Over the past year the Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton College and volunteer management nonprofit VOMO have been at the forefront of equipping community organizations for COVID-19 response. Together with World Vision and our non-profit, grassroot, and business partners we have launched National COVID-19 Day.

National COVID-19 Day was co-founded by Jamie Aten and Kent Annan at Wheaton College’s Humanitarian Disaster Institute.

On November 24th, 2020 the Humanitarian Disaster Institute received a proclamation from National Day Archives certifying that March 11 of each calendar year is officially designated as National COVID-19 Day. Efforts are underway to obtain municipal, state, and national support for recognizing March 11^th as National COVID-19 Day.