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"Your Compass - Point Two- Emotional"
Caregiver Tips©
May 2006
Contents
*Self Care Focus: Your Compass - Point Two - Emotional
**Words of Encouragement
***Book Award
****Reminders
*****Messages for Caregivers
******So Good I Want To Share It
*******Internet Sites 2Good2Miss
********Thank You
********* Self Care Tip
********** Share A Tip
Self Care Focus: Your Compass - Point Two - EmotionalBy Jo Cavanaugh
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Words of Encouragement
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Book Award
Christine, a caregiver from Hackettstown, New Jersey, will be sent Ask and You Shall Succeed, by Ken D. Foster. Enjoy the read.
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Reminders
Don't forget that May is:
Mental Health Month
National Mental Health Association and
National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
2001 North Beauregard Street, 12th Floor
Alexandria, VA 22311
(800) 969-6642
www.nmha.org
National Celiac Sprue Awareness Month
Celiac Sprue Association/USA
P.O. Box 31700
Omaha, NE 68131-0700
(877) 272-4272
celiacs@csaceliacs.org
www.csaceliacs.org
Lyme Disease Awareness Month
Lyme Disease Foundation
P.O. Box 332
Tolland, CT 06084
(800) 886-5963
(860) 870-0070
lymefnd@aol.com
www.lyme.org
National Sight-Saving Month: Ultraviolet Awareness Month
Prevent Blindness America
500 East Remington Road
Schaumburg, IL 60173
(800) 331-2020
info@preventblindness.org
www.preventblindness.org
National Neurofibromatosis Month
National Neurofibromatosis Foundation
95 Pine Street, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10005
(800) 323-7938
nnff@nf.org
www.nf.org
National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
National Osteoporosis Foundation
1232 22nd Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
(202) 223-2226
communicatioins@nof.org
www.nof.org
National Trauma Awareness Month
American Trauma Society
8903 Presidential Parkway, Suite 512
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772-2656
(800) 556-7890
info@amtrauma.org
www.amtrauma.org
Older Americans Month
Administration on Aging
Washington, DC 20201
(202) 619-0724
AoAInfo@aoa.gov
www.aoa.gov
Skin Cancer Awareness Month
American Cancer Society
1599 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
(800) ACS-2345
www.cancer.org
Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
1233 20th Street, NW, Suite 402
Washington, DC 20036
(800) 7-ASTHMA
info@aafa.org
www.aafa.org
Better Hearing and Speech Month
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
10801 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852
(800) 638-8255
actioncenter@asha.org
www.asha.org
Better Sleep Month
Better Sleep Council
501 Wythe Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 683-8371
bsc@sleepproducts.org
www.bettersleep.org
National Arthritis Month and Annual Arthritis Walk
Arthritis Foundation
1330 West Peachtree Street, Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30309
(800) 283-7800 General Information
(877) 232-2898 Walk Information
www.arthritis.org
National High Blood Pressure Education Month
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Information Center
P.O. Box 30105
Bethesda, MD 20824-0105
(301) 592-8573
(240) 629-3246 Fax
nhlbiinfo@rover.nhlbi.nih.gov
www.nhlbi.nih.gov
Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Month
Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance
801 Roeder Road, Suite 750
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(800) 225-6872
(301) 562-9890
info@tsalliance.org
www.tsalliance.org
Healthy Vision Month
National Eye Institute
2020 Vision Place
Bethesda, MD 20892-3655
(301) 496-5248
hvm@nei.nih.gov
www.healthyvision2010.org/hvm/
National Bike Month
League of American Bicyclists
1612 K Street, NW , Suite 800
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 822-1334 Fax
ryan@bikeleague.org
www.bikemonth.com
Don't miss the June 2006 issue of "Caregiver Tips©" with tips and information
on "Your Compass - Point Three - Mental."
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Messages for Caregivers
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So Good I Want To Share It
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Internet Sites 2Good2Miss
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Thank You
I also want to thank those that have sent an email with a
request for information. I enjoy hearing from you and hope
that I can provide some support or help when you need it. Please
continue to send me your comments and requests.
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Self Care Tip
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Share A Tip
Share a tip and receive a CareSsentials Mirror/Sewing Kit.
Have a great tip that you want to share on self care, coping,
or humor that has helped you through the day?
Share the tip with us and receive a self-care gift for your
kindness and generosity.
Email your tips to the link below and please include your mailing
address so I can mail you the mirror/sewing kit.
Share a Tip
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Take care and don't forget listen to the language of your emotions,
Jo Cavanaugh
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