August, Monthly Observances and Holidays

The month of August has 74 associated awareness designations and observances, shown below. There are also 1033 individual days during the month with holidays scheduled.

1.	Family Meals Month #FamilyMealsMonth	Food / Drink
2.	National Sandwich Month #NationalSandwichMonth #SandwichMonth	Food / Drink
3.	National Breastfeeding Month #NationalBreastfeedingMonth #BreastfeedingMonth	Health
4.	National Crayon Collection Month #NationalCrayonCollectionMonth #CrayonCollectionMonth
5.	National Peach Month #NationalPeachMonth #PeachMonth	Food / Drink
6.	National Panini Month #NationalPaniniMonth #PaniniMonth	Food / Drink
7.	National Back To School Month #NationalBackToSchoolMonth #BackToSchoolMonth
8.	Kids Eat Right Month #KidsEatRightMonth	Food / Drink
9.	Get Ready for Kindergarten Month #GetReadyForKindergartenMonth #NationalGetReadyForKindergar…
10.	MedicAlert Awareness Month #MedicAlertAwarenessMonth #MedicAlertMonth	Health
11.	Black Business Month #BlackBusinessMonth #NationalBlackBusinessMonth
12.	National Clown Month #NationalClownMonth #ClownMonth
13.	National Romance Awareness Month #NationalRomanceAwarenessMonth #RomanceAwarenessMonth
14.	National Immunization Awareness Month #NationalImmunizationAwarenes… #ImmunizationAwarenessMonth #NIAM	Health
15.	Children's Eye Health and Safety Month #ChildrensEyeHealthAndSafetyM…	Health
16.	National Family Fun Month #NationalFamilyFunMonth #FamilyFunMonth
17.	National Catfish Month #NationalCatfishMonth #CatfishMonth	Food / Drink
18.	National Brownies At Brunch Month #NationalBrowniesAtBrunchMonth #BrowniesAtBrunchMonth	Food / Drink
19.	National Goat Cheese Month #NationalGoatCheeseMonth #GoatCheeseMonth	Food / Drink
20.	National Eye Exam Month #NationalEyeExamMonth #EyeExamMonth	Health
21.	American Artist Appreciation Month #AmericanArtistAppreciationMo…	The Arts
22.	Arrr-gust: International Pirate Month #InternationalPirateMonth #PirateMonth #Arrrgust
23.	National Golf Month #NationalGolfMonth #GolfMonth
24.	Get Acquainted with Kiwifruit Month #GetAcquaintedWithKiwifruitMo…	Food / Drink
25.	Shop Online for Groceries Month #ShopOnlineForGroceriesMonth	Food / Drink
26.	Black August #BlackAugust
27.	National Win With Civility Month #NationalWinWithCivilityMonth #WinWithCivilityMonth
28.	Washington Wine Month #WashingtonWineMonth #WAWineMonth	Nightlife
29.	Children's Vision and Learning Month #ChildrensVisionAndLearningMo…	Health
30.	National Water Quality Month #NationalWaterQualityMonth #WaterQualityMonth	Food / Drink
31.	Motorsports Awareness Month #MotorsportsAwarenessMonth
32.	Read A Romance Month #ReadARomanceMonth #NationalReadARomanceMonth
33.	Rawgust #Rawgust	Food / Drink
34.	Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month #SpinalMuscularAtrophyAwarene…	Health
35.	Drawing August #DrawingAugust #DrawingAugust2024	The Arts
36.	Happiness Happens Month #HappinessHappensMonth #NationalHappinessHappensMonth
37.	National Truancy Prevention Month #NationalTruancyPreventionMon… #TruancyPreventionMonth
38.	National Psoriasis Awareness Month #NationalPsoriasisAwarenessMo… #PsoriasisAwarenessMonth	Health
39.	National Cowgirl Month #NationalCowgirlMonth #CowgirlMonth	Nightlife
40.	National Neurosurgery Outreach Month #NationalNeurosurgeryOutreach… #NeurosurgeryOutreachMonth	Health
41.	American Adventures Month #AmericanAdventuresMonth	Travel / Lodging
42.	Digital Nomad Month	Travel / Lodging
43.	Black Philanthropy Month #BlackPhilanthropyMonth #BPM2024 #NationalBlackPhilanthropyMon…
44.	Tree Check Month #TreeCheckMonth
45.	Rye Month #RyeMonth #NationalRyeMonth	Nightlife
46.	Vignoles Month (Missouri) #VignolesMonth #MOVignolesMonth	Nightlife
47.	Anal Pleasure Month #AnalPleasureMonth #AnalAugust #AnalSexMonth	Nightlife
48.	National Gastroparesis Awareness Month #GastroparesisAwarenessMonth #NationalGastroparesisAwarene… #GPAwarenessMonth	Health
49.	Stevens Johnson Syndrome Awareness Month #StevensJohnsonSyndromeAwaren… #SJSAwarenessMonth	Health
50.	International EFT Tapping Month #InternationalEFTTappingMonth #TappingMonth #InternationalTappingMonth
51.	International Peace Month #InternationalPeaceMonth #PeaceMonth
52.	LIHEAP Action Month #LIHEAPActionMonth
53.	National Apprenticeship Month #NationalApprenticeshipMonth #ApprenticeshipMonth
54.	Celery, Fennel and Cactus Month #CeleryFennelAndCactusMonth	Food / Drink
55.	Mushroom and Onion Month	Food / Drink
56.	Summer Sun Safety Month #SummerSunSafetyMonth #SunSafetyMonth	Travel / Lodging
57.	Aicardi Syndrome Awareness Month	Health
58.	Amblyopia Awareness Month #AmblyopiaAwarenessMonth	Health
59.	National The Sex Talk Month	Health
60.	World Stress Management Month #StressManagementMonth	Health
61.	Steelpan Month (Trinidad and Tobago) #SteelpanMonth	Travel / Lodging
62.	Boomers Making a Difference Month #BoomersMakingADifferenceMonth
63.	Bystander Awareness Month #BystanderAwarenessMonth
64.	Learn Japanese Month #LearnJapaneseMonth
65.	National Minority Donor Awareness Month #NationalMinorityDonorAwarene…
66.	National Parks Month #NationalParksMonth #ParksMonth
67.	National Political Affiliation Discrimination Awareness Month #PADAMonth #NationalPADAMonth
68.	National Road Victim Month (UK) #NationalRoadVictimMonth #RoadVictimMonth #NationalRoadVictimsMonth
69.	National Traffic Awareness Month #NationalTrafficAwarenessMonth #TrafficAwarenessMonth
70.	Pedestrian Safety Month (Hawaii) #PedestrianSafetyMonth
71.	Straight Pride Month #StraightPrideMonth #HeterosexualPrideMonth
72.	What Will Be Your Legacy Month #WhatWillBeYourLegacyMonth
73.	World Mutt-i-grees Rescue Month #WorldMuttIGreesRescueMonth
74.	Muslim Appreciation and Awareness Month (California) #MuslimAppreciationAndAwarene… #MuslimAppreciationMonth #MuslimAwarenessMonth

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Jul	Aug	Sep
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