AUGUST

AUGUST BIRTHSTONE: Peridot 
AUGUST FLOWER:
FULL MOON NAME: 
Northern or Southern Hemisphere After the summer solstice:
Thunder Moon, or Hay Moon
Green Corn Moon, or Grain Moon
Fruit Moon, or Harvest Moon
Northern Hemisphere:  Green Corn Moon, Grain Moon
Southern Hemisphere: Snow Moon, Storm Moon, Hunger Moon, Wolf Moon
Admit You're Happy Month
Family Fun Month
National Catfish Month
National Eye Exam Month
National Golf Month
Peach Month
Romance Awareness Month
Water Quality Month
National Picnic Month
Weekly Events:

Week 1 National Simplify your Life Week
Week 2 National Smile Week
Week 3 Friendship Week
Week 4 Be Kind to Humankind Week

August Monthly Observances
American Adventures Month
American Artists Appreciation Month
American Indian Heritage Month Link  (See also November)
American History Essay Contest (8/1 - 12/15)
Black Business Month
Boomers Making A Difference Month
Bystander Awareness Month
Children's Eye Health & Safety Month
Child Support Awareness Month
Children's Vision & Learning Month
Get Ready for Kindergarten Month
Happiness Happens Month
Motor Sports Awareness Month
National Breastfeeding Month
National Catfish Month
National Goat Cheese Month
National Immunization Awareness Month
National Panini Month
National Minority Donor Awareness Month
National Read A Romance Month
National Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
National Traffic Awareness Month
National Truancy Prevention Month
National Water Quality Month
National Win With Civility Month
Neurosurgery Outreach Month
Psoriasis Awareness Month
Rye Month
Shop Online For Groceries Month
Tomboy Tools Month
What Will Be Your Legacy Month
World Mutt-i-grees Rescue Month

August Weekly Observances
*International Clown Week: 1-7
National Scrabble Week: 1-5
*Simplify Your Life Week: 1-7
*World Breastfeeding Week: 1-7
Assistance Dog Week: 2-8  (Starts on the First Sunday)
Exercise With Your Child Week: 2-8
Knights of Columbus Family Week: 2-8
National Farmers' Market Week: 2-8
National Fraud Awareness Week: 2-8
(This is sponsored by the FCC and has to do with phone & mail fraud.)
National Psychic Week: 2-8   (First full week)
Single Working Women's Week: 2-8
 (Always on the week that has 8/4 in it. Some years it begins in July.)
Stop on Red Week:2-8
National Bargain Hunting Week: 3-8  (First Mon.-Sun Week)
Old Fiddler's Week: 3-8
Psychic Week: 3-7  (First full week)
Sturgis Rally: 3-9
*Rock for Life Week: 4-7
Gallop International Tribal Indian Powwow: 5-8
National Hobo Week: 6-9
Gay Games: 8-15
National Motorcycle Week: 9-15  (2nd Week)
Feeding Pets of the Homeless Week: 9-15  (Always 2nd Week)
National Resurrect Romance Week: 9-15 (2nd  Full Week)
Elvis Week: 10-16
Weird Contest Week: 10-14 (Second Week)
*National Aviation Week: 15-21  (Always week of Orville Wright's Birthday on  19th)
*Minority Enterprise Development Week: 18-24
National Massage Therapy Week: 19-23
National Return To Work Week: 23-29
National Safe at Home Week: 23-29 (Last M-F Week)
*Be Kind To Humankind Week: 25-31
National Chuck Wagon Races: 28-30