Holidays and awareness days highlight important cultural, health, environmental, human, and animal welfare causes. This is why planning campaigns around nationally promoted holidays and events allows you to leverage a collective wave of awareness, relevant content, and fundraisers to support important causes in your communities.
How to build your Impact Calendar?
- Step 1: Identify the community issues that matter most to your financial institution
- Step 2: Find the national holidays or days of recognition that spotlight and align with your impact
- Step 3: Create and promote campaigns and content relevant to the holidays and days
January
- 16: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service — #MLKDay
- 28: Data Privacy Day — #DataPrivacyDay
February
- 2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay
- 4: World Cancer Day — #WorldCancerDay
- 6: Reclaim Social — #ReclaimSocial
- 7: Safer Internet Day — #SaferInternetDay
- 13: World Radio Day — #WorldRadioDay
- 19: World Whale Day — #WorldWhaleDay
- 20: World Day of Social Justice — #SocialJusticeDay
- 23: Digital Learning Day — #DigitalLearningDay
- 27: International Polar Bear Day — #PolarBearDay
- 27: World NGO Day — #WorldNGODay
- 28: Rare Disease Day — #RareDiseaseDay
- 28: World Spay Day — #WorldSpayDay
March
- 3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay
- 8: International Women’s Day — #IWD2023
- 9: World Kidney Day — #WorldKidneyDay
- 18: Global Recycling Day — #GlobalRecyclingDay
- 21: International Day of Forests — #WorldForestsDay
- 21: World Down Syndrome Day — #WorldDownSyndromeDay
- 21: World Poetry Day — #WorldPoetryDay
- 22: World Water Day — #WorldWaterDay
- 24: World Tuberculosis Day — #WorldTBDay
- 25: Earth Hour — #EarthHour
April
- 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay
- 7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay
- 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay
- 14: World Dolphin Day — #WorldDolphinDay
- 15: World Art Day — #WorldArtDay
- 16: Good Deeds Day — #GoodDeedsDay
- 22: Earth Day — #EarthDay
- 23: World Book Day — #WorldBookDay
- 25: World Malaria Day — #WorldMalariaDay
- 25: World Penguin Day — #WorldPenguinDay
- 30: International Jazz Day — #JazzDay
May
- 3: World Press Freedom Day — #WorldPressFreedomDay
- 8: World Ovarian Cancer Day — #WOCD23
- 10: World Lupus Day — #WorldLupusDay
- 12: International Nurses Day — #NursesDay
- 13: World Fair Trade Day — #WorldFairTradeDay
- 13: World Migratory Bird Day — #WorldMigratoryBirdDay
- 17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, Biphobia — #IDAHOTB
- 18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay
- 20: Endangered Species Day — #EndangeredSpeciesDay
- 22: International Day for Biological Diversity — #BiologicalDiversityDay
- 23: World Turtle Day — #WorldTurtleDay
- 31: World No Tobacco Day — #WorldNoTobaccoDay
June
- 1: LGBTQIA+Q Pride Day — #Pride23
- 5: World Environment Day — #WorldEnvironmentDay
- 8: World Ocean Day — #WorldOceanDay
- 12: World Day Against Child Labour — #WorldDayAgainstChildLabour
- 14: World Blood Donor Day — #WorldBloodDonorDay
- 16: World Sea Turtle Day — #WorldSeaTurtleDay
- 20: World Refugee Day — #WorldRefugeeDay
- 21: International Day of Yoga — #YogaDay
- 22: World Rainforest Day — #WorldRainforestDay
July
- 11: WorldPopulationDay — #WorldPopulationDay
- 18: Nelson Mandela International Day — #MandelaDay
- 28: World Hepatitis Day — #WorldHepatitisDay
- 29: International Tiger Day — #InternationalTigerDay
- 30: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons — #EndHumanTrafficking
August
- 9: Indigenous People’s Day — #IndigenousDay
- 10: World Lion Day — #WorldLionDay
- 12: International Youth Day — #YouthDay
- 12: World Elephant Day — #WorldElephantDay
- 17: National Nonprofit Day — #NationalNonprofitDay (Internationally recognized)
- 19: World Humanitarian Day — #WorldHumanitarianDay
- 26: National Dog Day — #DogDay (Internationally recognized)
- 29: International Day Against Nuclear Tests — #AgainstNuclearTestsDay
September
- 5: International Day of Charity — #CharityDay
- 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay
- 10: World Suicide Prevention Day — #WorldSuicidePreventionDay
- 15: International Day of Democracy — #DemocracyDay
- 21: International Day of Peace — #PeaceDay
- 21: World Alzheimer’s Day — #WorldAlzheimersDay
- 22: World Rhino Day — #WorldRhinoDay
- 24: World Rivers Day — #WorldRiversDay
- 27: World Tourism Day — #WorldTourismDay
October
- 4: World Animal Day — #WorldAnimalDay
- 4: World Habitat Day — #WorldHabitatDay
- 5: World Teachers Day — #WorldTeachersDay
- 6: World Cerebral Palsy Day — #WorldCPDay
- 10: World Homeless Day — #WorldHomelessDay
- 10: World Mental Health Day — #WorldMentalHealthDay
- 11: International Day of the Girl Child — #DayOfTheGirl
- 11: Coming Out Day — #ComingOutDay
- 12: World Arthritis Day — #WorldArthritisDay
- 13: World Thrombosis Day — #WorldThrombosisDay
- 16: World Food Day — #WorldFoodDay
- 16: Global Cat Day — #GlobalCatDay
- 17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty — #EndPoveryDay
- 19: World Values Day — #WorldValuesDay
- 29: National Internet Day — #WorldInternetDay (Internationally recognized)
- 31: World Cities Day — #WorldCitiesDay
November
- 3: International Day for Biosphere Reserves — #BiosphereReserves
- 13: World Kindness Day — #WorldKindnessDay
- 14: World Diabetes Day — #WorldDiabetesDay
- 16: International Day for Tolerance — #ToleranceDay
- 16: World Pancreatic Cancer Day — #WorldPancreaticCancerDay
- 16: World Philosophy Day — #WorldPhilosophyDay
- 19: World Toilet Day — #WorldToiletDay
- 20: World Children’s Day — #WorldChildrensDay
- 21: World Television Day — #WorldTVDay
- 25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women — #EndViolenceAgainstWomen
- 28: Giving Tuesday — #GivingTuesday
December
- 1: World AIDS Day — #WorldAIDSDay
- 3: International Day of People with Disabilities — #IDPwD23
- 5: International Volunteer Day — #VolunteerDay
- 5: World Soil Day — #WorldSoilDay
- 9: International Anti-Corruption Day — #AntiCorruptionDay
- 10: International Human Rights Day — #HumanRightsDay
- 11: International Mountain Day — #MountainDay
- 18: International Migrants Day — #MigrantsDay
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