September 2008
2 – Glen Rose Town Hall Meeting
3 – HSCMC New Employee Orientation
3 – 6 Hot Spring County Fair
9 – Special Election for Half Cent Sales Tax for HSCMC
9 – Diabetes Support Group Meeting
15 – Healthy Hot Spring County Coalition Meeting
18 – Chamber of Commerce Meeting
Health Observances:
Baby Safety Month
National Cholesterol Education Month
National Head Lice Prevention Month
Healthy Aging Month
Pain Awareness Month
Prostate Health Month
7 National Grandparents Day
7 – 13 National Assisted Living Week
7 – 13 National Healthcare Environmental Services Week
7 – 13 National Suicide Prevention Week
14 – 20 Prostate Cancer Awareness Week
14 – 20 National Surgical Technologists Week
21 -27 National Child Passenger Safety Week
21 – 27 National Rehabilitation Awareness Celebration
27 National Family Health and Fitness Day
October 2008

1 – HSCMC New Employee Orientation
14 – Diabetes Support Group Meeting
16 – Chamber of Commerce Meeting
18 – Annual Children’s Health and Safety Fair
20 – Healthy Hot Spring County Coalition Meeting
Health Observances:
National American Pharmacy Month
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Dental Hygiene Month
Halloween Safety Month
National Physical Therapy Month
5 – 11 Emergency Nurses Week
5 – 11 Fire Prevention Week
5 – 11 National Healthcare Resource & Materials Management Week
5 – 11 Mental Illness Awareness Week
6 – 12 National Healthcare Food Service Week
6 – 12 National Physician Assistants Week
9 National Depression Screening Day
12 – 18 National Case Management Week
12 – 18 National Healthcare Central Service/Sterile Processing Week
16 – 22 International Infection Prevention Week
17 National Mammography Day
19 – 25 National Healthcare Quality Week
19 – 25 National Respiratory Care Week
20 – 26 National Healthcare Facilities and Engineering Week
20 – 26 Pastoral Care Week
23 – 31 National Red Ribbon Week
25 Make a Difference Day
November 2008

5 – HSCMC New Employee Orientation
11 – Diabetes Support Group
17 – Healthy Hot Spring County Coalition Meeting
20 – Chamber of Commerce Meeting
27 – Thanksgiving Day
Health Observances:
Diabetic Eye disease Month
National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
National Family Caregivers Month
National Home Care Month
National Hospice and Palliative Care Month
National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
1 – 7 Medical-Surgical Nurses Week
2 – 8 National Allied Health Professions Week
2 – 8 National Diabetes Education Week
2 – 8 National Health Information and Technology Week
2 – 8 National Radiologic Technology Week
9 – 15 Perioperative Nurse Week
10 – 14 Lung Cancer Awareness Week
20 Great American Smokeout
December 2008

3 – HSCMC New Employee Orientation
9 – Diabetes Support Group Meeting
15 – Healthy Hot Spring County Coalition Meeting
18 – Chamber of Commerce Meeting
25 – Christmas Day
Health Observances:
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month
Safe Toys and Celebrations Month
1 – World AIDS Day
1 – 7 National Aplastic Anemia and MDS Awareness Week