Awareness and public-education observances across many subjects.
Ear Community documents the first National Microtia Awareness Day on 9 November 2016, explains the November 9 rationale, and later first-party material expands the identity to National Micr…
HRSA’s August 2025 health observance calendar lists National Minority Donor Awareness Day on August 1; peer-reviewed MOTTEP history documents its August 1, 1996 inauguration.
GNC launched the first National Multivitamin Day in 2024 and states that the observance is held on the third Saturday of September; current 2026 calendar treatment resolves that rule to Sep…
NIH identifies National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day as an annual March 20 observance first observed in 2007 and organized by the National Native HIV Network. CDC archival and organizer ma…
National Day Archives identifies One United Race as the 2019 founder and gives the fourth Saturday in October; current calendars preserve the same recurrence.
National Day Calendar states the observance was established in 2016 and proclaimed for September 15 annually; universities continue to recognize the same date.
Indian Health Service identifies September 21 as National Opioid Awareness Day; Alabama Department of Mental Health calls September 21 an annual observance in 2025 and 2026. A separately do…
Elanco states that it launched the first National Parvo Awareness Day on 23 April 2024 and that the day recurs on the fourth Tuesday in April; independent veterinary guidance supports preve…
Independent institutional sources from ACS CAN (2024), California CDCR (2025) and Patients For Affordable Drugs (2026) recognize National Patient Advocacy Day on August 19; the reviewed ins…
Stratco and Cancer Council materials establish the 2019 Australian launch and first-Saturday-of-December recurrence; current exclusive stewardship remains unresolved.
Fusion Academy’s creator-side launch release announced the first National Personalized Learning Day for January 21, 2026, states that it will recur annually on January 21, and explains 1/21…
Kidde’s September 17, 2020 launch announcement identifies that date as the first National Pet Carbon Monoxide (CO) Safety Day and frames it as a people-and-pets CO prevention and alarm-awar…
East Bay SPCA first-party records establish National Pet Care for All Day on April 24, 2024, identify that date as the first celebration, and tie it to the organization’s 150th anniversary…
Bow Wow Labs identifies June 22 as National Pet Choking Prevention Day, created to raise awareness of choking hazards for pets.
The Association for Pet Obesity Prevention states that its National Pet Obesity Day is recognized each year on the second Wednesday in October and identifies the 2023 observance as National…
National Day Calendar’s private proclamation record attributes the 2019 founding to Share Our Style Foundation and records an annual November 25 proclamation; first edition and current faci…
MISTR and SISTR announced the first National PrEP Day for October 10, 2025. Independent health-sector reporting corroborated the launch, and a September 2026 Illinois legislative release de…
National Day Archives credits Professor Dr. Vernet A. Joseph with founding the observance in 2020; contemporaneous Productive Business Civility/I Change Nations material promotes annual Jun…
A contemporaneous 17 September 2012 GoodTherapy/Psychotherapy Foundation announcement identifies 25 September 2012 as the first annual National Psychotherapy Day.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs identifies 27 June as PTSD Awareness Day; congressional records also document National PTSD Awareness Day recognition on that date.
A 2000 NCAR/UCAR release says National Public Science Day was sponsored by AAAS and celebrated on February 17; current observance references continue to use February 17 annually.
Bailing Out Benji states it created National Puppy Mill Survivor Day in September 2021 and that it takes place on September 30 each calendar year.
Current creator first-party material identifies Dr. Femi Ogunjinmi as founder and states that National Relationship Equity Day is celebrated every June 24; National Day Archives attributes…
The Hesch Firm-issued 2018 founder release establishes March 6 and Joel D. Hesch as founder. The campaign title itself uses “General Service Administration,” while official GSA material ide…
The Hesch Firm-issued May 2018 founder release states the observance is celebrated May 8 and says Joel D. Hesch formed it in 2018. DOJ material is retained only for current False Claims Act…
The Hesch Firm’s contemporaneous April 5, 2018 announcement identifies Joel D. Hesch as creator and April 10 as the observance date; current IRS sources provide the authoritative reporting…
National Day Archives identifies October 2, a 2017 start and The Hesch Firm as creator; current Hesch Firm material corroborates the campaign subject, while HHS-OIG supplies current officia…
FBI Phoenix explicitly recognized National Report Medicare Fraud Day on September 12, while observance records attribute the campaign to former DOJ attorney Joel Hesch and the Hesch Firm.
The Hesch Firm-issued June 2018 founder release establishes July 2, says Joel D. Hesch formed the observance in 2018, and frames it as a private fraud-awareness campaign. Current DoD OIG ma…
A creator-provided Hesch Firm release identifies January 23 as National Report Pharmaceutical Fraud Day and says Joel D. Hesch formed the observance, with the campaign beginning in 2017.
The Hesch Firm-issued June 2018 founder release establishes June 26 and says Joel D. Hesch formed the observance in 2018. Current Acquisition.gov material is used for the Trade Agreements A…
National Day Archives currently records August 21 and attributes the observance to The Hesch Firm / Joel D. Hesch with a 2017 start. No surviving first-party Hesch founder source for this s…
RoC Skincare’s November 4, 2021 launch release announced the first National Retinol Day for November 7, 2021 and annual recurrence; AAD guidance is retained only for independent retinoid sa…
NOSORH states that National Rural Health Day has been observed on the third Thursday of November since 2011.
CDC/NIOSH explicitly identifies May 31 as National Save Your Hearing Day; longstanding professional materials also use the May 31 observance.
Capital One states that it founded National Savings Day and celebrates it yearly on October 12; National Day Calendar records annual observance beginning in 2017.
Volvo Car USA’s November 14, 2019 launch release identifies the first National Seat Belt Day and names Volvo, Uber and the Governors Highway Safety Association as launch partners, with Nove…
One Warm Coat states that National Share the Warmth Day is celebrated annually on the third Tuesday of October; its 2026 campaign page resolves that rule to October 20, 2026.
DSW/Designer Brands and Soles4Souls identify August 15 as National Shoe Donation Day; the first named observance was in 2025 and current partners continue to use the date.
Pretty Loaded states that it submitted National Situational Awareness Day in 2015 and continues to mark September 26 annually. National Day Calendar records the 2015 submission/declaration…
The day registry identifies June 1 annually and records Higher Education Skincare as the creator in 2020; current calendar coverage preserves the same recurring date.
Institute for International Sport materials and congressional records identify the program as an annual observance launched in 1991; historical administrator materials specify the first Tue…
National Day Calendar and school-safety resources trace the observance to a 2009 student initiative and place Stop Bullying Day on the second Wednesday of October.
Reliefband Technologies states that it created National Stop Nausea Day and that it is celebrated on the third Tuesday in May each year.
ISMAUK states that it created National Stress Awareness Day in 1998 and now treats Stress Awareness Day as the midpoint/centrepiece of International Stress Awareness Week. Current ISMAUK ed…
The Vision Council and The Vision Council Foundation identify June 27 as the annual National Sunglasses Day campaign and actively published 2026 campaign materials; the original founding ye…
National Day Calendar identifies Hackensack University Medical Center Foundation as founder, places the observance on September 15 and records annual observance beginning in 2017. Current T…
National Day Archives identifies May 12 and TOP as the 2020 founder; TOP co-founder Denielle Finkelstein later stated first-hand that TOP founded the day in 2020. FDA guidance is used only…
Astanza announced National Tattoo Removal Day for August 14 and identifies itself as an organizer of the observance.
National Today places National Testosterone Awareness Day on November 17 annually, while Marius Pharmaceuticals’ 2024 release independently anchored a nonprofit launch to National Testoster…
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Valeant Consumer Healthcare, then maker of CeraVe Skincare, publicly declared January 8, 2017 as National Winter Skin Relief Day in a January 5, 2017 launch announcement; National Day Calen…
HIV.gov, the HHS Office on Women’s Health and CDC verify March 10 and current federal stewardship. Federal sources disagree on whether the first annual observance was 2005 or 2006, so first…
Mending Hearts states that it created National Women Touched by Addiction Day and that the movement takes place every July 23.
A 2026 New York Senate resolution identifies National Women’s Checkup Day as held annually on the second Monday in May and recognizes May 11, 2026 in conjunction with the observance.
NexRep states that it established National Work from Home for Wellness Day, celebrates it annually on August 16, and launched the holiday on August 16, 2023. The exact reason for selecting…
Confident Girl Mentoring Program identifies Tiffany R. Lewis as founder and October 20 as the date; National Day Calendar’s creator record adds a 2018 founding year and annual registrar pro…
State government proclamations in multiple years designate May 31 as Necrotizing Fasciitis Awareness Day, supporting a recurring commemorative date while not making it a federal holiday.
Beyond Differences documents the program’s 2012 origin; its recent calendars and independent calendar records support the second-Friday-in-February recurrence, including February 13 in 2026.
Nystagmus Network documents the Wobbly Wednesday precursor, the 2018 move to a permanent 20 June date and the stated reasons for that change.
The UK Charity Commission record for Parental Alienation Awareness describes an annual event held on April 25; New York Senate records also document April 25 awareness recognition.
September 13 is repeated by veterinary-awareness calendars; Valley Animal Center reports a 2014 establishment associated with Rogers and the MB Jungle Foundation, while unsupported launch/s…
Last Chance for Animals directly states that it created National Pet Theft Awareness Day in 1988 and observes it annually on February 14; Los Angeles City Council records later 2005 local e…
A Port of Corpus Christi Authority resolution adopted February 19, 2019 designated March 1 of each calendar year as Public Risk Management Awareness Day and described March 1, 2019 as the i…
Last Chance for Animals states that it and other animal activists started Puppy Mill Awareness Day in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 2004 and that it takes place annually on the third Saturday…
Purple Day’s official site says Cassidy Megan created the idea in 2008, the Epilepsy Association of the Maritimes helped develop it, and Cassidy, EAM and the Anita Kaufmann Foundation launc…
R U OK? states that the campaign was born in 2009 from Gavin Larkin’s work with Janina Nearn and that R U OK?Day is held on the second Thursday in September; the organization gives 9 Septem…
The Arthritis Foundation’s awareness calendar lists Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day on February 2.
NHTSA identifies Ride to Work Day on the second Tuesday in June; the campaign organizer likewise uses that recurrence, making 9 June the 2026 date.
Samaritans’ current campaign page states that Samaritans Awareness Day is on July 24 because its listening service is available 24/7; a 2026 branch notice confirms current recurring use.
The Photo Managers states it has led the Save Your Photos effort since 2014; founder Cathi Nelson describes Save Your Photos Day as the original last-Saturday-in-September format before exp…
UNICEF Spain states that the School Day of Non-Violence and Peace is celebrated every year on January 30.
