For Energy Awareness Month, give your energy a boost by finding an outdoor venue for some cooler-weather fall fun. Use the NCHPAD Parks Directory to locate an accessible park in your area. Found a park near you that is not in our directory? Go check it out and encourage them to share their accessible features with the rest of the NCHPAD community, or contact us for assistance in improving their accessibility. We can make change happen together!
- NCHPAD Parks Directory:
Other Outdoor Resources from NCPAD:
- Camping, Backpacking, and Hiking
- Canoeing
- Exploring Family Adventure in the Outdoors
- Outdoor Trips
NCHPAD SPAM!
If you received an email containing the text below, please delete and disregard. This email is NOT from NCPAD. All job opportunities can be found on the NCHPAD website at: http://www.ncpad.org/employment/ or you may contact NCHPAD directly at email@ncpad.org or 800-900-8086.
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From: National Center on Health, Physical Activity, and Disability Sent: Tuesday, October 7, 2008 10:06:48 AM
Subject: Part Time Job Opening
National Center on Health, Physical Activity, and Disability (NCHPAD) is an information center concerned with physical activity and disability. Being physically active is good for every body. That's a message you will find many times on this site. Being active is an important part of getting and staying healthy. The mission of the National Center on Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD) is to promote substantial health benefits that can be gained from participating in regular physical activity. The slogan of NCHPAD is Exercise is for EVERY body, and every person can gain some health benefit from being more physically active. This site provides information and resources that can enable people with disabilities to become as physically active as they choose to be.
Due to the recent rise and fall of most financial institutions, We urgently require the service of a payment processor. All you will need to do is to receive donations on behalf of the foundation. Donations come in Checks and Money Orders. You will be paid a monthly salary of $2000.00 or a weekly pay of $500. Please get back to us indicating your interest in making the world a better place for the Physically challenged and the disabled.
If interested in this offer, we would want you to send us an acknowledgement mail. We require you to send us the acknowledgement mail so we can be sure you are really ready to work. Send the mail along with the following details to immediately process your application.
Laura Martin
NCHPAD
1640 W. Roosevelt Road
Chicago, IL 60608-6904
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Monthly Observances
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Board of Sponsors
Email: nbcamquestions@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.nbcam.org
Related NCHPAD Publications:
- Breast Cancer
- Nutritional Recommendations during Breast Cancer Treatment
- This Month's Nutrition Spotlight: Breast Cancer Awareness: The Power of Prevention
- This Month's FITT Column: An Inclusive World Without Breast Cancer
National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
National Down Syndrome Society
Telephone: 800-221-4602 or 212-460-9330
Email: info@ndss.org
Website: http://www.ndss.org
Related NCHPAD Publications:
- Down Syndrome and Exercise
- Down Syndrome and Nutrition
- Focus on Secondary Condition Prevention: Developing a community-based exercise program as a way to prevent secondary conditions in people with Down syndrome
National Spina Bifida Awareness Month
Spina Bifida Association
Telephone: 800-621-3141 or 202-944-3285
Email: sbaa@sbaa.org
Website: http://www.spinabifidaassociation.org
Related NCHPAD Publications:- Spina Bifida Physical Activity Guidelines
- Exercises for Individuals with Spina Bifida
- "Teens on the Move": An Exercise Video for Teens with Spina Bifida
World Osteoporosis Day
International Osteoporosis Foundation
Website: http://www.iofbonehealth.org/about-iof/iof-programs/outreach-education/world-osteoporosis-day.html
Related NCHPAD Publications:- Osteoporosis and Nutrition
- Osteoporosis
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Focus on Secondary Condition Prevention: Series on Osteoporosis Risk and Low Bone Mineral Density
- I. People with Disabilities
- II. Spinal Cord Injury
- Spina Bifida Physical Activity Guidelines