March 2013

MONTHLY CELEBRATIONS
American Red Cross Month
Colic Awareness Month
Credit Education Month
Brain Injury Awareness Month
Employee Spirit Month
Hemophilia Awareness Month
International Listening Awareness Month
Malignant Hyperthermia Awareness and Training Month
March 13 – Apr 15, Deaf History Month
Music in our Schools Month
National Caffeine Awareness Month
National Celery Month
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
National Eye Donor Month
National Frozen Food Month
National Kidney Month
National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
National Nutrition Month
National Poison Prevention Month
National Peanut Month
National Social Work Month
National Women’s History Month
Save your Vision Month
Workplace Eye Wellness Month
Youth Art Month

WEEKLY CELEBRATIONS
3 – 9 National Consumer Protection Week
3 – 9 Read an E–Book Week
3 – 10 National Sleep Awareness Week
3 – 9 Save your Vision Week
3 – 9 Telecommuter Appreciation Week
4 – 8 National School Breakfast Week
10 – 16 National Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week
11 – 17 Brain Awareness Week
17 – 23 National Animal Poison Prevention Week
17 – 23 National Poison Prevention Week
18 – 22 National Youth Violence Prevention Week
18 – 24 World Folk and Fables Week
21 – 27 United Nations: Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination.
25 – 29 Termite Awareness Week

SPECIAL DAYS
1 – World Day of Prayer
2 – Read Across America Day
3 – National Anthem Day
4 – National Grammar Day
5 – Peace Corps Day 7 – National Agriculture Day
7 – National Be Heard Day
8 – International Women Day
8 – United Nations: Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace
10 – Daylight Saving Time Begins
13 – Registered Dietitian Day
14 – World Kidney Day
15 – Freedom of Information Day
15 – Ides of March
20 – Great American Meatout
20 – National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
21 – United Nations: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
22 – United Nations: World Water Day
23 – United Nations: World Meteorological Day
24 – World Tuberculosis Day
25 – United Nations: International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
26 – American Diabetes Association Alert Day
26 – Legal Assistants Day
29 – National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day
30 – Doctors’ Day

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
International Ideas Month
National Craft Month
National Kite Month, March 31 – Apr 30
National Clean up your IRS Act Month
National Write a Letter of Appreciation Week
Optimism Month
Sing with your Child Month
3 – 9 Return the Borrowed Books Week
3 – 9 Celebrate your Name Week!
10 – 16 Teen Tech Week
1 – World Compliment Day
4 – Fun Facts about Names Day
8 – National Proofreading Day
9 – Genealogy Day
9 – Panic Day
10 – Check your Batteries Day
12 – Organize your Home Office Day
13 – Good Samaritan Involvement Day
15 – True Confessions Day
16 – National Quilting Day
17 – Saint Patrick’s Day
18 – Forgive Mom and Dad Day
22 – As Young as You Feel Day
22 – International Goof–Off Day
23 – National Puppy 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