If you wonder why these “awareness” and “commemoration” days and months have become such a joke, see below for a partial list of upcoming “holidays”:
February:
Black History Month
American Heart Month
National Bird Feeding Month
Library Lovers Month
Senior Independence Month
Children’s Dental Health Month
National Time Management Month
2nd Groundhog Day
3rd Wear Red Day
6th – 10th Pride in Foodservice Week
10th Umbrella Day
13th – 19th Cardiac Rehabilitation Week
14th Valentine’s Day
19th-25th National Engineers Week
20th President’s Day
21st Mardi Gras
22nd School Bus Driver Appreciation Day
March:
American Red Cross Month
National Women’s History Month
National Social Work Month
National Ethics Awareness Month
National Nutrition Month
Irish-American Heritage Month
Mustache March
National Colon Cancer Awareness Month
Youth Art Month
3rd World Wildlife Day
3rd Employee Appreciation Day
6th Dentist’s Day
8th International Women’s Day
8th Registered Diatician Nutritionist Day
12th National Girl Scout Day
12th–18th Patient Safety Awareness Week
12th-18th National Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week
13th-17th Long Term Care Administrators Week
14th Pi Day
14th-Apr 3rd March Madness
17th St. Patrick’s Day
19th Certified Nurses Day
19th-25th National Poison Prevention Week
20th First Day of Spring
21st World Down Syndrome Day
25th Earth Hour
19th-25th Health Information Professionals Week
24th World Tuberculosis Day
30th Doctor’s Day