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...The month of October is designated as "Crime Prevention Month."

...The month of October is designated as "Disability Employment Awareness Month" to demonstrate continuing support for and to raise the awareness of the need for employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

...The Saturday immediately preceding Thanksgiving day is designated as "Adoption Day."

...h year. Epilepsy afflicts people of all ages, but especially the very young and the elderly. The CDC estimates that about ten per cent of Americans will experience a seizure during their lifetime, and about three per cent will be diagnosed with epilepsy by age eighty.

...The month of November is designated as "Omega Psi Phi Month."

...morial Day" to bring attention to the tragedy of homelessness. State and local governments, coalitions, and other entities are encouraged to sponsor events to promote awareness of the plight of the homeless and to identify actions that individuals and organizations may take to address the problem of homelessness.

...Calendar year 2008 is designated as the "Year of the Veteran" to recognize the services and sacrifices of veterans.

..."Ohio Save for Retirement Week" is designated during the same week as "National Save for Retirement Week" is designated by federal law.

...The month of August is designated as "Ohio Military Family Month."

...The second full week of March is designated as "Ohio Agriculture Week" in order to increase public recognition of the vitally important role that agriculture plays both in this state and across the nation.

...otrophic lateral sclerosis and to encourage efforts in finding treatments and a cure for ALS.

...The month of March is designated as "Multiple System Atrophy Awareness Month" to increase public awareness of this progressive neurodegenerative disorder that affects the autonomic functions of the body.

...ness and Education Month." The first Friday of May is designated as "Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness and Education Day." (B) The thirty-first day of August is designated as "Ohio Overdose Awareness Day" to raise public awareness of the epidemic and to remember the lives lost to the epidemic. On the thirty-first day of August, in recognition of Ohio Overdose Awareness Day, a state flag displayed at a state buildi...

...The twentieth day of February is designated as "John Glenn Friendship 7 Day" in honor of John Glenn's participation in the first orbital space mission of the United States on February 20, 1962.

...The month of November is designated as "Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Awareness Month" to promote public awareness of complex regional pain syndrome, also known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome.

...The week in which Labor Day occurs is designated as "Ohio Coal Miners Week" in honor of the citizens of this state who have worked and continue to work in the coal mines of the state.

...The fifteenth day of June is designated as "Elder Abuse Awareness Day" to increase public awareness of the innocent victims of elder abuse.

...The third week of July is designated as "Ohio Aggregates and Industrial Minerals Awareness Week" in order to educate the public about, increase public awareness of, and recognize the important contributions of the state's aggregates and industrial minerals industry to construction and transportation and to the state's economic viability and to recognize the industry's environmentally responsible stewardship of...

...The month of May is designated as "Pediatric Stroke Awareness Month."

...The month of March is designated as "Macular Degeneration Awareness Month."

...The ninth day of July is designated as "Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Day" to increase public awareness of traumatic brain injuries.

...The thirtieth day of March is designated as "Vietnam Veterans' Day" in honor of those who fought, died, or are still unaccounted for in the Vietnam war.

...The fifteenth day of October is designated as "Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day."

...calendar week including the seventeenth day of July is designated as "Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Week."

...rstanding, or speaking. The fourteenth day of May is designated as "Childhood Apraxia of Speech Awareness Day" to increase public awareness about childhood apraxia of speech and to support the goals of better hearing and speech month. The period beginning the thirteenth day of March and ending the fifteenth day of April is designated as "Ohio Deaf History Month."