2021 Cause Calendar

Plan your employee giving and volunteering calendar around these commonly celebrated cause months and visit www.charities.org for America’s Charities-vetted 501c3 nonprofits to support.

January • Gun Violence Awareness Month • • National Poverty in America Awareness Month Great Outdoors Month • National Mentor Month July • MLK Day of Service (Jan 18, 2021; Jan 17, 2022) • Recreation and Parks Month February • Chronic Health Conditions Awareness Month • • World Cancer Day (Feb 4 every year) Sarcoma Awareness Month • Black History Month August • Marfan Awareness • International Assistance Dog Week (Aug 1-7, 2021) March • Back-to-School Month • • Women’s History Month National Nonprofit Day (Aug 17, 2021) • National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month September • Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month • Childhood Cancer Awareness Month • March for Meals Month • Hunger Action Month • National Reading Month • National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month • Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month • National Literacy Month • International Women’s Day (Mar 8 every year) • Affordable Housing Month • World Water Day (Mar 22 every year) • World Alzheimer's Day (Sep 21 every year) April October • World Health Day (Apr 7 every year) • Breast Cancer Awareness Month • Earth Day (Apr 22 every year) • National Bullying Prevention Month • National Child Abuse Prevention Month • National Domestic Violence Awareness Month • National Financial Literacy Month • Down Syndrome Awareness Month • National Autism Awareness Month • National Arts & Humanities Month • Youth Empowerment Month • National Child Health Day (First Monday each year) • World Wish Day (Apr 29 every year) • Annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial May Weekend (Oct 2-3, 2021) • Preservation Month November • Cancer Research Month • National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Month • Legal Advocacy Month • National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month • National Pet Month • Diabetes Awareness Month • Mental Health Month • National Hospice and Palliative Care Month • Military Appreciation Month • National Scholarship Month • Affordable Housing Month • National Veterans and Military Families Month • National Older Americans Month • Melanoma Awareness Month December • Police Week (May 11-17, 2021) • Giving Tuesday (always the 1st Tuesday after • International Firefighters' Day (May 4 every year) Thanksgiving; Nov 30, 2021)

• National Impaired Driving Prevention Month June • Universal Human Rights Month • LGBTQ Pride Month • World AIDS Day (Dec 1 every year) • World Environment Day (Jun 5 every year) • International Day of Persons with Disabilities (Dec 3 • Juneteenth (June 19 every year) every year)