The wind tells me March has arrived.
We like to display a list of “national” events which occur during the month. This list includes monthly recognitions, weekly celebrations, wacky and crazy daily celebrations. Watch for a list of birthdays in a couple of days.
Feel free to adapt the list below to meet your needs. If you want to look at other lists, I have used Holiday Insights and National Day Calendar as well as calendars I receive from publishers.
March is a full month as far as special and wacky celebrations.
Month-long:
Red Cross Month
National Breast Implant Awareness Month
Asset Management Awareness Month
Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
National Caffeine Awareness Month
National Brain Injury Awareness Month
National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month
National Cheerleading Safety Month
National Credit Education Month
National Trisomy Awareness Month
National Women’s History Month
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
National Music in Our Schools Month
Small Press Month
Week-long Celebrations:
National Invest In Veterans Week * – March 1-7
National Invasive Species Awareness Week – Begins the last Monday of February
Will Eisner Week – March 1-7
Telecommuter Appreciation Week – Always the Week of Alexander Graham Bell’s Birthday – March 3
National Cheerleading Week – March 1-7
National Professional Pet Sitters Week – First Full Week in March
Endometriosis Awareness Week – (First full week – Monday through Sunday)
Iditarod Race – Starts First Saturday in March
World Orphan Week – First Week in March
National Consumer Protection Week – (First full week of March)
National Procrastination Week – First two weeks in March (or when it is convenient)
National Groundwater Awareness Week – First Full Week in March
National Dental Assistants Recognition Week – First Full Week in March
National Schools Social Work Week – First Full Calendar Week in March
Newspapers in Education Week – First Saturday in March
Read an E-Book Week – First Full Week in March
Words Matter Week – First Full Week in March
Teen Tech Week – Starts First Sunday in March
National School Breakfast Week – (M-F of the First Full Week in March)
Women in Construction Week – First Full Week in March
Second Week National Bubble Week
Second Week Crochet Week
International Women’s Week – Week of International Women’s Day (March 8th)
No More Week – Week of March 8th
Girl Scout Week – Week of March 12
National Agriculture Week – March 10-16, 2019
Women of Aviation Worldwide Week – Week of March 8th
World Glaucoma Week – Second Full Week
Termite Awareness Week – First Full Week Before Spring
Brain Awareness Week – Changes annually – March 11-17, 2019
National Wildlife Week – Changes Annually – March 12-16, 2019
National Surveyors Week – Begins Third Sunday in March
National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week – Third Week In March
National Introverts Week -Third Full Week in March
National Button Week – Third Full Week
National Animal Poison Prevention Week – Third Full Week of March
National Fix a Leak Week – March 18-24, 2019
Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling Against Racism and Racial Discrimination – March 21-27
National Physicians Week – March 25-31
National Cleaning Week – Begins Fourth Sunday for Seven Days
Nano Days – Last weekend in March through the first weekend in April
March, 2020 Daily Holidays, Special and Wacky Days:
March 1
Namesake Day – first Sunday in March
National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day
Finisher’s Medal Day – First Sunday in March
March 2
World Teen Mental Wellness Day *
National Read Across America Day (Dr. Seuss Day)
March 3
National I Want You to be Happy Day
March 4
March 5
National Multiple Personality Day
National Hospitalist Day – First Thursday in March
March 6
National Salesperson Day – first Friday in the month
World Day of Prayer – First Friday of the month
National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day
National Dress in Blue Day – First Friday in March
National Speech and Debate Education Day – First Friday in March
National Employee Appreciation Day – First Friday in March
March 7
National Crown of Roast Pork Day
March 8
Daylight Saving Time – Second Sunday in March
March 9
National Napping Day – Day after Return of Daylight Savings Day
March 10
International Find a Pay Phone Booth Day
Purim – begins at sundown, date varies
National Blueberry Popover Day
March 11
National Funeral Director and Mortician Recognition Day
National Oatmeal Nut Waffles Day
National Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day – Second Wednesday in March
March 12
Popcorn Lover’s Day second Thursday
World Kidney Day – Second Thursday in March
March 13
National Open an Umbrella Indoors Day
National Day of Unplugging – First Friday in March
March 14
National Pi Day– Why today? Because today is 3.14, the value of Pi.
National Learn About Butterflies Day
National Write Down Your Story Day
March 15
National Everything You Think is Wrong Day
March 16
Everything You Do is Right Day
National Freedom of Information Day
March 17
National 3-D Day * – Third Day of the Third Full Week
World Social Work Day – Third Tuesday in March
Submarine Day – the hero sandwich or the boat??
Tea for Two Tuesday – third Tuesday in March
March 18
National Lacy Oatmeal Cookie Day
National Supreme Sacrifice Day
March 19
National Chocolate Caramel Day
National Farm Rescuer Day – Third Thursday in March
Spring Begins – Changes Annually March 20, 2019
Absolutely Incredible Kid Day – third Thursday of month
March 20
Extraterrestrial Abductions Day
March 21
National California Strawberry Day
National Corn Dog Day – First Saturday of March Madness
National Quilting Day – Third Saturday in March
International Sports Car Racing Day – third Saturday of month
March 22
March 23
National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day
National American Diabetes Association Alert Day – Fourth Tuesday in March
March 25
National Little Red Wagon Day – Last Wednesday in March
Manatee Appreciation Day – Last Wednesday in March
National Ag Day – Changes Annually (March 25, 2020)
March 26
Epilepsy Awareness Day – Purple Day
March 27
March 28
National Black Forest Cake Day
National Something on a Stick Day
National Weed Appreciation Day
March 29
National Lemon Chiffon Cake Day
National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day
National Vietnam War Veterans Day
March 30
National Take a Walk in the Park Day
March 31
National Clams on the Half Shell Day
National Equal Pay Day – Changes Annually
What will you celebrate? Comment below and tell me some of your ideas.