October is lupus awareness month.
The lupus foundation of America. http://donate.lupus.org/site/PageServer
National Pit Bull Awareness Day is October 27, 2012. The National Pit Bull Awareness Campaign is a nationwide effort to bring positive awareness and attention to the American Pit Bull Terrier. The heart of the campaign is National Pit Bull Awareness Day (NPBAD).
October 13th is designated as Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day. It is a day set aside to raise awareness about what Metastatic Breast Cancer is.
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The Lupus Foundation of America, Inc. (LFA) is the foremost national nonprofit voluntary health organization dedicated to finding the causes of and cure for lupus and providing support, services and hope to all people affected by lupus.The LFA energetically pursues its mission through five program objectives: Support, Education, Advocacy, Research and Public Awareness of lupus.The Missouri Lupus Foundation was chartered in 1974,when St. Louisan Roger Sturdevant, who had been living with lupus since the age of 16, started LFA in his basement in St. Louis. He gathered together with a small group of volunteers who had opened Chapters in other areas of the U.S. to increase awareness and promote education about lupus. Three years later, they went on to establish the National Office of the Lupus Foundation of America in Washington, D.C.
Mole Day
AuTism awareness day is 4/2 I have also learned of autism pride day which I believe is June 18th. The month of April is autism awareness month.
September 10th
Lupus has been around for hundreds and hundreds of years. It was not "discovere" but rather described in some quite ancient medical journals. No one knows the year or month or day that lupus was first described.
Earth Day is to create awareness and appreciation of the environment.
October 1 is vegetarian awareness day.