May Events, Days, and Weeks of Significance


Month:
ALS Awareness Month
Awareness of Medical Orphans Month
Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month
Brain Cancer Awareness Month
Clean Air Month
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (E.D.S.) Awareness Month
Fibromyalgia Awareness Month
Heal the Children Month
Hepatitis Awareness Month
Huntington's Disease Awareness Month
International Civility Awareness Month
Local and Community History Month
Lung Health Awareness Month
Lupus Awareness Month
Maternal Mental Health Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
National Anxiety Month
National Community Action Month
National Foster Care Month
Tourette's Syndrome Awareness Month

May 2:
Childhood Depression Awareness Day
National Foster Care Day

May 3:
AAPI Women's Equal Pay Day
World Press Freedom Day

May 4:
Anti-Bullying Day
World Give Day

May 5:
National Silence the Shame Day

May 6:
Childhood Stroke Awareness Day

May 7:
Bladder Cancer Awareness Day
Drinking Water Day
Puppy Mill Action Day

May 8:
National Report Government Contractor Fraud Day
National Women's Checkup Day
World Ovarian Cancer Day
Sign Language Week

May 9:
National Stuttering Awareness Week

May 10:
Mother Ocean Day
National Third Shift Workers Day
World Lupus Day

May 11:
National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day
Brain Injury Awareness Week
Huntington's Disease Awareness Week

May 12:
International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases
International Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Day
International Nurses Day
National Fibromyalgia Day

May 13:
Children of Fallen Patriots Day
Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Day

May 14:
National Children's Day UK
Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day

May 15:
International Conscientious Objectors Day
National Senior Fraud Awareness Day
Dementia Awareness Week

May 16:
National Wear Purple for Peace Day
Sex Differences in Health Awareness Day

May 17:
International Day Against Homophobia Transphobia and Biphobia
World Hypertension Day

May 18:
Global Accessibility Awareness Day
National HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
World AIDS Vaccine Day

May 19:
Hepatitis Testing Day
Malcolm X Day
National Asian and Pacific Islander Awareness Day

May 20:
National Armed Forces Day
Culture Freedom Day
National Rescue Dog Day
National Women in Aerospace Day

May 21:
Emergency Medical Services Day
International AIDS Candlelight Memorial
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
World Meditation Day
National EMS Week

May 22:
Canadian Immigrants Day
Harvey Milk Day
Slavery Abolition Day (Martinique)
World Preeclampsia Day
National Epilepsy Week

May 23:
World Crohn's and Colitis Day

May 24:
Emergency Medical Services for Children Day (EMSC)
International Women's Day for Peace and Disarmament
National Brother's Day
World Schizophrenia Awareness Day

May 25:
African Liberation Day
Global Africa Day
Jordan Independence Day
May Revolution Day (Argentina)
National Missing Children's Day
World Thyroid Day
International Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories

May 26:
Buddha Day (Buddhist)
European Neighbor's Day
Independence Day (Guyana)
Sally Ride Day

May 27:
Slavery Abolition Day (Guadeloupe)

May 28:
Abolition Day (Saint Martin)
Amnesty International Day
International Day of Action on Women's Health
World Hunger Day
Samoan Language Week

May 29:
International Day of UN Peacekeepers
Memorial Day
Prayer for Peace Memorial Day

May 30:
National Creativity Day
World Multiple Sclerosis Day

May 31:
National Senior Health and Fitness Day
World No Tobacco Day

In depth details of each can be found at:
https://nationaltoday.com/awareness-holidays/

Written By:Alice.in.Londini.land

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