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 June you might want to build content for — or be mindful of — for your government social media accounts. 

We also put together a free, downloadable resource of observed days for 2022! Download our 2022 Observance Calendar Roundup to easily reference days and fill in goals, accomplishments and ideas throughout the year. 

Please keep in mind that this may not be a full list, and we encourage you to check other sources like List of National Days or National Today, with your state/county for any area-specific days or with your peers in our GSM Facebook Community Group or GSM network.

Observed in the month of June

• African-American Music Appreciation Month
• Effective Communications Month
• Great Outdoors Month
• National Adopt a Cat Month
• National Camping Month
• National Men’s Health Month
• National Oceans Month
• National Pet Preparedness Month
• National Pollinators Month
• National PTSD Awareness Month
• National Rivers Month
• National Safety Month
• National Zoo and Aquarium Month
• Pride Month
• Professional Wellness Month

June is also the start of Hurricane season. Helpful information can be found here from NOAA.

Weeks observed in June

• National CPR and AED Awareness Week: June 1-7
• National Fishing and Boating Week: June 4-12

• National Men’s Health Week: June 13-19
• Waste and Recycling Workers Week: Week of June 17
• National Pollinator Week: June 20-26

Days observed in June

• National Go Barefoot Day: June 1
• National Heimlich Maneuver Day: June 1
• World Reef Awareness Day: June 1
• National Say Something Nice Day: June 1
• World Bicycle Day: June 3
• National Donut Day: June 3
• National Trails Day: June 4
• World Environment Day: June 5
• D-Day: June 6
• National Higher Education Day: June 6
• World Oceans Day: June 8
• Army Birthday: June 14
• Flag Day: June 14
• World Blood Donor Day: June 14
• Nature Photography Day: June 15
• National Go Fishing Day: June 18
• Father’s Day: June 19
• Juneteenth: June 19
• First Day of Summer: June 21
• Selfie Day: June 21
• National PTSD Awareness Day: June 27
• National Meteor Watch Day: June 30
• Social Media Day: June 30

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