Congregational Health ReSource - A Faith Based Health Organization devoted to wholeness.

Prevention and awareness are key essentials in maintaining our physical bodies. Many resources may be found here including: statistics, demographics, and basic health regulations to assist you in a lifelong journey of whole health focusing on the first component of wholeness, the body. The health and faith resources found on this site combined can bring balance between our body, soul (mind, will and emotions) and spirit. Learn more about the continuum of care in whole health while increasing your faith, utilizing wisdom, and bringing wholeness to your overall being, body, soul and spirit.

Wondering how you can be more health conscious and are unsure where to start? You can check the National Health Observances calendar and see how you and your congregation celebrate health and honor those you love by making them aware of resources and agencies that provide support and materials to help you succeed!

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National Health Observances

January

Cervical Cancer Month
National Birth Defects Prevention Month
National Eye Care Month
National Glaucoma Awareness Month
National Volunteer Blood Donor Week
Sight Saving Sabbath (Second Week)
Health Weight Week (Third Week)

February

American Heart Month
Low Vision Awareness Month
National Children's Dental Health Month
Wise Health Consumer Month
Cardiac Rehabilitation Week (First Week)
National Burn Awareness Week (First Week)
National Girls & Women in Sports Day (First Wednesday)
National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week (Second Week)
National Children of Alcoholics Week (Second Week)

March

American Red Cross Month
Mental Retardation Awareness Month
National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
National Eye Donor Month
National Kidney Month
Workplace Eye Health and Safety Awareness Month
Save Your Vision Week (First Week)
National School Breakfast Week (First Week)
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week (Second Week)
Brain Awareness Week (Second Week)
National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week (Third Week)
National Poison Prevention Week (Third Week)
American Diabetes Alert
World Tuberculosis Day

April

Alcohol Awareness Month
Cancer Control Month
Counseling Awareness Month
IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Awareness Month
National Autism Awareness Month
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
National Occupational Therapy Month
National STD Awareness Month
National Youth Sports Safety Month
Sports Eye Safety Month
Women's Eye Health and Safety Month
National Building Safety Week (First Week)
National Public Health Week (First Week)
Kick Butts Day (First Full Weekend)
Alcohol-free Weekend (First Full Weekend)
World Health Day
YMCA Health Kids Day
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week (Third Week)
National Minority Cancer Awareness Week (Third Week)
National Infants Immunization Week (Fourth Week)
WalkAmerica (Last Full Weekend)

May

Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
Better Hearing and Speech Month
Better Sleep Month
Clean Air Month
Correct Posture Month
Hepatitis Awareness Month
Huntington's Disease Awareness Month
National Arthritis Month
National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month
Skin Cancer Awareness Month
Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Month
National High Blood Pressure Education Month
National Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
National Mental Health Month
National Neurofibromatosis Month
National Osteoporosis Prevention Month
National Sight-Saving Month
National Stroke Awareness Month
National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
National Trauma Awareness Month
Older American Month
National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day (May 2)
National SAFE KIDS Week (First Week)
Mother's Day Comes Early For Too Many of Our Nation's Teens (Mother's Day)
National Suicide Awareness Week (Second Week)
Food Allergy Awareness Week (Second Week)
Childhood Depression Awareness Day (May 7)
National Mental Health Counseling Week (Second Week)
National Running and Fitness Week (Third Week)
National Alcohol-and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Week (Third Week)
National Stuttering Awareness Week (Third Week)
National Employee Health and Fitness Day (May 17)
National Emergency Medical Services Week (Third Week)
Buckle Up America! Week (Third Week)
National Missing Children's Day (May 25)
National Senior Health and Fitness Day (May 30)
World "No Tobacco" Day (May 31)

June

Fireworks Safety Month (through July 4)
National Safety Month
National Scleroderma Awareness Month
Vision Research Month
National Cancer Survivors Day (First Sunday)
National Aphasia Awareness Month
Vision Research Month
National Cancer Survivors Day (First Sunday)
National Aphasia Awareness Week (First Week)
National Headache Awareness Week (First Week)
National Men's Health Week (Second Week)
Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week (Fourth Week)
Light the Night for Sight (End of June)
Eye Safety Awareness Week (End of June, including July 4)
National Sobriety Checkpoint Week (End of June, including July 4)

July

Fireworks Safety Month
Hemochromatosis Screening Awareness Month
National Therapeutic Recreation Week (Second Week)

August

Cataract Awareness Month
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
World Breastfeeding Week (First Week)

September

Baby Safety Month
National Sickle Cell Month
Children's Eye Health and Safety Month
Cold and Flu Campaign
Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month
Health Aging Month
National Cholesterol Month
National Food Safety Education Month
National Pediculosis Prevention Month
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
National 5-A-Day Week (Second Week)
National Reye's Syndrome Week (Third Week)
Prostate Cancer Awareness Week (Third Week)
National Rehabilitation Week (Third Week)
Ulcer Awareness Week (Third Week)
Family Health and Fitness Days USA (End September)

October

Auto Battery Safety Month
Celiac Sprue Awareness Month
Child Health Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Family Health Month
Health Literacy Month
Healthy Lung Month
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Campaign for Healthier Babies Month
National Dental Hygiene Month
National Family Sexuality Education Month
National Liver Awareness Month
National Lupus Awareness Month
National Physical Therapy Month
Rett Syndrone Awareness Month
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month
Talk About Prescriptions Month
Child Health Day (Early October)
Mental Illness Awareness Week (First Week)
National Depression Screening Day (First Week)
National Fire Prevention Week (Second Week)
Walk a Child to School Week (Second Week)
National School Lunch Week (Third Week)
National Hepatitis Awareness Week (Third Week)
National Radon Action Week (Third Week)
National Health Education Week (Third Week)
World Food Day (Mid October)
National Infection Control Week (Third Week)
National Mammography Day (Mid October)
National Red Ribbon Celebration (Fourth Week)

November

American Diabetes Month
Diabetic Eye Disease Month
National Alzheimer's Awareness Month
National Epilepsy Month
National Hospice Month
National Marrow Awareness Week
National Osteopathic Medicine Week (Second Week)
Great American Smoke Out (November 15)
GERD Awareness Week (Third Week)
National Adoption Week (Third Week)

December

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month
Safe Toys and Gifts Month
World AIDS Day (December 1)
National Aplastic Anemia Awareness Week (First Week)

Faith, hope, and love coupled with wisdom assists the believer in achieving health harmony in the soul (mind, will, and emotions) and spirit. Strengthen your inner man's soul and spirit by the associated articles, resources, and inspiration in our faith section. May the Lord prosper you with whole health. Learn more about the continuum of care in whole health while increasing your faith, utilizing wisdom, and bringing wholeness to your overall being, body, soul and spirit.

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