Wellness Calendar August 2017

Awareness Months

• Admit Your Happy Month
• Boomers Making A Difference Month
• Cataract Awareness Month  (US)
• Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month  (US)
• Children’s Good Manners Month
• Eye Injury Prevention Month  (US)
• Family Meal Month(US)
• Foot Health Month
• Golf Month
• Happiness Happens Month  (US)       * Blog
• International Air Travel Month
• International Breastfeeding Month
• Motor Sports Awareness Month     * Blog
• National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month (US)
• National Golf Month
• National Hypnosis Awareness Month
• National Immunization Awareness Month  (US)
• National Napping Month
• National Water Quality Month        * Blog
• Psoriasis Awareness Month   (US)
• Romance Awareness Month
• Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month  (US)
• What Will Be Your Legacy Month     * Blog

Awareness Weeks

• July 30-5   – Single Working Womans’ Week   (includes August 4)
• Aug 1-7     – World Breastfeeding Week
• Aug 6-12     – Simplify Your Life Week (first week)      * Blog
• Aug 6-12   – National Farmers’ Market Week
• Aug 6-12   – Exercise With Your Child Week
• Aug 6-12   – National Fraud Awareness Week
• Aug 13-29   – National Resurrect Romance Week  (second full week)
• Aug 13-19- Thanks For All The Gifts Week
• Aug 13-19 – National Bowling Week
• Aug 13-19 – National Massage Therapy Week
• Aug 20-27  – Reduce The Clutter Week
• Aug 21-25 – National Safe at Home Week  (Last M-F Week)
• Aug 25-31  – Be Kind To Humankind Week (always these dates)

Awareness Days

• Aug 1   – National Night Out    (first Tuesday)
• Aug 1   – Respect For Parents Day
• Aug 1   – National Minority Donor Awareness Day   (US)
• Aug 1   – Girlfriend’s Day                           * Blog,  Blog
• Aug 1   – Play Ball Day
• Aug 1   – World Lung Cancer Day
• Aug 3   – Watermelon Day
• Aug 4   – Single Working Women’s Day
• Aug 5  – International Beer Day (first Friday)
• Aug 6   – World Wide Web Anniversary  (August 6,1991)
• Aug 6   – National Fresh Breath Day              * Blog
• Aug 6   – Friendship Day  (first Sunday)     * Blog
• Aug 6   – National Kid’s Day    (first Sunday)
• Aug 6   – Sisters Day    (first Sunday)
• Aug 6   – International Forgiveness Day   (first Sunday)
• Aug 7   – Canadian Heritage Day  (First Monday)                   * Blog
• Aug 7   – Professional Speakers Day        * Blog, Blog, Blog
• Aug 7   – Beach Party Day
• Aug 8   – Happiness Happens Day                           * Blog
• Aug 9   – International Day of the Indigenous People
• Aug 9   – National Hand Holding Day                    * Blog
• Aug 10 – Lazy Day
• Aug 10 – Gals Night Out
• Aug 11 – Annual Medical Check-up  Day
• Aug 12  – International Youth Day
• Aug 12   – National Garage Sale Day   (second Saturday)
• Aug 12  – Middle Child Day (second Saturday)
• Aug 13 – International Left Handers  Day
• Aug 15  – National Relaxation Day                 * Blog, Blog
• Aug 15  – National Failures Day
• Aug 15  – Best Friends Day
• Aug 16  – National Tell A Joke Day                   * Blog
• Aug 16  – Roller Coaster Day
• Aug 18  – Hug Your Boss Day    (third Friday)      * Blog
• Aug 19 – World Honey Bee Day (third Saturday)
• Aug 20 – International Tongue Twister Day
• Aug 21  – Stay Home With Your Kids Day  (third Monday)       * Blog
• Aug 21   – Sit Back and Relax Day
• Aug 22  – Be An Angel Day                 * Blog
• Aug 24   – Shooting Star Day
• Aug 24   – Single Parent Family Day
• Aug 25  – Kiss-And-Make-Up Day
• Aug 27  – Just Because Day
• Aug 27  – Global Forgiveness Day
• Aug 28  – Dream Day
• Aug 29  – Less Salt Day                  * Blog
• Aug 30  – National Toasted Marshmallow Day      * Blog
• Aug 30 – National Grief Awareness Day
• Aug 31 – International Overdose Awareness Day