April is National Poetry Month

 Having just celebrated National Poetry Month in our library, I was inspired to catch some inspiration for May and looked up "May is National..." and before I finished typing I was inundated with MANY options for celebrations. So many possibilities, my head was swimming!

Here are just a few. Thank you to Brownielocks, who tirelessly researches all this craziness!
https://www.brownielocks.com/may.html


ALS Awareness Month  Link
(Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's Disease) 
American Wetlands Month LinkAPS Awareness Month Link
Arthritis Awareness Month
Aramanth Month Link
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Asthma Awareness Month
Awareness of Medical Orphans Month
Better Hearing & Speech Month Link
Bladder Cancer Awareness Month  Link
Borderline Personality Disorder Month Link
Brain Tumor Awareness Month LinkBuilding Safety Month Link Link
Celiac Awareness Month LinkChip Your Pet Month Link  Link
Clean Air Month
Community Living Month (Ontario, Canada): Link
Creative Beginnings Month
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month Link
Drum Month 
EDS (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome) Awareness Month Link
Family Reunion Month  (Between Mother's Day and Father's Day)
Family Wellness Month
Fibromyalgia Education and Awareness Month
Food Allergy Action Month
Freedom Shrine Month LinkGardening for Wildlife Month
Get Caught Reading Month
Gifts From The Garden Month
Global Civility Awareness Month
Global Health and Fitness Month Link
Go Fetch! Food Drive for Homeless Animals Month  
Golf Month Link
Haitian Heritage Month
Heal the Children Month
Healthy Vision Month
Home Schooling Awareness Month
Huntington's Disease Awareness Month
International Audit Month Link
International Business Image Improvement Month
International Civility Awareness Month
International Mediterranean Diet Month
International Victorious Woman Month
Jewish-American Heritage Month
Latino Books Month
Lupus Awareness Month Link
Maytag Month Link
Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection & Prevention Month
Mental Health Month
Military Appreciation Month Link
Motorcycle Safety Month
Mystery Month
National Allergy/Asthma Awareness Month Link
National Barbeque Month
National Better Hearing Month Link
National Bike Month Link
National Chamber Music Month Link
National Egg Month Link  Link
National Electrical Safety Month  Link
National Foster Care Month Link
National Good Car Keeping Month
National Guide Dog Month Link
National Hamburger Month Link
National Hepatitis Awareness Month
National High Blood Pressure Education Month  Link
National Inventors Month Link
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month (aka NF Month) Link
(World) Lyme Disease Awareness Month Link
National Meditation Month
National Mediterranean Diet Month Link
National Mental Health Month
National Military Appreciation Month Link
National Moving Month
National Pet Month  Link
National Osteoporosis Prevention Month
National Photo Month
National Physical Fitness & Sports Month
National Physiotherapy Month Link
National Preservation Month
National Recommitment Month  Link
National Salad Month
National Salsa Month (The Sauce)
National Service Dog Eye Examination Month  Link
National Smile Month  Link
National Syringomyelia Awareness Month  Link  
National Stroke Awareness Month
National Sweet Vidalia Onions Month
National Tuberous Sclerosis Month LinkNational Water Safety Month Link
National Vinegar Month
National Youth Traffic Safety Month Link
Necrotizing Fasciitis Awareness Month
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month Link
Older Americans Month
Personal History Month LinkPet Cancer Awareness Month Link
Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month
Preeclampsia Awareness Month Link
Prepare Tomorrow's Parents Month (5/11-6/15)
Ramadan: 16-6/14
React Month
Revise Your Work Schedule Month
Social Security Education Awareness Month
Skin Cancer Awareness Month  LinkSpiritual Literacy Month
Strike Out Strokes Month
Sturge-Weber Awareness Month Link
Teen CEO Month
Tennis Month
Tay-Sachs and Canavan Diseases Month 
Textile Month  Link
Tourettes Syndrome Awareness Month (5/15 - 6/15) Link
Toxic Encephalopathy and Chemical Injury Awareness Month Link
Ultra-violet Awareness Month
Women's Health Care Month
Worldwide Home Schooling Awareness Month
Young Achievers of Tomorrow Month
National Family Month (5/12 to 6/16)