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Selected Annually Observed Events

Welcome to our new Upcoming Events pages, which were created in response to several requests from our visitors. Inclusion of an event on these pages is done for informational purposes only, and does not necessarily indicate Safer Child, Inc. endorsement or support. Some of the events -- or days of observance -- may vary from year to year. If you would like to post a child- or family-oriented event on these pages, please let us know.

May
January -- (U.S.A.) National Birth Defects Prevention Month
January -- (U.S.A.) National Mentoring Month
January -- (U.S.A.) National Volunteer Blood Donor Month
January -- (U.S.A.) National Glaucoma Awareness Month
January -- (U.S.A.) Cervical Health Awareness Month
Jan. 16 -- (U.S.A.) National Religious Freedom Day
Jan. 20 -- (U.S.A.) National Sanctity of Human Life Day
January -- (U.S.A.) Healthy Weight Week
January -- (U.S.A.) National observance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday (Jan. 15)
Jan. 21 -- (U.S.A.) National Hug Day

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February -- (U.S.A.) National Children's Dental Health Month
February -- (U.S.A.) Kids E.N.T. (Ears, Nose, Throat) Month
February -- (U.S.A.) Dating Violence Awareness Month
February -- (U.S.A.) American Heart Month
February -- (U.S.A.) Wise Health Consumer Month
February -- (U.S.A.) Black History Month (African American History Month)
February -- (U.S.A.) Library Lovers' Month
February -- (U.S.A.) JobShadow
Within first part of February -- (U.S.A.) National Consumer Protection Week
February -- (U.S.A.) National Burn Awareness Week
February -- (U.S.A.) Give Kids a Smile Day
February -- (U.S.A.) National Girls and Women in Sports Day
Feb. 7 -- (U.S.A.) National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
February -- (U.S.A.) National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week
February -- (U.S.A.) National Children of Alcoholics Week
Feb. 14 -- (U.S.A.) National Donor Day
Feb. 14 -- (U.S.A.) National Condom Day
Last week of February -- (U.S.A.) National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
 

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March -- (U.S.A.) American Red Cross Month
March -- (U.S.A.) National Women's History Month
March -- (U.S.A.) National Nutrition Month®
March -- (U.S.A.) Mental Retardation Awareness Month
March -- (U.S.A.) Workplace Eye Health and Safety Month
March -- (U.S.A.) Save Your Vision Week
March -- (U.S.A.) National Sportsmanship Day
March 8 -- International Women's Day
March -- (U.S.A.) National Poison Prevention Week
Third week in March -- (U.S.A.) National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week
March 19-20 -- Earth Day
March 21 -- International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 22 -- World Day for Water
March 24 -- World Tuberculosis Day
          March -- (U.S.A.) National Sleep Awareness Week
          Fourth Tuesday in March -- (U.S.A.) American Diabetes Alert

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April -- (U.S.A.) National Child Abuse Prevention Month
April -- (U.S.A.) Sexual Assault Awareness Month
April -- (U.S.A.) Alcohol Awareness Month
April -- (U.S.A.) National Donate Life Month
April -- (U.S.A.) National Youth Sports Safety Month
April -- (U.S.A.) National STD Awareness Month
April -- (U.S.A.) National Crime Victims' Rights Week
April -- (U.S.A.) National Public Health Week
April -- (U.S.A.) Kick Butts (Tobacco) Day
April -- (U.S.A.) Alcohol-Free Weekend
April 7 --  World Health Day
April -- (U.S.A.) National Alcohol Screening Day
April -- (U.S.A.) Former POW (Prisoner of War) Recognition Day
April -- (U.S.A.) National Youth Service Day
April -- (U.S.A.) YMCA Healthy Kids Day
April -- (U.S.A.) National Minority Cancer Awareness Week
April -- (U.S.A.) National Infants Immunization Week
April -- (U.S.A.) Young People's Poetry Week
April -- (U.S.A.) National Volunteer Week
April -- (U.S.A.) National TV Turnoff Week
April -- (U.S.A.) National Playground Safety Week
Fourth Thursday in April -- (U.S.A.) Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day
End of April -- (U.S.A.) WalkAmerica (March of Dimes effort to raise money for prevention of birth defects)
April 29 -- (U.S.A.) Ben & Jerry's annual Free Cone Day (from noon to 8 p.m.)

 

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May -- (U.S.A.) Healthy Vision Month
May -- (U.S.A.) National Teen Pregnancy Awareness Month
May -- (U.S.A.) National Bike Month
May -- (U.S.A.) Mental Health Month
May -- (U.S.A.) Foster Care Month
May -- (U.S.A.) Older Americans Month
May -- (U.S.A.) National Military Appreciation Month
May -- (U.S.A.) National Trauma Awareness Month
May -- (U.S.A.) Better Hearing and Speech Month
May -- (U.S.A.) Clean Air Month
May -- (U.S.A.) Skin Cancer Awareness Month
May -- (U.S.A.) Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
May -- (U.S.A.) National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
May -- (U.S.A.) Join Hands Day
May -- (U.S.A.) Law Day, U.S.A.
May -- (U.S.A.) Loyalty Day
May 3 -- World Press Freedom Day
May -- (U.S.A.) Food Allergy Awareness Week
May -- (U.S.A.) National Suicide Prevention Week
May -- (U.S.A.) North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
May -- (U.S.A.) National SAFE KIDS Week
May -- (U.S.A.) Children's Mental Health Week
May 7 -- (U.S.A.) Childhood Depression Awareness Day
May 7 -- World Asthma Day
May -- (U.S.A.) National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
May -- (U.S.A.) Stamp Out Hunger

May -- (U.S.A.) Cover the Uninsured Week

May -- (U.S.A.) National Building Safety Week
May -- (U.S.A.) National Alcohol -and other Drug-Related Birth Defects Week
May -- (U.S.A.) National Running and Fitness Week
May -- (U.S.A.) National Women's Health Week
May -- (U.S.A.) National Police Week
May 15 -- International Day of Families
May 15 -- (U.S.A.) National Peace Officers Memorial Day
May -- (third Saturday) -- (U.S.A.) Armed Forces Day
May -- (U.S.A.) National Safe Boating Week
May -- (U.S.A.) National Emergency Medical Services Week
May -- (U.S.A.) National Dog Bite Prevention Week
May -- (U.S.A.) Buckle Up America! Week
May 22 -- International Day for Biological Diversity
May -- National Missing Children's Day
May -- (U.S.A.) Memorial Day begins at 11 a.m. / National Moment of Remembrance - at 3 p.m.
May -- (U.S.A.) National Senior Health and Fitness Day
May 31 -- World "No-Tobacco" Day

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June -- (U.S.A.) National Safety Month
June -- (U.S.A.) Fireworks Safety Month (through July 4)
June -- (U.S.A.) Vision Research Month
June-July -- (U.S.A.) Light the Night for Sight
June 4 -- International Day of Children Victims of Aggression
June  -- (U.S.A.) National Hunger Awareness Day
June 5 -- World Environment Day
June -- (U.S.A.) National Headache Awareness Week
June -- (U.S.A.) National Men's Health Week
June 14 -- (U.S.A.) Flag Day
The week in which June 14 falls -- (U.S.A.) National Flag Week
June 17 -- World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
June -- (England) Child Safety Week
June 20 -- World Refugee Day
June  -- (U.S.A.) National ASK Day (whether there's a gun in a home your child is visiting)
The last week of June -- (U.S.A.) Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week
June 26 -- International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
June 26 -- International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
          June 27 -- (U.S.A.) National HIV Testing Day

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