Wait, What...months, weeks, or days

So every week or day or month I seem to get an email or facebook notification about some event, illness, whatever that it is that I should be celebrating or honoring on whatever.  Who knew I could celebrate all of my causes.  Last week preeclampsia awareness, march of dimes, kangaroo care, holocaust memorial or I think Twin Mom survivor!  But why?  Why do we have all of these days?  I almost wonder if because we have all of these we actually lose sight of what they actually mean.  What they mean to the world and how important they are to many of us.  I think this started years ago with AIDS ribbons, breast cancer ribbons and then again it spiraled into everyone having a ribbon.  I find I still see ribbons around trees and what not and I have NO CLUE what they mean and noone is there to explain it me.  
I celebrate that I am a preemie mom, a NICU graduate, a breastfeeding mom, a preeclampsia survivor but to the rest of the world does this mean anything?  I mean I support all of these thing I just ponder if we are losing sight of the meaning.  What weeks celebrate you?  What do you celebrate?  What are your thoughts?