Monthly Philosophy and Riddle

Philosophy

“Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you’re a thousand miles from the corn field.”
– Dwight D. Eisenhower

“A child without education is like a bird without wings.”
– Tibetan Proverb

“Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.”
– Chinese Proverb

Riddle

*NEW* Sept Riddle: What three numbers, none of which is zero, give the same result whether they’re added or multiplied?

Aug Riddle: If two’s company, and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?

Aug Answer: Nine

Monthly Patient Education

Blood Cancer Awareness Month
https://www.bcam.org.nz/

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
https://www.stjude.org/get-involved/other-ways/childhood-cancer-awareness-month.html

Food Safety Education Month
https://www.fda.gov/food/consumers/food-safety-education-month

Healthy Aging Month
https://healthyaging.net/healthy-aging-month/

National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month
https://www.stopafib.org/

National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
https://wicworks.fns.usda.gov/topic/health-observances/national-childhood-obesity-awareness-month

National Cholesterol Education Month
https://www.cdc.gov/cholesterol/php/toolkit/index.html

National ITP (Platelet Disorder) Awareness Month
https://pdsa.org/contribute/raise-awareness-for-itp/itp-awareness-month#:~:text=September%20is%20ITP%20Awareness%20Month&text=PDSA%20is%20dedicated%20to%20raising,for%20people%20living%20with%20ITP

National Pediculosis Prevention Month/Head Lice Prevention Month
https://www.headlice.org/lander

National Recovery Month
https://www.samhsa.gov/about/digital-toolkits/recovery-month

National Sickle Cell Month
https://sicklecelldisease.org/national-sickle-cell-awareness-month/

National Yoga Awareness Month
https://news2use.ors.nih.gov/Pages/September-is-National-Yoga-Month.aspx

Newborn Screening Awareness Month
https://www.babysfirsttest.org/newborn-screening/newborn-screening-awareness-month

Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
https://ovarian.org/get-involved/national-ovarian-cancer-awareness-month/

Pain Awareness Month
https://www.iasp-pain.org/advocacy/pain-awareness-month/

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Month
https://www.pcosaa.org/

Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
https://zerocancer.org/prostate-cancer-awareness-month

Sepsis Awareness Month
https://www.sepsis.org/get-involved/sepsis-awareness-month/

Sexual Health Awareness Month
https://www.ashasexualhealth.org/celebrating-sexual-health-september/

Sports Eye Safety Awareness Month
https://preventblindness.org/sports-eye-safety-month-2025/

Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
https://www.samhsa.gov/about/digital-toolkits/suicide-prevention-month

Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month
https://www.aacr.org/patients-caregivers/awareness-months/thyroid-cancer-awareness-month/

World Alzheimer’s Month
https://www.alzint.org/get-involved/world-alzheimers-month/