by Maria Koropecky, Wellness Coach

Here’s a list of Health & Wellness Days for March, 2017.

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

Here’s a link to January and February.

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

Spread the awareness and share!

March is the Awareness Month For:

• Birthflowers of the Month include: Daffodil
  • #birthflower, #flower, #daffodil, #spring, #yellow

• Birthstones of the Month include: Aquamarine, Bloodstone, Clear Quartz, Jade
  • #birthstones, #crystals, #gemstone, #jewelry, #aquamarine, #bloodstone, #clearQuartz, #Jade, #healing

• Childhood Arthritis Month (Canada)
  • #childhoodarthritis, #childhoodarthritisMonth

• Endometriosis Awareness Month
  • #EndometriosisAwarenessMonth, #cureEndo, #endomedtriosis, #endo

• Help Fight Liver Disease Month (Canada)
  • #liverdisease, #liver, #cirrosis, #hepatitis, #HepC, #FattyLiver

• National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month (Canada)
  • #ColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth, #colorectalcancer, #coloncancer, #DressinBlueDay

• National Kidney Month
  • #NationalKidneyMonth, #KidneyDisease, #dialysis, #kidneys, #stayhealthy

• National Nutrition Month
  • #NationalNutritionMonth, #healthy, #nutrition, #eatright

• National Social Work Month
  • #NationalSocialWorkMonth, #SocialWorkMonth, #socialwork, #Talk, #Counselor, #coaches, #nun, #priest, #Pastor, #Rabbi

• Pharmacist Awareness Month
  • #Pharmacist, #pharmacy

• Red Cross Month
  • #RedCrossMonth, #RedCross, #volunteers, #BeAHero

• Women’s History Month (U.S.)
  • #WomensHistoryMonth, #WHM, #InternationalWomensDay

Special Weeks in March:

• National Sleep Awareness Week (U.S.) from March 2^nd to March 9^th
  • #SleepAwarenessWeek, #7Days4BetterSleep, #sleep, #sleephealth, #zzz, #tips, #wellbeing, #SleepWeek

• National Spring Cleaning Week (U.K.) from March 6^th to March 12^th
  • #nationalspringcleaningweek, #springcleaning

• Victoria Flower Count from March 6^th to March 12^th
  • #FlowerCount, #spring, #flowers, #explorevictoria, #VictoriaBC, #Victoria #yyj, #nature, #photography

• World Glaucoma Week from March 12^th to March 18^th
  • #WorldGlaucomaWeek, #eyecare, #eyeexam, #eyehealth, #glaucoma, #WGW2017

• Brain Awareness Week from March 13^th to March 19^th.
  • #BrainAwarenessWeek, #brainweek, #neuroscience, #brain

• Poison Prevention Week from March 19^th to March 25^th
  • #PoisonPreventionWeek, #health, #Danger

• Canada Water Week from March 19^th to March 25^th
  • #CanadaWaterWeek, #SaveOurPlanet, #water, #groundwater, #WorldWaterDay, #SaveOurPlanet, #drop4drop, #iLoveWater, #SaveWater

• Canada Reads (CBC’s battle of the books) from March 27^th to March 30^th
  • #CanadaReads

Special Days in March:

• Ash Wednesday on March 1^st (Wednesday)
  • #AshWednesday, #Lent, #Catholic

• WE Day Illinois on March 1^st (Wednesday) Allstate Arena, Chicago
  • #WeDay, #YouthSpark, #BeTheChange

• World Book Day on March 2^nd (Thursday)
  • #WorldBookDay, #books

• Dress in Blue Day on March 3^rd (Friday) to raise awareness for colon cancer
  • #DressinBlueDay, #coloncancer, #ColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth, #colorectalcancer

• Employee Appreciation Day on March 3^rd (Friday)
  • #EmployeeAppreciationDay, #thankyou

• National Day of Unplugging on March 3^rd (Friday)
  • #NationalDayofUnplugging, #DigitalSabbath, #unplug

• Improv Day – Le Jour de l’impro on March 4^th (Saturday)
  • #improvday, #improv, #actorslife

• International Scrapbooking Day on March 4^th (Saturday)
  • #scrapbooking, #scrapbook, #crafting, #art, #digital, #paper, #Card

• World Tennis Day on March 6^th (Monday)
  • #WorldTennisDay, #tennis

• Healing Touch Day, Healing Beyond Borders on March 6^th (Monday)
  • #healing, #healingday, #energyhealing, #chakrahealing, #Reiki, #MiracleDay

• International Women’s Day on March 8^th (Wednesday)
  • #InternationalWomensDay, #WomensHistoryMonth, #WHM

• Girl Scout Day on March 12^th (Sunday)

• Spring Forward (BC, ON) and move clocks 1 hour forward on March 12^th (Sunday)
  • #SpringForward, #DaylightSavingsTime, #DaylightSavings, #timechange

• National Napping Day on March 13^th (Monday)
  • #nationalnappingday, #NappingDay, #zzzzzz, #naps, #napping, #naptime, #officequickienap

• National Children’s Craft Day on March 14^th (Tuesday)
  • #nationalchildrenscraftday, #creative, #crafts

• National Learn About Butterflies Day on March 14^th (Tuesday)
  • #NationalLearnAboutButterfliesDay, #pollinators, #LearnAboutButterfliesDay, #Butterfly, #BringBackTheBees

• National Pi Day (3.14) Celebrate Mathematics on March 14^th (Tuesday)
  • #NationalPiDay, #PiDay, #pi, #math, #HappyPiDay

• WE Day Saskatchewan on March 15^th (Wednesday) SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon
  • #WeDay, #YouthSpark, #BeTheChange

• Lips Appreciation Day on March 16^th (Thursday)
  • #LipsAppreciationDay, #LipstickEnvy, #lips

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

• Patrick’s Day on March 17^th (Friday)
  • #StPatricksDay, #StPaddysDay, #green, #luckoftheirish

• Goddess of Fertility Day (U.S.) on March 18^th (Saturday)
  • #GoddessOfFertilityDay, #goddess, #fertility, #pregnancy, #health, #infertility

• Earth Hour is from 8:30pm to 9:30pm on March 25^th (Saturday)
  • #EarthHour, #ChangeClimateChange, #WWF

• Spring Equinox on March 20^th (Monday)
  • #SpringEquinox, #VernalEquinox, #spring #HappySpring

• Fragrance Day on March 21^st (Tuesday)
  • #FragranceDay, #fragrance, #Parfum, #Perfume, #scent, #fashion, #aromatherapy, #essentialoils

• Harmony Day (Australia) on March 21^st (Tuesday)
  • #HarmonyDay, #everyonebelongs, #diversity, #peace

• World Poetry Day on March 21^st (Tuesday)
  • #WorldPoetryDay, #poetry, #poem, #haiku

• WE Day UK on 22 March (Wednesday), The SSE Arena, Wembley, London
  • #WeDay, #YouthSpark, #BeTheChange

• World Water Day on March 22^nd (Wednesday)
  • #WorldWaterDay, #water, #groundwater, #SaveOurPlanet, #drop4drop, #iLoveWater, #SaveWater

• National Puppy Day (U.S.) on March 23^rd (Thursday)
  • #NationalPuppyDay, #puppy, #puppies, #cute

• World Tuberculosis Day on March 24^th (Friday)
  • #WorldTuberculosisDay, WorldTBDay, #StopTB, #tb

• 3^rdAnnual Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival 5K Run and 1K Walk on March 25^th (Saturday)
  • #blossom17

• Purple Day – The Global Day of Epilepsy Awareness on March 26^th (Sunday)
  • #PurpleDay, #EpilepsyAwarenessDayMarch26th, #epilepsy, #epilepsyawareness

• National Doctor’s Day (U.S.) on March 30^th (Thursday)
  • #NationalDoctorsDay, #DoctorsDay, #Doctors, #ThankYouDoctor, #physicians

• Take a Walk in the Park Day on March 30^th (Thursday)
  • #TakeAWalkInTheParkDay, #takeawalk, #walk, #park, #nature

• Wear a Hat Day for Brain Tumour Research on March 31^st (Friday)
  • #WearAHatDay, #hat, #hatday, #hats, #hattastic, #hatselfie, #charity, #FundTheFight, #braintumourresearch, #BrainTumourAwareness, #BrainAwarenessWeek, #brainweek, #neuroscience, #brain