Each year, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) declares May to be "National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month." It's a peak season for asthma and allergy sufferers, and a perfect time to educate your patients, family, friends, co-workers and others about these diseases. 

Each year, AAFA asks the President of the United States to officially designate May as National Asthma and Allergy Awareness month. We make it easy for you to join in the activities by inviting you to use AAFA materials and tools to bring healthy messages to work, school and home.

If you would like more information on how you can host an Awareness Month event in May 2009 in your local community, please contact AAFA at  info@aafa.org or toll-free at 1-800-7ASTHMA.

Get the Awareness Month Planning Kit from the EPA (PDF file).

2008 AAFA Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month events included:

Underwater Adventures Aquarium

May 1-31, 2008 
Mall of America, Bloomington, MN

Knoxville Get Outdoors Fesitval

Saturday May 17, 2008 – 10:00am-5:00pm
World’s Fair Park, Knoxville, TN

Asthma and Allergy Awareness Day at Shea

Sunday May 11, 2008 – 1:10pm
Shea Stadium, Flushing, Queens

Our theme, "for life without limits," is a constant reminder that, today, nothing stands in the way to having a full and active life -- with proper diagnosis, prevention and treatment, there are no limits to what people with asthma and allergies can do. And, this theme is a promise to future generations that we will continue to search for cures to eliminate asthma and allergies and burden they currently cause millions of Americans.

Other celebrations during National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month include:

• World Asthma Day
  (1st Tuesday in May)

• Food Allergy Awareness Week
  (Begins 2nd Monday in May)

• National School Nurse Day
  (Always the Wednesday between May 6th and 12th)