inMotion Magazine

November | December 2017 8 A publication of the Amputee Coalition Volume 27, Issue 6 Published six times a year by Amputee Coalition 9303 Center St., Ste. 100 Manassas, VA 20110 703.330.1699 Fax: 703.330.1688 900 E. Hill Ave., Ste. 390 Knoxville, TN 37915-2568 865.524.8772; 888.267.5669 Fax: 865.525.7917; TTY: 865.525.4512 Email: editor@amputee-coalition.org Web site: amputee-coalition.org President & CEO Jack Richmond Chief Communication Officer Karen Lundquist Editor-in-Chief Bill Dupes Director of Development Michelle Wolfe Advertising 703.330.1699 Board of Directors Executive Board: Chairman Dan Berschinski Vice-Chair John Kenney Secretary David Sanders Treasurer Thomas Coakley Directors: Jeffrey J. Cain, MD Brandon Dale SethMcLaughlin Lorraine Riche Matthew Swiggum Scientific and Medical Advisory Committee David Crandell, MD, Chair David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD Roberta Cone, PsyD David Dunville Troy Farnsworth, CP, FAAOP Col. Donald Gajewski, MD Jacqueline Hebert, MD, FRCPC M. Jason Highsmith, PT, DPT, PhD, CP, FAAO Samuel Johnson, PharmD, MPH Bruce “Mac” McClellan, CPO, LPO, FISPO, FAAOP Danielle Melton, MD Carol A. Miller, PT, PhD, GCS Bruce Pomeranz, MD Terrence P. Sheehan, MD, Medical Director Stella Sieber Shawn Swanson-Johnson, OTR/L Troy Turner, MBA Deb Velez, BSN, MN, GNP American Diabetes Month diabetes.org Diabetic Eye Disease Month nei.nih.gov/health/diabetic Family Caregivers Month caregiveraction.org/national-family- caregivers-month Healthy Skin Month aad.org National Hospice Month nhpco.org National Marrow Awareness Month bethematch.org First Volley Austin, Texas opafonline.org Gone Vogue Benefit Kirkland, Washington cancerforcollege.org First Volley Muncie, Indiana opafonline.org Veterans Day va.gov/opa/vetsday World Diabetes Day worlddiabetesday.org Great American Smokeout cancer.org World Prematurity Day marchofdimes.com First Fit Bakersfield, California opafonline.org Safe Toys and Gifts Month preventblindness.org/safe-toy-checklist First Stride Bridgeport, West Virginia opafonline.org International Day of Persons With Disabilities un.org/development/desa/ disabilities National Influenza Vaccination Week cdc.gov/flu/nivw National Older Driver Safety Awareness Week aota.org New Year’s Eve Quit Smoking Resolutions cdc.gov/features/ smokingcessation 4 NOVEMBER 2 DECEMBER 31 DECEMBER 3 DECEMBER 3–9 DECEMBER 4–8 DECEMBER 10 NOVEMBER 11 NOVEMBER 14 NOVEMBER 16 NOVEMBER 17 NOVEMBER 18 NOVEMBER