Umbrellas are one of the most popular promotional items for healthcare programs, thanks to their high perceived value, effectiveness in getting the message out to the community as people use them and everyone appreciating them as gifts.
Nurses Week and Hospital Week in May, and Breast Cancer Awareness in October, are just three of the many BIG events for promotional gift-giving! Below are some the key days, weeks and months set aside to raise awareness or recognize healthcare conditions and people working in the industry. NOTE: There are even more healthcare holidays, but we chose these as the most prominent. Some dates change per year, others remain constant.
StrombergBrand carries dozens of styles perfect for healthcare holidays and events. We’ll highlight a few here but check out our entire product line!
January
- Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
- National Birth Defects Prevention Month
- National Blood Donor Month
- National Glaucoma Awareness Month
- National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
- National Volunteer Blood Donor Month
- Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month
- Thyroid Awareness Month
- Jan 12-24: National CRNA Week
- Jan. 4: World Braille Day
- Jan. 11: National Human Trafficking Day
- Jan. 12: National Pharmacist Day
- Jan. 23: Maternal Health Awareness Day
- Jan. 25: National Intravenous (IV) Nurse Day
- Jan 30: World Leprosy Day
February
- AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month
- American Heart Month
- Gallbladder Cancer and Bile Duct Cancer Awareness Month
- International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
- National Cancer Prevention Month
- National Children's Dental Health Month
- National Senior Independence Month
- Feb. 2-6: Ambulatory Care Nurses Week
- Feb. 2-8: PeriAnesthesia Nurse Awareness Week
- Feb. 7-14: Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week
- Feb. 8-14: Cardiac Rehabilitation Week
- Feb. 8-14: Heart Failure Awareness Week
- Feb. 8-14: Sepsis Survivor Week
- Feb. 7-15: Cardiovascular Professionals Appreciation Week
- Feb. 14-21: Alzheimer's and Dementia Staff Education Week
- Feb. 16-20: National Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant Week
- Feb. 23-March 1: National Eating Disorder Awareness Week
- Feb. 2: Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day
- Feb. 4: World Cancer Day
- Feb. 6: Wear Red Day
- Feb. 8: International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking
- Feb. 9: International Epilepsy Day
- Feb. 10: International Epilepsy Day
- Feb. 14: National Donor Day
- Feb. 20: National Caregivers Day
- Feb. 28: Rare Disease Day
March
- American Red Cross Month
- Autoimmune Awareness Month
- Bleeding Disorders Month
- Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
- Myeloma Action Month
- National Athletic Training Month
- National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
- National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
- National Endometriosis Awareness Month
- National Kidney Month
- National Nutrition Month
- National Social Work Month
- National Social Worker's Month
- National Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month
- Save Your Vision Month
- Trisomy Awareness Month
- Workplace Eye Wellness Month
- March 8-14: National Patient Safety Awareness Week
- March 8-14: National Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week
- March 8-14: National Sleep Awareness Week
- March 15-21: GI Nurses & Associates Week
- March 15-21: National Poison Prevention Week
- March 16-22: Brain Awareness Week
- March 1: International Women with Epilepsy Day
- March 1: International Wheelchair Day
- March 3: World Birth Defects Day
- March 4: World Obesity Day
- March 4: International HPV Awareness Day
- March 5: National Hospitalist Day
- March 10: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
- March 11: Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day
- March 12: World Kidney Day
- March 12: World Sleep Day
- March 19: Certified Nurses Day
- March 17: World Social Work Day
- March 20: World Oral Health Day
- March 20: National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
- March 21: World Down Syndrome Day
- March 24: World Tuberculosis Day
- March 24: American Diabetes Alert Day
- March 26: Epilepsy Awareness Day (Purple Day)
- March 30: National Doctors Day
April
- Adenomyosis Awareness Month
- Alcohol Awareness Month
- Autism Acceptance Month
- Counseling Awareness Month
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month
- Medicaid Awareness Month
- National Autism Awareness Month
- National Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Month
- National Child Abuse Prevention Month
- National Donate Life Month
- National Interprofessional Healthcare Month
- National Minority Health Month
- National Occupational Therapy Month
- National Parkinson's Awareness Month
- National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
- Oral Cancer Awareness Month
- Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
- STI Awareness Month
- Stress Awareness Month
- Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
- April 5-11: Occupational Health Nurses Week
- April 5-11: Patient Access Week
- April 6-12: National Public Health Week
- April 11-17: Black Maternal Health Week
- April 13-17: National Surgical Assistant Week
- April 15-22: Oral, Head, and Neck Cancer Awareness Week
- April 19-25: National Volunteer Week
- April 19-25: National Infertility Awareness Week
- April 19-25: Medical Laboratory Professionals Week
- April 19-25: National Pediatric Transplant Week
- April 19-25: Pediatric Sepsis Week
- April 20-26: MS Awareness Week
- April 20-27:National Infant Immunization Week
- April 24-30: World Immunization Week
- April 2: World Autism Awareness Day
- April 7: World Health Day
- April 11: World Parkinson's Day
- April 12: Radiology Nurses Day
- April 16: National Healthcare Decisions Day
- April 25: World Malaria Day
- April 28: APOL1-Mediated Kidney Disease (AMKD) Awareness Day
- April 28: World Day for Safety and Health at Work
May
- ALS Awareness Month
- Better Hearing and Speech Month
- Blood Clot Awareness Month
- Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month
- Global Employee Health and Fitness Month
- Healthy Vision Month
- Hepatitis Awareness Month
- Lupus Awareness Month
- National Arthritis Awareness Month
- National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
- National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
- National Critical Care Awareness and Recognition Month
- National High Blood Pressure Education Month
- National Melanoma/Skin Cancer Awareness Month
- National Mental Health Awareness Month
- National Nurses Month
- National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
- National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
- National Stroke Awareness Month
- National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
- National Women’s Health Month
- Older Americans Month
- Oncology Nursing Month
- Preeclampsia Awareness Month
- Skin Cancer Prevention and Awareness Month
- World Employee Health and Fitness Month
- May 1-7: National Physical Education and Sport Week
- May 6-12: National Nurses Week
- May 9-15: Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week
- May 10-16: Food Allergy Awareness Week
- May 10-16: Maternal Sepsis Week
- May 10-16: National Hospital Week
- May 10-16: National Skilled Nursing Care Week
- May 10-16: National Stuttering Awareness Week
- May 10-16: National Women's Health Week
- May 10-16: Neuroscience Nurses Week
- May 17-23: National EMS Week
- May 5: World Asthma Day
- May 5: World Pulmonary Hypertension Day
- May 6: National Nurses Day
- May 6: World Maternal Mental Health Day
- May 7: Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day
- May 8: National Student Nurses Day
- May 8: World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
- May 9: International Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS) Awareness Day
- May 11: National Women’s Checkup Day
- May 12: International Nurses Day
- May 12: ME/CFS Awareness Day
- May 18: HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
- May 20: World Autoimmune/Auto-inflammatory Arthritis Day
- May 22: World Preeclampsia Day
- May 23: Medical Coder Day
- May 25: World Thyroid Day
June
- Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month
- Cataract Awareness Month
- Men's Health Month
- Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month
- National Aphasia Awareness Month
- National Congenital Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month
- National Employee Wellness Month
- National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month
- National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month
- National PTSD Awareness Month
- National Safety Month
- National Scleroderma Awareness Month
- Scoliosis Awareness Month
- June 1-7: CPR & AED Awareness Week
- June 8-14: Men’s Health Week
- June 11-17: National Nursing Assistants Week
- June 15-21: National Men's Health Week
- June 21-27: Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week
- June 2: National Healthcare Recruiter Recognition Day
- June 7: National Cancer Survivors Day
- June 8: World Brain Tumor Day
- June 13: Family Health and Fitness Day
- June 14: World Blood Donor Day
- June 18: Autistic Pride Day
- June 19: World Sickle Cell Day
- June 25: World Vitiligo Day
- June 27: National HIV Testing Day
- June 27: PTSD Screening Day
- June 30: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
July
- Cord Blood Awareness Month
- Group B Strep Awareness Month
- Healthy Vision Month – Summer Eye Safety
- Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
- National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month
- National Minority Mental Health Month
- Sarcoma Awareness Month
- UV Safety Awareness Month
- July 5-11: National Therapeutic Recreation Week
- July 10: Chronic Disease Awareness Day
- July 28: World Hepatitis Day
August
- Autoinflammatory Awareness Month
- Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
- Children's Eye Health and Safety Month
- Digestive Tract Paralysis Awareness Month
- Gastroparesis Awareness Month
- Medic Alert Awareness Month
- National Breastfeeding Month
- National Eye Exam Month
- National Immunization Awareness Month
- National Minority Donor Awareness Month
- Psoriasis Action Month
- Sight-Saving Month
- Aug. 1-7: World Breastfeeding Week
- Aug. 2-8: National Health Center Week
- Aug. 10-16: OSHA’s Safe and Sound Week
- Aug. 23-29: Health Unit Coordinators Week
- Aug. 1: World Lung Cancer Day
- Aug. 5: National Night Out
- Aug. 23: Health Unit Coordinator Appreciation Day
- Aug. 31: International Overdose Awareness Day
September
- Blood Cancer Awareness Month
- Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
- Food Safety Education Month
- Healthy Aging Month
- Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma Awareness Month
- National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month
- National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month
- National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
- National Cholesterol Education Month
- National ITP (Platelet Disorder) Awareness Month
- National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
- National Pediculosis Prevention Month/Head Lice Prevention Month
- National Preparedness Month
- National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
- National Recovery Month
- National Sickle Cell Awareness Month
- National Suicide Prevention Month
- National Yoga Awareness Month
- Newborn Screening Awareness Month
- Pain Awareness Month
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Month
- Sepsis Awareness Month
- Sexual Health Awareness Month
- Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
- Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month
- World Alzheimer’s Month
- Sept. 1-7: National Clinical Nurse Specialist Recognition Week
- Sept. 6-12: National Suicide Prevention Week
- Sept. 6-12: Vascular Nurses Week
- Sept. 6-12: Neonatal Nurses Week
- Sept. 13-19: National Assisted Living Week
- Sept. 13-19: National Folic Acid Awareness Week
- Sept. 13-19: Environmental Services and Housekeeping Week
- Sept. 14-18: Fungal Disease Awareness Week
- Sept. 14-18: Malnutrition Awareness Week
- Sept. 20-26: National Rehabilitation Awareness Week
- Sept. 21-25: Falls Prevention Awareness Week
- Sept. 4: World Sexual Health Day
- Sept. 8: Health Empowerment Day
- Sept. 10: World Suicide Prevention Day
- Sept. 13: World Sepsis Day
- Sept. 13: National Celiac Disease Awareness Day
- Sept. 15: Neonatal Nurses Day
- Sept. 18: National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day
- Sept. 21: World Alzheimer’s Day
- Sept. 25: World Lung Day
- Sept. 26: Mesothelioma Awareness Day
- Sept. 28: World Rabies Day
- Sept. 29: World Heart Day
- Sept. 30: National Women’s Health and Fitness Day
October
- American Pharmacists Month
- Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- Down Syndrome Awareness Month
- Eye Injury Prevention Month
- Health Literacy Month
- Healthy Lung Month
- Long-Term Care Residents' Rights Month
- Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month
- National ADHD Awareness Month
- National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- National Bullying Prevention Month
- National Chiropractic Month
- National Dental Hygiene Month
- National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
- National Pharmacists Month
- National Physical Therapy Month
- Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
- Prenatal-onset GBS Disease Recognition Month
- Spina Bifida Awareness Month
- Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month
- Oct. 4-10: National Mental Illness Awareness Week
- Oct. 4-10: National Primary Care Week
- Oct. 6-12: National Physician Assistant Week
- Oct. 6-12: National PA Week
- Oct. 12-20: Bone and Joint Health Action Week
- Oct. 18-24: International Infection Prevention Week
- Oct. 18-24: National Health Education Week
- Oct. 18-24: National Healthcare Quality Week
- Oct. 19-23: Medical Assistants Recognition Week
- Oct 19-25: National Pharmacy Week
- Oct. 23-31: Red Ribbon Week
- Oct. 25-Nov 1: National Respiratory Care Week
- Oct. 5: World Meningitis Day
- Oct. 6: World Cerebral Palsy Day
- Oct. 8: World Sight Day
- Oct. 8: World Mental Health Day
- Oct. 8: National Depression Screening Day
- Oct. 10: World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
- Oct. 10: World Mental Health Day
- Oct. 10: International Day of the Girl
- Oct. 11: Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day
- Oct. 12: World Arthritis Day
- Oct. 13: Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day
- Oct. 14: Emergency Nurses Day
- Oct. 15: Global Handwashing Day
- Oct. 15: National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
- Oct. 15: World Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
- Oct. 15: National Mammography Day
- Oct. 16: World Food Day
- Oct. 16: World Spine Day
- Oct. 16: World Pediatric Bone and Joint Day
- Oct. 19: International Day Against Breast Cancer
- Oct. 19: World Osteoporosis Day
- Oct. 20: National Check Your Meds Day
- Oct. 21: SUDEP (Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy) Action Day
- Oct. 22: International Stuttering Awareness Day
- Oct. 24: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
- Oct. 24: World Polio Day
- Oct. 29: World Psoriasis Day
- Oct. 30: World Hypophosphatasia Day
November
- Bladder Health Month
- Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month
- National Healthy Skin Month
- National Epilepsy Awareness Month
- Prematurity Awareness Month
- Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
- Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month
- American Diabetes Month
- COPD Awareness Month
- Lung Cancer Awareness Month
- National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month
- National Family Caregivers Month
- National Home Health Care Month
- National Hospice and Palliative Care Month
- National Pancreatic Cancer Month
- Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
- Nov. 1-7: National Diabetes Education Week
- Nov. 8-14: Nurse Practitioner Week
- Nov. 8-14: Home Care Aide Week
- Nov. 8-14: National Radiologic Technology Week
- Nov. 22-28: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Awareness Week
- Nov. 8: National Diabetes Heart Connection Day
- Nov. 12: World Pneumonia Day
- Nov. 14: World Diabetes Day
- Nov. 17: World Prematurity Day
- Nov. 18: World COPD Day
- Nov. 19: World Pancreatic Cancer Day
- Nov. 19: The Great American Smokeout Day
December
- National Safe Toys and Gifts Month
- International Sharps Injury Prevention Month
- Dec. 1-7: Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Week
- Dec. 6-12: National Influenza Vaccination Week
- Dec. 7-13: National Hand-Washing Awareness Week
- Dec. 1: World AIDS Day
- Dec. 3: International Day of People with Disabilities
