April 2006

ALCOHOL AWARENESS MONTH
National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence
212-269-7797
http://www.ncadd.org

ANIMAL CRUELTY PREVENTION MONTH
ASPCA
212-876-7700
http://www.aspca.org

CANCER CONTROL MONTH

KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL MONTH
Keep America Beautiful
203-323-8987
http://www.kab.org

MATHEMATICS EDUCATION MONTH
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
703-620-9840
http://www.nctm.org

NATIONAL AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH
COSAC
609-883-8100
http://www.njcosac.org

NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH
Prevent Child Abuse America
312-663-3520
http://www.preventchildabuse.org

NATIONAL DONATE LIFE MONTH
U.S. Department of Health & Human Service
877-696-6775
http://www.organdonor.gov

NATIONAL GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH MONTH
Dairy Management Inc.
847-803-2000
http://www.ilovecheese.com

NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY MONTH
The American Occupational Therapy Association
301-652-2682
http://www.aota.org

NATIONAL PARKINSON'S AWARENESS MONTH
National Parkinson Foundation
800-327-4545
http://www.parkinson.org

NATIONAL PET FIRST AID AWARENESS MONTH
Pet Tech, Inc.
760-930-0309
http://www.pettech.net

NATIONAL POETRY MONTH
Academy of American Poets
212-274-0343
http://www.poets.org

NATIONAL SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS
AND PREVENTION MONTH
RAINN
202-544-1034
http://www.rainn.org

ROSACEA AWARENESS MONTH
National Rosacea Society
888-NO-BLUSH
http://www.rosacea.org

SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA MONTH
American Association of School Librarians
800-545-2433
http://www.ala.org/aasl

STRESS AWARENESS MONTH
The Health Resource Network
http://www.stresscure.com

April 1-7
TESTICULAR CANCER AWARENESS WEEK
National Men's Resource Center
http://www.tcaw.org

April 1- June 30
TOUR de CURE
American Diabetes Association
888-342-2383
http://www.diabetes.org

April 2-8
NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON WEEK
Wear a blue ribbon for child abuse awareness.
The National Exchange Club
800-924-2643
http://www.preventchildabuse.com

April 2-8
NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK
American Library Association
312-280-5044
http://www.ala.org

April 5
THANK YOU SCHOOL LIBRARIAN DAY
Carpe Libris
520-232-8424

April 10-16
YOUNG PEOPLES' POETRY WEEK
Children's Book Council
800-999-2160
http://www.cbcbooks.org

April 16-22
ANIMAL CRUELTY / HUMAN VIOLENCE
AWARENESS WEEK
Humane Society of the US
202-452-1100
http://www.hsus.org/firststrike

April 16-22
NATIONAL PARK WEEK

April 22
EARTH DAY
Earth Day Network
202-518-0044
http://www.earthday.net

April 23-29
NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK
Points of Light Foundation
202-729-8000
http://www.pointsoflight.org

April 23-29
NATIONAL WILDLIFE WEEK
National Wildlife Federation
703-438-6000
http://www.nwf.org

April 24-28
NATIONAL PLAYGROUND SAFETY WEEK
National Program for Playground Safety
800-554-PLAY
http://www.playgroundsafety.org

April 27
TAKE OUR DAUGHTERS & SONS TO WORK DAY
Ms Foundation for Women
800-676-7780
http://www.DaughtersandSonstoWork.org

April 28
NATIONAL ARBOR DAY
National Arbor Day Foundation
http://www.arborday.org