| May is Asthma Awareness Month and World Asthma Day is May 3, 2005. In support of Asthma Awareness Month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency developed an Event Planning Kit, an Asthma Awareness Month Web page, and Event Listing forms. The Event Planning Kit is a free resource for community organizers, health care providers, school nurses, teachers, and everyone who is committed to raising awareness of asthma triggers and their management. The Kit includes ideas and tips on organizing events in local schools, hospitals, clinics, libraries, and state capitols, and provides sample proclamations, letters to the editor, and other resources to make it easy for you to organize outreach events. You will find an order form with descriptions of EPA's Asthma outreach products in the Kit. All of EPA's resources are available to you at no-cost. You can also let the EPA know what you plan to do during Asthma Awareness Month and EPA will publicize your upcoming events on their national Web site. A link from the Asthma Awareness Month Web page will take you to an online event listing form where you can enter information about your planned events. EPA's Web site includes a map of Asthma Awareness Month activities where you can see what is planned in your state. Visit www.epa.gov/asthma/awm.html for more information. |
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