Beverly's August Wellness Calendar Favourites
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Mental Health, Stress, and Resilience Expert
Use the August Wellness Calendar 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.
Click on the article links below or check out the Stress and Wellness Blog for strategies related to many of these Wellness celebrations.
Months
Awareness Months
- Admit Your Happy Month
- Arrr-gust: International Pirate Month
- Adventures Month
- Boomers Making A Difference Month
- Bystander Awareness Month
- Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month (US)
- Child Support Awareness Month
- Children’s Vision & Learning Month
- Eye Injury Prevention Month (US)
- Golf Month
- Happiness Happens Month (US)
- International Breastfeeding Month
- International EFT Tapping Month
- Motor Sports Awareness Month
- National Immunization Awareness Month (US)
- National Napping Month
- National Read A Romance Novel Month
- National Traffic Awareness Month
- National Water Quality Month
- National Wellness Month
- National Win With Civility Month
- Psoriasis Awareness Month (US)
- Romance Awareness Month
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month (US)
- What Will Be Your Legacy Month
Weeks
Awareness Weeks
- Aug 1-7 – Happiness Happens Week
- Aug 1-7 – International Clown Week
- Aug 1-7 – Cleanse Your Skin Week
- Aug 1-7 – World Breastfeeding Week
- Aug 1-7 – Simplify Your Life Week
- Aug 1-7 – National Minority Donor Awareness Week
- Aug 2-8 – Stop on Red Week (first full week)
- Aug 2-8 – National Farmers’ Market Week (first full week)
- Aug 2-8 – National Health Center Week
- Aug 2-8 – Exercise With Your Child Week (first week Sun – Sat)
- Aug 3-9 – National Bargain Hunting Week (first Mon-Sun)
- Aug 6-12 – Reduce Clutter Week
- Aug 8-16 – Elvis Week
- Aug 9-15 – National Resurrect Romance Week (second full week)
- Aug 9-15 – Weird Contest Week (second full week)
- Aug 10-16 – Safe + Sound Week
- Aug 16-22 – National Aviation Week
- Aug 23-29 – World Water Week
- Aug 23-29 – World Princess Week
- Aug 24-28 – National Safe at Home Week (last M-F Week)
- Aug 25-31 – Be Kind To Humankind Week (always these dates)
- Aug 9-Sept 7 – Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over
Days
Awareness Days
- Aug 1 – Respect For Parents Day
- Aug 1 – National Minority Donor Awareness Day (US)
- Aug 1 – Girlfriend’s Day + Blog
- Aug 1 – World Lung Cancer Day
- Aug 1 – Spider-Man Day
- Aug 1 – World Wide Web Day
- Aug 1 – International Hangover Day (first Saturday)
- Aug 1 – National Play Outside Day (first Saturday)
- Aug 1 – National Disc Golf Day (first Saturday)
- Aug 1 – Sandcastle Day (first Saturday)
- Aug 1 – Sleep Under The Stars Night (first Saturday)
- Aug 2 – National Coloring Book Day
- Aug 2 – Take A Penny/Leave A Penny Day
- Aug 2 – National Kid’s Day (first Sunday)
- Aug 2 – International Forgiveness Day (first Sunday)
- Aug 2 – Sister’s Day (first Sunday)
- Aug 2 – Friendship Day (first Sunday)
- Aug 3 – Watermelon Day
- Aug 3 – Picnic Day (First Monday)
- Aug 3 – Canadian Heritage Day (First Monday)
- Aug 4 – Single Working Women’s Day
- Aug 4 – National Night Out (first Tuesday)
- Aug 5 – National Underwear Day
- Aug 6 – World Wide Web Anniversary (August 6, 1991)
- Aug 6 – National Fresh Breath Day
- Aug 6 – National Root Beer Float Day
- Aug 7 – Lighthouse Day
- Aug 7 – Professional Speakers Day + Blog, Blog
- Aug 7 – International Beer Day (first Friday)
- Aug 7 – National Water Balloon Day (first Friday)
- Aug 7 – Twins Day (first Friday)
- Aug 8 – Happiness Happens Day
- Aug 8 – The Date to Create
- Aug 8 – International Cat Day
- Aug 8 – National CBD Day
- Aug 8 – Wear Your Mother’s Jewelry Day
- Aug 8 – National Pickleball Day
- Aug 8 – National Garage Sale Day (second Saturday)
- Aug 8 – Middle Child Day (second Saturday)
- Aug 8 – National Bowling Day (second Saturday)
- Aug 9 – International Day of the Indigenous People
- Aug 9 – National Hand Holding Day
- Aug 9 – Book Lovers Day
- Aug 9 – Global Sleep Under The Stars Night (second Sunday)
- Aug 9 – Bagel Day (second Sunday)
- Aug 10 – Lazy Day
- Aug 10 – S’mores Day
- Aug 11 – Annual Medical Check-up Day
- Aug 11 – National Hip Hop Day
- Aug 11 – National Sons and Daughters Day
- Aug 11 – Popsicle Day
- Aug 12 – International Youth Day
- Aug 12 – Vinyl Record Day
- Aug 13 – International Left Handers Day
- Aug 14 – Romance Awareness Day
- Aug 15 – National Relaxation Day + Blog
- Aug 15 – National Failures Day
- Aug 15 – Best Friends Day
- Aug 15 – Chef Appreciation Day (third Saturday)
- Aug 15 – National Honey Bee Day (third Saturday)
- Aug 16 – National Tell A Joke Day
- Aug 16 – Rollercoaster Day
- Aug 17 – Baby Boomer’s Recognition Day
- Aug 17 – I Love My Feet Day
- Aug 17 – National Nonprofit Day
- Aug 17 – National Thrift Shop Day
- Aug 17 – Stay At Home With Your Kids Day (third Monday)
- Aug 18 – Serendipity Day
- Aug 18 – National Fajita Day
- Aug 19 – World Humanitarian Day
- Aug 19 – World Photo Day
- Aug 20 – Mosquito Day
- Aug 20 – Lemonade Day
- Aug 20 – National Radio Day
- Aug 21 – Senior Citizen’s Day
- Aug 21 – Poet’s Day
- Aug 21 – Kool-Aid Day (third Friday)
- Aug 21 – Men’s Grooming Day (third Friday)
- Aug 21 – National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence (third Friday)
- Aug 22 – Be An Angel Day
- Aug 22 – National Tooth Fairy Day
- Aug 23 – Ride the Wind Day
- Aug 23 – Find Your Inner Nerd Day
- Aug 24 – National Waffle Iron Day
- Aug 24 – Pluto Demoted Day
- Aug 25 – Kiss-And-Make-Up Day
- Aug 25 – National Second-hand Wardrobe Day
- Aug 26 – National Dog Day
- Aug 26 – National Toilet Paper Day
- Aug 26 – Women’s Equality Day
- Aug 27 – World Rock Scissors Paper Day
- Aug 27 – Just Because Day
- Aug 28 – National Weed Out Hate Day
- Aug 28 – Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day
- Aug 28 – National Thoughtful Day
- Aug 29 – Less Salt Day
- Aug 29 – Individual Rights Day
- Aug 29 – More Herbs, Less Salt Day
- Aug 29 – International Bacon Day (Saturday before Labour Day)
- Aug 30 – National Beach Day
- Aug 30 – National Toasted Marshmallow Day
- Aug 30 – National Grief Awareness Day
- Aug 31 – National Matchmaker Day
- Aug 31 – International Overdose Awareness Day
- Aug 31 – World Daffodil Day
We hope that you find this Wellness Calendar
useful in supporting your team.