September 2024 Health & Safety Bulletin
September 2024!
Ahh September. The end summer and beginning of autumn. Kids head back to school. Animals start preparing for winter and humans tend to try and make the most of outdoor activities with end of the season camping and adventures.
This September, be prepared for whatever gets thrown at you.
In This Issue: September 2024 Health and Safety Bulletin
- Wildlife Awareness
- First Aid Preparedness
Observances/Awareness:
Awareness Month:
Acne; Arthritis; Charcot-Marie-Tooth; Childhood Cancer; Concussion; Craniofacial Acceptance;
Duchenne; FASD; Inherited Retinal Disease; International Pain; Ovarian Cancer; Prostate Cancer; Pulmonary Fibrosis;
Sickle Cell; World Alzheimer’s; Blood Cancer, Lice Prevention
Days/Weeks:
National Fibromyalgia Awareness Week: 1 to 8
National Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Awareness Day: 4
Egg Toss Day: 6
World Beard, Day of Clean Air, & World Duchenne Day: 7
Living Donation Week: 8 to 14
International FASD Awareness Day: 9
World Suicide Prevention Day: 10
World Sepsis Day: 13
Eczema Week: 13-19
Myotonic Dystrophy Awareness Day & Terry Fox Run: 15
Child Passenger Safety Week: 15 to 21
International Day of Sign Languages: 23
World Reflexology Week: 23-29
World Quantum Readiness Day: 26
Right to Know & World Rabies Day: 28
International Week of Deaf People: 23-29
Sport Purple for Platelets: 29
Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste: 29
Orange Shirt & National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: 30