January Observances

Date	Event	Week	Event2	Month Long Event
1	Global Family Day	Jan 6 - 12	National Folic Acid Awareness Week	Financial Wellness Month
1	World Day of Peace	Jan 20 - 26	Healthy Weight Week	Hot Tea Month
2	Science Fiction Day			Oatmeal Month
4	Trivia Day			Be On-Purpose Month
4	World Braille Day			International Creativity Month
5	National Bird Day			Get Organized Month
6	World Day - War Orphans			March of Dimes (Ontario)
14	Clean Off Your Desk Day			Skating Month
15	Hat Day			Birth Defects Prevention Awareness Month
19	World Religion Day			Blood Donor Month
20	Women's Healthy Weight Day			Cervical Cancer Screening Month
23	Handwriting Day			Cervical Health Awareness Month
24	National Girl Child Day of India			Glaucoma Awareness Month
25	National IV Nurse Day			Alzheimer Awareness Month (Canada)
26	International Customs Day			Mentoring Month (National)
27	International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust			Thyroid Awareness Month
27	Family Literacy Day - ABC Life Literacy Canada			Celebration of Life Month
28	Data Protection Day			Mailorder Gardening Month
29	Puzzle Day			Poverty in America Awareness Month (National)
				Self-Help Group Awareness Month
				Crime Stoppers Month (Ontario)
				Radon Action Month
				Clean Up Your Computer Month