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