National Women's Health Week The 9th annual National Women's Health Week will kick off on Mother's Day, May 11, 2008 and will be celebrated until May 17, 2008. National Women's Check-Up Day will be Monday, May 12, 2008. National Women's Health Week empowers women across the country to get healthy by taking action. The nationwide initiative, coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office on Women's Health (OWH), encourages women to make their health a top priority and take simple steps for a longer, healthier and happier life. Please click here for more information.

Women's Health Month, May 2008: Power of We

The Office of Women's Health observes May as Women's Health Month to raise awareness of health issues that affect the lives of California's women and girls.  Women's Health Month celebrates state, local and community efforts to enhance awareness of women's wellness and to encourage all women to take proactive steps to safeguard their health.

The theme for Women’s Health Month in 2008 is the “Power of WE – Many Voices, One Vision”.   Women from many different backgrounds gain strength through shared efforts to improve the lives of women in California.   The purpose of Women’s Health Month 2008 is threefold:

• To increase public awareness of significant women’s health issues
• To educate and empower women to act as their own health advocates
• To promote and improve the health and wellbeing of women in California

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CMAP Recipient of 2008 Women's Health Golf Tournament

On Thursday, June 5, 2008, the Cypress Women’s Golf Club is hosting its 3rd annual golf tournament. The fundraiser will take place at the Cypress Golf Course in Colma, California and will include a nine-hole stroke play, continental breakfast, lunch, an awards ceremony, and prizes. The Cypress Women’s Golf Club is generously donating funds raised during the tournament to the Community Mammography Access Project (CMAP).  For each $37.00 registration, $20 will be donated to CMAP to support mobile mammography services to low-income women at 14 community health centers in Santa Clara and south San Mateo Counties. CMAP staff will give a brief presentation during the awards ceremony to highlight CMAP success stories and to share how the fundraiser will impact the lives and health of women in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. For more information about the Women’s Health Tournament, please contact Marie Simard at the Cypress Women’s Golf Club, 2001 Hillside Blvd., Colma, CA 94014.


Community Mammography Access Project - Mobile Mammography Screening Day

Annual Jane Gremmell Cancer Symposium - For more information, please contact Vida Fereydouni at (408) 556-6605 ext. 224 or via email.