March

• National Nutrition Month
  American Dietetic Association
  The American Dietetic Association is the United States' largest organization of food and nutrition professionals, with nearly 72,000 members. The American Dietetic Association is officially changing its name to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The announcement was made Saturday, September...
  
  
• Women's History Month
  Women's History Month
  Women's History Month is an annual declared month worldwide that highlights contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. March has been set aside as this month in the United Kingdom and in the United States...
  
  
• Irish-American Heritage Month
• Greek-American Heritage Month
• National Brain Injury Awareness Month
• Endometriosis Awareness Month
• Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month

April

• Autism Awareness Month
• Jazz Appreciation Month
  Jazz appreciation month
  Jazz Appreciation Month is a music festival held every April in the United States, in honor of jazz as an original American art form. JAM was created by John Edward Hasse, PhD, curator of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History...
  
  
• National Poetry Month
  National Poetry Month
  National Poetry Month is a celebration of poetry first introduced in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets as a way to increase awareness and appreciation of poetry in the United States. It is celebrated every April in the United States and in Canada as well...
  
  
• Mathematics Awareness Month
• Sexual Assault Awareness Month
• National Volunteer Month
• Arab-American Heritage Month
• Tartan (Scottish-American) Heritage Month
• Donate Life Month- Organ and Tissue Donation

May

• Rowena's Eat Dessert First Month (http://www.rowenas.com/news)
• Brain Tumor Awareness Month (http://www.MilesForHope.org)
• Cystic fibrosis
  Cystic fibrosis
  Cystic fibrosis is a recessive genetic disease affecting most critically the lungs, and also the pancreas, liver, and intestine...
  
   Awareness Month
• South Asian Heritage Month
  South Asian Heritage Month
  South Asian Heritage Month is the name given to the month long celebration in Canada, each May, of the presence and heritage of people with roots in the South Asian countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Afghanistan....
  
  
• Haitian Heritage Month
  Haitian Heritage Month
  Haitian Heritage Month is a celebration in the United States of Haitian heritage and culture. It was first celebrated in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1998. Tele Kreyol, one of the Boston Haitian Access Television programs, celebrated the whole month of May with a series of programs on Haitian history,...
  
  
• Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
  Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
  Asian Pacific American Heritage Month , officially proclaimed "Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month" by President Barack Obama, is a celebration of the culture, traditions, and history of Asians Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States...
  
  
• Borderline Personality Disorder Month
  Borderline personality disorder
  Borderline personality disorder is a personality disorder described as a prolonged disturbance of personality function in a person , characterized by depth and variability of moods.The disorder typically involves unusual levels of instability in mood; black and white thinking, or splitting; the...
  
  
• Asthma Awareness Month
  Asthma
  Asthma is the common chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, reversible airflow obstruction, and bronchospasm. Symptoms include wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath...
  
  
• National Pet Month
  National Pet Month
  National Pet Month is a celebration of the benefits that pets bring to people's lives - and vice versa. It is observed annually in the United States in May and during the month of April in the United Kingdom .-Purpose:...
  
  
• Science Month
• Celiac Awareness Month
• National Guide Dog Month
  National Guide Dog Month
  National Guide Dog Month is a celebration of the work of Guide Dogs in the United States as a way to raise awareness, appreciation and support for guide dog schools across the United States...
  
   (2008, 2009)
• Jewish American Heritage Month
  Jewish American Heritage Month
  Jewish American Heritage Month is an annual recognition and celebration of Jewish American achievements in and contributions to the United States of America. It is observed annually in the U.S. during the month of May....
  
  
• National Law Enforcement Appreciation Month
• National Masturbation
  Masturbation
  Masturbation refers to sexual stimulation of a person's own genitals, usually to the point of orgasm. The stimulation can be performed manually, by use of objects or tools, or by some combination of these methods. Masturbation is a common form of autoeroticism...
  
   Month
• Social Media Month
• Lupus Awareness Month (US)

June

• Caribbean American
  American Afro-Caribbean Community
  West Indian Americans are Americans with origin in the Dutch-, English-, and French-speaking lands of the Caribbean. Their population of 2,532,380 accounted for 0.83% of the U.S...
  
   Heritage Month
• Gay/Lesbian Pride Month
• National Father's Day Month

July

• National Vehicle Theft Protection Month
  Vehicle Theft Protection Program
  Vehicle Theft Protection Program is an educational initiative in North America started by the National Insurance Crime Bureau and LoJack Corporation designed to help owners of cars, motorcycles, construction equipment and commercial vehicles better understand how to protect their assets from...
  
  
• National Tickling Month
  Tickling
  Tickling is the act of touching a part of the body so as to cause involuntary twitching movements and/or laughter. The word evolved from the Middle English tikelen, perhaps frequentative of ticken, to touch lightly. The idiom tickled pink means to be pleased or delighted.In 1897, psychologists G...
  
  
• French-American Heritage Month

September

• Arthritis Awareness Month (Canada)http://www.arthritis.ca/local/files/saskatchewan/2011/Joint%20Solutions%20-%20Fall%202011.pdf
• Childhood Cancer Awareness month
• National Guide Dog Month
  National Guide Dog Month
  National Guide Dog Month is a celebration of the work of Guide Dogs in the United States as a way to raise awareness, appreciation and support for guide dog schools across the United States...
  
   (2010 to present)
• National Hispanic Heritage Month
  National Hispanic Heritage Month
  National Hispanic Heritage Month is the period from September 15 to October 15 in the United States, when people recognize the contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans to the United States and celebrate the group's heritage and culture....
  
   (September 15 to October 15)
• National Bourbon Heritage Month
  National Bourbon Heritage Month
  National Bourbon Heritage Month is an observance in the United States that calls for celebration of bourbon as America's "Native Spirit". On August 2, 2007, the US Senate declared September 2007 as "National Bourbon Heritage Month." The bill, sponsored by Republican Senator Jim Bunning of Kentucky,...
  
  
• National Yoga Month
  National Yoga Month
  National Yoga Month is a national observance and awareness campaign held during the month of September to educate about the health benefits of yoga and to inspire a healthy lifestyle...
  
  
• National Preparedness Month
  National Preparedness Month
  Since its inception in 2004, National Preparedness Month is observed each September in the United States of America. Sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency within the Department of Homeland Security, Preparedness Month encourages Americans to take simple steps to prepare for...
  
  
• German-American Heritage Month (September 15-October 15)
• Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Awareness Month

October

• Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
• National Pork Month (United States)
• Black History Month
  Black History Month
  Black History Month is an observance of the history of the African diaspora in a number of countries outside of Africa. Since 1976, it is observed annually in the United States and Canada in February, while in the United Kingdom it is observed in October...
  
   (UK)
• National Book Month
  National Book Foundation
  The National Book Foundation, founded in 1989, is an American nonprofit literary organization established "to raise the cultural appreciation of great writing in America." It achieves this through sponsoring the National Book Award, as well as the medal for Distinguished Contribution to American...
  
  
• National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
  National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
  Breast Cancer Awareness Month is an annual international health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities every October to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure...
  
  
• National CyberSecurity Awareness Month
  Computer security
  Computer security is a branch of computer technology known as information security as applied to computers and networks. The objective of computer security includes protection of information and property from theft, corruption, or natural disaster, while allowing the information and property to...
  
  
• Filipino American History Month
  Filipino American History Month
  Filipino American History Month, also known as the Filipino American Heritage Month, is celebrated in the United States during the month of October. The Filipino American National Historical Society established Filipino American History Month in the year 1988...
  
  
• LGBT History Month
  LGBT History Month
  LGBT History Month is a month-long annual observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history, and the history of the gay rights and related civil rights movements. It is observed during October in the United States, to include National Coming Out Day on October 11...
  
  
• Nonprofit Career Month
• National Bullying Prevention Month
  National Bullying Prevention Month
  National Bullying Prevention Month is a campaign in the United States founded in 2006 by PACER's National Center for Bullying Prevention. The campaign is held during the month of October and unites communities nationwide to educate and raise awareness of bullying prevention...
  
  
• National Fire Prevention Month
• National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
• Italian-American Heritage Month
• Vegetarian Awareness Month
• National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
• National Pizza Month
• Lupus Awareness Month (Canada)
• National Dental Hygiene Month

November

• Alzheimer Awareness Month
• Movember
  Movember
  Movember is an annual, month-long event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November. The Movember Foundation runs the Movember charity event, housed at Movember.com...
  
  
• National American Indian & Alaska Native
  Indigenous peoples of the Americas
  The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
  
   Heritage Month
• COPD Awareness Month
  COPD Awareness Month
  November is National Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month. Sponsored by the US COPD Coalition, the observance is a time for organizations and communities across the country to increase the overall awareness of COPD...
  
  
• Arts + Health Month
• National Adoption Awareness Month
• Epilepsy Awareness Month
• Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month (RIP SLM)
• Prematurity Awareness Month

See also

• List of observances in the United States by presidential proclamation
• Awareness days
• International observance
  International observance
  International observance denotes a period of time to observe some issue of international interest or concern. This is used to commemorate, promote and mobilize for action. Many of these periods have been established by the United Nations General Assembly, Economic and Social Council or by UNESCO...
  
  
• List of environmental dates

External links

• Awareness Calender — Americas & Americas' comprehensive listing of awareness observances.
• 2010 Year at a Glance, National Health Information Center
• House Passes Schakowsky/Roskam Resolution Establishing Brain Tumor Awareness Month