May 2008
MONTHLY CELEBRATIONS 
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Awareness of Medical Orphans Month
Better Hearing and Speech Month
Better Sleep Month
Breathe Easy Month
Celiac Disease Awareness Month
Creative Beginnings Month
Digestive Diseases Awareness Month
Family Wellness Month
Fibromyalgia Education and Awareness Month
Get Caught Reading Month
Go Fetch! National Food Drive for Homeless Animals
Haitian Heritage Month
Heal the Children Month
Healthy Vision Month
High Blood Pressure Awareness Month
Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month
International Victorious Woman Month
International Business Image Improvement Month
Latino Book Month
Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
Motorcycle Safety Month
National Allergy/Asthma Awareness Month
National Arthritis Awareness Month
National Barbecue Month
National Bike Month
National Comfort Month
National Community Action Month
National Correct Posture Month
National Egg Month
National Electrical Safety Month
National Family Month
National Good Car-Keeping Month
National Hamburger Month
National Hepatitis Awareness Month
National High Blood Pressure Education Month
National Meditation Month
National Mental Health Month
National Military Appreciation Month
National Moving Month
National Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month
National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
National Prepare to Buy A Home Month
National Preservation Month
National Stroke Awareness Month
National Sweet Vidalia Month
Older Americans Month
Personal History Month
Prepare Tomorrow’s Parents Month
React Month
Revise Your Work Schedule Month
Strike Out Strokes Month
Teen Self-Esteem Month
Trauma Awareness Month
Ultraviolet Awareness Month
Women’s Health Care Month
Young Achievers Month
 
WEEKLY CELEBRATIONS
4-10 Arson Awareness Week
4-10 Be Kind to Animals Week
4-10 Good Will Industries Week
4-10 National Family Week
4-10 National Pet Week
4-10 North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
4-10 Reading is Fun Week
4-10 Small Business Week
4-10 PTA Teacher Appreciation Week
4-10 Week of the Classroom Teacher
4-10 National Anxiety and Depression Awareness Week
4-10 National Family Week
4-10 Flexible Work Arrangements Week
5-11 Astronomy Week
5-11 National Wildflower Week
10-18 National Travel & Tourism Week
6-12 National Nurses Week
9-15 Salute to 35+ Moms Week
5-11 Life Coach Recognition Week
12-18 National Children’s Book Week
12-18 National Stuttering Awareness Week
11-17 National Nursing Home Week
12-17 National Police Week
11-17 National Transportation Week
11-17 National Hospital Week
13-19 Reading is Fun Week
18-24 National Effectiveness Week
18-24 Alcohol & Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Week
18-24 National Salvation Army Week
17-23 National Safe Boating Week
19-25 Work at Home Moms Week
19-23 Classified School Employee Week
18-24 National Dog Bite Prevention Week
18-24 World Trade Week
18-24 National Emergency Medical Services Week
20-26 Medical Transcriptionists Week
25-31 Hurricane Awareness Week
 
SPECIAL DAYS
1 – Executive Coaching Day
1 – Labor Day
1 – Law Day
1 – May Day (per Chase’s)
1 – New Homeowner’s Day
1 – School Principal’s Day
1 – Stepmothers Day
2 – Holocaust Remembrance Day
2 – No Pants Day
3 – Garden Meditation Day
3 – Join Hands Day
3 – United Nations World Press Freedom Day
5 – Battle of Puebla Anniversary (Cinco de Mayo), México
5 – Melanoma Monday / National Skin Self Examination Day
6 – Childhood Depression Awareness Day
6 – National Teacher Day
6 – National Nurses Day
6 – Occupational Safety and Health Professionals Day
7 – National School Nurse Day
8 – World Red Cross Day
8 – V-E Day
10 – National Babysitters Day
10 – Letter Carriers Food Drive
10 – Mother Ocean Day
10 – Super Scout Saturday
10 – World Lupus Day
11 – Mother’s Day
13 – Donate a Day’s Wages to Charity Day
14 – California Day of the Teacher
14 – National Nightshift Workers Day
14 – National Third Shift Workers Day
14 – National Receptionists Day
14 – Smallpox Vaccine Discovered Anniversary
15 – Peace Officer Memorial Day
15 – United Nations International Day of Families
16 – Biographers Day
16 – National Bike to Work Day
16 – National Defense Transportation Day
17 – Babysitter Safety Day
17 – Armed Forces Day
17 – Brown v Board of Education Decision: Anniversary
17 – United Nations World Telecommunication Day
17 – United Nations World Information Society Day
18 – International Museum Day
18 – Celebrate your Elected Officials Day
19 – Armed Forces Day
21 – American Red Cross Founded: Anniversary
21 – National Wait Staff Day
21 – United Nations World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
22 – National Maritime Day
22 – United Nations International Day for Biological Diversity
23 – World Turtle Day
24 – Brother’s Day
25 – National Missing Children Day
26 – Memorial Day
29 – United Nations International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
28 – National Senior Health and Fitness Day
31 – United Nations World No Tobacco Day
 
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE…
Gift from the Garden Month
Learn German Month
National Photo Month
National Salad Month
National Salsa Month
National Smile Month
National Vinegar Month
Revise Your Work Schedule Month
1 – Loyalty Day
1 – Mother Goose Day
1 – National Day of Reason
3 – Lumpy Rug Day
4 – International Respect for Chickens Day
4-10 National Hug Holiday Week
3 – International Pilates Day
5 - Totally Chipotle Day
6 – No Diet Day
6 – No Homework Day
7 – Great American Grump Out
8 – No Socks Day
14 – Root Canal Appreciation Day
11 – Eat What You Want Day
11-17 Herb Week
12 – Limerick Day
14 – Underground America Day
21 – Turn Beauty Inside Out Day
16 – National Pizza Party Day
18 – Visit Your Relatives Day
17-18 Memory Days
21 – “I Need a Patch for That” Day
19-26 National Backyard Games Week
25 – National Tap Dance Day
25 – Towel Day
24 – International Jazz Day
25 – Neighbor Day
30 – Hug Your Cat Day
31 – What You Think Upon Grows Day
 
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