Observances
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Weekly Observances in MayMay 1-7, 2022 (First full week in May)—Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week
May 1-7, 2022 (First full week in May)—National Pet Week May 2-8, 2022 (First full week in May)—Screen-Free Week (unplug and engage with people) May 6-12, 2022—National Nurses Week May 8-14, 2022 (Second week in May)—National Hospital Week May 8-14, 2022 (Week beginning on Mother’s Day)—National Women’s Health Week May 15-21, 2022 (Third full week in May)—National Emergency Medical Services Week |
Daily Observances in May
May 1—Global Love Day
May 1, 2022 (First Sunday in May)—World Laughter Day May 3—National Garden Meditation Day May 3, 2022 (First Tuesday in May)—National Foster Care Day May 4—National Renewal Day (celebration of new beginnings) May 5—National Silence the Shame Day (talk about mental health and erase stigma of mental illness) May 5, 2022 (Thursday of first full week in May)—Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day May 6—National Nurses Day May 7—National Barrier Awareness Day May 7, 2022 (First Saturday in May)—Join Hands Day (volunteer efforts to bridge older and younger generations) May 7, 2022 (First Saturday in May)—National Bombshells’ Day (women’s celebrating themselves and their best friends) May 8, 2022 (Second Sunday in May)—Mother’s Day May 8—World Red Cross Day May 9, 2022 (Second Monday in May)—National Women’s Checkup Day May 11, 2022 (Wednesday of National Nurses Week)—National School Nurse Day |
May 12—International Nurses Day
May 14—National Decency Day (celebration of the standard of civility that everyone deserves) May 15—International Day of Families May 16—Honor Our LGBT Elders Day May 16—International Day of Living Together in Peace May 16—National Do Something Good for Your Neighbor Day May 18, 2022 (Wednesday of third full week in May)—Emergency Medical Services for Children Day May 21—World Day for Cultural Diversity May 22—International Being You Day May 24—World Schizophrenia Day May 25—National Missing Children’s Day May 25, 2022 (Last Wednesday in May)—National Senior Health and Fitness Day May 31—National Smile Day May 31—World No Tobacco Day |