National

Iowa Campaigns:

January is Mentoring Month. Sponsored by Iowa Mentoring Partnership.

Problem Gambling Awareness Week (First week in March)

National Problem Gambling Awareness Week in Iowa sponsored by 1-800-Bets-Off

Take Five (March 5)

Take Five Minutes to Talk to Your Kids About Drugs. A campaign sponsored by the Partnership for a Drug-Free Iowa. March 5th is designated as Iowa's "Take Five Minutes to Talk to Your Kids About Drugs" Day.

Red Ribbon Campaign (October 23 - 31)

A year-round campaign with a kick-off week in October to encourage commitment toward a drug-free lifestyle in Iowa communities and schools.

Get a Grip

Program providing strategies for addressing alcohol and traffic safety issues across Iowa as well as issues students face in their lives. An annual conference is held each summer on the Iowa State University campus.

The Power of a Grandparent

To help grandparents know what to say about drugs and how to say it, the Partnership for a Drug-Free Iowa created a booklet containing a few age appropriate and easy-to-follow tips. The guide tells how to initiate a discussion about drugs with grandchildren, and how to keep the conversation going. To learn more about the Power of Grandparents, and how you can help prevent substance abuse and promote positive behavior.

RecoveryIowa.org

Recovery Iowa seeks to raise public awareness that alcohol, drug, and gambling disorders are a public health issue, to eliminate the stigma associated with addiction and recovery, and to improve awareness about substance use recovery issues.

National Campaigns:

Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year-Long

January

National Mentoring Month

Sponsored by the National Mentoring Partnership. See also Iowa Mentoring Partnership

February

Children of Alcoholics Week (Starts 2nd Sunday in February)

Sponsored by the National Association for Children of Alcoholics

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (Starts last Saturday in February)

Sponsored by National Eating Disorders Association

March

Safe Spring Break

April

National Alcohol Awareness Month

Sponsored by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence

National Child Abuse Prevention Month

Sponsored by Prevent Child Abuse America

National Alcohol Screening Day (April 12, 2012)
Kick Butts Day (March 21, 2012)

Anti-smoking campaign for kids from the National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids.

National Alcohol Screening Day (April 12, 2012)

A free, anonymous screening for alcohol-use disorders

National and Global Youth Service Day (April 20 - 22, 2012)

May

Mental Health Month
National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day (May 3, 2011)
World No Tobacco Day (May 31st)

Sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO)

June

National HIV Testing Day(June 27th)

August

National Night Out (August 1)

America's Night Out Against Crime

September

National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month

Sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Family Day (Last Monday in September)

The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) sponsors Family Day, A Day to Eat Dinner With Your Children. This annual event which takes place on the fourth Monday of September, is an initiative to reduce substance abuse among children and teens throughout America.

October

National Crime Prevention Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Mental Illness Awareness Week (First full week in October)

Tradition of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

World Mental Health Day (October 10, 2011)

Sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO)

National Depression Screening Day (October 6th, 2011)
National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week (NCAAW) (October 18 - 24, 2009)

Sponsored by the Inter-Association Task Force on Alcohol and Other Substance Abuse Issues (IATF)

National Red Ribbon Week (Oct 23 - 31)
National Drug Facts Week (Oct 31 - Nov 6, 2011)

National Drug Facts Week was organized by the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) to shatter the myths about drugs.

November

Great American Smokeout

Third Thursday of November each year. Sponsored by the American Cancer Society

December

World AIDS Day (December 1)
National Impaired Driving Prevention Month

National Impaired Driving Prevention Month was established by congressional legislation and presidential proclamation in December 1982 because the Christmas - New Year's period is typically one of the higher risk times on our roads due to a sharp increase in drinking and driving.

Year-Long

SADD

Students Against Destructive Decisions.

MADD

Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

Above the Influence

This campaign site reflects what teens across the country have told us is going on in their lives, and provides perspective on what influences they face every day.

The Anti-Drug

This campaign site for parents provides drug facts, prevention strategies and information.

La Antidroga

This Spanish-language site, includes drug information, expert advice on how to handle youth drug use, and an interactive feature through which parents can submit questions to a drug-prevention expert and have them answered online.

The Anti-Meth Campaign

A portion of the Media Campaign is directed specifically toward the consequences of methamphetamine use and abuse. This site showcases the various advertising and communication vehicles used by the Anti-Meth Campaign to prevent meth use, dispel the myth that meth treatment does not work and get people who need help for meth use into treatment.

Partnership for a Drug-Free America

Includes a comprehensive database of what drugs look like and what they do, resources for parents on how to raise a drug-free child, and answers to questions on many drug-related topics.

Stop Impaired Driving

From the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. NHTSA seeks to develop partnerships to cooperatively save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce traffic-related healthcare and economic costs resulting from impaired driving (alcohol and other drugs).