Well the heat wave continues this summer. It makes me think of the importance of clean water in order to cope. Check out my previous blog entry on Schools for Water Charity event starting this month.
Take a deep breath because September is a busy month.
September is :
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
World Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
National Osteopathic Medicine Month
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month
Weekly Observances:
5-11 Suicide Prevention Week
19-25 Deaf Awareness Week
19-25 Prostate Cancer Awareness Week
Daily Observances:
Sept 6 Labor Day
Sept 8 International Literacy Day
Sept 10 Stand Up to Cancer Day
World Suicide Prevention Day
Sept 13 National Celiac Awareness Day
Sept 17 Yom Kippur
Sept 18 World Water Monitoring Day
Big Whopper Lying Day
Sept 19 International Talk Like A Pirate Day
September 21 International Day of Peace
World Alzheimers Day
September 25 National One Hit Wonders Day
Spetember 26 World Heart Day
Well after a couple of quiet months August is very busy!
August is :
National Immunization Month
National Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
National Water Quality Month
Childrens Eye Health and Safety Month
Psoriasis Awareness Month
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
Weekly Observances:
World Breastfeeding Week 1-7
Rock for Life Week 4-7
Weird Contest Week 15-20
Daily Observances:
1- Friendship Day
- Girlfriend Day
- Respect for Parents Day
- US Air Force Day
- Sisters Day
4 – National Chocolate Chip Day
5 – National Underwear Day
6- Hiroshima Day
7-National Mustard Day
8- Assistance Dog Day
10- National Duran Duran Appreciation Month ( yeah no kidding! )
12 – Vinyl Record Day
13- Blame Someone Else Day
15- Assumption of the Virgin Mary
21 – Hug Your Boss Day
- National Homeless Animals Day
- Senior Citizens Day
27 – Global Forgiveness Day
July is:
Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
National Black Family Month
Daily Observances:
July 1 – Canada Day
July 4 – Independance Day
July 6 – Take Your Blog Writer to Lunch Day
July 17 – International Justice Day
June is:
Vision Research Month
Aphasia Awareness Month
Scleroderma Awarness Month
Adopt a Shelter Cat Month
Daily Observances
June 1 – Oscar the Grouch’s Birthday
June 5 – World Environment Day
June 6 – National Cancer Survivors Day
June 14 – Flag Day
June 20 – Fathers Day
Weekly Observances
June 6- 12 National Headache Awareness Week
April is dedicated to:
African American Women’s Fitness Month
Alcohol Awareness Month
Cancer Control Month
Counseling Awareness Month
Dental Health Month
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month
Autism Awareness Month
Donate Life Month (Organ Donation)
Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
Sports Eye Safety Month
STD Awareness Month
Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Animal Cruelty Prevention Month
Jazz Appreciation Month
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
National Parkinsons’ Awareness Month
National Sexual Assualt Awareness Month
International School Spirit Season
Weekly Observances:
April 1 -7 National Pooper Scooper Week (They gotta be making this stuff up)
April 1-7 Medication Safety Week
April 1-7 Testicular Cancer Awareness Week
April 2-6 National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week
April 6-8 Alcohol-Free Weekend
April 9-15 National Women’s Nutrition Week
April 15- 22 National Personal Training Week
April 16 -20 National Occupational Health Nursing Week
April 22 -29 National Crime Victims Rights Week
April 23 -27 National Playground Safety Week
April 27 – May 3 Volunteer Week
Daily Observances:
April 1 – April Fools Day
April 2 – Kick Butts Day
April 3 – National Alcohol Screening Day
April 7 – World Health Day
April 11 – World Parkinsons Day
April 17 – World Hemophelia Day
March is :
American Red Cross Month
National Nutrition Month
Daily Observances:
March 1 – Peace Corp Birthday
March 15 -Napping Day
(Tell your boss, today it’s legal!)
March 17 -St. Patrick’s Day
March 19 – Swallows Return to San Juan Capistrano Day
March 20 – Spring
March 21 -International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
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American Heart Month
National Children’s Dental Health Month
Spunky Old Broads Month.
(Somebody must make this stuff up)
Freelanace Writers Appreciation Week 8 -13
International Flirting Week 8-14
(looking forward to that week!)
Random act of Kidness week 12 -15
Feb 1 – National Freedom Day
Feb 2- Groundhog Day
Feb 10 -Chinese New Year
Feb 14 – Valentine’s Day
Feb 15 – Presidents Day
Feb 16 – Fat Tuesday
Feb 17 -Ash Wednesday
Happy New Year to everyone. I hope the holidays were fulfilling and refreshing. I got to spend time with family and friends, ate too much, and enjoyed some time just watching a relaxing snow storm. Yup that’s right I said relaxing. I didn’t have to go anywhere the next day so it was cool with me.
Anyway it’s 2010, there’s a lot to do, so suit up, buckle in and lets get at ‘er.
Here’s what’s happening in January fundraising/ charity and interesting tidbit wise:
January is devoted to:
Alzheimer’s Awareness Month – Alzheimer Society of Canada
Thyroid Awareness Month – American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
Glaucoma Awareness Month – The Glaucoma Research Foundation
National Blood Donor Month – American Association of Blood Banks
National Birth Defects Prevention Month – National Birth Defects Prevention Network
Cervical Health Awareness Month – National Cervical Cancer Coalition (NCCC)
January 1 — Get a Life! Day
January 4 – World Braille Day
January 7 – I’m not going to take it anymore day
January 8 – Show and Tell day at work.
January 18 – Martin Luther King day
January 21 – Weedless Wednesday
January 25 – World Leprosy Day
January 27 – Holocaust Memorial Day
If you would like to fundraising for any of these causes you can check out our fundraising ideas here
I can’t find too many observances happening in the first week of December. Not much going on than Christmas shopping I guess. If I’ve missed someting let me know and I’ll put it up.
The second week in December is Coats for Kids Weeks. You can find more information at www.cwa.org/coats.htm and http://www.townofbradford.com/coats/
December 1 – Aids Awareness Day
December 5 – Hanukah Begins
December 10 – Human Rights Day
December 25 – Christmas Day
December 26 – Kwanzaa
December 27 – Islamic Ahura
December 31- New Years Eve
Here’s what’s happening in the causes and charities world for November:
November is devoted to:
Adoption Awareness Month
Alzheimer’s Disease Month
Child Safety and Protection Month
Diabetes Month
Epilepsy Month
Daily Observances / Interesting tidbits:
Nov 4 -Entrance to King Tut’s tomb was discovered November 4, 1922
(just thought that was cool too cool to pass up.)
Nov 9 – Berlin Wall Opens, 1989
Nov 11 – Remembrance Day
Nov 13 – World Kindness Day
Nov 14 – World Diabetes Day
Nov 15 – America Recycles Day
Nov 16 – Lucy holds first football for Charlie Brown in the Peanuts cartoon strip in 1952
Nov 17 – World Peace Day
Nov 19 – Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, 1863
Nov 20 – Universal Children’s Day
Nov 22 – Adoption Day – National Adoption Day
Nov 27 – American Thanksgiving
November is also International Drum Month, so I want to see everybody out there groovin’ this month.
