HEALTH OBSERVANCES IN 2006

January

• National Blood Donor Month
• 15-21: Healthy Weight Week

February

• National Heart Month
• 1: National Girls and Women in Sports Day
• 3: National Wear Red Day 2006
• 12-18: Cardiac Rehabilitation Week
• 14: National Donor Day
• 17: National Women's Heart Day

March

• National Athletic Training Month
• National Nutrition Month®
• 6-10: National School Breakfast Week
• 7: National Sportsmanship Day
• 28: American Diabetes Alert Day

April

• National Donate Life Month
• National Youth Sports Safety Month (click "National Campaign" on the navigation bar)
• Sports Eye Safety Month
• 3-9: National Public Health Week
• 7: World Health Day
• 8: YMCA Healthy Kids Day
• 23-29: National Volunteer Week
• 24-30: TV-Turnoff Week 2006

May

• National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
• Mental Health Month
• National Arthritis Month/Arthritis Walk
• National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
• National Bike Month
• National High Blood Pressure Education Month
• National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
• Older Americans Month
• Skin Cancer Awareness Month
• 1-7: National Physical Education and Sports Week
• 3: Project ACES ("All Children Exercise Simultaneously") Day
• 6-13: National SAFE KIDS Week
• 13: Tennis Across America^TM
• 14-20: National Running and Fitness Week
• 14-20: National Women's Health Week
• 15: National Women's Check-up Day
• 15-19: Bike to Work Week & Bike to Work Day
• 17: National Employee Health and Fitness Day
• 20-26: National Safe Boating Week
• 22-29: Recreational Water Illness Prevention Week
• 31: National Senior Health and Fitness Day

June

• Great Outdoors Month
• 1-7: National Family Recreation Week
• 3: National Family Recreation Day
• 3: National Trails Day
• 12-18: National Men's Health Week

July

• 26-Aug. 5: AAU Junior Olympic Games 2006
• Trail Link 2006

August

• 6-12: National Health Center Week
• 25-28: 2006 International Children's Games (Bangkok, Thailand)

September

• Healthy Aging Month
• National Cholesterol Education Month
• Sports and Home Eye Safety Month
• 18-22: National Recess Week
• 19: Take a Loved One for a Check-up Day
• 27: National Women's Health and Fitness Day
• 30: Family Health and Fitness Day USA

October

• Children's Health Month
• International Walk to School Month
• 2: National Child Health Day
• 4: International Walk to School Day
• 9-13: National School Lunch Week
• 16-20: National Health Education Week

November

• American Diabetes Month
• 16: Great American Smokeout

December

• 1: World AIDS Day

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