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Lyme Disease Awareness Month (LDAM)
The 2024 Lyme Disease Awareness Month theme is: Little Tick, Big Deal
Learn more about Lyme Disease Awareness Month and how to get involved:
About LDAM
Maine CDC observes Lyme Disease Awareness Month during May every year. Maine CDC encourages everyone to enjoy the outdoors during the entire year, while also protecting themselves from ticks:
Know when you are in tick habitat and use caution.
Wear light-colored clothing that covers your arms and legs.
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Use an EPA-approved repellent such as DEET, picaridin, IR3535, or oil of lemon eucalyptus on skin. Use permethrin on clothing.
Perform tick checks after any outdoor activity. Take a shower after exposure to tick habitat to wash off any crawling ticks.
Governor's Proclamation of May as Lyme Disease Awareness Month
Activities and Events
Social Media Toolkit
Click the images below for larger shareable graphics perfect for use on social media (JPGs).
Share the tickborne disease prevention videos below on social media.
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Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXibyNF002A
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Newsletters
Does your organization share a newsletter with members? Promote Lyme Disease Awareness Month (LDAM) and tick bite prevention with these materials:
Youth Curriculum
Do you have or work with children ages 5 to 14 years old? Maine CDC developed a tick curriculum including videos and activities for children to help them learn more about ticks, the diseases they can spread, and prevention. Students, teachers, youth organizations, and parents are welcome to use this curriculum to help youth learn how they can stay safe from ticks and tickborne diseases.
2024 LDAM Calendar of Events:
- May 19 – Join Maine CDC at LL Bean's Flagship store in Freeport, Maine from 10:00am to 3:00pm to learn about preventing tick bites.
Poster Contest
Lyme Disease Awareness Month Poster Contest Instructions
- The theme for the 15th annual Lyme Disease Awareness Month poster contest is: Little Tick, Big Deal
- Rules and Information on How to Submit Posters for the 2024 LDAM K-8 Poster Contest: Rules (PDF)
- All poster submissions must be accompanied by a signed waiver: LDAM Poster Contest 2024 Waiver (Word) | (PDF)
- Posters should illustrate at least one of the four personal prevention techniques:
- Know when you are in tick habitat and use caution.
- Wear light-colored clothing that covers your arms and legs.
- Use an EPA-approved repellent (DEET, picaridin, IR3535, or oil of lemon eucalyptus).
- Perform tick checks after any outdoor activity. Take a shower after exposure to wash off any crawling ticks.
For more information about tick prevention, please visit Tick Prevention and Property Management.
2023 Poster Contest Winners
- Grade 3 Winner Holly Hamilton
3rd grade
Spruce Mountain Elementary School - Grade 4 winner Charlotte Chamberlain
4th grade
Thomaston Grammar School - Grade 5 winner Patrick Nawfel
5th grade
Spruce Mountain Elementary School - Grade 7 winner
7th grade student
Gorham Middle School - Honorable Mention Alyssa Lampen
7th grade
Gorham Middle School
Participants for the 2023 “Tick Free ME” poster contest include:
Name | School | Grade |
Holly Hamilton | Spruce Mountain Elementary School | 3 |
Jason Caron | Spruce Mountain Elementary School | 3 |
Landon Croteau | Spruce Mountain Elementary School | 3 |
Amiyah Brown | Spruce Mountain Elementary School | 4 |
Anna Faulstich | Yarmouth Elementary School | 4 |
Bailey Moras | Spruce Mountain Elementary School | 4 |
Callie Colson | Thomaston Grammar School | 4 |
Charlotte Chamberlain | Thomaston Grammar School | 4 |
Emma Emery | Thomaston Grammar School | 4 |
Grace MacDonald | Spruce Mountain Elementary School | 4 |
Isabella Guzman | Thomaston Grammar School | 4 |
Mya Knowlton | Spruce Mountain Elementary School | 4 |
Mylee Anderson | Thomaston Grammar School | 4 |
Olive Grierson | Thomaston Grammar School | 4 |
Sophia Chen | Thomaston Grammar School | 4 |
Isabella McGrath | Spruce Mountain Elementary School | 5 |
Kaden Lee | Spruce Mountain Elementary School | 5 |
Oliver Quinn | Thomaston Grammar School | 5 |
Patrick Nawfel | Spruce Mountain Elementary School | 5 |
Alyssa Lampen | Gorham Middle School | 7 |
Cooper Warner | Gorham Middle Schooll | 7 |