March Holidays

Adopt A Rescued Guinea Pig Month
American Red Cross Month or Red Cross Month
Bell Peppers and Broccoli Month
Berries and Cherries Month
Brain Injury Awareness Month
Child Life Month
Colic Awareness Month
Colorectal Cancer Education and Awareness Month (Different sponsor than National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month)
Credit Education Month
Deaf History Month (3/13 to 4/15)
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Month
Employee Spirit Month
Exotic Winter Fruit, Leeks and Green Onions Month
Expanding Girls' Horizons in Science and Engineering Month
National Expect Success Month
Holy Humor Month
Honor Society Awareness Month
Humorists Are Artists Month
International Expect Success Month
International Ideas Month
International Listening Awareness Month
International Mirth Month
International Women's Month
Malignant Hypertension Awareness & Training Month
March for Babies (March and April)
Music In Our Schools Month
National Athletic Training Month
National Caffeine Awareness Month
National Cheerleading Safety Month
National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month
National Clean Up Your IRS Act Month
National Color Therapy Month
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month (Different sponsor than Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month)
National Craft Month
National Ethics Awareness Month
National Eye Donor Month
National Frozen Food Month
National Irish-American Heritage Month
National Kidney Month
National Kite Month (3/31-4/30)
National March Into Literacy Month
National Multiple Sclerosis Education & Awareness Month
National Nutrition Month
National On-Hold Month
National Optimism Month
National Peanut Month
National Social Work Month
National Umbrella Month
National Week of The Ocean Festival Sea-son Thursday before the Second Saturday in March through Second Saturday in June
National Women's History Month
Optimism Month
Play-the-Recorder Month
Poetry Month
Poison Prevention Awareness Month
Red Cross Month
Save Your Vision Month
Sing With Your Child Month
Small Press Month
Social Workers Month
Spiritual Wellness Month
Steroid Abuse Prevention Month
Supply Management Month
Umbrella Month, Natl
Vulvar Health Awareness Month
Workplace Eye Health and Safety Month
Workplace Eye Wellness Month
Youth Art Month

* March was named for the Roman God "Mars"  

Week Celebrations

National Cheerleading Week,  First Week in March
National Ghostwriters Week,  First Week in March
National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week,  First Week in March
Universal Human Beings Week,  First Week in March  

Severe Weather Preparedness Week, First Full Week in March
Celebrate Your Name Week, First Full Week in March
National Consumer Protection Week, First Full Week in March
National Procrastination Week, First Full Week in March
National Schools Social Work Week, First Full Week in March
National Sleep Awareness Week, First Full Week in March
National Words Matter Week, First Full Week in March
Professional Pet Sitters Week, First Full Week in March
Save Your Vision Week, First Full Week in March
Telecommunicator Appreciation Week, First Full Week in March
Read an E-Book Week, First Full Week in March
Return The Borrowed Books Week, First Full Week in March
Women in Construction Week, First Full Week in March 

Festival of Owls Week, First Friday to Sunday in April (festivalofowls.com)
American Council on Education,  First Friday to Tuesday in March (acenet.edu)

Newspaper in Education Week, First Work Week in March
National School Breakfast Week, First Work Week in March
Share A Story, Shape A Future Week, First Work Week in March 

Iditarod Race, Starts on the First Saturday in March, Ends Two Sundays Later  

Universal Women's Week, Second Week in March
National Sleep Awareness Week, Second Week in March
National Bubble Week, Second Week in March
Week Crochet Week, Second Week in March
Daytona Bike Week, Second Week of March 

Girl Scout Week, Week of March 12th Sunday through Saturday 

National Agriculture Week, Second Full Week of March
Teen Tech Week, Second Full Week of March 

American Crossword Puzzle Weekend, Second Friday to Sunday in March

Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign, March 11th to March 17th 

Flood Safety Awareness Week, Second Work Week of March
International Brain Awareness Week, Second Monday to Sunday in March 

St. Patrick's Week, Third Week in March
Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week, Third Week in March 

Sherlock Holmes Weekend, Third Friday to Saturday in March (also November 1-3) 

Consider Christianity Week, Week Starting Second Sunday Before Easter 

Campfire USA Birthday Week, Third Full Week in March
Health Information Professionals Week,  Third Full Week in March
National Animal Poison Prevention Week, Third Full Week in March
National Inhalant and Poisons Awareness Week, Third Full Week in March
Root Canal Awareness Week, Third Full Week in March
Health Information Professionals (HIP) Week, (ahima.org) (Formerly Health Information & Technology Week) Third Full Week in March
American Chocolate Week, Third Full Week in March 

Passiontide,  Last Two Weeks of Lent 

Act Happy Week, Third Monday to Sunday
Flood Awareness Week, Third Work Week in March
Wellderly Week, Third Work Week in March
Wildlife Week, Third Work Week in March
World Folktales & Fables Week, Third Work Week in March 

Week of Solidarity with People's Struggling Against Racism & Discrimination, Fourth Week of March 

Tsunami Awareness Week, Last Full Week in March
Pediatric Nurse Practioner Week, Last Full Week in March
National Protocol Officer's Week, Last Full Week in March
National Cleaning Week, Last Full Week in March 

Termite Awareness Week, Last Work Week in March 

Youth Violence Prevention Week, Last Week in March 

NanoDays, 9 Days Starting the Last Saturday in March
National Week of the Ocean, Usually the Week of April 6th 

Moving Holidays in March

National Salesperson Day, First Friday in March
Employee Appreciation Day, First Friday in March
World Day of Prayer, First Friday in March
Dress in Blue Day First, Friday in March
Daughters' and Sons' Day, First Sunday in March
Iditarod, First Sunday in March
Namesake Day, First Sunday in March
Casimir Pulaski Day, First Monday in March (Also See October 11th)
Fun Facts About Names Day, First Monday in March
Peace Corp Day, First Tuesday in March (observed)
Unique Names Day, First Tuesday in March
Learn What Your Name Means Day, First Wednesday in March
Nametag Day, First Thursday in March
Popcorn Lover's Day, Second Thursday in March
Middle Name Pride Day, Second Friday in March
Genealogy Day, Second Saturday in March
International Fanny Pack Day, Second Saturday in March
Daylight Saving Time Ends, (Chile) Second Saturday in October to the second Saturday in March
Check Your Batteries Day, Second Sunday in March
Daylight Savings Time Begins, (USA, Canada) Second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November
Fill Our Staplers Day, Day after Daylight Savings Ends (Also November 4th)
Napping Day, Monday after daylight savings time Ends
Organize Your Home Office Day, Second Tuesday in March
Registered Dietitian Day, Second Wednesday in March
World Kidney Day, Second Thursday in March
Selection Sunday, Sunday before Third Thursday in March
March Madness Begins, Third Thursday in March
Corn Dog Day, First Saturday of March Madness
Well-Elderly or Wellderly Day, Third Monday in March
Kick Butts Day, Third Wednesday in March
Absolutely Incredible Kid Day, Incredible Kid Day, Third Thursday in March
Companies That Care Day, Third Thursday in March
International Sports Car Racing Day, Third Saturday in March
National Quilting Day, Third Saturday in March
American Diabetes Association Alert Day, Fourth Tuesday in March
European Summer Time Begins, Last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October
National Day of Unplugging, Date Varies (1,2 March 2013)
National Agriculture Day, Date Varies (Usually the first day of spring) 

Movebale Holidays Often in March 

Shabbat Across America and Canada, Friday nightfall to Saturday Nightfall in Late February or Early March
Ta'Anit Ester, Dawn until Dusk on Purim eve
Purim (Jewish), 14th day of the Hebrew month of Adar
Passover (Jewish), 14th day of the month of Nisan * CLICK HERE
Lent, 41 Days From Ash Wednesday to Maundy Thursday (Christianity)
Clean Monday, Seven weeks before Pascha (Orthodox and Eastern Catholicism)
Great Lent, 40 Days from Clean Monday to Lazarus Saturday (Orthodox and Eastern Catholicism)
Lazarus Saturday, Saturday Before Palm Sunday (Orthodox and Eastern Catholicism) * CLICK HERE
Palm Sunday, Sunday Before Easter (Christianity) * CLICK HERE
Holy Monday, Monday Before Easter (Christianity) * CLICK HERE
Holy Tuesday, Tuesday Before Easter (Christianity) * CLICK HERE
Holy Wednesday, Wednesday Before Easter (Christianity) * CLICK HERE
Maundy Thursday, Thursday Before Easter (Christianity) * CLICK HERE
Good Friday, Friday Before Easter (Christianity) * CLICK HERE
Holy Saturday, Saturday Before Easter (Christianity) * CLICK HERE
Easter, First Sunday after the full moon following the March equinox (Paschal Full Moon) (Christianity) * CLICK HERE
Easter Monday, Monday After Easter (Christianity) * CLICK HERE
Easter Tuesday, Tuesday After Easter (Christianity) * CLICK HERE
Easter Wednesday, Wednesday After Easter (Christianity) * CLICK HERE
Easter Thursday, Thursday After Easter (Christianity) * CLICK HERE
Easter Friday, Friday After Easter (Christianity) * CLICK HERE
Easter Saturday, Saturday After Easter (Christianity) * CLICK HERE