ALS Awareness Month

ALS Awareness Month
Date(s)
Years active
  • Canada: 25
  • United States: 23
Inaugurated
  • Canada: 1990[3]
  • United States: 1992[2]

ALS Awareness Month is a campaign to spread awareness of and raise funds for research for a cure for ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease).

Canada

In Canada, June has been declared as ALS Awareness Month by the Canadian Minister of Health.[1]

United States

In the United States, the campaign is observed every year in the month of May.[4] During this month, the ALS Association sponsors the National ALS Advocacy Day and Public Policy Conference and leads a delegation of people with ALS, their caregivers and other advocates to Capitol Hill to urge legislators to support measures to help find treatments and a cure.

Postage stamp

In 2008, The ALS Association, in association with the United States Postal Service, created a commemorative official U.S. postage stamp to promote ALS Awareness Month.[5]

Individual states

Ohio

On January 13, 2012, the 129th General Assembly of the U.S. state of Ohio designated the month of May as ALS Awareness Month for the state.[6]

Georgia

In 2003, Governor Sonny Perdue issued a proclamation that May was ALS Awareness Month in the state.[7] He repeated this action in 2011. In addition, the proclamation was reissued by Governor Nathan Deal in 2012, 2013,[8] and 2014.[9] In 2016, Governor Deal declared January 26 to be ALS Awareness Day in Georgia.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 Aglukkaq, Leona (Minister of Health, Government of Canada) (June 2010). "ALS Awareness Month (Lou Gehrig's Disease)". Health Canada. Retrieved March 30, 2012. External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. 1 2 "20th Anniversary of ALS Awareness Month: MDA to Honor 31 Americans". Muscular Dystrophy Association. May 3, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2012. External link in |publisher= (help)
  3. ↑ "June brings about another ALS awareness month". ALS Society of Canada. June 6, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2012. External link in |publisher= (help)
  4. ↑ "Announcements: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Awareness Month – May 2011". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. May 6, 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2012. External link in |publisher= (help)
  5. ↑ "New ALS Awareness Month Postage Stamp Now On Sale". The ALS Association. May 1, 2008. Retrieved March 30, 2012. External link in |publisher= (help)
  6. ↑ "5.2267 ALS Awareness Month". Codes.ohio.gov. Retrieved March 30, 2012. External link in |publisher= (help)
  7. ↑ "ALS Awareness Month Proclamation 2003" (PDF). Georgia.gov.
  8. ↑ "ALS Awareness Month 2013" (PDF). Georgia.gov.
  9. ↑ "ALS Awareness Month 2014" (PDF). Georgia.gov.
  10. ↑ "ALS Awareness Day 2016" (PDF). Georgia.gov.

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