SEASONS OF SERVICE
THE NATIONAL SERVICE CALENDAR
NOVEMBER 2006:
November (month) - American Indian Heritage Month
November (month) - Prematurity Awareness Month; http://www.marchofdimes.com/
November 12-18 - American Education Week; http://www.nea.org/aew/index.html
November 12-18 - Geography Awareness Week; http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction
November 13-17 - International Education Week; http://iew.state.gov/
November 13-19 - Children's Book Week; http://www.cbcbooks.org/cbw/
November 13-19 - World Kindness Week; http://www.actsofkindness.org
November 14 - National Mix It Up Day; http://www.tolerance.org/
November 14 - National Young Readers' Day; http://www.bookitprogram.com/teachers/nyrd.asp
November 15 - America Recycles Day; http://www.americarecyclesday.org/
November 15 - National Philanthropy Day; http://www.nationalphilanthropyday.org/index.html
November 16, 2006 - World's Largest Thanksgiving Dinner; http://www.4allstars.org
November 18 - Family Volunteer Day; http://disney.go.com/disneyhand/familyvolunteers/
November 19-25, 2006 - National Family Week; http://www.nationalfamilyweek.org
DECEMBER 2006:
December 1 - World AIDS Day; http://www.worldaidsday.org/default.asp
December 10 - International Children's Day of Broadcasting; http://www.unicef.org/videoaudio/video_icdb.html
JANUARY 2007:
January (month) - National Mentoring Month; http://www.mentoring.org/
January 15 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service; http://www.mlkday.gov
January 22-26 - No Name Calling Week; http://www.nonamecallingweek.org/cgi-bin/iowa/home.html
FEBRUARY 2007:
February (month) - National Black History Month; http://www.asalh.org/
February 13-19 - Random Acts of Kindness Week; http://www.actsofkindness.org/
February 17 - PTA Founder's Day - http://www.pta.org/ap_founders.html
MARCH 2007:
March (month) - National Nutrition Month; http://www.strength.org/
March (month) - National Women's History Month; http://www.nwhp.org/
March (month) - Red Cross Month; http://www.redcross.org/index.html
March 2 - Read Across America Day; http://www.nea.org/readacross/index.html
March 5-9 - Newspapers in Education Week; http://nieonline.com/
March 8 - International Women's Day; http://www.internationalwomensday.com/
March 12-19 - Girl Scout Week; http://www.girlscouts.org/
Mach 15 - Absolutely Incredible Kid Day; http://www.campfire.org/a_i_kid_day/
March 16 - Liberty Day; http://www.libertyday.org
March 22 - World Water Day; http://www.worldwaterday2007.org/
March 31 - Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Learning; http://www.chavezfoundation.org
APRIL 2007:
April (month) - Keep America Beautiful Month; http://www.kab.org/
April 5 - National Day of Hope; http://www.childhelpusa.org/
April 15-21 - National Library Week; http://www.ala.org/
April 15-21 - National Volunteer Week; http://www.pointsoflight.org
April 16-22 - Act! Speak! Build! Week; http://www.habitat.org/ccyp/act_speak_build
April 20-22 - National & Global Youth Service Day; www.YSA.org, www.gysd.org
April 22 - Earth Day; http://www.earthday.net/
April 23 - 29 - National Volunteer Week; http://www.pointsoflight.org/programs/seasons/nvw/
MAY 2007:
May (month) - National Foster Care Month; http://www.fostercaremonth.org/Home
May (month) - National Family Month; http://www.familymonth.net/
May 1 - 7 - Be Kind to Animals Week; http://www.americanhumane.org/site/PageServer
May 2 - 8 - National Historic Preservation Week; http://www.nationaltrust.org/
May 8 - National Teacher Day; http://www.nea.org/teacherday/index.html
May 5 - Join Hands Day; http://www.joinhandsday.org/
May 13 - Walk the World Day; http://www.fighthunger.org/
JUNE 2007:
June 3 - 10 - National NeighborWorks Week; http://www.nw.org/network/home.asp
June 5 - World Environment Day; http://www.unep.org/wed
June 6 - National Hunger Awareness Day; http://www.nw.org/network/home.asp
JULY 2007:
July (month) - Recreation and Parks Month; http://www.nrpa.org/
July 20 - Special Olympics Day; http://www.specialolympics.org
AUGUST 2007:
August (month) - Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month; http://mylion.org/
August 7 - National KidsDay; http://www.kidsday.net/
SEPTEMBER 2007:
September (month) - National Youth Court Month; http://www.youthcourt.net/
September (month) - Corporate Month of Service; http://www.handsonnetwork.org/home/
September 10 - 17 - Habitat for Humanity International Building on Faith Week; http://www.habitat.org/
September 11 - My Good Deed; http://www.mygooddeed.org/
September 15 - 17 - Clean Up the World Weekend; http://www.unep.org/
September 15 - October 15 - National Hispanic Heritage Month; http://www.somosprimos.com/heritage.htm
September 16 - National Neighborhood Day; http://www.neighborhoodday.org/index_flash.asp
September 16 - Intercoastal Cleanup; http://www.oceanconservancy.org/
September 17-24 - Constitution Week; http://www.constitutioncenter.org
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