May 2001

Long Term Care Staff Recognition Days
and Other Occasions to Recognize and Celebrate

Better Hearing and Speech Month
Better Sleep Month
Creative Beginnings Month
Family Support Month
Get Caught Reading Month
Hepatitis Awareness Month
International Business Image Improvement Month
Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detention and Prevention Month
More than Just a Pretty Face Month
National Arthritis Month
National Allergy/Asthma Awareness Month
National Barbecue Month
National Bike Month
National Correct Posture Month
National Digestive Disease Awareness Month
National Gomingle Month
National Hamburger Month
National Hepatitis Awareness Month
National High Blood Pressure Education Month
National Mental Health Month
National Osteoporosis Prevention Month
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
National Recommitment Month
National Salad Month
National Scholarship Month
National Sight-Saving Month
National Stroke Awareness Month
J Older Americans Month
Strike Out Strokes Month
Women's Health Care Month
1 Executive Coaching Day
1 May Day
1 Melanoma Monday
1-8 National "Get Happy" Day
1 Teen Day
1-7 National Peace of Mind Week
1-7 Pen-Friends Week International
2 National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day
2 Sibling Appreciation Day
3 Tax Freedom Day
5 Halfway Point of Spring
5 National Scrapbook Day
6 J National Clergy Day
6-12 J National Family Week
6-12 J National Nurses Day and Week
6-12 National Pet Week
6-12 National Wildflower Week
6 No Diet Day
8 No Socks Day
9 J National Nightshift Workers Day
9 J National Receptionist Day
9 J National Third Shift Workers Day
9-15 Universal Family Week
10 Trust Your Intuition Day
11 Eat What You Want Day
12 Limerick Day
13-19 J Homes for the Aging Week
13 Mother's Day
13-19 National Emphysema Awareness Week
13-6/17 National Family Month
13-19 National Historic Preservation Week
13-19 National Running and Fitness Week
15 Hug Your Cat Day
15 True Confessions Day
16 National Employee Health and Fitness Day
18 International Museum Day
18 National Bike to Work Day
18 Visit Your Relatives Day
20-26 J National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week
20-27 National New Friends, Old Friends Week
21-27 J International Salute to Public Relations Week
21-28 National Backyard Games Week
25 National Tap Dance Day
26 International Jazz Day
27 Ancestor Honor Day
27 Shavuot Begins at Sundown
28 Memorial Day
28 Shavuot
30 National Senior Health and Fitness Day

J Special Staff/Customer/Volunteer Recognition

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Wisconsin Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
204 South Hamilton Street
Madison, WI 53703
Telephone: (608)255-7060
FAX:(608)255-7064