August, Monthly Observances and Holidays

The month of August has 69 associated awareness designations and observances, shown below. There are also 908 holidays scheduled on specific days during the month.

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 #DrawingAugust2023	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 Neurosurgery Outreach Month #NationalNeurosurgeryOutreach… #NeurosurgeryOutreachMonth	Health
40.	American Adventures Month #AmericanAdventuresMonth	Travel / Lodging
41.	Digital Nomad Month	Travel / Lodging
42.	Black Philanthropy Month #BlackPhilanthropyMonth #BPM2023 #NationalBlackPhilanthropyMon…
43.	Tree Check Month #TreeCheckMonth
44.	Rye Month #RyeMonth #NationalRyeMonth	Nightlife
45.	Vignoles Month (Missouri) #VignolesMonth #MOVignolesMonth	Nightlife
46.	Anal Pleasure Month #AnalPleasureMonth #AnalAugust #AnalSexMonth	Nightlife
47.	National Gastroparesis Awareness Month #GastroparesisAwarenessMonth #NationalGastroparesisAwarene… #GPAwarenessMonth	Health
48.	Stevens Johnson Syndrome Awareness Month #StevensJohnsonSyndromeAwaren… #SJSAwarenessMonth	Health
49.	International EFT Tapping Month #InternationalEFTTappingMonth #TappingMonth #InternationalTappingMonth
50.	International Peace Month #InternationalPeaceMonth #PeaceMonth
51.	Celery, Fennel and Cactus Month #CeleryFennelAndCactusMonth	Food / Drink
52.	Mushroom and Onion Month	Food / Drink
53.	Summer Sun Safety Month #SummerSunSafetyMonth #SunSafetyMonth	Travel / Lodging
54.	Aicardi Syndrome Awareness Month	Health
55.	Amblyopia Awareness Month #AmblyopiaAwarenessMonth	Health
56.	Steelpan Month (Trinidad and Tobago) #SteelpanMonth	Travel / Lodging
57.	Boomers Making a Difference Month #BoomersMakingADifferenceMonth
58.	Bystander Awareness Month #BystanderAwarenessMonth
59.	Learn Japanese Month #LearnJapaneseMonth
60.	National Minority Donor Awareness Month #NationalMinorityDonorAwarene…
61.	National Parks Month #NationalParksMonth #ParksMonth
62.	National Political Affiliation Discrimination Awareness Month #PADAMonth #NationalPADAMonth
63.	National Road Victim Month (UK) #NationalRoadVictimMonth #RoadVictimMonth #NationalRoadVictimsMonth
64.	National Traffic Awareness Month #NationalTrafficAwarenessMonth #TrafficAwarenessMonth
65.	Pedestrian Safety Month (Hawaii) #PedestrianSafetyMonth
66.	Straight Pride Month #StraightPrideMonth #HeterosexualPrideMonth
67.	What Will Be Your Legacy Month #WhatWillBeYourLegacyMonth
68.	World Mutt-i-grees Rescue Month #WorldMuttIGreesRescueMonth
69.	Muslim Appreciation and Awareness Month (California) #MuslimAppreciationAndAwarene… #MuslimAppreciationMonth #MuslimAwarenessMonth

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