2021 Pharmacy, Health and Wellness Observances

January May (cont.) October Cervical Health Awareness Month Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month American Pharmacists Month National Birth Defects Prevention Month Lupus Awareness Month Talk About Your Medicines Month National Blood Donor Month National Arthritis Awareness Month Dental Hygiene Awareness Month National Glaucoma Awareness Month National High Blood Pressure Education Month Children’s Health Month Thyroid Awareness Month National Melanoma/Skin Cancer Awareness Month Health Literacy Month Healthy Weight Week (17th - 23rd) National Mental Health Awareness Month Healthy Babies Month National Stroke Awareness Month Healthy Lung Month Osteoporosis Awareness Month National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Celiac Awareness Month National Depression and Mental Health Screening Month AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month National Women’s Health Week (9th - 15th) National Liver Awareness Month National Cancer Prevention Month National Senior Health and Fitness Day (26th) National Spina Bifida Awareness Month National Children’s Dental Health Month National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month Wise Health Care Consumer Month June National Pharmacy Technician Day (15th) Wear Red Day (1st) Cataract Awareness Month Respiratory Care Week (24th - 30th) National Scleroderma Awareness Month Men’s Health Month November March Migraine and Headache Awareness Month American Diabetes Month Brain Injury Awareness Month National Safety Month Diabetic Eye Disease Month National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month Men’s Health Week (8th - 14th) Lung Cancer Awareness Month National Kidney Month National Healthy Skin Month National Nutrition Month July National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month Hemophilia Awareness Month Fireworks Safety Month National Epilepsy Awareness Month National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month UV Safety Month National Family Caregivers Month National Eye Donor Month Psoriasis Awareness Month National Hospice and Palliative Care Month Patient Safety Awareness Week (8th-14th) Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month American Diabetes Alert Day (24th) Prematurity Awareness Month August Great American Smokeout (15th) Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month National Breastfeeding Month National Autism Awareness Month National Immunization Awareness Month December National Alcohol Awareness Month International AIDS Awareness Month National Drunk and Drugged Driving National September National Child Abuse Prevention Month Prevention Month Baby Safety Awareness Month Safe Toys and Gifts Month National Donate Life Month Blood Cancer Awareness Month Stress Awareness Month National Handwashing Awareness Week (1st- 7th) Childhood Cancer Awareness Month National Influenza Vaccination Week (1st - 7th) National Minority Health Month Healthy Aging Month National Public Health Week (6th - 12th) National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month World Meningitis Day (24th) Cholesterol Education Month National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month May National Recovery Month Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month Better Sleep Month Prostate Health Month Correct Posture Month Pain Awareness Month Healthy Vision Month National Folic Acid Awareness Week (12th - 18th) Hepatitis Awareness Month Women’s Health and Fitness Day (26th) Family Health & Fitness Day (29th) JANUARY 2021

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 HPV & Cervical Cancer Posters Poster New Year’s Day

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Find Blood Donor Brown bag Centers medication review bag stuffer

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 10 Questions to Ask Choosing Whole- About your Thyroid Grain Foods Flier Health Flier Eng | Span

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Healthy Weight Martin Luther King An Active Lifestyle Physical Activity at Online refill bag Pet Rx bag clipper Week (17th-23rd) Day of Service Flier Home, Work and clipper Eng | Span Play Flier

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Medication log Just Ask bag clipper Build a Healthy Meal Flier Eng | Span 31

– National Blood Donor Month To help your patients get a healthy start, – Cervical Health Awareness Month promote products and services that support patient – National Birth Defects Prevention Month health and sponsor a blood driver as part of – National Glaucoma Awareness Month National Blood Donor Month. Use HPV Vaccine – Thyroid Awareness Month bag clippers and stuffers to highlight the importance of Cervical Cancer early detection and prevention. FEBRUARY 2021

It’s American Heart Month, so show customer appreciation by promoting Valentine’s Day with Healthy Heart marketing and events. Hold free blood pressure screenings and offer specials on aspirin, Omega3 and other heart healthy supplements.

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dental Health Dental Health Activity Dental Health Flier Coloring Sheets Sheets Eng | Span Eng | Span National Wear World Cancer Day RED Day

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Just Ask bag Online refill bag clipper Medication log clipper

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Valentine’s Day President’s Day Pet Rx bag clipper Brown bag medication review bag stuffer

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28 – American Heart Month And, since it’s Children’s Dental Health Month, – AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month offer oral health product coupons for parents – National Cancer Prevention Month and a free toothbrush with a dental activity and – National Children’s Dental Health Month coloring sheet for kids. If you have space pharmacy, – Wise Health Care Consumer Month post a few of the sheets up on a bulletin board.

MARCH 2021

Have a brown bag or town hall Q&A with your patients in – National Nutrition Month honor of Patient Safety Awareness Week. To recognize National – Brain Injury Awareness Month Nutrition, partner with a local nutritionist to conduct a free – National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month – National Kidney Month session on healthy eating.

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 Brown bag Online refill bag World Kidney Day medication review clipper bag stuffer

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pet Rx bag clipper Choose My Plate Reach Your Nutrition Enjoy your Food, But Patient Safety Flier Goals Flier Eat Less Flier Awareness Week National Sleep Eng | Span Eng | Span Eng | Span Awareness Week

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Just Ask bag clipper Medication log

Adjust your clocks at midnight 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 American Diabetes Alert Day Offer H1C Level Screenings.

31 28 29 30 – Hemophilia Awareness Month – National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month – National Eye Donor Month

APRIL 2021

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Hold a raffle for a gift certificate to a yoga or 1 2 3 massage session and display tip sheets on stress Stress Hardiness Stress Awareness Stress Fact Sheet reducing techniques. If a gift certificate is outside Quiz Payroll Stuffer for of your budget, put together a pampering gift Employees basket filled with bubble bath, lotion and other items in your store. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Meningitis Vaccine Depression - Let’s Brown bag Online refill bag Infographic Talk Poster medication review clipper Medication log bag stuffer

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pet Rx bag clipper Just Ask bag clipper Tax Day

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 World Meningitis Administrative Vaccines Work 5 Vaccine Facts Day Professionals Day Infographic Infographic

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– Stress Awareness Month – National Autism Awareness Month – National Alcohol Awareness Month – National Cancer Control Month – National Child Abuse Prevention Month – National Donate Life Month – National Minority Health Month MAY 2021

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 It’s allergy season, so display allergy products in the front Brown bag of the store. Offer free blood pressure checks and tips to medication review honor Blood Pressure Education Month. bag stuffer

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Mental Health Hepatitis B Bag Online refill bag Medication log Stroke and Blood Just Ask bag clipper Payroll Stuffer for Clipper clipper Pressure Flier Employees

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Mother’s Day Check up and Screenings National Women’s Guidelines for Health Week Women Poster (9th-15th) 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Pet Rx bag clipper

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 National Senior Health and Fitness Day

30 – Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month – Lupus Awareness Month – Better Sleep Month – National Arthritis Awareness Month – Correct Posture Month – National High Blood Pressure Education Month – Healthy Vision Month – National Melanoma/Skin Cancer Awareness Month – Hepatitis Awareness Month – National Mental Health Month 31 – Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month – National Stroke Awareness Month JUNE 2021

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 Men’s Health Month Men’s Health Month Flier Poster Eng | Span

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Headaches - Know Just Ask bag clipper Brown bag Lifetime of Risk Medication log the Types medication review Infographic bag stuffer

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Men’s Health Week Check up and Online refill bag Pet Rx bag clipper Wear BLUE Friday (14th-21st) Screenings clipper Independence Day Guidelines for Men Poster

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Father’s Day National HIV Testing Day

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– Cataract Awareness Month Does your patient’s know the difference between – National Scleroderma Awareness Month tension, migraine, cluster, and other types of – Men’s Health Month headaches? Now is the time to educate them and – Migraine and Headache Awareness Month suggest natural and OTC remedies. – National Safety Month JULY 2021

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 Brown bag medi- Medication log cation review bag stuffer

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Independence Day Just Ask bag clipper Online refill bag clipper

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Back to School Pet Rx bag clipper immunization flier

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It’s allergy season, so display allergy products in the – Fireworks Safety Month front of the store. Offer free blood pressure checks – UV Safety Month and tips to honor Blood Pressure Education Month. – Psoriasis Awareness Month AUGUST 2021

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Back to School Brown bag Online refill bag immunization flier medication review clipper bag stuffer

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 National Health Pet Rx bag clipper Medication log Center Week (8th-14th)

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Just Ask bag clipper

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– National Immunization Awareness Month – Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month – National Breastfeeding Month

It’s back to school time. Remind your patients that your pharmacy offers flu shots and various immunizations to prepare the entire family for the remainder of the year. SEPTEMBER 2021

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 Pet Rx bag clipper Flu vaccination bag Medication log clippers

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Labor Just Ask bag clipper Online refill bag Day clipper

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Folic Acid Awareness Folic Acid and You Folic Acid Fact Sheet Folic Acid and Folic Acid and Water Folic Acid and Week (6th-12th) Infographic Eng | Span Exercise Flier Flier Veggies Flier Eng | Span Eng | Span Eng | Span

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Parent tips for Brown bag medi- Women’s Health and Family Health and healthy kids cation review bag Fitness Day Fitness Day stuffer Free Resource-Eng Free Resource - Span

26 27 28 29 This month is full of opportunities to promote your pharmacy’s products and services throuh community partnerships. Celebrate health and fitness by holding an event on cholesterol, pain awareness or healthy 30 aging at a local community center. – Baby Safety Awareness Month – Cholesterol Education Month – Blood Cancer Awareness Month – National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month – Childhood Cancer Awareness Month – National Recovery Month – Healthy Aging® Month – National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month – National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month – Prostate Health Month – Pain Awareness Month OCTOBER 2021

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

Place promotional bag stuffers and clippers on pharmacy 1 2 bags to promote services and products in your pharmacy. Online refill bag clipper Reach out to non-adherent patients and schedule consultations to discuss their prescriptions.

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Brown bag Flu vaccination bag Pet Rx bag clipper Medication log Just Ask bag clipper medication review clippers bag stuffer

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Medicare Open Boss’s Day Enrollment Starts

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 National Pharmacy Technician Day

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Respiratory Care Week (24th-30th)

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– American Pharmacist Month – National Breast Cancer Awareness – Talk About Your Medicines Month – National Depression and Mental Health Screening Month – Children’s Health Month – National Liver Awareness Month – Health Literacy Month – National Spina Bifida Awareness Month – Healthy Babies Month – National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month – Healthy Lung Month

– National Bullying Prevention Month NOVEMBER 2021

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 Just Ask bag clipper Online refill bag Pet Rx bag clipper Smoking Cessation Smoker Letter Non-smoker Letter clipper Incentive Ideas After Quitting Effects Flier

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Secondhand Smoke COPD Resources Risks from Smoking World COPD Day Great American Smoker Certificate Adjust your clocks at Infographic Infographic Smokeout Midnight Veteran’s Day Non-smoker Daylight Savings Certificate

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Medication log Brown bag Flu vaccination bag medication review clippers bag stuffer

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Thanksgiving Small Business Saturday

28 29 Offer diabetes education, clippers and seminars at your pharmacy for current patients and partner with a local community center or non-profit to bring in new patients. Offer H1C level screenings and hold a raffle to give-a-way 30 glucose meters and test strips. – American Diabetes Month – National Hospice and Palliative Care Month – Diabetic Eye Disease Month – Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month – Lung Cancer Awareness Month – Prematurity Awareness Month – National Family Caregivers Month – National Healthy Skin Month – National Epilepsy Awareness Month – National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month – COPD Awareness Month DECEMBER 2021

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 Influenza Handwashing Fliers Flu vaccination bag Medicare Open Vaccination Week clippers Enrollment Ends Handwashing (1st-7th) Awareness Week (1st-7th) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Just Ask bag clipper Online refill bag Pet Rx bag clipper Medication log clipper

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26 27 28 29 30 31 New Year’s Eve

– International AIDS Awareness Month End the year by giving back to your patients. Send holiday – National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month cards to a few select patients with coupons for front – Safe Toys and Gifts Month end products. Create a calendar for patients with your pharmacy’s upcoming events, OTC specials, and a list of your services. Pharmacy, Health and Wellness Resources

Bag Clippers and Stuffers Posters Flu vaccination bag clippers HPV & Cervical Cancer Poster Just Ask bag clipper Depression - Let’s Talk Poster Brown bag medication review bag stuffer Check up and Screenings Guidelines for Women Poster Online refill bag clipper Men’s Health Month Poster Eng | Span Pet Rx bag clipper Check up and Screenings Guidelines for Men Poster Mental Health Payroll Stuffer for Employees Stress Awareness Payroll Stuffer for Employees Fact Sheets & Quizzes Hepatitis B Bag Clipper Folic Acid Fact Sheet Eng | Span Stress Fact Sheet Fliers Stress Hardiness Quiz Folic Acid and Exercise Flier Eng | Span Folic Acid and Water Flier Eng | Span Infographics Folic Acid and Veggies Flier Eng | Span Folic Acid and You Infographic 10 Questions to Ask About your Thyroid Health Flier Risks from Smoking Infographic Free Handwashing Fliers Secondhand Smoke Infographic After Quitting Effects Flier Lifetime of Risk Infographic Men’s Health Month Flier Vaccines Work Infographic Stroke and Blood Pressure Flier 5 Vaccine Facts Infographic Choose My Plate Flier Eng | Span Logs Reach Your Nutrition Goals Flier Eng | Span Enjoy your Food, But Eat Less Flier Eng | Span Medication log Dental Health Flier 10 Things to Know about HPV and Cervical Cancer Flier Letters and Certificates Choosing Whole-Grain Foods Flier Eng | Span Smoker Certificate Build a Healthy Meal Flier Eng | Span Smoker Letter An Active Lifestyle Flier Eng | Span Non-smoker Letter Physical Activity at Home, Work and Play Flier Non-smoker Certificate

Activities Dental Health Activity Sheets Eng | Span Dental Health Coloring Sheets Eng | Span