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Observances

MAY
2022
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Global Employee Health and Fitness Month
Jewish American Heritage Month
National Foster Care Month
National Mental Health Awareness Month
National Military Appreciation Month
National Recommitment Month
Older Americans Month
Women’s Health Month

Weekly Observances in May

May 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
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