With so many charities, events and awareness campaigns these days, it can be hard to keep up. That’s where this list can help. While it is far from comprehensive, it does provide a snapshot of many of the awareness days, weeks, months and high-profile events for the year to come, with corresponding links to help you plan out your philanthropic endeavors for 2018.
JUNE
Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month
Cataract Awareness Month
https://www.seeintl.org/cataract-awareness-month/
http://yoursightmatters.com/cataract-awareness-month/
National Safety Month
https://www.nsc.org/work-safety/get-involved/national-safety-month
Scleroderma Awareness Month
http://www.scleroderma.org/site/PageServer?pagename=awareness_month
Cancer Survivors Day (June 3)
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression (June 4)
http://www.un.org/en/events/childvictimday/
World Environment Day (June 5)
http://worldenvironmentday.global/
World Oceans Day (June 8)
http://www.worldoceansday.org/
World Day Against Child Labour (June 12)
http://www.un.org/en/events/childlabourday/
Men’s Health Week (June 12 – 18)
http://www.menshealthnetwork.org/
World Blood Donor Day (June 14)
http://www.who.int/campaigns/world-blood-donor-day/2018/event/en/
World Refugee Day (June 20)
http://www.unhcr.org/refugeeday/
http://www.un.org/en/events/refugeeday/
National HIV Testing Day (June 27)
https://www.hiv.gov/events/awareness-days/hiv-testing-day
JULY
National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month
Malala Day (July 12)
World Day for International Justice (July 17)
http://www.unpo.org/article/4937
Nelson Mandela International Day (July 18)
World Hepatitis Day (July 28)
http://www.worldhepatitisday.org/
World Day Against Trafficking in Persons (July 30)
http://www.un.org/en/events/humantrafficking/
AUGUST
Gastroparesis Awareness Month
https://aboutgastroparesis.org/living-with-gastroparesis/gastroparesis-awareness-month.html
Immunization Awareness Month
https://www.nphic.org/niam
World Breastfeeding Week (August 1 – 7)
http://worldbreastfeedingweek.org/
Pan-Mass Challenge benefiting Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (August 4 – 5)
International Day of the World’s Indigenous People (August 9)
http://www.un.org/en/events/indigenousday/
World Elephant Day (August 12)
World Humanitarian Day (August 19)
http://www.un.org/en/events/humanitarianday/
World Water Week (August 26 – 31)
http://www.worldwaterweek.org/
SEPTEMBER
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
https://www.acco.org/childhood-cancer-awareness-month/
Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
https://www.cdc.gov/features/childhoodobesity/index.html
Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma Awareness Month
http://www.lls.org/myeloma-awareness-month
https://www.allbloodcancers.org/blood-cancer-awareness-month
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
http://www.ovariancancerawareness.org/
Pain Awareness Month
https://www.theacpa.org/pain-awareness/september-is-pain-awareness-month/
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
https://stepup.pcf.org/
International Day of Charity (September 5)
http://www.un.org/en/events/charityday/
International Literacy Day (September 8)
https://en.unesco.org/themes/literacy-all/literacy-day
World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10)
World Clean Up Day (September 15)
https://www.letsdoitworld.org/
International Day of Peace (September 21)
http://www.un.org/en/events/peaceday/
World Heart Day (September 29)
https://www.worldheartday.org/
OCTOBER
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/breast-cancer-awareness-month
Down Syndrome Awareness Month
https://www.upwithdowns.org/down-syndrome-awareness
National Bullying Prevention Month
http://www.pacer.org/bullying/nbpm/
National Mental Illness Awareness Week (October 1 – 7)
http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/MIAW
https://www.nami.org/Get-Involved/Awareness-Events/Mental-Illness-Awareness-Week
World Habitat Day (October 2)
https://unhabitat.org/world-habitat-day/
National Depression Screening Day (October 5)
http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/conditions/national-depression-screening-day
World Cerebral Palsy Day (October 6)
World Mental Health Day (October 10)
http://www.who.int/mental_health/world-mental-health-day/en/
NOVEMBER
American Diabetes Month
Epilepsy Awareness Month
https://www.efepa.org/get-involved/neam/
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Movember
Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
https://www.nostomachforcancer.org/get-involved/stomach-cancer-awareness-month
World Science Day for Peace and Development (November 10)
Veteran’s Day (November 11)
https://www.military.com/veterans-day/ways-to-give-back-to-veterans.html
World Diabetes Day (November 14)
http://www.worlddiabetesday.org/
International Day for Tolerance (November 16)
http://www.un.org/en/events/toleranceday/
International Men’s Day (November 19)
http://www.internationalmensday.com/
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (November 25)
http://www.un.org/en/events/endviolenceday/
Universal Children’s Day (November 20)
http://www.un.org/en/events/childrenday/
DECEMBER
World AIDS Day (December 1)
International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3)
Human Rights Day (December 10)
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/AboutUs/Pages/HumanRightsDay.aspx
There are also some charities with ongoing race events throughout the year in many places across the country to raise money for causes such as cancer and multiple sclerosis:
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
https://secure.acsevents.org/site/SPageServer/?pagename=strides_avon
Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure
https://ww5.komen.org/raceforthecure/
Bike MS
https://secure.nationalmssociety.org/site/SPageNavigator/BIKE_HOM_splash.html
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