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2011 Proclamations

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January

Martin Luther King Jr. Day (17)

Credit Union Day (27)

February

PeriAnesthesia Nurse Awareness Week (7-13)

TRIO Day (25)

Rare Disease Day (28)

March

Rhode Island's Youth Art Month

Peace Corps Month

Registered Dietitian Day (9)

Fresh Air Fund Day (20)

Purple Day (Epilepsy Awareness) (26)

April

National Autism Awareness Month

Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month

Month of the Military Child

Safe Digging Month

Donate Life Month

National Cancer Registrars Week (11-15)

Youth Temperance Education Week (24-30)

National Playground Safety Week (25-29)

60th Anniversary of Youth for Understanding USA (8)

National Siblings Day (10)

Global Youth Service Day (16)

Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide (24)

World Wish Day (29)

Arbor Day (29)

May

Water Safety Month

Toxic Injury Awareness, Education and Prevention Month

Older American Month

Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month

Mental Health Month

Electrical Safety Month

Military Order of Foreign Wars Week (1-7)

Public Service Recognition Week (1-7)

Holocaust Remembrance Week (1-8)

National Women's Health Week (8-14)

Nursing Home Week (8-14)

Emergency Medical Services Week (15-21)

Hurricane Preparedness Week (22-28)

Salute to Small Business Week (30-3)

Asthma Educator Day (3)

Rhode Island Independence Day (4)

Rhode Island Day of Prayer (5)

Rhode Island Agriculture Day (12)

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Day (17)

Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Day (17)

Endangered Species Day (20)

Maritime Day (23)

Rosie the Riveter Day (28)

Hope Day (29)

June

Great Outdoors Month

Men's Health Week (13-19)

Pollinator Week (20-26)

Police, Fire and Corrections Torch Run (3)

July

Baton Twirling Week (17-23)

Surface Warfare Officers School Day (1)

United State Army Corps of Engineers Day (29)

August

Health Center Week (7-9)

September

African Heritage Month

Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month

Apple Harvest Month

Campus Fire Safety Month

Pain Awareness Month

Peace Month

Direct Support Professional Recognition Week (11-17)

Watch out for Wildlife Awareness Week (18-24)

Tee it up for the Troops Day (9)

Hispanic Contribution Day (16)

POW-MIA Recognition Day (16)

Falling Prevention Awareness Day (23)

Day of Play (24)

Public Lands Day (24)

Water Celebration Day (24)

Family Day - A Day to Eat Dinner With Your Family (26)

October

Blindness Awareness Month

Cyber Security Awareness Month

Central Service Week (9-15)

Emergency Nurses Week (9-15)

Bulk Foods Week (16-22)

Infection Prevention Week (16-22)

Massage Therapy Awareness Week (23-29)

Hero Dog Day (1)

White Cane Day (15)

Lights on After School Day (20)

Rhode Island Food Day (24)

November

Career Development Month

Month of the Military Family

Elevator Escalator Safety Awareness Week (13-19)

Nurse Practitioner Week (13-19)

Neuroendocrine Tumor Cancer Awareness Day (10)

Rural Health Day (15)

Adoption Day (19)

Small Business Saturday (23)

Thanksgiving Day (24)

Day of Listening (25)

Drive Safer Sunday (27)

December

Operation Tribute Month

Employee Learning Week (5-9)

Gilbert Stuart Day (3)

National Guard Day (13)