COMMUNITY SERVICE CALENDAR This Service Calendar provides an overview of national events for the year. Select events you would like to support as part of your four Togetherhood® projects. This calendar is based on the Y-USA National and YMCA Special Events Calendar. National & YMCA Special Events Local Community Service Events New Year’s Day (January 1) JAN Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service (Third Monday) National Mentoring Month President’s Day (Third Monday) FEB YMCA National Advocacy Days (Fourth week) American Heart Month Black History Month Summer Camp Promotion Read Across America Day (March 2) MAR American Diabetes Association Alert Day (Fourth Tuesday) National Nutrition Month National Women’s History Month Youth Art Month National Volunteer Week APR Global Youth Service Day National Park Week (Last full week) National Environmental Education Week (Last full week) Earth Day (April 22) YMCA Healthy Kids Day (Last Saturday) National Volunteer Month Summer Learning Loss Prevention Promotion Page 1 | TOGETHERHOOD® SERVICE CALENDAR Mother’s Day, (Second Sunday) MAY National Women’s Health Week (First week) Armed Forces Day (Third Saturday) Memorial Day (Last Monday) National Senior Health & Fitness Day (Last Wednesday) National Water Safety Promotion Month Asian Pacific Heritage Month National Water Safety Month National Physical Fitness & Sports Month Older Americans Month Arthritis Awareness Month Graduations National Men’s Health Week (Second week) JUNE Summer Learning Day (Second Thursday) Father’s Day (Third Sunday) Back-to-School/Afterschool Promotion Independence Day (July 4) JULY AUG Friendship Day (First Saturday) National Day of Service and Remembrance/Patriot Day SEPT (September 11) National Grandparent’s Day (First Sunday following Labor Day) Falls Prevention Awareness Day (September 22) Women’s Health & Fitness Day (Last Wednesday) Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 to October 15) Fruits & Veggies-More Matters Month Childhood Obesity Awareness Month Attendance Awareness Month Page 2 | TOGETHERHOOD® SERVICE CALENDAR National Child Health Day (First Monday) OCT National Youth Science Day (First Wednesday) Character Counts Week (Third week) National Red Ribbon Week (October 23-31) Make a Difference Day (Fourth Saturday) National Arts & Humanities Month Breast Cancer Awareness Month National Bullying Prevention Month Diversity Awareness Month Family Health Month World YMCA and YWCA Week of Prayer NOV and World Fellowship www.ymca.int/resources/ymca-week-of- prayer Veteran’s Day/National Day of Service for Military Families and Veterans (November 11) World Diabetes Day (November 14) National Philanthropy Day (November 15) American Education Week (Third week) National Family Week (Week of Thanksgiving) Thanksgiving (Thursday of third week) Diabetes Awareness Month National Military Family Month Giving Tuesday (Tuesday after Thanksgiving) DEC Holiday Season/Season of Giving New Year’s Resolutions Page 3 | TOGETHERHOOD® SERVICE CALENDAR .