Monthly Opportunities to Promote Your Business or Organization

Thousands of organizations and Presidential Proclamations set aside specific days, weeks and months for political, cultural and historical events and causes. Many of these occasions offer you an opportunity to promote your business, organization or product.

February

February 20th is MardiGras

• Send your salesforce out with logoed boxes of doughnuts to leave with clients on this day that's also known as Fat Tuesday or Doughnut Day
  
  
• Create a promotion that delivers all the beads and trappings of MardiGras and ties in the carnival atmosphere. Make a connection to how the carnival atmosphere seems great on MardiGras, but when they wake up to the sobering reality of the next day your business, product or service is what will carry them over long haul.

Some other designations for February that you might be interested in are:

• American Heart Month
• National Pet Dental Health Month
• National African American History Month
• National Cherry Month
• February 1st: National Wear Red Day
• February 2nd: Ground Hog Day
• February 3rd: Super Bowl XLII
• February 3rd - 9th: National Consumer Protection Week
• February 5th: Mexico: Constitution Day
• February 6th: Ash Wednesday
• February 7th -18th: Florida State Fair
• February 7th: First day of the Chinese New Year - Year of the Rat
• February 10th: The Grammy Awards
• February 11th: Pro Sports Wives Day
• February 10th - 16th: Jell-O Week
• February 12th: Darwin Day
• February 14th: Valentine's day
• February 15th: Susan B Anthony Day
• February 15th: National Gum Drop Day
• February 17th: My Way Day
• February 19th: President's Day
• February 20th: Mardi Gras
• February 23rd: Anniversary: Iwo Jima Day
• February 24th: Academy Awards Presentation
• February 26th: For Pete's Sake Day
• February 26th: Spay Day USA
• February 28th: National Tooth Fairy Day
• February 28th: National Chili Day

March is Music In Our Schools Month

• Team up with a local school and bring in some area musicians. Choose someone to play something with a Latin-American flavor and give all the kids logoed mini maracas so they can play along.
  
  
• Provide school kids with pencils molded in the shape of G-clefts or use other music oriented logoed merchandise to distribute to school kids either through the schools or at your place of business in connection with a music in school program.

Some other designations for March that you might be interested in are:

• Music in Our Schools Month
• Red Cross Month
• Honor Society Awareness Month
• Poison Prevention Awareness Month
• March 1st: Anniversary: Peace Corps Founded
• March 2nd - 8th: Save Your Vision Week
• March 3rd: National Anthem Day
• March 3rd - 9th : National School Breakfast Week
• March 3rd - 9th : National Cheerleading Week
• March 7th: World Day Of Prayer
• March 9th - 15th: Girl Scout Week
• March 13th: Good Samaritan Day
• March 15th: Ides Of March
• March 17th: Saint Patrick's Day
• March 18th: Forgive Mom & Dad Day
• March 20th: First Day Of Spring
• March 21st: National Common Courtesy Day
• March 22nd: International Goof-Off Day
• March 23rd: National Puppy Day
• March 25th: American Diabetes Association Alert Day
• March 26th: Legal Assistants Day
• March 29th: National Mom & Pop Business Owner's Day
• March 29th: Knights of Columbus Founders Day
• March 30th: Pencil Day

April

The week of April 27th is National Volunteer Week

• Thank all of your volunteers with a small memento of their efforts.
  
  
• Hold a thank-you celebration and include table favors that commemorate their contributions.
  
  
• Select a Volunteer of the Year and award them with a larger commemorative gift. And, be sure to get pictures and send to the local papers.

Some other designations for April that you might be interested in are:

• Alcohol Awareness Month
• National Child Abuse Prevention Month
• Holy Week
• National Donate Life Month
• April 1st: April Fools Day
• April 2nd: International Children's Book Day
• April 3rd: Tweed Day
• April 4th: Victims Of Violence day
• April 5th: National Fun At Work Day
• April 6th: Teflon Day
• April 7th: No Housework Day
• April 9th - 15th: Egg Salad Week
• April 10th: National Sibilings Day
• April 11th: Trivia Day
• April 13th: International Plant Appreciation Day
• April 7th - 11th: National Public Health Week
• April 13th - 19th: National Library Week
• April 27th: National Volunteer Week
• April 15th: Income Tax Pay Day
• April 17th: International Ford Mustang Day
• April 19th - 27th: National Wildlife Week
• April 22nd: Earth Day
• April 24th: Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day
• April 27th: Mother, Father Deaf Day
• April 28th: Cubicle Day
• April 29th: National Dance Day
• April 30th: Spank Out Day USA