Cause awareness and giving days can be very powerful themes upon which to craft and launch online fundraising campaigns. The real-time, in-the-moment nature of cause awareness and giving days often inspire donors to give provided that your nonprofit knows how to promote the days effectively. The first step is to decide which days to build a campaign upon and add them to your 2017 and 2018 editorial calendars. That said, please also see public holidays by country, Days of the Year...
January
15: World Religion Day — #WorldReligionDay
16: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service — #MLKDay
February
2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay
4: World Cancer Day — #WorldCancerDay
13: World Radio Day — #WorldRadioDay
18: World Whale Day — #WorldWhaleDay
14: World Bonobo Day — #World Bonobo Day
14: V-Day — #1BillionRising
20: World Day of Social Justice — #SocialJusticeDay
23: Digital Learning Day — #DLDay
27: International Polar Bear Day — #PolarBearDay
28: World Spay Day — #WorldSpayDay
28: Rare Disease Day — #RareDiseaseDay
March
3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay
8: International Women’s Day — #WomensDay
9: World Kidney Day — #WorldKidneyDay
21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination — #EndRacism
21: International Day of Forests — #ForestsDay
21: World Down Syndrome Day — #DownSyndromeDay
21: World Poetry Day — #WorldPoetryDay
22: World Water Day — #WorldWaterDay
24: World Tuberculosis Day — #WorldTBDay
25: Earth Hour — #EarthHour
April
2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay
7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay
12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay
14: World Dolphin Day — #DolphinDay
15: World Art Day — #WorldArtDay
22: Earth Day — #EarthDay
23: World Book Day — #WorldBookDay
25: World Malaria Day — #WorldMalariaDay
25: World Penguin Day — #WorldPenguinDay
30: International Jazz Day — #JazzDay
May
1: International Workers’ Day — #LaborDay
3: World Press Freedom Day — #WorldPressFreedomDay
2: Give Local America Day — #GiveLocal17
10: World Lupus Day — #WorldLupusDay
13: World Migratory Bird Day — #WorldMigratoryBirdDay
13: World Fair Trade Day — #FairTradeDay
17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia — #IDAHOT
18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay
19: Endangered Species Day — #EndangeredSpeciesDay
22: International Day for Biological Diversity — #BiologicalDiversityDay
23: World Turtle Day — #WorldTurtleDay
31: World No Tobacco Day — #WorldNoTobaccoDay
June
5: World Environment Day — #WorldEnvironmentDay
8: World Oceans Day — #WorldOceansDay
12: World Day Against Child Labor — #WDACL
14: World Blood Donor Day — #WorldBloodDonorDay
20: World Refugee Day — #WorldRefugeeDay
21: International Day of Yoga — #YogaDay
25: Gay Pride Day — #Pride2017
July
11: WorldPopulationDay — #WorldPopulationDay
18: Nelson Mandela International Day — #MandelaDay
28: World Hepatitis Day — #WorldHepatitisDay
29: International Tiger Day — #TigerDay
30: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons — #WorldDayAgainstTrafficking
August
8: International Cat Day — #CatDay
9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples — #IndigenousDay
12: International Youth Day — #YouthDay
12: World Elephant Day — #WorldElephantDay
19: World Humanitarian Day — #WorldHumanitarianDay
26: International Dog Day — #DogDay
29: International Day Against Nuclear Tests — #AgainstNuclearTestsDay
September
5: International Day of Charity — #CharityDay
8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay
10: World Suicide Prevention Day — #WSPD
15: International Day of Democracy — #DemocracyDay
21: International Day of Peace — #PeaceDay
22: World Rhino Day — #WorldRhinoDay
24: World Rivers Day — #WorldRiversDay
27: World Tourism Day — #WorldTourismDay
October
2: World Habitat Day — #WorldHabitatDay
4: World Animal Day — #WorldAnimalDay
5: World Cerebral Palsy Day — #WorldCPDay
5: World Teachers Day — #WorldTeachersDay
10: World Mental Health Day — #WorldMentalHealthDay
11: International Day of the Girl — #DayOfTheGirl
12: World Arthritis Day — #WorldArthritisDay
15: International Day of Rural Women — #RuralWomenDay
16: World Food Day — #WorldFoodDay
17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty — #EndPoveryDay
29: World Internet Day — #WorldInternetDay
31: World Cities Day — #WorldCitiesDay
November
13: World Kindness Day — #WorldKindnessDay
14: World Diabetes Day — #WorldDiabetesDay
16: International Day for Tolerance — #ToleranceDay
16: World Philosophy Day — #WorldPhilosophyDay
19: World Toilet Day — #WorldToiletDay
20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay
21: World Television Day — #WorldTVDay
25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women —#EndViolenceAgainstWomen
28: Giving Tuesday — #GivingTuesday
December
1: World AIDS Day — #WorldAIDSDay
3: International Day of People with Disabilities — #IDPwD
5: International Volunteer Day — #VolunteerDay
5: World Soil Day — #WorldSoilDay
9: International Anti-Corruption Day — #AntiCorruptionDay
10: International Human Rights Day — #HumanRightsDay
11: International Mountain Day — #MountainDay
18: International Migrants Day — #MigrantsDay
