What days should you keep in mind for your government social media content calendar? Here’s a helpful roundup of some of the observed days happening in February 2024 you might want to consider building content for — or be mindful of — for your government social media accounts.

We put together a free, downloadable resource of observed days for all of 2024! Download our 2024 Observance Calendar Roundup to easily reference observances and fill in goals, accomplishments and ideas throughout the year. 

Please keep in mind that this is not meant to be a full list of observances and we encourage you to check with your state/county for any area-specific days or with your peers in our GSM Facebook Community Group or free GSM network. Other helpful resources for additional observances include List of National Days, National Today, Ready.Gov’s Preparedness Calendar, NWS Awareness and Preparedness Calendar, or the United Nations List of International Days and Weeks.

Observed in the month of February

• Adopt a Rescued Rabbit Month
• American Heart Month
• Black History Month
• Canned Food Month
• Dog Training Education Month
• Ethnic Equality Month
• Financial Aid Awareness Month
• National Bird Feeding Month
• National Cancer Prevention Month
• National Cat Health Month
• National Library Lovers Month
• Responsible Pet Owners Month
• Spay/Neuter Awareness Month
• Teen Dating Violence Month
• Youth Leadership Month

Weeks observed in February

• 1-7: World Interfaith Harmony Week
• 4-10: National Burn Awareness Week
• 5-9: National School Counseling Week
• 7-13: African Heritage and Health Week
• 7-15: International Black Women in the Arts
• 12-18: Random Acts of Kindness Week
• 14-March 28: Lent
• 26-March 3: National Invasive Species Awareness Week
• 25-March 2: Peace Corps Week

Days observed in February

• 1: Change Your Password Day
• 1: Conservatorship and Guardianship Abuse Awareness Day
• 1: Day of Remembrance and Respect to Victims of the Communist Regime
• 1: National Freedom Day
• 1: National Texas Day
• 1: World Hijab Day
• 2: Groundhog Day
• 2: National River Day
• 2: World Wetlands Day
• 3: National Missing Persons Day
• 3: Take Your Child to the Library Day
• 4: Facebook’s Birthday
• 4: International Day of Human Fraternity
• 4: National Thank a Mail Carrier Day
• 4: World Cancer Day
• 5: Disaster Day
• 6: International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
• 6: Safer Internet Day
• 7: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
• 7: World Read Aloud Day
• 8: National Iowa Day
• 10: Chinese New Year
• 10: Korean New Year
• 10: Lunar New Year
• 10: Sonam Lhosar
• 10: Vietnamese New Year (Tet)
• 10: World Pulses Day
• 11: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
• 11: Super Bowl LVIII
• 12: NAACP Day
• 12: National Freedom to Marry Day
• 13: Black Love Day
• 13: Canada’s Agriculture Day
• 13: Extraterrestrial Culture Day
• 13: Galentine’s Day
• 13: Mardi Gras
• 13: World Radio Day
• 14: Ash Wednesday
• 14: Frederick Douglass Day
• 14: International Book Giving Day
• 14: Library Lovers’ Day
• 14: National Black Literacy Day
• 14: National Donor Day
• 14: Pet Theft Awareness Day
• 14: Read to Your Child Day
• 14: Valentine’s Day
• 15: Nirvana Day
• 15: School Resource Officer Appreciation Day
• 15: Susan B. Anthony Day
• 16: National Caregivers Day
• 17: Random Acts of Kindness Day
• 19: Presidents Day
• 19: U.S. Coast Guard Reserve Birthday
• 20: National Love Your Pet Day
• 20: World Day of Social Justice
• 21: International Mother Language Day
• 22: National Wildlife Day
• 23: International Stand Up to Bullying Day
• 26: Black Lives Matter Day
• 27: Special Operations Forces Day
• 27: World Spay Day
• 28: National Science Day
• 29: Leap Day

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