children of
Alcoholics Week Contact: National Association for Children of Alcoholics,
11426 Rockville Pike, Suite 100,Rockville, MD, 20852, 888-554-2627
www.nacoa.org |
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| MARCH |
1-31
*Safe Spring Break - Theme: "Snapshots of a Safe Spring Break" Dates vary campus by campus- scheduled to coincide with their
Spring Break (February - April).Contact: The BACCHUS Network, PO Box 100430,
Denver, CO, 80250-0430, 303-871-0901,
www.bacchusnetwork.org |
10-16
*Brain Awareness
Week
Contact: Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, 745 Fifth Avenue, Suite 900, New
York, NY, 10151
212-401-1680. www.brainweek.dana.org |
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| APRIL |
1-30 Alcohol Awareness Month: “Saving Lives: Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking”
(Contact:
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (NCADD)
244 East 58th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY, 10022, 212-269-7797 212-269-7510 Fax
www.ncadd.org, or local
Affiliate
of NCADD, 800-622-2255 |
1-30 Child Abuse Prevention Month
Contact: Prevent
Child Abuse America, 500 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 200, Chicago, IL, 60611,
800/CHILDREN or 312-663-3520 www.preventchildabuse.org |
4-6 Alcohol-Free Weekend (Contact: see
NCADD above) |
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| MAY |
11-17
Alcohol- and Other Drug-Related
Birth Defects Awareness Week Contact: National Council on
Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (NCADD)
244 East 58th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY, 10022, 212-269-7797 212-269-7510 Fax
www.ncadd.org, or local
Affiliate
of NCADD, 800-622-2255 |
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| JUNE |
National HIV Testing Day
Contact:
National Association of People with AIDS, 8401 Colesville Road, Suite 750,
Silver Spring, MD 20910, 240-247-0880, www.napwa.org |
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| SEPTEMBER |
1-30
National Alcohol and Drug
Addiction Recovery Month Contact: SAMHSA, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT),
240-747-4816, www.recoverymonth.gov |
9 International FAS Awareness Day: "The
Minute of Reflection"
Contact: FASWorld, 250
Scarborough Gold Club Road, Toronto, ON, Canada M1J 3G8, 416-264-8000, www.fasworld.com |
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Family Day - A Day to Eat Dinner
with Your Children
Contact: National
Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, 633 Third
Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, NY, 10017, 212-841-5200, www.casafamilyday.org |
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| OCTOBER |
1-31 Liver Awareness Month Contact: American Liver
Foundation, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 603, New York, NY, 10038, 800-GO-LIVER,
(800-465-4837), www.liverfoundation.org |
19-25
*National Collegiate Alcohol
Awareness Week The BACCHUS Network, PO Box 100430, Denver, CO, 80250-0430, 303-871-0901,
www.bacchusnetwork.org |
18-26 National Red Ribbon Week
Contact:
National Family Partnership, Informed Families Education Center, 2490 Coral
Way, Suite 501, Miami, FL, 33145, 800-705-8997, www.nfp.org |
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| NOVEMBER |
Thanksgiving - New
Year's Day Tie One
On For Safety Campaign Contact: MADD, 511 E John Carpenter Freeway, Suite 700, Irving, TX
75062, 800-623-3435, www.madd.org |
20 Great American Smokeout Contact: Local chapter of the
American Cancer Society, 800-227-2345,
www.cancer.org |
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| DECEMBER |
1-31 National Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D)
Prevention Month Contact: National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E., Washington DC 20590, 888-327-4236, 202-366-6978
www.nhtsa.dot.gov) |
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National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence,
Inc.
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244 East 58th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10022 phone: 212/269-7797 fax:
212/269-7510 email: national@ncadd.org
http://www.ncadd.org HOPE LINE: 800/NCA-CALL (24-hour Affiliate referral)
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