3rd Annual Tick Control Awareness Day : June 7, 2008 Want to know more about tick-bite prevention? Attend one of many Tick Encounter Resource Center events at the University of Rhode Island, Kingston Campus: Behind the Ryan Center, 9AM-3PM. Activities & Fun for All Ages! Check out the events page for more information Tick Prevention Demonstrations Vendors and Non-profits Sponsored Dog Walk R.I. Girl Scouts Badge Opportunity Keynote speakers Rock wall and kids activities Don't forget to build your own Tick-Bite Prevention Kit! Available at the information booth on event day. Can't Make It To Tick Control Awareness Day? We suggest attending a viewing of Hidden in the Leaves, a documentary about the hidden dangers ticks represent.

Hidden in the Leaves

This 24 minute long documentary exposes the hidden dangers that ticks represent and spotlights strategies to avoid ticks and their diseases.

Hidden in the Leaves, directed by award-winning filmmaker Mary Healey Jamiel, is the story of University of Rhode Island entomologist Thomas Mather and his team's efforts to help people see the risks for serious tick-transmitted disease lurking in an increasing number of rural, suburban and even semi-urban landscapes in the eastern United States.

Click here to learn more about the film and viewing opportunities.

The Big Tick Gala, celebrating Rhode Islanders making a difference in preventing tick bites and the 2008 Tick Control Awareness Day.

You're invited! Click here to learn more about attending The Big Tick Gala.

Silent Auction with great prizes to raise funds for tick-bite prevention.