Health and Wellness Awareness Days for February, 2017

by Maria Koropecky, Wellness Coach

Here’s a link to the Intro for this blog post series, a.k.a the #BeTheChange Almanac.

Here’s a link to January.

Hopefully, these Awareness Days will inspire you to discover your life’s purpose and pitch in where you can.

Spread the awareness and share!

February is the Awareness Month For:

• Birthflowers of the Month include: Primrose, Violet
  • #birthflower, #flower, #primrose, #violet, #purple

• Birthstones of the Month include: Amethyst, Bloodstone, Moonstone, Onyx
  • #birthstones, #crystals, #gemstone, #jewelry, #Amethyst, #Bloodstone, #Moonstone, #Onyx, #meditation, #healing, #purple

• Heart Health Month
  • #HearHealthMonth, #hearthealth, #heart, #HealthySnacksHealthyHeart

• National Cherry Month (U.S.)
  • #NationalCherryMonth, #cherries

• Psychology Month
  • #PsychologyMonth, #psychology, #mentalhealth, #mentalillness, #therapy, #counselors, #psychotherapy

Special Weeks in February:

• Winterlude Festival in Ottawa from February 3^rd to February 20^th
  • #Winterlude, #Ottawa, #MyOttawa, #ottcity, #winter, #RideauCanal, #Gatineau, #canal, #staycation, #SnowflakeKingdom, #skating

• White Cane Week (for the blind and vision-impaired community) from February 5^thto February 11^th, 2016
  • #whitecaneweek, #SeniorSafetyTipsoftheDay, #whitecane, #blind, #visuallyimpaired, #accessibility, #smartcane, #lowvision, #visionloss

• New York Fashion Week from February 9^th to February 17^th
  • #fashionweek, #fashion, #NYC, #style, #model, #runway

• Victoria Yoga Conference from February 10^th to February 12^th, Victoria, BC
  • #yogaconference, #yogaliciouslife, #yoga, #feelinggreat, #Victoria, #yyj

• International Flirting Week from February 12^th to February 18^th
  • #flirt

• Love Week from February 13^th to February 17^th
  • #LoveWeek

• London Fashion Week from February 17^th to February 21^st
  • #fashionweek, #fashion, #Milan, #Italy, #style, #model, #runway

• Milan Fashion Week from February 22^nd to February 28^th
  • #fashionweek, #fashion, #London, #style, #model, #runway

• National Eating Disorders Awareness Week from February 26^th to March 4^th
  • #NEDAwareness, #NEDAweek, #eatingdisorders, #Recovery

• Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Week from February 14^th to February 21^st
  • #reproductivehealth, #health, #pregnancy

• The 9th Annual Tapping World Summit 2017 from February 22^nd to March 4^th
  • #tapping, #EFT, #WorldSummit

Special Days in February:

• Winter Walk Day on February 1^st (Wednesday)
  • #WinterWalkDay, #WellnessWednesday

• Groundhog Day on February 2^nd (Thursday)
  • #GroundhogHay, #spring, #BillMurray

• World Play Your Ukulele Day on February 2^nd (Thursday)
  • #WorldUkuleleDay, #UkuleleDay, #ukulele, #youtube, #uke, #music, #HarpUkulele

• Facebook’s Birthday on February 4^th (Saturday)
  • #Facebook, #socialmedia, #marketing, #fb

• Take Your Child to the Library Day on February 4^th (Saturday)
  • #gotothelibrary, #readabook, #read, #LibraryGenius, #books, #ChildrenRead, #teachingreading, #Readingactivities, #learntoread, #websiteforkids

• World Cancer Day on February 4^th (Saturday)
  • #WorldCancerDay, #Cancer, #health

• International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation on February 6^th (Monday)
  • #UnitedNations, #UN, #comfortwomen, #ZeroTolerance, #humanrights

• Boy Scout Day on February 8^th (Wednesday)
  • #BoyScoutDay

• National Kite Flying Day on February 8^th (Wednesday)
  • #KiteFlyingDay, #kiteflying, #kite, #flyakite, #beach, #kitesurfing, #kitesurf, #kiteboarding, #fun, #sun, #sea

• Inventors’ Day on February 11^th (Saturday)
  • #InventorsDay, #SharkTankTuesdays, #SharkTank, #propertyrights, #ProfessorBranestawm

• Students Run LA’s 22nd Annual Friendship Run on February 12^th (Sunday)
  • #studentsrunla, #SRLA, #friendshiprun

• Family Day in BC on February 13^th (Monday)
  • #BCFamilyDay, #familyday, #family

• Westminster Kennel Club Annual Dog Show on February 13^th (Monday)
  • #WKCDogShow, #WestminsterDogShow, #BestinShow, #dogs

• Valentine’s Day on February 14th (Tuesday)
  • #ValentinesDay, #Valentines, #Valentine, #love

• National Innovation Day on February 16^th (Thursday)
  • #nationalinnovationday, #innovation, #startup, #tech, #technology, #leadership

• Random Acts of Kindness Day on February 17^th (Friday)
  • #RandomActsOfKindnessDay, #KindnessDay, #kindness

• Family Day in AB, SK, ON on February 20^th (Monday)
  • #familyday, #family

• Colour Days!!! Pink Day (let this colour inspire you throughout the day) (public Facebook Group) on February 17^th (Friday)
  • #colordays, #colors, #colorful, #pink

• Northern Hemisphere Hoodie-Hoo Day on February 20^th (Monday)
  • #HoodieHooDay

• Love your Pet Day on February 20^th (Monday)
  • #pet, #animallover, #TheSecretLifeOfPets, #furbaby

• Pink Shirt Day (anti-bullying movement) on February 22^nd (Wednesday)
  • #PinkShirtDay, #endbullying, #antibullying, #StopBullying, #PinkitForward, #PinkShirtPromise, #kindness

• Walking the Dog Day on February 22^nd (Wednesday)
  • #WalkingTheDogDay, #dog, #walk, #pet, #animallover, #TheSecretLifeOfPets, #furbaby, #WellnessWednesday

• World Thinking Day (Girl Scouts and Girl Guides) on February 22^nd (Wednesday)
  • #WorldThinkingDay, #GirlScouts

• WE Day Montreal FR: 23 Février (jeudi), Théâtre St-Denis, Montreal
  • #WeDay, #YouthSpark, #BeTheChange

• WE Day Montreal EN on February 24^th (Friday), Theatre St-Denis, Montreal
  • #WeDay, #YouthSpark, #BeTheChange

• Oscar Sunday (89^th Academy Awards) on February 26^th (Sunday)
  • #Oscars, #redcarpet, #AcademyAwards, #Movies

• Floral Design Day on February 28^th (Tuesday)
  • #FloralDesignDay, #birthflower, #flower

• National Science Day on February 28^th (Tuesday)
  • #NationalScienceDay, #ScienceisGREAT, #science

• Shrove Tuesday, (also called Pancake Day, Fat Tuesday, and Mardi Gras) on February 28^th (Tuesday)
  • #ShroveTuesday, #PancakeDay, #pancakes, #MardiGras, #FatTuesday, #Lent, #PancakeTuesday, #HappyPancakeDay