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JANUARY• National Codependency Awareness Month• National Mentoring Month (United States)• Stalking Awareness Month (United States)• Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month (United States)• Glaucoma Awareness Month• National Birth Defects Awareness Month• Thyroid Disease Awareness Month• National Blood Donor Month• Cervical Cancer Screening Month

FEBRUARY• Black History Month (United States and Canada)• Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month• American Heart Month• Heart Disease Awareness Month• Prenatal Infection Prevention Month• National Cancer Prevention Month• National Wise Mental Health Consumer Month

MARCH• American Cancer Society’s Daffodil Days• Colon Cancer Awareness Month• National Nutrition Month• Women's History Month• Endometriosis Awareness Month• National Reading Awareness Month• Multiple System Atrophy Awareness Month• Brain Injury Awareness Month• National Kidney Cancer Awareness Month

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MARCH• Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month• National Myeloma Awareness Month• National Save Your Vision Month• Hemophilia Month• National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month• American Red Cross Month• Learning Disabilities Awareness Month• National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month• National Eye Donor Month• National Poison Prevention Month

APRIL• Alcohol Awareness Month• Autism Acceptance Month• Autism Awareness Month• Earth Month (United States and Canada)• Financial Literacy Month• National Child Abuse Prevention Month• National Volunteer Month• Occupational Therapy Month• Parkinson’s Awareness Month• Sexual Assault Awareness Month• Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Awareness Month• National Donate Life Month (Organ Donation)• National Cancer Control Month• Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month• Testicular Cancer Awareness Month• Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month• Stress Awareness Month• Food Health Awareness Month• National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month• National Youth Sports Safety Month• Sports Eye Safety Month• Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month• Canadian Cancer Society's Daffodil Days

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MAY• Join Hands Day - first Saturday in May• ALS Awareness Month (United States)• Asthma Awareness Month• Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month• Celiac Awareness Month• Mental Health Awareness Month• Hepatitis Awareness Month• Lupus Awareness Month• Motorcycle Awareness Month• National Bike Month• National Mobility Awareness Month• Zombie Awareness Month• National Foster Care Month• National Skin Cancer Awareness Month• CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome) Awareness Month• National Stroke Month• National Brain Tumor Awareness Month• Clean Air Month• Healthy Vision Month• National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month• Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month• National Arthritis Month• National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month• National Neurofibromatosis Month• National Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Month• National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month• National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month• National Physical Fitness and Sports Month• Lyme Disease Awareness Month

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JUNE• National Race for the Cure• National Hernia Awareness Month• National Scleroderma Awareness Month• Fireworks Safety Month

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JUNE• National Home Safety Month• National Aphasia Awareness Month• National Congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMS) Awareness Month• National Scoliosis Awareness Month• Vision Research Month• Professional Wellness Month• National Great Outdoors Month• National Safety Month• Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month

JULY• UV Safety Month• Eye Injury Prevention Month• Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month

AUGUST• Habitat for Humanity• Spinal Muscular Atrophy Month• Cataract Awareness Month• Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month• National Immunization Awareness Month• Psoriasis Awareness Month• Medic Alert Awareness Month

SEPTEMBER• National Day of Service and Remembrance - September 11• National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month• National Guide Dog Month• National Preparedness Month (United States)• National Prostate Awareness Month• National Wilderness Month• Orthostatic Tremor Awareness Month

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• Leukemia Awareness Month• Lymphoma Awareness Month• Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

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SEPTEMBER• National Sickle Cell Awareness Month• National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month• Gynecological Cancer Awareness Month• National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month• National Infant Mortality Awareness Month• National Head Lice Prevention MonthOCTOBER• National Breast Cancer Awareness Month• National Bullying Prevention Month• National Disability Employment Awareness Month• National Fire Prevention Month• National Domestic Violence Awareness Month• National Work and Family Month• National Month Commemoration Month• United Way• National Liver Cancer Awareness Month• Down Syndrome Awareness Month• Energy Awareness Month (Go Green)• Healthy Lungs Month• National Campaign for Healthier Babies Month• National Physical Therapy Month• National Spinal Health Month• Rett Syndrome Awareness Month• National Dental Hygiene Month• Celiac Sprue Awareness Month• SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) Awareness Month• Hunger Awareness Month

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NOVEMBER• Epilepsy Awareness Month• Lung Cancer Awareness Month• Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month• National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month• American Diabetes Month• Diabetic Eye Disease Month

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NOVEMBER• Great American Smoke Out Month (American Cancer Society)• National Child Mental Health Month• Healthy Skin Month• National Hospice Month

DECEMBER• Toys for Tots

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INDEXAAlcohol Awareness Month - APRILALS Awareness Month - MAYAmerican Cancer Society's Daffodil Days - MARCHAmerican Diabetes Month - NOVEMBERAmerican Heart Month - FEBRUARYAmerican Red Cross - MARCHAsthma Awareness Month - MAYAutism Acceptance Month - APRILAutism Awareness Month - APRILBBlack History Month (United States and Canada) - FEBRUARYBorderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month - MAYBrain Injury Awareness Month - MARCHCCataract Awareness Month - AUGUSTCeliac Awareness Month - MAYCeliac Sprue Awareness Month - OCTOBER Cervical Cancer Screening Month - JANUARYChildren's Eye Health and Safety Month - AUGUSTClean Air Month - MAYColon Cancer Awareness Month - MARCHCRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome) Awareness Month - MAYDDiabetic Eye Disease Month - NOVEMBERDown Syndrome Awareness Month - OCTOBEREEarth Month (United States and Canada) - APRILEndometriosis Awarenss Month - MARCHEnergy Awareness Month (Go Green) - OCTOBEREpilepsy Awareness Month - NOVEMBEREsophageal Cancer Awareness Month - APRILEye Injury Prevention Month - JULYFFinancial Literacy Month - APRILFireworks Safety Month - JUNEFood Health Awareness Month - APRILGGlaucoma Awareness Month - JANUARYGynecological Cancer Awareness Month - SEPTEMBERGreat American Smoke Out Month (American Cancer Society) - NOVEMBER

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HHabitat for Humanity - AUGUSTHead and Neck Cancer Awareness Month - APRIL Healthy Lungs Month - OCTOBER Healthy Skin Month - NOVEMBERHealthy Vision Month - MAYHeart Disesase Awareness Month - FEBRUARY Hemophilia Month - MARCHHepatitis Awareness Month - MAYHunger Awareness Month - OCTOBER Huntington's Disease Awareness Month - MAY

IJJoin Hands Day (first Saturday in May) - MAY Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month - JULYKLLearning Disabilities Awareness Month - MARCHLeukemia Awareness Month - SEPTEMBERLung Cancer Awareness Month - NOVEMBERLupus Awareness Month - MAYLyme Disease Awareness Month - MAYLymphoma Awareness Month - SEPTEMBERMMedic Alert Awareness Month - AUGUSTMental Health Awareness Month - MAYMotorcycle Awareness Month - MAYMultiple Sclerosis Awareness Month - MARCHMultiple System Atrophy Awareness Month - MARCHMyasthenia Gravis Awareness Month - JUNENNational Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month - SEPTEMBER National Alzheimer's Awareness Month - NOVEMBERNational Aphasia Awareness Month - JUNENational Arthritis Month - MAYNational Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month - MAYNational Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month - SEPTEMBER National Bike Month - MAYNational Birth Defects Awareness Month - JANUARYNational Blood Donor Month - JANUARYNational Brain Tumor Awareness Month - MAYNational Breast Cancer Awareness Month - OCTOBERNational Bullying Prevention Month - OCTOBERNational Campaign for Healthier Babies Month - OCTOBERNational Cancer Control Month - APRILNational Cancer Prevention Month - FEBRUARYNational Child Abuse Prevention Month - APRILNational Child Mental Health Month - NOVEMBERNational Childhood Cancer Awarenss Month - SEPTEMBERNational Chronic Fatgue Syndrome Awareness Month - MARCH National Codependency Awareness Month - JANUARYNational Congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMS) Awareness Month - JUNE National Day of Service and Remembrance (Spetember 11) - SEPTEMBER National Dental Hygiene Month - OCTOBERNational Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month - MARCH National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month - MAYNational Disability Employment Awareness Month - OCTOBER National Domestic Violence Awareness Month - OCTOBERNational Donate Life Month (Organ Donation) - APRILNational Eye Donor Month - MARCHNational Fire Prevention Month - OCTOBER National Foster Care Month - MAYNational Great Outdoors Month - JUNENational Guide Dog Month - SEPTEMBER

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INDEXNNational Head Lice Prevention Month - SEPTEMBER National Hernia Awareness Month - JUNENational Home Safety Month - JUNENational Hospice Month - NOVEMBERNational Immunization Awareness Month - AUGUST National Infant Mortality Awareness Month - SEPTEMBER National Kidney Cancer Awareness Month - MARCH National Liver Cancer Awareness Month - OCTOBER National Mentoring Month (United States) - JANUARY National Mobility Awareness Month - MAYNational Month Commemoration Month - OCTOBER National Myeloma Awareness Month - MARCHNational Neurofibromatosis Month - MAYNational Nutrition Month - MARCHNational Osteoporosis Awareness Month - MAYNational Physical Fitness and Sports Month - MAY National Physical Therapy Month - OCTOBERNational Poison Prevention Month - MARCHNational Preparedness Month (United States) - SEPTEMBER National Prostate Awareness Month - SEPTEMBER National Race for the Cure - JUNENational Reading Awareness Month - MARCHNational Safety Month - JUNENational Sarcoidosis Awareness Month - APRIL National Save Your Vision Month - MARCH National Scleroderma Awareness Month - JUNE National Scoliosis Awareness Month - JUNE National Sickle Cell Awareness Month - SEPTEMBER National Skin Cancer Awareness Month - MAY National Spinal Health Month - OCTOBERNational Stroke Month - MAYNational Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month - MAY National Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Month - MAY National Volunteer Month - APRILNational Wilderness Month - SEPTEMBERNational Wise Mental Health Consumer Month - FEBRUARY National Work and Family Month - OCTOBERNational Youth Sports Safety Month - APRILOOccupational Therapy Month - APRILOrthostatic Tremor Awareness Month - SEPTEMBER Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month - SEPTEMBERPPancreatic Cancer Awareness Month - NOVEMBER Parkinson's Awareness Month - APRILPrenatal Infection Prevention Month - FEBRUARY Professional Wellness Month - JUNEPsoriasis Awareness Month - AUGUST

QRRett Syndrome Awareness Month - OCTOBERSSexual Assault Awareness Month - APRILSexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Awareness Month - APRILSIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) Awareness Month - OCTOBER Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month (United States) - JANUARY Spinal Muscular Atrophy Month - AUGUSTSports Eye Safety Month - APRILStalking Awareness Month (United States) - JANUARYStress Awareness Month - APRILTTeen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month - FEBRUARY Testicular Cancer Awareness Month - APRILThyroid Disease Awareness Month - JANUARYToys for Tots - DECEMBERUUnited Way - OCTOBERUV Safety Month - JULYVVision Research Month - JUNEWWomen's Eye Health and Safety Month - APRILWomen's History Month - MARCHXYZZombie Awareness Month - MAY