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National Hospice and Palliative Care Month and hospices across the country are reaching out to raise awareness about the highest quality care for all people coping with life-limiting illness. Hospice is not a place. Hospice and palliative care programs provide pain management, symptom control, psychosocial support, and spiritual care to patients and their families when a cure is not possible. Hospice helps them focus on living despite a terminal diagnoses.

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Independence Day, (AG)(1981): November 1

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Independence Day in Antigua and Barbuda marks the anniversary of November 1, 1981, the official day the islands achieved their independence from Britain. This is a national holiday.

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Inspirational Role Models Month, Ntl.: November

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Job Action Day: November 1

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It's time to put your career first. Job Action Day encourages people to take a look at their career and decided where they want to be this time next year. Brush off that resume, look into training, identify your dream job, whatever you do, today is a day of action. Annually on the first Monday in November. This event first ran in 2008.

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Long-term Care Awareness Month: November

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Long-term Care Awareness Month raises awareness on the care needed by patients who need daily living activity assistance caused by an illness or disorder. This month encourages family members and caregivers to plan ahead of time for any long-term care issues

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Lung Cancer Awareness Month (UK/US): November

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Lung Cancer Awareness Month in the United Kingdom is organized by the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation and partnered with Macmillan Cancer Support. In the United States, The Lung Cancer Alliance overseas the event. Lung Cancer Awareness Month aims to inform, educate and raise awareness on the early detection, diagnosis of lung cancer.

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Manatee Appreciation & Awareness Month, Ntl.: November

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National Manatee Appreciation and Awareness Month falls in November and was first established in 1979 within Florida, prior to being recognized nationally in 1980. National Manatee Appreciation and Awareness Month is set aside each year to raise awareness on the plight of the manatees in the wild and to preserve its natural habitat. Manatees are commonly referred to as sea cows; these sea creatures were once mistaken for mermaids. These gentle giants inhabit rivers, canals, saltwater bays, estuaries, and coastal areas along the Southeastern United States. They spend the winter in Florida and migrate north to Virginia and Texas in the summer months. The advent of power boats, which often collide with the animals and over hunting in the past for their meat, oil and hides has placed the Manatee on the Endangered Species List. In 1972, the manatee was designated a marine mammal protected under the Federal Marine Mammal Protection Act. By 1979 then governor of Florida Bob Graham declared November Manatee Awareness Month, thus authorizing the first state-designated protection zones for the marine mammal. In 1980 the US Congress followed suit with a $100,000 allocation to the Marine Mammal Commission and the development of the initial Federal Manatee Recovery Plan by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Marrow Awareness Month, Ntl.: November

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National Marrow Awareness Month occurs in November and acknowledges the success of the transplant physicians and researchers. Bone marrow transplant procedures, using the stem cells of the donor, have save thousands of lives. E. Donnall Thomas is the doctor responsible for bone marrow transplants, a discovery for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize. The first operation was performed in 1956.

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Memoir Writing Month: November

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Memoirs aren't just for the rich and famous, they also serve to safeguard family history. November is the perfect time to start your memoire. The next four months are cold and dark. Free memoir writing classes are available this month as well as tools to help you get started through sponsor, The Memoir Network.

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Military Families Month: November

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Military Families Month honors the sacrifice and commitments of military personnel and their families. Throughout the month of November, military families serving around the world are honored. Efforts to recognize the sacrifices of the military family by Active, Guard, and Reserve leaders are being joined and supported by DoD organizations to include the Army Air Force Exchange Service, Defense Commissary Agency and others.

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Mouth Cancer Action Month (UK): November

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Mouth Cancer Awareness Month raises awareness of mouth cancer, its causes and prevention. Mouth cancer causes more deaths per number of cases than breast cancer, cervical cancer or melanomas. Tobacco use is still considered the main cause of mouth cancer. According to the World Health Organization, up to half of current smokers will die of a tobacco-related illness, including mouth cancer. Drinking to excess can increase the risk of mouth cancer by four times. Those who smoke and drink are up to 30 times more likely to develop mouth cancer. Mouth cancer is twice more common in men than in women, though an increasing number of women are being diagnosed with the disease. Age is another factor, with people over the age of 40 more likely to be diagnosed, though more young people are now being affected than previously. Poor diet is linked to a third of all cancer cases.

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Movember: November

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Native American Heritage Month: November

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Novel Writing Month, Ntl.: November

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National Novel Writing Month focuses on the creative way to keep on writing. On the first day of the month, participants write a 50,000-word novel that should be passed to the organizers by 11:59PM of last day of the month. This event started in July 1999 with only 21 participants, but the number of participants have increased to over 50,000 a year. The first novel ever written is believed to have been created around 2000BC.

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Osteoporosis Prevention Month, Ntl. (CA): November

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Osteoporosis Prevention Month in Canada falls in the month of November. This awareness campaign focuses on the importance of having strong bones by improving information dissemination and education. One in three women and one in five men over fifty will suffer from fractured bones at some point in their later life.

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