October Weekly Observances
*Trichotillomania, Skin Picking & Related BFRB Awareness Week: 1-5 Link
*National Walk Your Dog Week: 1-7 Link
*Universal Children's Week: 1-7
Great American Beer Festival: 2-4 Link
4-H Week: 3-11 Link
Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend: 3-5 Link
*No Salt Week: 3-10
National Storytelling Weekend: 3-5 (1st Full Weekend)
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta: 4-12 Link
Fall Astronomy Week: 4-11 Link
*World Space Week: 4-10 Link
Emergency Nurses Week: 5-11 (1st Full Week) Link
Fire Prevention Week: 5-11
International Post Card Week: 5-11 Link
Great Books Week: 5-11 (1st Full Week)
Mental Illness Awareness Week: 5-11 (1st Full Week)
Mystery Series Week: 5-11(1st Full Week)
National Carry A Tune Week: 5-11 (Always had 7th in it)
National Midwifery Week: 5-11(1st Full Week) Link
National Work From Home Week: 5-11 (1stFull Week)
Nuclear Medicine Week: 5-11 (1st Full Week)
Customer Service Week: 6-10 (1st Week) Link
Drive Safely Work Week: 6-12 Link
Financial Planning Week: 6-12 (1st Mon-Sun Week)
Kids' Goal Setting Week: 6-10
National Health Care Food Service Week: 6-12 Link
National Metric Week: 6-12 (Week always has 10th in it.)
*National Physicians Assistant Week: 6-12
Spinning & Weaving Week: 6-12 Link
World Dairy Expo: 7-12 (First Tues. - Sunday)
Succoth: 9-15
October Monthly Observances
Adopt A Dog Month Link
Adopt A Shelter Dog Month
AIDS Awareness Month (President Reagan)
American Cheese Month
American Pharmacists Month Link
Antidepressant Death Awareness Month
Apple Month Link
Bat Appreciation Month
Black Speculative Fiction Month Link
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Bullying Prevention Month Link
(World) Blindness Awareness Month Link
Caffeine Addiction Recovery Month
Celiac Disease Awareness Month
Celebrating The Bilingual Child Month
Children's Magazine Month
Christmas Seal Campaign (10/1-12/31)
Church Library Month
Church Safety and Security Month
Class Reunion Month Link
Co-op Awareness Month
Country Music Month Link
Cut Out Dissection Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Down Syndrome Awareness Month Link
Dyslexia Awareness Month
Eat Better, Eat Together Month
Emotional Intelligence Awareness Month
Emotional Wellness Month
Employee Ownership Month Link
Energy Management is a Family Affair-Improve Your Home Month (10/1-3/31/13)
Eye Injury Prevention Month Link (Note: There is also one in July.)
Fair Trade Month Link
Financial Planning Month Link
Feral Hog Month or Hog Out Month Link
Gay & Lesbian History Month
German-American Heritage Month
Global ADHD Awareness Month Link
Global Diversity Awareness Month
Go Hog Wild - Eat Country Ham
Halloween Safety Month
Head Start Awareness Month Link
Health Literacy Month
Home Eye Safety Month
Italian-American Heritage Month Link
International Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC) Awareness Month
International Starman Month
International Strategic Planning Month
International Walk To School Month Link
Intergeneration Month
LGBT History Month Link
Long Term Care Planning Month
Month of Free Thought
National AIDS Awareness Month Link
National Animal Safety and Protection Month
National Arts & Humanities Month
National Audiology Awareness Month
National Bake and Decorate Month
National Book Month Link
National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month
National Caramel Month Link
National Chili Month
National Chiropractic Health Month
National Cookbook Month
National Crime Prevention Month
National Critical Illness Awareness Month
National Cyber Security Awareness Month Link
National Dental Hygiene Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month Link
National Depression Education & Awareness Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
National Down Syndrome Month
National Ergonomics Month Link
National Family Sexuality Education Month - Let's Talk! Link
National Field Trip Month
National "Gain The Inside Advantage" Month
National Go On A Field Trip Month
National Kitchen & Bath Month Link
National Liver Awareness Month
National Medical Librarian Month
National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month Link
National Orthodontic Health Month
National Physical Therapy Month
National Popcorn Poppin' Month
National Pork Month Link
National Protect Your Hearing Month Link
National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month Link
National Reading Group Month
National Roller Skating Month
National RSV Awareness Month Link
National Sarcastic Awareness Month
National Seafood Month Link
National Spina Bifida Awareness Month
National Stamp Collecting Month
National Stop Bullying Month
National Substance Abuse Prevention Month Link
National Toilet Tank Repair Month Link
National Window Covering Safety Month Link
National Work and Family Month
National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month
Organize Your Medical Information Month
Photographer Appreciation Month
Pizza Month LINK
Polish American Heritage Month
Positive Attitude Month
Raptor Month
Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
Right Brainers Rule! Month
Sausage Month Link
Self-Promotion Month
Spinach Lovers Month
Squirrel Awareness Month Link (Different Than Squirrel Appreciation Day in January)
Tackling Hunger Month Link Link
(Campbell Soup & 2nd Harvest. Not the same as Hunger Month in September)
Talk About Prescriptions Month
Vegetarian Month
Wishbones for Pets Month (10/15 - 11/30)
Women Walking In Their Own Shoes Month
Workplace Politics Awareness Month
World Menopause Month
