According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are more than 1.2 million people in the U.S., 13 years of age and older, living with HIV and 1 in 7 people (14%) are unaware they are infected.

Let’s Beehive! offers a program called “BeeAWARE” where they participate in educating the community about HIV/AIDS during National Awareness Days, with an emphasis on populations known to be disproportionately affected with this disease. The goal of this program is to increase one’s knowledge about HIV/AIDS, reduce stigma, and improve the number of people who know their HIV status.

• Feb 7th – National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
• March 10th – National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
• March 20th – National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
• April 10th – National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
• April 18 – National Transgender HIV Testing Day
• May 18th – National HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
• May 19th – National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
• June 5 – HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day
• June 8th – National Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
• June 27th – National HIV Testing Day
• July (3rd Sunday) – The Black Church & HIV Day of Unity
• August 27 – National Faith HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
• September 18th – National HIV/AIDS & Aging Awareness Day
• September 27th – National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
• October 15th – National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
• December 1st – World AIDS Day