Programs and Activities
- National Sleep Awareness Week - A public education, information, and awareness campaign that coincides with the return of Daylight Saving Time, the annual "springing forward" of clocks that can cause Americans to lose an hour of sleep.
- Sleep in America polls - Polls that focus on different demographics every year the surveys are conducted. For example, the 2006 poll surveyed American adolescents and young adults, and the 2004 poll focused on infants up to school-aged children.
- Sleep Care Centers - More than 800 sleep centers both nationally and internationally partnered with NSF to raise public awareness about the vital importance of sleep in their communities; the sleep centers are dues-paying members of the National Sleep Foundation.
- Drowsy Driving Prevention Week - A national campaign to save the lives of young drivers by raising awareness of the dangers of drowsy driving and providing resources for advocacy at the state level.
- Pillow Talk ) - A social networking site that allows visitors to share their experiences with sleep and sleep disorders.
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