May is Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) Awareness Month
The NEC Society is working tirelessly to accelerate research, raise awareness, and build a world without NEC. We invite you to share how NEC has impacted your life and support the NEC Society by recognizing NEC Awareness Month.
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In May 2025, we had our most impactful NEC Awareness Month Ever!
The NEC Society community showed up in the most powerful way during May’s NEC Awareness Month. Together, we raised more than $135,000 to advance NEC research, education, and advocacy for infants and families. Every gift, every event, and every story brings us one step closer to our vision of a world without necrotizing enterocolitis. Please check out this short thank-you video expressing our profound gratitude for your dedication and support.
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May is NEC Awareness Month
May is NEC Awareness Month because mothers are essential to our work of advancing NEC research, education, and advocacy. We will only build a world without NEC by partnering with and elevating mothers. Mothers provide the most protective therapy against NEC—their milk.
May 17th is NEC Awareness Day
May 17 is NEC Awareness Day because science is essential to our vision of a world without NEC, but it takes an average of 17 years for research evidence to reach clinical practice. We cannot wait 17 years for today’s emerging NEC research to protect our babies in the NICU. We need to prevent NEC now. We need a world without NEC today.
Show Your Support on Social Media!
We invite you to share our pre-made graphics, videos, and captions on your social platforms to help raise awareness for NEC Awareness Month and Day!
The more unified and recognizable our message, the greater our collective power in building a world without NEC.
From Pain to Power
Our motto “from pain to power” recognizes the profound heartache that follows a NEC diagnosis. The pain caused by NEC often stays with us for a lifetime. It takes remarkable strength to channel our anguish into building a world without NEC.
Blue and Yellow
Blue represents the grief, trauma, and heaviness that families experience after a child is affected by NEC. Yellow, with boundless swirls, represents the hope for a world without NEC, and the light of our children in our arms and in our hearts.
When blue and yellow come together, we have a path toward a world without NEC through research, education, and advocacy.
Set Up A Fundraising Page
By creating your own fundraising page, you can turn your story, your network, and your passion into real-world progress for lifesaving research, education, and advocacy.
Ten states recognize May 17th as NEC Awareness Day or May as NEC Awareness Month.
California, Colorado, Utah, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Georgia, New York, New Jersey, South Carolina, and Texas are building a world without NEC.
Moving for a World Without NEC on May 17!
On May 17, 2025, we had 300 runners join us in Davis, CA, and virtually from around the world to run our first annual YOLO Run for a World Without NEC!
We raised over $26K to support the NEC Society’s work to advance NEC research, education, and advocacy.
We can’t wait for our 2026 YOLO Run on May 17, NEC Awareness Day. Sign up for our email list to stay up-to-date with the NEC Society’s announcements!
