November Workplace Celebrations Calendar

Appreciation Month

Why Wait until Thanksgiving? Take the whole month to appreciate everything and everyone that is a part of your life. Appreciation makes you feel good. It also improves your relationships.

Activity ideas:

• Make a Gratitude List. Write down everything that you appreciate. Have at least 100 things on your list. This will make you stretch your thinking to the many things we take for granted.

• In a group of 5-7 people, take turns saying one thing that you appreciate. See how many times you can go around the group until everyone runs out of ideas. Observe the positive energy that gratitude creates.

• Write Thank You letters everyone you know in your company or organization. Be specific about one thing you appreciate about each person. Thank you letters can be saved and re-read over and over, and may be treasured for many years. Click here for ideas and sample Thank You Letters.

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More Special Months to Celebrate:

FAMILY STORIES MONTH - www.scrapbookstorytelling.com

AMERICAN DIABETES MONTH - www.diabetes.org & www.diabetes-sight.org

NATIONAL ADOPTION AWARENESS MONTH - with a National Adoption Day usually held on the 3rd Saturday of the month. - www.NationalAdoptionDay.org

NATIONAL AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE MONTH

NATIONAL FAMILY CAREGIVERS MONTH - to honor family members who care for aging relatives or those with disabilities.

NATIONAL MARROW AWARENESS MONTH - www.marrow.org

NATIONAL HOSPICE MONTH - http://www.nhpco.org/

1-7 – NATIONAL FIG WEEK - www.californiafigs.com

3 – SANDWICH DAY - the birthday of John Montague, the Earl of Sandwich who invented the sandwich as a time saving nourishment in 1792.

4 – ELECTIONS - Local elections will be held

6 - NATIONAL MEN MAKE DINNER DAY - Or you could have men make lunch at work day. Go to this great site for the rules and great recipes and ideas. www.menmakedinnerday.com

11 - U. S. VETERANS DAY for information go to http://www1.va.gov/vetsday/

13 - WORLD KINDNESS DAY - Performing acts of kindness make both the receiver and the giver happier. Celebrate Kindness Day at your company. Learn how at: www.actsofkindness.org

16-22 - AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK - Make lifelong learning for employees part of your company's mission. Schedule a training session for your employees this week.

20 - NATIONAL GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT DAY - The American Cancer Society (ACS) holds the Great American Smokeout® each November to help smokers quit cigarettes for at least one day, in hopes they will quit forever. Celebrate the Great American Smokeout at your company.

See a list of the free brochures available to encourage smokers and dippers to quit. http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/ped_10_4.asp and get some more ideas at: http://www.whyquit.com and http://www.quitsmoking.com/kopykit/reports/smokeout.htm

27 U. S. THANKSGIVING DAY - Ask each employee to make a gratitude list and post them the week before Thanksgiving where they can be read by all.

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