October is Awareness Month for.....

~Healthy Lung Awareness Month
& World Blindness Awareness Month~

*Pearl/White Causes: Blindness, Bone Disease and Cancer, Emphysema, Lung Disease and Cancer, Mesothelioma, Osteoporosis, Paralysis, Postpartum Depression, Retinoblastoma, Scoliosis, Spinal Cord Injury, Spinal Disorders, Spinal Muscular Atrophyearl

~National Breast Cancer & Breast Health
Awareness Month!~

~Celiac Awareness Month!~

*Lime/Lyme Green Causes: Babesia, Celiac Disease, Chronic Pelvic Pain, 

Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), Ivemark Syndrome, Lyme Disease, Muscular 

Dystrophy, Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Infections

~Lupus Awareness Month 
&
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month!~

*Purple Causes: ADD, ADHD, Alzheimer's Disease, Anti-Violence, Arnold Chiari Malformation, Chronic Pancreatitis, Cystic Fibrosis, Dravet's Syndrome, Domestic Violence, Epilepsy, Fibromyalgia, Hashimoto's Disease, Homelessness, Lupus, Macular Degeneration, Pancreatic Cancer, Sjogren's Syndrome, Thyroid Cancer

~National Down Syndrome 
 Awareness Month~

~Hemophilia Awareness Week 10/09 - 10/15~

*Red Causes: Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention, Cardiovascular Disease, Congenital Heart Defects and Disease, DARE, Epidermolysis Bullosa, Heart Disease, Hemophilia, Hepatitis C, High Blood Pressure, HIV/Aids, Hypertension, MADD, Stroke, Tuberculosis (TB), Vasculitis

~Mental Illness Awareness Week 10/02 - 10/09~

  *Green Causes: Bipolar Disorder, Bone Marrow Donation, Cerebral Palsy, Depression, Glaucoma, Kidney Disease and Cancer, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Mitochondrial Disease, Neurofibromatosis, Organ Donation, Organ Transplant 

~Rhett Syndrome Awareness Month~

*Lavender Causes: Cancer (general), Gynecological Cancer, Hodgkin's Disease, Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis, Infantile Spasms, Rett Syndrome, Testicular Cancer

~National Spina Bifida 
Awareness Month &
National Liver Awareness Month~

*Yellow Causes: Adoption, Bladder Cancer, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Endometriosis, Hydrocephalus, Liver Disease and Cancer, Military Deployment, Missing Children, Obesity, Sarcoma, Spina Bifida, Suicide Prevention, Support Our Troops

~Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month~ 

*Pink and Blue Causes: Amniotic Fluid Embolism, Birth Defects, Infant Loss, Infertility, Male Breast Cancer, Miscarriage, Premature Birth, SIDS, Stillbirth