Calendar

October 2009

Date	Event & Location	Time & Category
10/01 – 10/31/09	Domestic Violence Awareness Month
10/11 – 10/17/09	Give Kids Good Schools Week
10/14/09	Serve Illinois Commission Meeting, Chicago and Springfield	Commission
10/15/09	National Service Recognition Day, Springfield	National Service
10/15/09	VISTA Progress Report due to Commission	AmeriCorps
10/16 – 10/18/09	Stand Up Against Poverty
10/16/09	World Food Day
10/18 – 10/24/09	National Character Counts Week
10/18 – 10/24/09	Teen Read Week
10/18 – 10/24/09	Kids Care Week
10/20/09	PER due to Commission	AmeriCorps
10/20/09	FSR due to Commission	AmeriCorps
10/22/09	Lights On After School
10/24/09	Make a Difference Day	Day of Service
10/29/09	West Central Illinois Volunteerism Conference Macomb, IL	Conference
10/30/09	Progress Report due to Commission	AmeriCorps

Date	Event & Location	Time & Category
TBD	Illinois 14th Annual Service Learning Conference
11/01/09	National Family Literacy Day
11/05/09	2009 MVDOVIA Volunteer Management Conference Davenport, IA	Conference
11/1 – 11/30/09	National Runaway Prevention Month
11/1 – 11/30/09	Empieza Contigo (It Starts With You)
11/1 – 11/30/09	American Indian Heritage Month
11/9 – 11/15/09	World Kindness Week
11/10/09	National Mix It Up Day
11/10 – 11/14/09	National Young Readers' Day
11/13/09	World Kindness Day
11/13/09	National Philanthropy Day
11/15/09	America Recycles Day
11/15 – 11/21/09	Geography Awareness Week
11/15 – 11/21/09	National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week
11/19 – 11/20/09	Fall Tutor / Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference – Northwestern University, Evanston	Conference
11/18 – 11/20/09	LeaderCorps Fall Conference	AmeriCorps
11/19/09	World's Largest Thanksgiving Dinner
11/20/09	PER due to Commission	AmeriCorps
11/21/09	Family Volunteer Day
11/22 – 11/28/09	National Family Week

Date	Event & Location	Time & Category
12/01/09	World AIDS Day
12/15/09	VISTA Progress Report due to Commission	AmeriCorps
12/17/09	Serve Illinois Commission Meeting	Commission
12/18/09	PER due to Commission	AmeriCorps

Date	Event & Location	Time & Category
01/01 – 01/31/2010	National Mentoring Month
01/18/2010	Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
01/25 – 01/29/2010	No Name Calling Week

Date	Event & Location	Time & Category
02/01 – 02/28/2010	National Black History Month
02/07/2010	Souper Bowl of Caring
02/09 – 02/11/2010	No Child Left Behind Conference
02/15 – 02/21/2010	Random Acts of Kindness Week

Date	Event & Location	Time & Category
03/01 – 03/31/2010	National Nutrition Month
03/01 – 03/31/2010	National Women's History Month
03/01 – 03/31/2010	Red Cross Month
03/01 – 03/05/2010	Newspapers in Education Week
03/02/2010	Read Across America Day
03/07/2010	International Children's Day of Broadcasting
03/07 – 03/13/2010	Girl Scout Week
03/08/2010	International Women's Day
03/16/2010	Liberty Day
03/22/2010	World Water Day
03/24 – 03/27/10	National Youth Leadership Conference
03/31/2010	Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Learning

Date	Event & Location	Time & Category
04/01 – 04/30/2010	Keep America Beautiful Month
04/07/2010	National Day of Hope
04/07/2010	World Health Day
04/11 – 04/17/2010	National Library Week
04/18 – 04/24/2010	National Volunteer Week
04/22/2010	Earth Day
04/23 – 04/25/2010	National Global Youth Service Day

Date	Event & Location	Time & Category
05/01 – 05/31/2010	National Foster Care Month
05/01 – 05/31/2010	National Family Month
05/01 – 05/31/2010	National Historic Preservation Month
05/01/2010	Join Hands Day

Date	Event & Location	Time & Category
06/01 – 06/30/2010	National Neighbor Works Week
06/05/2010	World Environment Day

Date	Event & Location	Time & Category
07/01 – 07/31/2010	Recreation and Parks Month
07/01 – 07/31/2010	Special Olympics Day

Date	Event & Location	Time & Category
08/01 – 08/31/2010	Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month
08/01 – 08/31/2010	Community Build Day
08/03/2010	National Kids Day

Date	Event & Location	Time & Category
09/01 – 09/30/2010	National Youth Court Month
09/01 – 09/30/2010	Corporate Month of Service
09/01 – 09/30/2010	Clean Up the World Weekend
09/01 – 09/30/2010	National Hispanic Heritage Month
09/01 – 09/30/2010	Intercoastal Cleanup
09/11/2010	My Good Deed
09/13/2010	Habitat for Humanity International Building on Faith Week
09/17/2010	Constitution Day
09/18/2010	National Neighborhood Day