ServSafe Food Service Training
Coordinated School Health Training Opportunities (Department of Education; select "Health" as subject)
Health observances for 2009 (National Health Information Center)
July 2009
International Group B Strep Awareness Month
July 3—Walk in the Park: Firefly Fireworks, 10:30 p.m., Lewis & Clark Recreation Area
July 7— Board of Pharmacy Rules Hearing Notice; 1p.m., Board of Pharmacy office, Sioux Falls
July 11—Walk in the Park: Insect Hike and Seek, 7:30 p.m., Lewis & Clark Recreation Area
July 11—Walk in the Park: Park after Dark, 9:30 p.m., Farm Island Recreation Area
July 16—Walk in the Park: Sense-abilities, 7 p.m., LaFramboise Nature Area
July 18—Walk in the Park: Fossils at Our Feet, 9:30 a.m., Lewis & Clark Recreation Area
July 18—Walk in the Park: Journey through Time, 10: a.m., Oakwood Lakes State Park
July 18—Walk in the Park: Geocaching and Basic GPSing, 7 p.m., Lake Thompson Recreation Area
July 24—Walk in the Park: Family Hike with Little Nature Lovers, 10:30 a.m., Custer State Park
July 25—Walk in the Park: GPS Fundamentals, 10 a.m.,Palisades State Park
July 30—Walk in the Park: Nature at Night, 9 p.m., LaFramboise Nature Area
July 31—Walk in the Park: Just Desserts, 7:30 p.m., Lewis & Clark Recreation Area
August 2009
National Immunization Awareness Month
August 1—National Minority Donor Awareness Day
August 7—Walk in the Park: Habitat Hike, 7:30 p.m., Lewis & Clark Recreation Area
August 8—Walk in the Park: Animal Tracks CSI , 10 a.m.,Walker's Point Recreation Area
August 8—Walk in the Park: Otter Stream Stroll, 2 p.m., Lake Vermillion Recreation Area
August 8—Walk in the Park: Animal Tracks CSI, 4 p.m., Lake Herman State Park
August 13—Walk in the Park: Art in Nature Sketch Walk, 7 p.m., LaFramboise Island Nature Area
August 15—Walk in the Park: Treasure Hunt, 1 p.m., Pickerel Lake Recreation Area
August 15—Walk in the Park: Evening with the Owls, 8:30 p.m., Oahe Downstream Recreation Area
August 19—South Dakota Association of Grantwriting Professionals Chaptering Meeting; Ramkota RiverCentre, Pierre; contact Dmitri.Melius@avera.org to register or for more information
August 20—Fifth Annual South Dakota Grant Professional's Annual Conference; Ramkota RiverCentre, Pierre; contact juliemoore@catholichealth.net with questions or to register
August 21—Walk in the Park: Lewis and Clark, 7:30 p.m., Lewis & Clark Recreation Area
September 2009
Fruit and Veggies — More Matters™ Month
National Cholesterol Education Month
National Infant Mortality Awareness Month
National Pediculosis Prevention Month/Head Lice Prevention Month
National Sickle Cell Month
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
September 9— 2009 South Dakota Diabetes Coalition Partners' Conference
September 10—Getting to Zero: How Hospitals Can Use Rapid Tests to Virtually Eliminate Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission, Pierre Ramkota
September 10—
Walk in the Park: Monarch Migration, 6:30 p.m., Spirit Mound Historic Prairie
September 12—World Oral Health Day
September 19—Walk in the Park: A Blaze of Color, 2 p.m., Sica Hollow State Park
September 22-24—Fundamentals of HIV Testing & Prevention Counseling, Governor's Inn, Pierre
October 2009
Healthy Lung Month
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month
October 1-2—South Dakota Infection Control Conference, Sioux Falls Convention Center
October 3—Walk in the Park: Candlelight Walk, 7 p.m., Newton Hills State Park
October 5—National Child Health Day
October 5-11—Get Smart About Antibiotics Week
October 23 & 24—Walk in the Park: Halloween Night Hike, 5:30 p.m. (MT), Custer State Park
October 24—Walk in the Park: Annual Spooktacular Trails, 5 p.m., Big Sioux Recreation Area
October 25—Walk in the Park: Trick or Treat Trails, 4:30 p.m., LaFramboise Island Nature Area
November 2009
American Diabetes Month
November 19—Great American Smokeout
December 2009
December 1—World AIDS Day
December 6-12—National Handwashing Awareness Week
