Planning Ahead - April & May Holidays Your #Nonprofit Can Use

As many of you know, there is a page on this blog dedicated to holidays nonprofit organizations may be able to use for creative awareness or fundraising campaigns or internal management - such as getting your volunteers and team behind National Volunteer Week (April 10-16). Or you could get your staff to take part in National Card and Letter Writing Month, writing to donors. And I'd love to see an organization embrace National Inspirational News Week as a way to kickoff a program that regularly illustrates the positive impact the organization has.

In May, highlights include Donate-A-Day's-Wages Day, International Museum Day, National New Friends, Old Friends Week (Good for using on Facebook?) and Teacher Appreciation Week. If you have any doubts about that last one, make sure you watch this video recently shared with me by Heidi Ketrosey Massey:

So here are some April & May holidays you can use. If you're interested in planning further ahead or reviewing some of the guidelines on making these holiday campaigns successful for your organization, make sure to visit the original page.

Here's a quick snapshot of some of April's holidays you may be able to use:

Adult Autism Day
April Fools or All Fools Day
Arbor Day
Autism Awareness Month
Cancer Control Month
Child Abuse Prevention Month
Earth Day
Every Day is Earth Day
Global Child Nutrition Month
Golden Rule Week
Jazz Appreciation Month
National & Global Youth Service Days
National Card and Letter Writing Month
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
National Environmental Week
National Garden Month
National Go Birding Day
National Inspirational News Week
National Love Our Children Day
National Networking Week
National Park Week
National Parkinson's Awareness Month
National Public Health Week
National Sexual Assault Awareness Month
National Volunteer Week
National Week of the Ocean
Physical Wellness Month
Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month
School Library Media Month
Testicular Cancer Awareness Week
World Autism Day
World Habitat Awareness Month
World Health Day
World Hemophilia Day
World Parkinson's Disease Day

And here's a look at some of May's holidays you may be able to use:

ALS Awareness Month
American Wetlands Month
Arthritis Awareness Month
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Be Kind To Animals Week
Birthmother's Day (Saturday before Mother's Day)
Brain Tumor Awareness Month
Childhood Depression Awareness Day
Children's Book Week
Children's Mental Health Awareness Day
Children's Mental Health Week
Clean Air Month
Donate A Day's Wages To Charity
Drinking Water Week
EcoDriving Month
Fibromyalgia Education and Awareness Month
Go Fetch! Food Drive for Homeless Animals Month
Heal the Children Month
International Day of Families
International Jazz Day
International Migratory Bird Day
International Museum Day
Letter Carrier's Food Drive Day
Loyalty Day
Lupus Awareness Month
Memorial Day
Mother Ocean Day
Mother's Day
National Allergy/Asthma Awareness Month
National Anxiety & Depression Awareness Week
National Bike to Work Day
National Bike to Work Week
National Dance Day
National Endangered Species Day
National Family Week
National Hepatitis Awareness Month
National Hug Holiday Week
National Mental Health Month
National New Friends, Old Friends Week
National Pet Week
National Photo Month
National Physical Fitness & Sports Month
National Preservation Month
National Smile Month
National Stroke Awareness Month
National Teacher Day
National Wildflower Week
National Women's Health Week
Neighbor Day
Personal History Month
Reading is Fun Week
Teacher Appreciation Week
Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month
Women's Health Care Month
World Asthma Day
World Fair Trade Day
World Hypertension Day
World Turtle Day
Young Achievers of Tomorrow Month

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• I've joined an incredible team at Marts & Lundy as a consultant.
• The work and opportunities have come quickly and are keeping me quite busy.
• Did I mention how great the team is at M&L? Incredible collection of experience, but also genuinely good people. I'm loving it.

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• Being busy with everything else has taken a toll on the production level of this blog. I hope to add more soon... really soon.
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