May 2025!
May marks the start of the warm weather season, spring is under way and long weekend festivities await. May also marks Emergency Preparedness Week along with Road Safety week and Motorcycle Safety month; perfect for seasonal safety reminders.
In This Issue: May 2025 Health and Safety Bulletin
- Emergency Preparedness
- Share the Road
Observances/Awareness:
Month: BPD, Celiac, Food Allergy, Skin Cancer, Employee Health and Fitness, MS, Bladder Cancer, Chip Your Pet, Huntington, Lupus, Cystic Fibrosis, Speech and Hearing, Preeclampsia, Asthma, Apraxia, Sun Safety, Motorcycle Safety, Deck Safety
Days/Weeks:
Beltane & World Password Day: 1
Axial Spondyloarthritis Day: 3
Wildfire Community Preparedness Day: 3
Emergency Preparedness Week: 4-10
Hospice Palliative Care Week: 4-10
Heart Failure Awareness Week: 4-10
Women’s Health Week: 5-11
Mental Health Week: 5-11
Fibromyalgia & CIND Awareness Day: 12
Fair Trade Day: 13
Canada Road Safety Week: 13-19
Hypertension & IDAHOBIT: 17
Victoria Day: 19
International Day for Biological Diversity: 22
Schizophrenia Awareness Day: 24
Towel Day: 25
World Thyroid Day: 25-31
World Digestive Health Day: 29
Bi-Polar & Multiple Sclerosis Day: 30