{"id":342,"date":"2015-05-11T19:01:33","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T18:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookywook.co.uk\/blog\/?p=342"},"modified":"2015-05-11T19:01:33","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T18:01:33","slug":"charity-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookywook.co.uk\/blog\/charity-months\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the deal with charity takeover months?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dry January.\u00a0Movember.\u00a0Stoptober.<\/p>\n<p>These are all great. But what the hell?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe I&#8217;m just getting old (I&#8217;m 25), but it seems like lots and lots of these have sprung up over the last couple of years. And I don&#8217;t know how I feel about it.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, they&#8217;re all good causes. I even\u00a0<em>do<\/em> Movember &#8211; but do we really need a charity to focus on\u00a0<em>every<\/em> month?<\/p>\n<p>And some months even have multiple charities competing over them! May, for example, is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ALS Awareness Month (United States)<\/li>\n<li>Asian Pacific American Heritage Month<\/li>\n<li>Asthma Awareness Month<\/li>\n<li>Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month<\/li>\n<li>Celiac Awareness Month<\/li>\n<li>Aisha Santamaria Birthday<\/li>\n<li>Mental Health Awareness Month<\/li>\n<li>Haitian Heritage Month<\/li>\n<li>Hepatitis Awareness Month<\/li>\n<li>Jewish American Heritage Month<\/li>\n<li>Lupus Awareness Month<\/li>\n<li>Motorcycle Awareness Month<\/li>\n<li>National Bike Month<\/li>\n<li>National Guide Dog Month<\/li>\n<li>National Mobility Awareness Month<\/li>\n<li>Zombie Awareness Month<\/li>\n<li>National Foster Care Month<\/li>\n<li>Scandinavian American Heritage Month<\/li>\n<li>National Skin Cancer Awareness Month<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s 19 things to focus on. In May alone. Getting close to the same number of days in May itself.<\/p>\n<p>And of course you can&#8217;t celebrate one a day anyway. Just the 11th of May is, for example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wellcat.com\/may\/eat_what_you_want_day.htm\">Eat What You Want Day<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.daysoftheyear.com\/days\/twilight-zone-day\/\">Twilight Zone Day<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So to be true to the spirit of these &#8216;days&#8217; I should be watching The Twilight Zone and eating a huge tub of ice cream right now? I don&#8217;t have the energy for that.<\/p>\n<p>(NOTE TO SELF: INTERESTING IDEA FOR A LIFE PROJECT TUMBLR HERE. SAVE FOR LATER)<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and DON&#8217;T FORGET that 2015 is also the<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.daysoftheyear.com\/days\/year-of-soils\/\">Year of Soil<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m not saying we shouldn&#8217;t have these things. But maybe we can curb it in a bit? I feel like the soil isn&#8217;t getting my full attention right now, as I also attempt to raise awareness of guide dogs.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe all the charities should get together and agree to take turns or something? That would seem fair.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, it&#8217;s just chaos. Anyone can claim any day\/week\/month\/year without oversight.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, I can just say that May 11th is\u00a0<strong>International Richard Cook Awareness Day<\/strong> where you all have to give me like free stuff and high-fives on demand and-<\/p>\n<p>wait<\/p>\n<p>that sounds awesome<\/p>\n<p>ok let&#8217;s do that.<\/p>\n<p>Happy International Richard Cook Awareness Day everyone! Go tell a Richard Cook you know that you love them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dry January.\u00a0Movember.\u00a0Stoptober. These are all great. But what the hell? 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