August 2008
MONTHLY CELEBRATIONS
American Adventures Month
Black Business Month
Cataract Awareness Month
Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
Children’s Vision and Learning Month
Foot Health Month
Get Ready for Kindergarten Month
Medic Alert Month
National Urban Eden Month
National Immunization Awareness Month
National Inventors’ Month
National Parks Month
National Win with Civility Month
Neurosurgery Outreach Month
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
What Will Be Your Legacy Month
 
WEEKLY CELEBRATIONS
1-7 World Breastfeeding Week
3-9 National Smile Week
3-9 Single Working Women’s Week
4-8 Exhibitor Appreciation Week
17-23 National Aviation Week
17-23 National Friendship Week
25-31 Be Kind to Humankind Week
25-29 National Safe at Home Week
 
SPECIAL DAYS
1 - Girlfriend’s Day
1 – Respect for Parents Day
1 – Solar Eclipse
3 – Sisters Day
4 – Coast Guard Day
2 – National Mustard Day
5 – National Night Out
6 – Bolivia, Independence Day
6 – Hiroshima Day: Anniversary
7 – Professional Speakers Day
9 – United Nations International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
10 – Ecuador, Independence Day
12 – United Nations International Youth Day
15 – Best Friend’s Day
16 – National Homeless Animals Day and Candlelight Vigils
19 – National Aviation Day
21 – Poet’s Day
23 – International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
25 – Uruguay, Independence Day
26 – Women’s Equality Day
 
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE…
Happiness Happens Month
National Golf Month
1 – Work Like a Dog Day
2 – National Mustard Day
3-9 Clown Week
4-8 Psychic Week
5 – Psychic Sunday
7 – Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day
8 – Happiness Happens Day
8 – The Date to Create
9-17 Elvis Week
13 – National Underwear Day
8-10 Kool-Aid Days
9 – National Garage Sale Day
12 – Vinyl Record Day
14 – Assistance Dog Day
10-15 Weird Contest Week
15 – National Relaxation Day
15 – World Day of Reiki
15 – National Men’s Grooming Day
16 – Lunar Eclipse
18 – Bad Poetry Day
22 – Be an Angel Day
25 – Kiss-And-Make-Up Day
25 – National Secondhand Wardrobe Day
26 – National Dog Day
28 – Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day
29 – More Herbs, Less Salt Day
31 – Love Litigating Lawyers Day
31- Sept. 6 National Waffle Week
 
Sources:
Chase’s Calendar of Events 2008
California Department of Education, 2008 Calendar of Events.
Earth Calendar
National Safety Council, 2008 Safety Observance Calendar
UN Special Observances and Days