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Health Observances & Recognition Dates
Check The Date
OCTOBER
Oct. 1
National Women’s Day
Oct. 4
Rosh Hashana
Oct. 10
Columbus Day
Oct. 13
Yom Kippur
Oct. 16
National Boss Day
Oct. 21
National Mammography Day
www.nbcam.org
Oct. 27
National Day of Meditation
National Make a Difference Day
Oct. 31
National UNICEF Day
Halloween
Alzheimer's Memory Walk, date varies locally
www.alz.org/memorywalk/overview.htm
American Heart Walk, Healthy Choice, date varies locally
www.americanheart.org
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
www.nbcam.org
Business Women’s Week, National, third week
Cold and Flu Campaign Month
www.lungusa.org
Depression & Mental Health Month
www.nmha.org
Diversity Awareness Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
www.ncadv.org
Eat Better, Eat Together Month
National Family Health Month
www.aafp.org
Healthy Lung Month
www.lungusa.org
National Literacy Month
National Vegetarian Month
NOVEMBER
Nov. 1
Men Make Dinner Day
Nov. 2
National Election Day
Nov. 5
Sadie Hawkins Day
Nov. 8
Parents as Teachers Day
Nov. 11
Veteran’s Day
Nov. 12
Chicken Soup for the Soul Day
Nov. 13
National World Kindness Day
Nov. 17
National Chocolate Celebration Day
National World Peace Day
Nov. 24
Thanksgiving
National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month
www.alz.org
American Diabetes Month
www.diabetes.org
Great American Smokeout
www.cancer.org
National Healthy Skin Month
www.aad.org
National Home & Family Month
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
www.lungcanceralliance.org
DECEMBER
Dec. 1
World AIDS Day
www.unaids.org
Dec. 9
Personal Passion Day
Dec. 10
Human Rights Day
Dec. 24
Christmas Eve
Dec. 25
Christmas
Dec. 26
Hanukkah
Dec. 31
New Year’s Eve
Dec. 1-7
National Tolerance Week
National Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month
www.ncadd.com
Read A New Book Month
Universal Human Rights Month
JANUARY
Jan. 1
New Year’s Day
Jan. 1-7
Diet Resolution Week
www.healthyweight.net
Jan. 11
Amelia Earhart Day
Jan. 15
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Jan. 19
Women's Healthy Weight Day
www.healthyweightnetwork.com
Cervical Health Awareness Month
www.cervicalcancercampaign.org
Eye Care Month
www.eyeorbit.org
Thyroid Awareness Month
www.aace.com
National Volunteer Blood Donor Month
www.aabb.org
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