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JANUARY 2012
1-Global Family Day
1-World Day of Peace
1 to 7- Celebration of Life Week
2- National Motivation and Inspiration Day
4 - World Braille Day
5 to 9 – Women’s Self-Empowerment Week
8-War on Poverty Day
15- Humanitarian Day
15-Religious Freedom Day
15 to 21- Healthy Weight Week
18- Pro-life Day
20- Women’s Healthy Weight Day
22- Celebration of Life Day
21 to 27- World Leprosy Week
25- World Leprosy Day
27- Holocaust Memorial Day
27- National Preschool Fitness Day
FEBRUARY
1 to 7- Women’s Heart Week
1 to 7 – National Patient Recognition Week
3 - Wear Red Day
4 -World Cancer Day
5 to 11 - Boy Scout Week
5 to 11- Burn Awareness Week
5 to 11- Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week
5 to 11- Heart Failure Awareness Week
5 to 11- Counselors’ Week
5 to 11 - Eating Disorders Week
5 to 11- Hospitalized Veteran's Week
5 to 11- White Cane Week
5 to 11- World Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Week
6 - International Day of Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation
6 to 10- International Networking Week
6 to 12- Health Fair Lion’s Club of Puerto Rico
7 to 13- Counselors’ Week
9- National Stop Bullying Day
9- Counselors’ Day
11 - Hospitalized Veterans Day
12 to 18 - Children of Alcoholics Week
13 to 19 - Random Acts of Kindness Week
14- Saint Valentine's Day
14- World Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day
14- World Day of Matrimony
14- National Women’s Heart Day
14- National Donor Day
14 to 21 - Police Week
14 to 21- Alzheimer’s and Dementia Awareness Week
17- No Smoking Day
19 to 25- Rotarian’s Week (Puerto Rico)
20- World Day for Social Justice
20 to 26- National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
21 - Police Day
21 to 27 - Dominican Week in Puerto Rico
23- Rotarian’s Day
26 February to March 3- Learning Disabilities Week
28- Rare Diseases Day
MARCH
1-World Day of Prayer
1-World Compliment Day
4-Employee Appreciation Day
4 to 10- Women's Week
4 to 10- Save Your Vision Week
4 to 10- National Sleep Awareness Week
7- Daughters and Sons Day
7 to 13- National Girl Scouts Week
7 to 13- National Patient Safety Awareness Week
8 - International Woman's Day
8- World Kidney Day
9- Veteran’s Women’s Day
10- National Women’s and Girls HIV Awareness Day
10- Salvation Army Day
11- “We are Family” Day
12- Girl Scout Day
13- Good Samaritan Involvement Day
11 to 17- Social Responsibility Week (RSE)
18 to 24- Professionals in Rehabilitation Counseling Week
18 to 24- National Inhalant and Poison Awareness Week
18 to 24- Brain Awareness Week
18 to 24 - National Poison Prevention Week
18 to 24 - National Animal Poison Prevention Week
18 to 24 - Solidarity with People Struggling against Racism and
Discrimination Week
18 to 24 - Racial Equality Week
21- International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21- World Down Syndrome Day
21- International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21 to 27 - Executives of Cooperatives Week
21 to 27 - Theatre Week
22- World Water Day
22- American Diabetes Association Alert Day
23 - Theatre Day
23- Day of Respect of Life
24- World Tuberculosis Day
25 to 31- Prevention of Consumption of Alcohol by Minors
26 - Global Understanding Day
27 - National Day of "La Bomba"
31- Earth Hour
APRIL
Consumption of Alcohol
28 March to April 3- Week of Chaplains
1 to 7- National Week of the Oceans
1 to 7- National Blue Ribbon Week (Avoiding Child Abuse)
2 - World Autism Day
3- National Recycling Day
4- National Day of Hope
4- National Day for Recycling Oils
4 to 10- Testicular Cancer Awareness Week
5 - Margarita Day
5 - No-Violence Day
5 to 11- Paralyzed Veterans Week
7- World Health Day
8- National Alcohol Screening Day
8- Patients Day
8- World Parkinson’s Disease Day
8 to 14- National Networking Week
8 to 14- Rights of Victims and Witnesses of Crimes Week
10- Autism Awareness Day
10- ASPCA Day
10 to 16- National Environmental Week
12 to 18 - Librarian's Day
14- Children with Alopecia Day
14- National D.A.R.E. Day
15 to 21- National Volunteer Week
15 to 21- Fibroid Awareness Week
16- Teach your Daughter to Volunteer Day
17- Librarian's Day
18- Adult Autism Day
18- National Stress Awareness Day
18- Day to Recuperate our Values
18- Proceres Puertorriqueños Day
18- International Day of Parkinson’s Patients
18 to 23- Police Officers who Died in the Line of Duty
18 to 24- Young Children's Week
19- Planet Earth Day
19- Remembrance of Holocaust Day
20 to 22- National Global Youth Service Days
20 to 27- National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week
22- Earth Day
22 – Girl Scouts Leaders Day
22 to 28 - National Crimes Victims’ Rights Week
22 to 28 - Human Rights Protection Week
23 to 27 - Service Learning Week
24- World Meningitis Awareness Day
25- Malaria Awareness Day
25 - Noise Awareness in Puerto Rico
25- Recognition of the Efforts of Prevention and Intervention of Violence
against Minors
28- National Day of Mourning and Remembering the Lives of people
lost or injured in the Workplace
28- Awareness Day of Noise
29- Pay it Forward Day
29 to May 5- Athletic Police League (Liga Atlética Policiaca) Week
29 to May 5- National Volunteer Week
29 to May 5- National Infant Immunization Week
30- Homage Day of the Elderly
30 – World Healing Day
MAY
29 April to 5- Week of Respect towards Animals
1-World Asthma Day
1-International Baby Lost Mother’s Day
1-Childhood Depression Awareness Day
1 to June 5 - Educational Dates Pro-Natural Resources
1 to 7- Earth Week
1 to 7- National Pet Week
3- Prayer Day
3- Arbor Day
5- Childhood Stroke Awareness Day
5 to 11- National Hospital and Palliative Care Week
6 to 12- Children’s Mental Health Week
6 to 12 - National Anxiety and Depression Awareness Week
6 to 12 - Hospitals Week & Health Care
6 to 12 - Prevention and Control of Osteoporosis Week
6 to 12- -National Mental Health Week
6 to 12- Naturopathic Medicine Week
6 to 12- Salvation Army Week
7- Melanoma Awareness Day
7- Bladder Cancer Awareness Day
7- World Asthma Day
8 - Red Cross World Day
9- Donate a Day’s Wages to Charity Day
9 - World “Fair Trade” Day
9 to 15 -Nursing Personnel Week
9 to 15- National Alcohol and Other Drug Related Birth Defect Week
10- Lupus International Day
12- Food Pick-up Day (Post Office)
12- Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
12- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) Awareness Day
13- Mother's Day
13 to 19- Prevention of Violence to the Elderly Week
13 to 19 - Medical Emergencies Week
13 to 19 - National Women’s Health Week
15- International Day of Families
17- National Day Against Homophobia
17- World Hypertension Day
18- International Virtual Assistants Day
18- National Day for Hepatitis C
21- Glaucoma Awareness Day
21 to 27- Hepatitis C Educational and Testing Week
23- World’s Crohn’s and Colitis Day
25- World MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Day
25- National Missing Children’s Day
28- National Multiple Birth Awareness Day
28- Memorial Day
30- Radio Host Day
31- World No-Tobacco Day
JUNE
2- National Cancer Survivors Day
3- Children’s Awareness Memorial Day
3 to 10- National Headache Awareness Week
3 to 10- World Dystonia Awareness Week
4- International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
4 to 10- Puerto Rican Solidarity Week
5- World Environment Day
10 to 16-Lesion Prevention Week
10 to 16 - Recreative Leaders Week
10 to 16- National Park Week
10 to 16- World Menopause Week
10- Abused Women and Children’s Day
13 to 19 – Men’s Health Week
14- World Blood Donor Day
14- Flag Day
15- World Elderly Abuse Awareness Day
17- Family Awareness Day
17 - Father's Day
18 to 24- Juvenile Organizations Week
19- World Sickle Cell Day
21 – National HIV Testing Day
24- Youth Day
24 to 30- National Mosquito Control Awareness Week
26 - International Awareness Day for Illicit use of Drugs and Drug
trafficking
26- International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
27 to 4th of July - National Prevention of Eye Injuries Awareness
28 - Psoriasis in Puerto Rico Day
29- Young Blood Donor Day
- Cataract Awareness Month
- Celebration of Life Month
- Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
- Crime Awareness Month
- Eye Care Month
- Folic Acid Awareness Month
- International Quality of Life Month
- National Birth Defects Prevention Awareness Month
- National Blood Donor Month
- National Child Centered Divorce Awareness Month
- National Glaucoma Awareness Month
- National Mentoring Month
- National Poverty in America Awareness Month
- National Volunteer Blood Donor Month
- Poison Prevention Month
- Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month
- Thyroid Diseases Awareness Month
1-Global Family Day
1-World Day of Peace
1 to 7- Celebration of Life Week
2- National Motivation and Inspiration Day
4 - World Braille Day
5 to 9 – Women’s Self-Empowerment Week
8-War on Poverty Day
15- Humanitarian Day
15-Religious Freedom Day
15 to 21- Healthy Weight Week
18- Pro-life Day
20- Women’s Healthy Weight Day
22- Celebration of Life Day
21 to 27- World Leprosy Week
25- World Leprosy Day
27- Holocaust Memorial Day
27- National Preschool Fitness Day
FEBRUARY
- AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month
- Aggressive Driving Awareness Month
- American Heart Month
- Burn Prevention Awareness Month
- Heart Disease Awareness Month
- Human Relations Month
- International Boost Self Esteem Month
- International Prenatal Infection Awareness Month
- Love to Animals in Culebra Month
- Marfan Syndrome Awareness Month
- National Child Passenger Safety Awareness
- National Children’s Dental Health Month
- National Dental Health Awareness Month
- National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
- National Parent Leadership Month
- National Pet Dental Health
- National “Wear Red” Day
- National Youth Leadership Month
- Prevention and Management of Heart Conditions and
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitations Month - Workplace Eye Safety Awareness Month
1 to 7- Women’s Heart Week
1 to 7 – National Patient Recognition Week
3 - Wear Red Day
4 -World Cancer Day
5 to 11 - Boy Scout Week
5 to 11- Burn Awareness Week
5 to 11- Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week
5 to 11- Heart Failure Awareness Week
5 to 11- Counselors’ Week
5 to 11 - Eating Disorders Week
5 to 11- Hospitalized Veteran's Week
5 to 11- White Cane Week
5 to 11- World Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Week
6 - International Day of Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation
6 to 10- International Networking Week
6 to 12- Health Fair Lion’s Club of Puerto Rico
7 to 13- Counselors’ Week
9- National Stop Bullying Day
9- Counselors’ Day
11 - Hospitalized Veterans Day
12 to 18 - Children of Alcoholics Week
13 to 19 - Random Acts of Kindness Week
14- Saint Valentine's Day
14- World Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day
14- World Day of Matrimony
14- National Women’s Heart Day
14- National Donor Day
14 to 21 - Police Week
14 to 21- Alzheimer’s and Dementia Awareness Week
17- No Smoking Day
19 to 25- Rotarian’s Week (Puerto Rico)
20- World Day for Social Justice
20 to 26- National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
21 - Police Day
21 to 27 - Dominican Week in Puerto Rico
23- Rotarian’s Day
26 February to March 3- Learning Disabilities Week
28- Rare Diseases Day
MARCH
- American Red Cross Month
- Child Life Month
- Consumer Counseling Month
- Creating Awareness about Inscription in Selective
Services of the U.S. Month - Deaf History Month
- Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Month
- Eye Awareness Month
- Foot Health Month
- Liver Disease Awareness Month
- International Women’s Month
- Malignant Hypertension Awareness Month
- Mental Retardation Month
- Music in our Schools Month
- National Brain Injury Awareness Month
- National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month
- National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
- National Endometriosis Awareness Month
- National Epilepsy Month
- National Ethics Awareness Month
- National Eye Donor Month
- National Kidney Awareness Month
- National Literacy Month
- National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
- National Nutrition Awareness Month
- National Parent Leadership Month
- National Poison Prevention Month
- National Sleep Awareness Month
- National Social Work Month
- Patient Safety Awareness Month
- Poison Prevention Month
- “Save Your Vision” (Eye Awareness) Month
- Social Communication Month
- Thrombosis Awareness Month (DVT)
- Trisonomy Awareness Month
- Women's History Month
- Workplace Eye Wellness Month
1-World Day of Prayer
1-World Compliment Day
4-Employee Appreciation Day
4 to 10- Women's Week
4 to 10- Save Your Vision Week
4 to 10- National Sleep Awareness Week
7- Daughters and Sons Day
7 to 13- National Girl Scouts Week
7 to 13- National Patient Safety Awareness Week
8 - International Woman's Day
8- World Kidney Day
9- Veteran’s Women’s Day
10- National Women’s and Girls HIV Awareness Day
10- Salvation Army Day
11- “We are Family” Day
12- Girl Scout Day
13- Good Samaritan Involvement Day
11 to 17- Social Responsibility Week (RSE)
18 to 24- Professionals in Rehabilitation Counseling Week
18 to 24- National Inhalant and Poison Awareness Week
18 to 24- Brain Awareness Week
18 to 24 - National Poison Prevention Week
18 to 24 - National Animal Poison Prevention Week
18 to 24 - Solidarity with People Struggling against Racism and
Discrimination Week
18 to 24 - Racial Equality Week
21- International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21- World Down Syndrome Day
21- International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21 to 27 - Executives of Cooperatives Week
21 to 27 - Theatre Week
22- World Water Day
22- American Diabetes Association Alert Day
23 - Theatre Day
23- Day of Respect of Life
24- World Tuberculosis Day
25 to 31- Prevention of Consumption of Alcohol by Minors
26 - Global Understanding Day
27 - National Day of "La Bomba"
31- Earth Hour
APRIL
- Alcohol Abuse Awareness Month
- American Cancer Society Month
- Animal Cruelty Prevention Month
- ASPCA Month
- Awareness of Organ and Tissue Donation Month
- Cancer Control Month
- Celebrate Diversity Month
- Child Abuse Prevention Month
- Community Service Month
- Defeat Diabetes Month
- Dental Health Month
- Emotional Overeating Awareness Month
- Eye Awareness Month
- Foot Health Awareness Month
- Global Child Nutrition Month
- Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month
- Hemophiliac Patient Awareness Month
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month
- National Autism Awareness Month
- National Child Abuse Prevention Month
- National Donate Life Month
- National Facial Protection Month
- National Infant Immunization Month
- National Month of Cancer Prevention and Control
- National Multiple Birth Awareness Month
- National Occupational Therapy Month
- National Oral Health Month
- National Parkinson’s Awareness Month
- National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
- National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
- National Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD’s) Awareness
Month - National Volunteer Appreciation Month
- Planet Earth Month
- Prevention and Awareness of Sexual Violence Month
- Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month
- Prevention of Violence and Abuse to Minors and Youth
- Recycling Month
- Sports Eye Safety Month
- Stress Awareness Month
- Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
- Walk America/March of Dimes Month
- Volunteer Appreciation Month
- Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month
- World Habitat Awareness Month
Consumption of Alcohol
28 March to April 3- Week of Chaplains
1 to 7- National Week of the Oceans
1 to 7- National Blue Ribbon Week (Avoiding Child Abuse)
2 - World Autism Day
3- National Recycling Day
4- National Day of Hope
4- National Day for Recycling Oils
4 to 10- Testicular Cancer Awareness Week
5 - Margarita Day
5 - No-Violence Day
5 to 11- Paralyzed Veterans Week
7- World Health Day
8- National Alcohol Screening Day
8- Patients Day
8- World Parkinson’s Disease Day
8 to 14- National Networking Week
8 to 14- Rights of Victims and Witnesses of Crimes Week
10- Autism Awareness Day
10- ASPCA Day
10 to 16- National Environmental Week
12 to 18 - Librarian's Day
14- Children with Alopecia Day
14- National D.A.R.E. Day
15 to 21- National Volunteer Week
15 to 21- Fibroid Awareness Week
16- Teach your Daughter to Volunteer Day
17- Librarian's Day
18- Adult Autism Day
18- National Stress Awareness Day
18- Day to Recuperate our Values
18- Proceres Puertorriqueños Day
18- International Day of Parkinson’s Patients
18 to 23- Police Officers who Died in the Line of Duty
18 to 24- Young Children's Week
19- Planet Earth Day
19- Remembrance of Holocaust Day
20 to 22- National Global Youth Service Days
20 to 27- National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week
22- Earth Day
22 – Girl Scouts Leaders Day
22 to 28 - National Crimes Victims’ Rights Week
22 to 28 - Human Rights Protection Week
23 to 27 - Service Learning Week
24- World Meningitis Awareness Day
25- Malaria Awareness Day
25 - Noise Awareness in Puerto Rico
25- Recognition of the Efforts of Prevention and Intervention of Violence
against Minors
28- National Day of Mourning and Remembering the Lives of people
lost or injured in the Workplace
28- Awareness Day of Noise
29- Pay it Forward Day
29 to May 5- Athletic Police League (Liga Atlética Policiaca) Week
29 to May 5- National Volunteer Week
29 to May 5- National Infant Immunization Week
30- Homage Day of the Elderly
30 – World Healing Day
MAY
- ALS Awareness Month
- American Stroke Month
- APS (Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome) Awareness
Month - Arthritis Awareness Month
- Awareness Month for the Use of Safety Belts
- Awareness of Hurricane Season Month
- Better Sleeping Month(Stress/Insomnia)
- Borderline Personality Awareness Month
- Brain Tumor Awareness Month
- Canavan Awareness Month
- Children’s Mental Health Awareness Month
- Clean Air Awareness Month
- Community Action Month
- Cystic Fibrosis Month
- Elderly Awareness Month
- Family Wellness Month
- Fibromyalgia Education and Awareness Month
- Foot Health Awareness Month
- Head Start Volunteers Month
- Heal the Children Month
- Healthy Vision Month
- Hepatitis Awareness Month
- Historical Conservation Month
- Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month
- International Multiple Sclerosis Month
- Kidney Health Month
- Lou Gehrig’s Disease
- Lupus Awareness Month
- Lyme Disease Awareness Month
- Maritime Security Month
- Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month
- Mental Health Awareness
- Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
- Museum Month
- National Alcohol and other Drug Related Birth Defects
Week - National Allergy and Asthma Awareness Month
- National ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) Awareness
Month - National Arthritis Awareness Month
- National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
- National Better Hearing and Speech Month
- National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
- National Childhood Stroke Awareness Month
- National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month
- National Family Month
- National Foster Care Month
- National Hepatitis Awareness Month
- National High Blood Pressure Awareness Month
- National Mental Health Awareness Month
- National Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month
- National Osteoporosis Prevention Month
- National Pet Month
- National Sight Saving Month
- National Stroke Prevention and Awareness Month
- National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
- National teen Self Esteem Month
- National Toxic Encephalopathy and Chemical Injury
Awareness Month - Prevention of Brain Hemorrhages Month
- Prader - Willi Syndrome (PWS)
- Radio Programming Month
- Safety Belts Awareness Month
- Skin Cancer Awareness Month
- Speech and Hearing Awareness Month
- Sturge-Weber Awareness Month
- Tay-Sachs Awareness Month
- Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month
- Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Month
- Ultraviolet Awareness Month
- World Lyme Disease Awareness Month
29 April to 5- Week of Respect towards Animals
1-World Asthma Day
1-International Baby Lost Mother’s Day
1-Childhood Depression Awareness Day
1 to June 5 - Educational Dates Pro-Natural Resources
1 to 7- Earth Week
1 to 7- National Pet Week
3- Prayer Day
3- Arbor Day
5- Childhood Stroke Awareness Day
5 to 11- National Hospital and Palliative Care Week
6 to 12- Children’s Mental Health Week
6 to 12 - National Anxiety and Depression Awareness Week
6 to 12 - Hospitals Week & Health Care
6 to 12 - Prevention and Control of Osteoporosis Week
6 to 12- -National Mental Health Week
6 to 12- Naturopathic Medicine Week
6 to 12- Salvation Army Week
7- Melanoma Awareness Day
7- Bladder Cancer Awareness Day
7- World Asthma Day
8 - Red Cross World Day
9- Donate a Day’s Wages to Charity Day
9 - World “Fair Trade” Day
9 to 15 -Nursing Personnel Week
9 to 15- National Alcohol and Other Drug Related Birth Defect Week
10- Lupus International Day
12- Food Pick-up Day (Post Office)
12- Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
12- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) Awareness Day
13- Mother's Day
13 to 19- Prevention of Violence to the Elderly Week
13 to 19 - Medical Emergencies Week
13 to 19 - National Women’s Health Week
15- International Day of Families
17- National Day Against Homophobia
17- World Hypertension Day
18- International Virtual Assistants Day
18- National Day for Hepatitis C
21- Glaucoma Awareness Day
21 to 27- Hepatitis C Educational and Testing Week
23- World’s Crohn’s and Colitis Day
25- World MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Day
25- National Missing Children’s Day
28- National Multiple Birth Awareness Day
28- Memorial Day
30- Radio Host Day
31- World No-Tobacco Day
JUNE
- ALS Awareness Month (Lou Gehrig’s disease)
- Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome Awareness Month
- Cataract Awareness Month
- Children’s Awareness Month
- Children’s Vision Awareness Month
- Effective Communications Month
- Environment Month
- “Fresh Milk” Month
- International Childhood Cancer Campaign Month
- Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month
- National Aphasia Awareness Month
- National GLBT Awareness Month
- National Headache Awareness Month
- National Home Month
- National Hunger Awareness Month
- National Safety Month
- National Scleroderma Awareness Month
- National Scoliosis Awareness Month
- National Spina Bifida Awareness Month
- National Hydrocephalic Awareness Month
- Skin Cancer Awareness Month
- Stroke Awareness Month
- Vision Awareness Month
- Youth Month
- Emergency and Disaster Management Week
- Alphabetization and Education Awareness Week for Adults
in P.R. - Solidarity Week
2- National Cancer Survivors Day
3- Children’s Awareness Memorial Day
3 to 10- National Headache Awareness Week
3 to 10- World Dystonia Awareness Week
4- International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
4 to 10- Puerto Rican Solidarity Week
5- World Environment Day
10 to 16-Lesion Prevention Week
10 to 16 - Recreative Leaders Week
10 to 16- National Park Week
10 to 16- World Menopause Week
10- Abused Women and Children’s Day
13 to 19 – Men’s Health Week
14- World Blood Donor Day
14- Flag Day
15- World Elderly Abuse Awareness Day
17- Family Awareness Day
17 - Father's Day
18 to 24- Juvenile Organizations Week
19- World Sickle Cell Day
21 – National HIV Testing Day
24- Youth Day
24 to 30- National Mosquito Control Awareness Week
26 - International Awareness Day for Illicit use of Drugs and Drug
trafficking
26- International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
27 to 4th of July - National Prevention of Eye Injuries Awareness
28 - Psoriasis in Puerto Rico Day
29- Young Blood Donor Day
JULY
4- Independence Day
7- Global Forgiveness Day
8 - Reflection about Morality and Family Day
15 to 18- National Parenting Gifted Children Week
18 to 15- Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) Awareness Week
24 – Parents Day
24 - Flag, Hymn and Seal Day of ELA
25- ELA Day
29 to 4- Press Week
31- News Reporter's Day
AUGUST
30 to 5 - Breastfeeding Awareness Week (Puerto Rico)
5- Assistant (Companion) Dog Day
5- National Kid's Day
5 to 11 - Prevention of Suicide Week
5 to 11- Prevention of Aterotrombosis Week
5 to 11- Bread Week
6- National Fresh Breath (Halitosis) Day
6 to 10 - World Breastfeeding Awareness Week
6 to 10 – National Fraud Awareness Week
7-Sisters Day
7- National Day Out
9-International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
10- Suicide Prevention Day
12 to 18- Feeding Pets of the Homeless Week
13- International Left-handed Persons Day
18- Day of Remembrance: Roberto Clemente
19- World Humanitarian Day
23 - No more Violence on Television Day
25 to 31- National Safe at Home Week
25 to 31- Be Kind to Humankind Week
29- National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day
31- International Day of Solidarity
SEPTEMBER
3 to 10 - Healthy Beginning Week
4-Excellence in Service to others Day
5 to 11 - National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week
9 to 15- National Suicide Prevention Week
10- World Suicide Prevention Day
11- Memorial Day of Innocent Victims of Terrorism 9-11
12 - Grandparents Day
13- National Celiac Awareness Day
14 - Stand up to Cancer Day
14 to 20 – Peripheral Arterial Disease Awareness Week
16 to 22 - Deaf Awareness Week
16 to 22- Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
17- International Coastal Cleanup Day
18- Rehabilitation Day
18- National Respect Day
18- World Water Monitoring Day
18- National Day of Cleaning Beaches
18- National ADD Awareness Day
18- National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day
21- Alzheimer's Day
21- Worlds Alzheimer Day
22- International Day of Peace
25- World Ataxia Awareness Day
26- Family Day at the Table
26 – World Heart Day
Deaf Community Week
26- National Mesothelioma Awareness Day
27 – Intercessors of People with Disabilities Day
27 – Day of the Interpreters for the Deaf
OCTOBER
1- International Day of Older Persons
1-World Habitat Day
1 to 7- National Sarcodiosis Awareness Week
2- Trovador Day
2- International Day of Non-violence
3- World Habitat Day
3 to 9- Fire Prevention Week
3 to 9- Latex Allergy Awareness Week
4- National Child Health Day
7 to 13 - Correctional Rehabilitation Week
7 to 13 - 4-H Clubs Week
7 to 13- National Bullying Prevention Awareness Week
7 to 13- Mental Illness Awareness Week
8 - 4-H Day
5- World Teacher’s Day
7- National Diversity Day
8-National Screening Day for Depression
9- Fire Prevention Day
9 to 15 - Fire Prevention Week
10- Stop Bullying Day
10-World Mental Health Day
11-World Sight Day
11 to 17- National Food Bank Week
13- World Sight Day
13- Retired Educator's Day
13- Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day
14- Emergency Nurses Day
14 to 20- National Food Bank Week
15- White Cane Day
15- World Day of Rural Women
15- National Latino’s AIDS Awareness Day
15- National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day
16- World Food Day
16 to 22- Freedom from Bullies Week
16 to 22- Lion's Club Week
17 - International Day to Eradicate Poverty
17- Mentors of Persons with Disabilities Day
19- Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity
19- National Mammogram Day
20- Juvenile Cooperatives Day
20- World Osteoporosis Day
21- Down Syndrome World Day
21 to 27- Kids Care Week
21 to 27- National Character Counts Week
21 to 27- National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
21 to 27- Correctional Rehabilitation Week
21 to 27- Profamilia Family Week
23 to 29- National Respiratory Care Week
24- Lung Health Day
24 - United Nations Day
24 to 30- Quality of Life Week
24 to 30- Respiratory Care Week
25 to 31- Peace, Friendship and Goodwill Week
27 to November 3- World Hearing Aid Awareness Week
27- Make a Difference Day
27- Lung Health Day
29- World Psoriasis Day
29- Day of Recognition of Mentors of People with Disabilities
31- National UNICEF Day
NOVEMBER
1- Peace Day
4 to 10 - World Communication Week
4 to 10- National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week
4 to 10- National Patient Accessibility Week
4 to 10- International Fraud Awareness Week
12 to 18 - Community Reinvestment Week
12 to 18- World Kindness Week
11- Veterans Day
11- World Kindness Day
11 to 17 - National Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week
12- World Orphan’s Day
13 - Sociedad de Educación y Rehabilitación (SER) Day
14- World Diabetes Day
15- International Philanthropy Day
15- America Recycles Day
16- International Day of Tolerance
16 to 22- Attention Deficit Disorder Week
17- World Day of Chronic Pulmonary Obstructive Disease (EPOC)
17- Family Volunteer Day
17- National Adoption Day
17- National Survivors of Suicide Day
17- Prematurity Awareness Day
19- World Day of Prevention of Abuse against Children
19- Discovery of Puerto Rico
20 - Day of Healing for Survivors of Suicide
20- World Day of Remembrance for Road Accident Victims
21 to 27- Week of Solidarity, Rehabilitation, Reintegration of the
Homeless
21 to 27- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Awareness Week
25- No more Violence Against Women Day
22- Thanksgiving Day
DECEMBER
on Roads
28 Nov. to 4- Health Education Week
1- World AIDS Day
2 to 8 - Tolerance Week
2 to 8 - National Aplastic Anemia Awareness Week
2- International Day for the Abolition of Slavery Day
2- Special Education Day
3- International Day of People with Disabilities
5 - International Volunteer Day
9 to15- Human Rights Week
10- International Day of the Protection of Human Rights
12- Day of Remembrance of Children and Family Members Deceased
due to Acts of Violence
18- Day of Remembrance of the Blind
20- International Human Solidarity Day
21- World Peace Day
24- Angelman Syndrome Day
25 -Christmas Day
31- New Year’s Eve
31-World Peace Meditation Day
31- Universal Hour of Peace Day
- Bereaved Parents Awareness Month
- Bioterrorism and Disaster Education Awareness Month
- Cord Blood Awareness Month
- Eye Injury Prevention Month
- Hemocratosis Screening Awareness Month
- International Group Strep B Awareness Group Month
- Internacional Women with Alopecia Month
- Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
- Month of the Artisans
- National Child Centered Divorce Month
- National Hemocratosis Screening Awareness Month
- National Make a Difference to Children Month
- National Month of Mental Health for Minorities
- Restless Leg Syndrome Education and Awareness Month
4- Independence Day
7- Global Forgiveness Day
8 - Reflection about Morality and Family Day
15 to 18- National Parenting Gifted Children Week
18 to 15- Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) Awareness Week
24 – Parents Day
24 - Flag, Hymn and Seal Day of ELA
25- ELA Day
29 to 4- Press Week
31- News Reporter's Day
AUGUST
- Breastfeeding Awareness Month
- Cataract Awareness Month
- Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
- Muscular Dystrophy Month
- National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
- National Immunization Awareness Month
- National Minority Donor Awareness Month
- National Preparedness Month
- National Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
- National Water Quality Month
- Never Leave a Child Unattended in Cars Awareness
Month - Oral Health Month
- Psoriasis Awareness Month
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy Month
30 to 5 - Breastfeeding Awareness Week (Puerto Rico)
5- Assistant (Companion) Dog Day
5- National Kid's Day
5 to 11 - Prevention of Suicide Week
5 to 11- Prevention of Aterotrombosis Week
5 to 11- Bread Week
6- National Fresh Breath (Halitosis) Day
6 to 10 - World Breastfeeding Awareness Week
6 to 10 – National Fraud Awareness Week
7-Sisters Day
7- National Day Out
9-International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
10- Suicide Prevention Day
12 to 18- Feeding Pets of the Homeless Week
13- International Left-handed Persons Day
18- Day of Remembrance: Roberto Clemente
19- World Humanitarian Day
23 - No more Violence on Television Day
25 to 31- National Safe at Home Week
25 to 31- Be Kind to Humankind Week
29- National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day
31- International Day of Solidarity
SEPTEMBER
- Alzheimer’s Awareness Month
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Month
- Awareness about Peripheral Arterial Diseases Month
- Baby Safety Month
- Bones and Articulations Month
- Celiac Awareness Month
- Child Passenger Awareness Month
- Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
- Childhood Injury Prevention Month
- Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
- Children's Museum Month
- Express your SER Month
- Food Security Month
- Healthy Aging Month
- Home Sewing Month
- Invisible Illness Awareness Month
- Lower Cholesterol Awareness Month
- Mental Health Awareness Month
- Mesothelioma Awareness Month
- Museum Awareness Month
- National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
- National Arthritis Month
- National Atrial Fibrillation Month
- National Child Awareness Month
- National Childhood Injury Prevention Month
- National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
- National Children's Cancer Awareness Month
- National Cholesterol Awareness Month
- National Gynecological Cancer Awareness Month
- National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15)
- National Infant Mortality Awareness Month
- National Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month
- National Osteopathic Medicine Month
- National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
- National Pain Awareness Month
- National Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month
- National Pediculosis Prevention Month
- National Preparedness Month
- National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
- National Recovery Month
- National Sickle Cell Month
- National Sight Saving Month
- National Skin Care Awareness Month
- National Suicide Prevention Month
- National Tumor Awareness Month
- Orientation about Security of Children as Passengers
Month - Perific Arterial Disease Awareness Month
- Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month
- Recuperation of Addiction to Drugs and Alcohol Month
- Reye’s Syndrome Awareness Month
- Security of Food Month
- Spanish Heritage Awareness Month (Sept. 15- October 15)
- Tumor Awareness Month
- Vision Awareness Month
- World Alcohol Awareness Month
- World Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month
3 to 10 - Healthy Beginning Week
4-Excellence in Service to others Day
5 to 11 - National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week
9 to 15- National Suicide Prevention Week
10- World Suicide Prevention Day
11- Memorial Day of Innocent Victims of Terrorism 9-11
12 - Grandparents Day
13- National Celiac Awareness Day
14 - Stand up to Cancer Day
14 to 20 – Peripheral Arterial Disease Awareness Week
16 to 22 - Deaf Awareness Week
16 to 22- Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
17- International Coastal Cleanup Day
18- Rehabilitation Day
18- National Respect Day
18- World Water Monitoring Day
18- National Day of Cleaning Beaches
18- National ADD Awareness Day
18- National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day
21- Alzheimer's Day
21- Worlds Alzheimer Day
22- International Day of Peace
25- World Ataxia Awareness Day
26- Family Day at the Table
26 – World Heart Day
Deaf Community Week
26- National Mesothelioma Awareness Day
27 – Intercessors of People with Disabilities Day
27 – Day of the Interpreters for the Deaf
OCTOBER
- Adopt a Shelter Dog Month
- Antidepressant Death Awareness Month*
- Better Speech and Hearing Month
- Cooperatives Month
- Disability Employment Awareness Month
- Diversity Awareness Month
- Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- Down Syndrome Awareness Month
- Dyslexia Awareness Month
- Emotional Intelligence Awareness Month
- Emotional Wellness Month
- Energy Conservation Month
- Epilepsy Awareness Month
- Eye Injury Prevention Month
- Fair Trade Month
- Global Diversity Awareness Month
- Healthy Lung Month
- Hospital del Niño Christmas Seals Month
- International Infection Prevention Week
- Interstitial Cystitis Awareness Month
- Hunger Awareness Month
- Latex Allergy Awareness Month
- Mental Health Awareness Month
- National AIDS Awareness Month
- National Animal Safety and Protection Month
- National Audiology Awareness Month
- National Brain Injury Awareness Month
- National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- National Bullying Awareness and Prevention Month
- National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
- National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Month
- National Crime Prevention Month
- National Dental Hygiene Awareness Month
- National Depression Education and Awareness Month
- National Disability Employment Awareness Month
- National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
- National Family Health Month
- National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15)
- National Infant Loss Awareness Month
- National Liver Awareness Month
- National Month of Careers of the Third Sector
- National Orthodontic Health Month
- National Pet Wellness Month
- National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
- National Protect your Hearing Month
- National RSV Awareness Month
- National Sarcodiosis Awareness Week
- National Spina Bifida Awareness Month
- National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness
Month - Non Profit Career Month
- Pet Wellness Month
- Quality Month
- Rhett Syndrome Awareness Month
- SIDS (Sudden Infant Death) Awareness Month
- Social Workers Month
- Vegetarian Awareness Month
- Work for People with Special Needs Month
- World Alzheimer’s Awareness Month
- World Blindness Awareness Month
- World Diversity Month
- World Menopause Month
1- International Day of Older Persons
1-World Habitat Day
1 to 7- National Sarcodiosis Awareness Week
2- Trovador Day
2- International Day of Non-violence
3- World Habitat Day
3 to 9- Fire Prevention Week
3 to 9- Latex Allergy Awareness Week
4- National Child Health Day
7 to 13 - Correctional Rehabilitation Week
7 to 13 - 4-H Clubs Week
7 to 13- National Bullying Prevention Awareness Week
7 to 13- Mental Illness Awareness Week
8 - 4-H Day
5- World Teacher’s Day
7- National Diversity Day
8-National Screening Day for Depression
9- Fire Prevention Day
9 to 15 - Fire Prevention Week
10- Stop Bullying Day
10-World Mental Health Day
11-World Sight Day
11 to 17- National Food Bank Week
13- World Sight Day
13- Retired Educator's Day
13- Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day
14- Emergency Nurses Day
14 to 20- National Food Bank Week
15- White Cane Day
15- World Day of Rural Women
15- National Latino’s AIDS Awareness Day
15- National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day
16- World Food Day
16 to 22- Freedom from Bullies Week
16 to 22- Lion's Club Week
17 - International Day to Eradicate Poverty
17- Mentors of Persons with Disabilities Day
19- Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity
19- National Mammogram Day
20- Juvenile Cooperatives Day
20- World Osteoporosis Day
21- Down Syndrome World Day
21 to 27- Kids Care Week
21 to 27- National Character Counts Week
21 to 27- National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
21 to 27- Correctional Rehabilitation Week
21 to 27- Profamilia Family Week
23 to 29- National Respiratory Care Week
24- Lung Health Day
24 - United Nations Day
24 to 30- Quality of Life Week
24 to 30- Respiratory Care Week
25 to 31- Peace, Friendship and Goodwill Week
27 to November 3- World Hearing Aid Awareness Week
27- Make a Difference Day
27- Lung Health Day
29- World Psoriasis Day
29- Day of Recognition of Mentors of People with Disabilities
31- National UNICEF Day
NOVEMBER
- Adopt a Senior Pet Month
- Adoptee Awareness Month
- Adoption Awareness Month
- AIDS Awareness Month
- Alpha-1 Tripsin Deficiency Awareness Month
- Anti-tobacco Month
- Asthma Awareness and Prevention Month
- Awareness, Control and Prevention of Obesity
- Bone Marrow donors Month
- Books and Reading Month
- Caregiver’s Awareness Month
- Citizens with Mental Retardation Month
- Colitis Awareness Month
- Community Reinvestment Month
- COPD/Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Counselor’s Month
- Crohn’s Disease Awareness Month
- CRPS/RSD Awareness Month
- Diabetic Eye Awareness Month
- Diabetes Awareness Month
- Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- Ecological Consciousness Month
- Emphysema Awareness Month
- Epilepsy Awareness Month
- Family Awareness Month
- Family Special Education Awareness Month
- Foot Health Issues Related to Diabetes Month
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Awareness Month
- Gluten Free Diet Awareness Month
- Good Nutrition Month
- Homelessness Awareness Month
- Honoring Veteran’s Month
- Hospice Awareness Month
- Hunger Awareness Month
- Long Term Care Awareness Month
- Lung Cancer Awareness Month
- Month in honor of Music
- Month of the Family
- Movember (Creating Awareness of Testicular Cancer)
- Music Awareness Month
- National Adoption Month
- National AIDS Awareness Month
- National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month
- National COPD Awareness Month
- National Family Caregivers Month
- National Home Care Month
- National Hospice Month
- National Hospice Palliative Care Month
- National Impotency Month
- National Inspirational Role Models Month
- National Long Term Care Month
- National Marrow Awareness Month
- National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
- National Pet Cancer Awareness Month
- National Caregivers Month
- National Diabetes Awareness Month
- National Hospice Month
- Obesity Awareness, Control and Prevention Month
- Orientation, Prevention, Control and Reduction of Obesity
Month - Philanthropy Month
- Premature Birth Awareness Month
- Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month
- Reading Awareness Month
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Awareness Month (RSD)
- Special Education Awareness Month
- Tobacco Awareness Month
- Vegan Month
- Veteran's Month
1- Peace Day
4 to 10 - World Communication Week
4 to 10- National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week
4 to 10- National Patient Accessibility Week
4 to 10- International Fraud Awareness Week
12 to 18 - Community Reinvestment Week
12 to 18- World Kindness Week
11- Veterans Day
11- World Kindness Day
11 to 17 - National Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week
12- World Orphan’s Day
13 - Sociedad de Educación y Rehabilitación (SER) Day
14- World Diabetes Day
15- International Philanthropy Day
15- America Recycles Day
16- International Day of Tolerance
16 to 22- Attention Deficit Disorder Week
17- World Day of Chronic Pulmonary Obstructive Disease (EPOC)
17- Family Volunteer Day
17- National Adoption Day
17- National Survivors of Suicide Day
17- Prematurity Awareness Day
19- World Day of Prevention of Abuse against Children
19- Discovery of Puerto Rico
20 - Day of Healing for Survivors of Suicide
20- World Day of Remembrance for Road Accident Victims
21 to 27- Week of Solidarity, Rehabilitation, Reintegration of the
Homeless
21 to 27- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Awareness Week
25- No more Violence Against Women Day
22- Thanksgiving Day
DECEMBER
- Angelman Syndrome Month
- Aplastic Anemia Awareness
- Bone Marrow Disease Awareness
- Cancer Related Fatigue Awareness Month
- Colorectal Cancer Education and Awareness Month
- National Aplastic Anemia and MDS Awareness
- National Drunk, Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month
- Orientation Month about Intoxication and Aggressiveness
on the Roads - Prevent Blindness Awareness Month
- Seasonal Depression Awareness Month
- Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome Awareness Month
- World AIDS Awareness Month
- Universal Human Rights Month
on Roads
28 Nov. to 4- Health Education Week
1- World AIDS Day
2 to 8 - Tolerance Week
2 to 8 - National Aplastic Anemia Awareness Week
2- International Day for the Abolition of Slavery Day
2- Special Education Day
3- International Day of People with Disabilities
5 - International Volunteer Day
9 to15- Human Rights Week
10- International Day of the Protection of Human Rights
12- Day of Remembrance of Children and Family Members Deceased
due to Acts of Violence
18- Day of Remembrance of the Blind
20- International Human Solidarity Day
21- World Peace Day
24- Angelman Syndrome Day
25 -Christmas Day
31- New Year’s Eve
31-World Peace Meditation Day
31- Universal Hour of Peace Day