OCTOBER

STARPOWER

OCTOBER

This Months Activities

OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH with many activities including a celebrity bra auction

CELEBRITY BRAS

Actresses, singers, and TV stars have all put pen to bra to customise their very own unique designs to help raise vital funds during October's breast cancer awareness month,including Tessa Peake Jones and Gladiator Scorpio.

October 4 WORLD ANIMAL DAY

Pet owners throughout the world will be celebrating on October 4th - World Animal Day, the feast day of the Patron Saint of all animals - St.Francis of Assisi.

St Francis loved all God's creatures and called animals his brothers and sisters and it is this love and respect which is celebrated on his Feast Day.

Many schools throughout Australia will be holding a Blessing of the Animals in conjunction with the Pet Week activities co-ordinated by the Australian Veterinary Association. Pet Week will run from 2nd 6th October in all States except W.A and Northern Territory when it will be held between 9th and 13th October.

The Basset Hound will take you to a page to learn more.

National ASTHMA WEEK OCTOBER 7 - 13 2001

MEDICAL INDEX

SUDDEN INFANT DEATH WALK OCTOBER 13 2001
CALIFORNIA

WORLD OSTEOPOROSIS DAY OCTOBER 20 2001

In mexico to promote osteoporosis bus stops all advertised the need for bone testing

UNIVERSAL CHILDRENS DAY OCTOBER 24

UNICEF Australia would like to invite your school to be a part of history and commemorate the 12th Anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1999.

Trudi and her bunny are getting ready for World Animal Day at the moment,but if you take her hand she will lead you to research on child issues.

Universal Children's Day

UNICEF Australia Say Yes for Children in 2001

UNICEF'S UNIVERSAL CHILDREN'S DAY 23 October 2002

say yes for children in 2001 join the global movement for children

Universal Children’s Day is celebrated around the world. In 1954, the United Nations and UNICEF established this day as an opportunity for us to give special attention to the children of the world. The idea was to observe a day of
worldwide fraternity and understanding between children, and of activity promoting the welfare of the world’s children. In Australia it is always the fourth Wednesday in October. This year it is 24 October 2001.

Each Australian can answer that call and ‘Say Yes for Children’ by voting in an online ballot for children’s rights.

"We cannot waste our precious children. Not another one, not another day."
Nelson Mandela and Graça Machel

ALZHEIMERS AWARENESS ACTIVITIES 25 - 27 OCTOBER 2001

The 17th Alzheimers Disease International Conference will
be held in Christchurch on 25 - 27 October 2001. There is a
special website set up with further information
The website address :

CANTERBURY CONFERENCE