January 2013

MONTHLY CELEBRATIONS
Apple and Apricots Month
Be kind to Food Servers Month
Book Blitz Month
California Dried Plum Digestive Month
Celebration of Life Month
Cervical Health Awareness Month
International Child –Centered Divorce Awareness Month
International Creativity Month
International Wealth Mentality Month
National Be on Purpose Month
National Birth Defects Prevention Month
National Blood Donor Month
National Environmental Policy Act: Anniversary
National Glaucoma Awareness Month
National Hot Tea Month
National Mentoring Month
National Oatmeal Month
National Personal Self –Defense Awareness Month
National Poverty in America Awareness Month
National Radon Action Month
National Soup Month
National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
National Slow Cooking Month
National Stalking Awareness Month
National Volunteer Blood Donor Month
Self – Help Group Awareness Month
Shape up us Month
National Geographic Bee, School Level
Thyroid Awareness Month

WEEKLY CELEBRATIONS
1 – 7 Diet Resolution Week
6 – 12 Diet Resolution Week
8 – 14 National Folic Acid Awareness Week
20 – 26 Healthy Weight Week
20 – 26 National Nurse Anesthetists Week
27 – 3 Meat Week

SPECIAL DAYS
1 – The Rose Parade
6 – Three Kings Day
10 – National Cut your Energy Costs Day
16 – Religious Freedom Day
20 – Inauguration Day
21 – Martin Luther King Day
23 – National Pie Day
24 – Washington’s Birthday Celebration
24 – Women’s Healthy Weight Day
25 – National Preschool Fitness Day
27 – International Holocaust Remembrance Day

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
Get Organized Month
National Clean up your Computer Month
National Skating Month
20 – 26 Clean out your Inbox Week
20 – 26 Hunt for Happiness Week
14 – National Clean –Off –Your Desk Day
17 – Get to Know Your Customer Day
21 – National Hugging Day
23 – National Handwriting Day
24 – National Compliment Day

Source: Chase’s Calendar of Events 2013
             2013 National Health Observances, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
             2013 Calendar of Events, California Department of Education
             2013 USDA Health Observances & Holidays
             2013 United Nations Observances