Looking for more days to celebrate volunteers throughout the year? Try the Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar for Nonprofits or Memory Fox’s Nonprofit Holidays.
JANUARY 2024
- January is National Mentoring Month
- Jan. 15: MLK Day of Service
- Jan. 18 DOVIA meeting @ 8:30 AM via Zoom: “Ideas = Dreams = Wishes = Goals” presented by Dr. Fran Baker
- Jan. 25: FEMA Corps Graduation Ceremony, NCCC Campus, Vicksburg
FEBRUARY 2024
- February is Black History Month
- Feb. 12-18: Random Acts of Kindness Week
- Feb. 15 DOVIA meeting @ 8:30 AM: Field trip to Good Samaritan Center, Jackson
- Feb. 17: Random Acts of Kindness Day
- Feb. 26: International Corporate Philanthropy Day (4th Monday in February)
MARCH 2024
- March 4: FEMA Corps Induction Ceremony, NCCC Campus, Vicksburg
- March 10-16: National AmeriCorps Week
- March 21 DOVIA meeting @ 8:30 AM via Zoom: “AmeriCorps NCCC Info Session” presented by Tamika Eatmon, Vicksburg Campus
- March 31: Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Learning
APRIL 2024
- April is Global Volunteer Month
- April 14: Good Deeds Day
- April 18 DOVIA meeting: TBA
- April 21-27: National Volunteer Week
- April 22: Earth Day
- Date TBA: GIVE Awards ceremony
MAY 2024
- May is Older Americans Month
- May 4: Join Hands Day
- May 16 DOVIA meeting @ 8:30 AM: Field Trip to Ronald McDonald House, Campus of University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC), Jackson — meet in the parking lot and enter as a group
- May 16: AmeriCorps NCCC Graduation Ceremony (Corps 29B), NCCC Campus, Vicksburg
JUNE 2024
- June 20 DOVIA meeting @ 8:30 AM: TBA
JULY 2024
- July 18: Nelson Mandela International Day
- July 18 DOVIA meeting @ 8:30 AM: TBA
AUGUST 2024
- August 15 DOVIA meeting @ 8:30 AM: TBA
- August 17: National Nonprofit Day
SEPTEMBER 2024
- Sept. 2: Labor Day
- Sept. 5: International Day of Charity
- Sept. 11: 9/11 Day of Service
- Sept. 19 DOVIA meeting @ 8:30: TBA
OCTOBER 2024
- Oct. 5: Be the Change Day (1st Saturday in October, created in celebration of the birthday of Mahatma Ghandi)
- Oct. 17 DOVIA meeting @ 8:30 AM: TBA
- Oct. 22-28: National Pro Bono Week
- Oct. 26: Make a Difference Day (4th Saturday in October)
NOVEMBER 2024
- Nov. 5: International Volunteer Managers Day
- Nov. 11: Veterans Day
- Nov. 15: National Philanthropy Day
- Nov. 21 DOVIA Meeting @ 8:30 AM: TBA.
NOTE: Election of 2025 officers will take place at this meeting. - Nov. 23: Family Volunteer Day
DECEMBER 2024
- Dec. — NO DOVIA Meeting; the newly elected officers gather to choose the content for the upcoming year
- Dec. 3: Giving Tuesday
- Dec. 5: International Volunteer Day
- Dec. 26: Boxing Day