August!

August

For those of us who sometimes come up against a blank when trying to find ideas for beads to make for Beads of Courage, here are a few interesting tidbits about August that might tickle those creative brain cells. Just the list of events alone can bring to mind some fun beads - ears, eyes, sandwiches etc! 

What beads can we make along these August themes and colors? I'm sure that before September rolls around we can have a whole slew of August beads for those August treatments!!

A Few Interesting Month-long events in August

• National Immunization Awareness Month

• National Psoriasis Awareness Month
• National Water Quality Month
• In the United States, August is National Goat Cheese Month.^[3]
• American Adventures Month
• Audio Appreciation Month
• Black Business Month
• Cataract Awareness Month
• Children's Eye Health and Safety Month
• Children's Vision and Learning Month
• Get Ready for Kindergarten Month
• Happiness Happens Month
• Neurosurgery Outreach Month
• Panini Month
• Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month

August symbols

August's birthstones are the peridot and sardonyx.

• Its birth flower is the gladiolus or poppy, meaning beauty, strength of character, love, marriage and family.^[6]

• The zodiac signs for the month of August are Leo (until August 22) and Virgo (from August 23 onwards).