Awareness and public-education observances across many subjects.
California Senate Concurrent Resolution 39 became Resolution Chapter 48, Statutes of 2017, recognizing 27 April 2017 as Marine Mammal Rescue Day and commending the Marine Mammal Stranding N…
The American Academy of Dermatology states that it launched Melanoma Monday® on 1 May 1995, has observed it every year since, and holds it on the first Monday in May as the opening of its U…
The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation states that Mesothelioma Awareness Day takes place annually on September 26 and was established by its community in 2004.
The American Society of Pharmacovigilance (ASP) announced on March 24, 2021 that it was establishing March 24 as National Adverse Drug Event Awareness Day. ASP later described 2024 as the t…
NIH/NIAAA records the first National Alcohol Screening Day in 1999; state legislative recognition describes the recurring observance as the Thursday of the first full week in April.
Wild Florida says it decided to create National Alligator Day in February 2021 and launched the observance on May 29, 2021 to encourage appreciation and education about alligators; Florida…
Shreveport Aquarium states that it obtained certification in 2019 for National American Paddlefish Day to be observed on March 9 each year.
HIV.gov states that National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is observed annually on May 19 and brings attention to HIV in Asian and Pacific Islander communities.
AAADM announced the first National Automatic Door Day for March 19, 2021 and stated that it would be celebrated each year on that date; AAADM continues annual March 19 campaigns.
The National Association of Barbers identifies May 19 as Barber Mental Health Awareness Day and publishes industry-focused mental-health awareness guidance for the date.
National Day Archives lists National Bed Bug Prevention Day on June 10 and attributes its 2019 creation to Dodson Pest Control. Dodson currently publishes first-party bed-bug prevention res…
Founder Colleen Paige’s current materials list National Black Dog Day on October 1 and describe it as an annual awareness observance.
NIH states that National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is observed annually on February 7 to increase awareness and mobilize community involvement around HIV among Black/African American peo…
National Day Archives states that Semicolon Bookstore created National Black Literacy Day in February 2021 and that it takes place on February 14 each calendar year.
Treace Medical Concepts announced the first-ever National Bunion Day in the United States on 16 April 2024, states that it founded the observance, and sets it on the third Tuesday of April…
National Day Calendar’s proclamation record says Bright Pink founded the observance in 2016 and that the recurring date was moved to the second Tuesday in June beginning in 2017.
CLEAR states that National Canine Lymphoma Awareness Day is observed each year on November 7 and was established in 2015 in honor of Reveille; Cornell veterinary material is used only to bo…
Designetics says it spearheaded the effort that created National Care for Kids Day for annual September 20 observance; current Care for Kids first-party material says the day was founded in…
AnimalBiome documented celebrating Cat & Dog Gut Health Awareness Day on September 21, 2022 while launching its inaugural State of the Gut report. The Animal Medical Center independently li…
National Day Archives records September 19 and identifies Basepaws as the 2020 founder; Basepaws continues to reference National Cat DNA Day in its own materials.
Challenged Champions & Heroes identifies founder Dr. Robin A. Lococo as creator of its July 29 national awareness day. National Day Archives uses the longer National Challenged Champions an…
AAHA states that it and AVMA launched Check the Chip Day in 2013; AVMA and AAHA materials identify August 15 as the annual recurrence and focus on current microchip registry contact informa…
Talkspace launched National Check Your Coverage Day for January 21, 2025, states that it founded the day to encourage early-year review of mental-health benefits, and promoted the January 2…
Experian announced on August 27, 2018 that it was designating September 1 as Child Identity Theft Awareness Day and intended it to become an annual reminder; the campaign included September…
The current Close the Gap Campaign site places National Close the Gap Day on the third Thursday in March. Australian Human Rights Commission historical material records a first National Clo…
The official National Concussion Awareness Day® site states that Brooke Mills founded the observance in 2016 and that it is recognized on the third Friday of September each year. A 2018 org…
SHINE SA, Australian Government health material and contemporaneous Australian reporting support February 14 as a recurring National Condom Day awareness date. The reviewed evidence does no…
U.S. Department of Energy material lists National Cut Your Energy Costs Day on January 10, with municipal-utility and energy-industry sources independently using the same annual date.
DRESS Syndrome Foundation organizer-side 2022 launch material establishes National DRESS Syndrome Day on July 16 and identifies the foundation co-founders as creators; current foundation an…
Doulagivers identifies April 20 as National Death Doula Day, and observance-registration records trace its creation to Doulagivers in 2019.
The National DEI Day organizer site states that the observance is held each year on September 17, deliberately coinciding with U.S. Constitution Day and Citizenship Day.
Screening for Mental Health materials and current observance guidance place NDSD on the Thursday of the first full week in October; the 2026 occurrence is October 8.
City of Huntsville and City of Milford proclamations credit Starr Valentino with starting the grassroots movement in Atlanta in 2009 and recognize May 16 locally; National Day Calendar says…
The ASPCA designated 8 April 2014 as the first National Dog Fighting Awareness Day and described the observance again as its second annual edition in 2015. Public treatment is limited to no…
Donate Life America lists National Donor Day on February 14 among its national observances and celebrations.
OrganDonor.gov defines National Donor Sabbath as a three-day observance celebrated two weekends prior to Thanksgiving.
Federal historical material documents the NAHF third-Wednesday-in-May day; Fairfax County’s 2011 official summary states the observance expanded from one day to the full month, and NAHF now…
India’s Bureau of Energy Efficiency states that December 14 was declared National Energy Conservation Day and that the annual awards function is organized on December 14 each year.
HHS/NHGRI records show that U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona declared Thanksgiving 2004 the first annual National Family History Day as part of the Family History Initiative. Later N…
Observance and historical-society sources identify April 10 as National Farm Animals Day and trace its creation to Colleen Paige in 2005.
A creator-issued Finding Fathers Inc. release dated 26 November 2020 records founder Donald R. Adams II proclaiming the fourth Sunday of June as National Fatherless Children’s Day and ident…
Michigan DIFS identifies August 14 as National Financial Awareness Day in 2025, and Tennessee TDCI identifies Friday, August 14, 2026 as the observance date.
The Industrial Truck Association’s 13th annual National Forklift Safety Day was held June 9, 2026; OSHA also published remarks for that event.
The U.S. Senate agreed to S.Res.268 in 2000 designating July 22, 2000 as National Fragile X Awareness Day; the National Fragile X Foundation continues to use July 22 as the recurring awaren…
National Freedom of Information Day is observed on March 16, James Madison’s birthday. Congress designated March 16, 1987 as Freedom of Information Day in Public Law 99-539 and President Ro…
The official National Fruit at Work Day site states the observance is celebrated on the first Tuesday of October and is presented by The FruitGuys.
National Day Calendar identifies Linda Eaton Hall-Fulcher as the founder of National Give Something Away Day in 2015 and records July 15 as the annual date.
Local-government proclamations consistently recognize August 30 and identify Angie Cartwright as the 2014 founder; no federal legal-holiday status or exclusive current national facilitator…
The Animal Medical Center’s 2026 veterinary-awareness calendar and National Day Calendar both place Hairball Awareness Day on the last Friday in April.
Beauty-industry material published on May 27 states that Booksy designated May 27 as National Hairstylist Mental Health Awareness Day; current observance listings attribute the 2021 creatio…
The Conversation Project states that National Healthcare Decisions Day is an annual April 16 initiative founded in 2008 by attorney Nathan Kottkamp to encourage advance-care-planning conver…
Consecutive New York legislative resolutions describe National Heat Awareness Day as observed each year on the last Friday in May. NWS and OSHA provide authoritative heat-safety guidance, b…
CDC records that the 2011 HHS viral hepatitis action plan established May 19 as National Hepatitis Testing Day and that the first observance occurred in 2012; current CDC material continues…
Puget Sound Educational Service District identifies June 6 as National Higher Education Day and traces the 2015 founding to Izamar Olaguez and Marcie Hronis.
HIV.gov states that National HIV Testing Day is June 27 and was first observed on June 27, 1995; the federal HIV history timeline identifies the National Association of People With AIDS (NA…
HIV.gov and NIH identify September 18 as National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day. NIH states that The AIDS Institute launched the observance on September 18, 2008; current federal materia…
ASPCA and a New York State legislative resolution recognize March 1 as National Horse Protection Day; the resolution traces its establishment to Colleen Paige in 2005.
WEX first-party releases identify October 15, 2019 as the inaugural National Health Savings Account Awareness Day and WEX continued marking HSA Day on October 15 through 2025. IRS materials…
The U.S. Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 40 on June 22, 2007 supporting the goals and ideals of observing a National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness on January 11 each year. The reviewed r…
A New York Senate resolution identifies Beverly Barna as the creator and states that National Infertility Survival Day is observed each year on the Sunday prior to Mother’s Day.
June 28 recurrence is strongly supported by repeated Michigan DIFS government usage and current observance listings, but reviewed sources do not establish the creator, first edition, foundi…
Founder Colleen Paige states that she created National Kids & Pets Day in 2005 and her current holiday listing places it on April 26. The exact first completed edition and reason for select…
California ACR 86 describes National KidsDay as a special day set aside each year on the first Sunday in August and identifies a National KidsDay Alliance including Boys & Girls Clubs of Am…
Federal HIV/CDC sources identify October 15 as the annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day and document the first observance in 2003. CDC states that the Latino Commission on AIDS and His…
FBI outreach material identifies September 26 as National Law Enforcement Suicide Awareness Day; Blue H.E.L.P. states the day was created to remember officers lost to suicide and reduce sti…
Creator-issued Swimways releases state that Swimways founded National Learn to Swim Day™ in 2012 on the third Saturday of May each year; a 2019 Swimways release documents expansion of the p…
National Day Calendar identifies Liran Hirschkorn as the 2014 submitter and May 2 as the recurring private observance date; exact first public edition remains unresolved.
The Black Heart Association currently describes National Little Black Dress Day as its signature awareness initiative, says it is observed annually on September 1, and states that the assoc…
Landry Champlin’s current first-party biography says she started National Live Fearless Day; National Day Archives identifies Champlin as the creator in 2020 and September 2 as the annual d…
National Day Calendar identifies Rosie Aiello and the Love Is Kind Network as the founders and proclaims National Love Is Kind Day to be observed annually on July 27.
Contemporaneous May 2020 optometry coverage reports that Bio-Tissue announced the first National Mechanical Dry Eye Day for May 19 and annual recurrence; later Bio-Tissue-sourced campaign a…
Aesthetics Biomedical first-party/trade evidence places the originating National Microneedling Day / National Vivace Microneedling Day campaign on October 26 beginning in 2020 and calls 202…
