2026

September awareness

All month long

Perimenopause Awareness Month→
World Perimenopause Day, Sept 22
World Alzheimer's Month→
World Alzheimer's Day, Sept 21
PCOS Awareness Month→
Gynecologic & Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month→
National Suicide Prevention Month↗
World Suicide Prevention Day, Sept 10
National Self Care Awareness Month↗
Self Improvement Month↗
Healthy Aging Month↗
National Recovery Month→
National Literacy Month↗
National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month↗
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month→
National Sickle Cell Awareness Month→
National Hispanic Heritage Month↗
Sept 15 through Oct 15

Week long observances

National HBCU WeekSecond week of September
National Suicide Prevention WeekSept 6 to Sept 12
Banned Books WeekLast week of September

September 2026

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat


1
No Rhyme Nor Reason Day
2
3
4
Lazy Mom's Day
Bring Your Manners to Work Day
5
Be Late for Something Day
6
Fight Procrastination Day
National Read a Book Day
7
Labor Day
8
International Literacy Day
9
10
World Suicide Prevention Day
11
Patriot Day
Z Terrell's Day of Birth
12
13
14
15
World Afro Day
16
National Working Parents Day
17
18
National Cheeseburger Day
19
20
21
World Alzheimer's Day
International Day of Peace
22
World Perimenopause Day
American Business Women's Day
National Voter Registration Day
Fall Equinox
23
24
25
26
National Pancake Day
27
28
National Good Neighbor Day
29
National Coffee Day
World Heart Day
Food Loss & Waste Day
30



September had more awareness days than we could get to. If you want the full list, here's where we pulled ours from: awarenessdays.com, nationaldaycalendar.com, and samhsa.gov.