Wellness Calendar August 2018
Beverly's Picks
What Will Be Your Legacy Month
National Relaxation Day
Less Salt Day
Simplify Your Life Week
Use the awareness events listed below for programming ideas at your workplace. Build them into events such as workshops, displays and health fairs or gather articles and tips for your company newsletter, blog or eposts. Check out the Stress and Wellness Blog for statistics and strategies related to many of the celebrations listed below.
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
- Aug 1-7 - World Breastfeeding Week * Blog
- Aug 5-11 - Simplify Your Life Week (first week) * Blog
- Aug 5-11 - National Farmers' Market Week
- Aug 5-11 - Exercise With Your Child Week
- Aug 5-11 - National Fraud Awareness Week
- Aug 12-18 - National Resurrect Romance Week (second full week)
- Aug 19-25 - Reduce The Clutter Week
- Aug 27-31 - National Safe at Home Week (Last M-F Week)
- Aug 25-31 - Be Kind To Humankind Week (always these dates)
Awareness Days
- 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 3 - International Beer Day (first Friday)
- Aug 4 - Single Working Women's Day
- Aug 5 - Friendship Day (first Sunday) * Blog
- Aug 5 - National Kid's Day (first Sunday)
- Aug 5 - Sisters Day (first Sunday)
- Aug 5 - International Forgiveness Day (first Sunday)
- Aug 6 - World Wide Web Anniversary (August 6,1991)
- Aug 6 - National Fresh Breath Day * Blog
- Aug 6 - Canadian Heritage Day (First Monday) * Blog
- Aug 7 - National Night Out (first Tuesday)
- Aug 7 - Professional Speakers Day * Blog, Blog, Blog
- 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 11 - Annual Medical Check-up Day
- Aug 11 - National Garage Sale Day (second Saturday)
- Aug 11 - Middle Child Day (second Saturday)
- Aug 12 - International Youth Day
- 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 17 - Hug Your Boss Day (third Friday) * Blog
- Aug 17 - World Honey Bee Day (third Saturday)
- Aug 20 - Stay Home With Your Kids Day (third Monday) * Blog
- 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 25 - International Tongue Twister Day
- Aug 27 - Just Because 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