Adoption Ribbon!

National Adoption Month

November is National Adoption Month, a month set aside to raise awareness about the adoption of children from foster care. This year's theme of adopting teens from foster care builds on the Ad Council's new public service announcement (PSA) campaign of the Children's Bureau, the Adoption Exchange Association, and The Collaboration to AdoptUsKids.

		National Adoption Month highlights
		2007 Presidential Proclamation
		Activities calendar

	For professionals For prospective & adoptive families For teachers Youth permanency

	Prospective foster and adoptive families call 888.200.4005 or email info@AdoptUsKids.org National Adoption Month 2007 Recruitment & Marketing Toolkit (PDF - 1035 KB) Professional publications

Lung Cancer Ribbon!

Lung Cancer Awareness Month

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month!

Lung Cancer Awareness Month (LCAM) is a national campaign dedicated to increasing attention to lung cancer issues. By organizing rallies, distributing educational material, holding fund-raising events, contacting Congress, and speaking to the media, those involved in LCAM bring much-needed support and attention to a disease that each year kills more people than breast, prostate, colon and pancreas cancers combined.

Here's how you can participate!

Raise Awareness
You can raise awareness about lung cancer where you live in many ways during November 2007:

• Sponsor an event to bring your community together around lung cancer.
• Gain official attention for lung cancer with petitions, proclamations, and more!
• Distribute LCA's Public Service Announcement to local media
• Make your voice heard by the media.
• Set up table(s) in your local hospital/medical center/clinic and distribute LCA and LCAM materials.
• Hang up LCA posters in clinics, community centers, churches, and other high traffic areas to remind people that No One Deserves Lung Cancer!

Make LCAM official where you live!
Join Maine, New Jersey and others by making LCAM official in all 50 states. View our interactive map to get statistics for your state.

• Write a letter to your governor and send a sample proclamation.
• FInd your Governor's name and address at www.50states.com.
• Make LCAM official in perpetuity through a bill working with your state representatives. Please let us know which state you live in.

Sponsor an Event

In past years, advocates have coordinated runs, walks, and dances to raise funds and awareness during LCAM. An example was the Race for Breath 2006. You too can hold a fundraiser!

Make your voice heard!

LCAM is an opportune time to make your voice heard in your local newspaper by writing a letter to the editor.

Got an idea for LCAM?

We’d be happy to hear about it!

Diabetes Ribbon!

American Diabetes Month

There are “many faces of diabetes.” Nearly 21 million children and adults in the United States are living with diabetes, and another 54 million people are at-risk. But those aren’t the only faces affected by diabetes. If you are a parent or loved one caring for someone with diabetes, your face is in the picture too.

Every week throughout November’s American Diabetes Month, the American Diabetes Association will focus on a different “face” of diabetes.

Caregivers – Week 1

Supporting a loved one with diabetes can present its own unique challenges.

If you or someone you care for has recently been diagnosed with diabetes, you are no doubt experiencing a range of emotions. There are resources to help the newly diagnosed people. When your child is diagnosed with diabetes, it's easy to feel overwhelmed by all the information you're given. Find resources to get the information you need.

Employees – Week 2

Promoting healthy lifestyles in the workplace can help to prevent type 2 diabetes and its complications, saving companies thousands of dollars a year.

With employees spending more than one-third of their day on the job, corporate America is in a unique position to bring even greater attention to this public health issue…and to be part of the solution. Show your support in the fight against diabetes at work. Find out more about I Decide to Fight Diabetes.

Diabetes around the world – Week 3

Worldwide over 246 million people have diabetes. By 2020, that number is expected to rise to 380 million.

In December 2006, the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) passed a landmark Resolution recognizing diabetes as a chronic, debilitating and costly disease. The Resolution designates World Diabetes Day as a United Nations Day to be observed every year on November 14 starting in 2007. The ADA is a proud supporter of the UN Resolution.

Show your support and purchase unite for diabetes pins here. Purchases are through the International Diabetes Federation and prices are in Euros.

At-risk populations – Week 4

One in two minorities born in 2000 will develop diabetes in their lifetime if current trends continue.

Compared to the general population, African Americans are disproportionately affected by diabetes. For example, one in four African American women over 55 years of age has diabetes. Approximately 2.5 million Hispanic/Latino Americans over the age of 20 have diabetes and are at increased risk for serious complications such as kidney disease, blindness, and amputations. At 17%, American Indians and Alaska Natives have the highest age-adjusted prevalence of diabetes among all U.S. racial and ethnic groups. Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders with diabetes are at high risk for heart disease.

Youth and Type 1 Diabetes – Week 5

Youth with type 1 diabetes have the most urgent need for care.

One in 400 children has type 1 diabetes. Here is information they can use. Coming Soon – Explore! Discover! Connect! The New Planet D launches in November.

These are just some of the many faces of diabetes. There are also many others.

Local Supporters
Every year, thousands of people participate in American Diabetes Association events and fundraisers to increase awareness of diabetes and raise needed funds. Find out what’s happening in your area.

Volunteers
Become involved in the fight against diabetes. Register to volunteer with the ADA.

Corporate Friends
Corporate support helps to forward the ADA’s mission to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. Find out how.