National and International Events – March 2008

1-9 March
Event: Sydney Harbour Week: Sharing Sydney Harbour
Organisation: Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority.
Website: www.sydneyharbourweek.com/html//home.cfm

2 March
Event: Clean Up Australia Day
Organisation: Clean Up Australia
Website: www.cleanup.com.au
Address: Level 1, 18 Bridge Road, Glebe NSW 2037

2 March
Event: Guide Dog Open Day
Organisation: Guide Dogs Victoria
Website: www.guidedogsvictoria.com.au

2-8 March
Event: Sea week: "Marine Bycatch Matters"
Organisation: Marine Education Society of Australasia's
Website: www.mesa.edu.au/seaweek.asp

3-31 March
Event: Muscular Dystrophy WA Awareness Month
Organisation: Muscular Dystrophy Association of Western Australia Inc
Website: www.mdawa.asn.au

7 March
Event: Muscular Dystrophy Street Appeal
Organisation: Muscular Dystrophy Association of Western Australia Inc
Website: www.mdawa.asn.au

8 March
Event: International Women's Day
Organisation: International Women's Development Agency (IWDA)
Website: www.iwda.org.au or see the UN site: www.un.org/womenwatch/feature/iwd/

9 March
Event: Beat the Boat to Help Beat Stroke
Organisation: National Stroke Foundation
Website: www.strokefoundation.com.au

9-16 March
Event: Multiple Birth Awareness Week 2008.
Organisation: Australian multiple Birth Association
Website: www.amba.org.au

10-14 March
Event: Orthoptic Awareness Week "Vision for Life"
Organisation: Orthoptic Association of Australia
http://www.orthoptics.org.au/OAA07/content/view/49/82/

12 March
Event: Ride2School Day
Organisation: Bicycle Victoria
Website: www.bv.com.au/

13 March
Event: World Kidney Day
Organisation: Kidney Health Australia
Website: www.kidney.org.au/

13-20 March
Event: Coeliac Awareness Week
Organisation: The Coeliac Society of Australia Inc
Website: www.coeliacsociety.com.au

13-15 March
Event: World's Greatest Shave to Care and Cure
Organisation: Leukaemia Foundation
Website: www.worldsgreatestshave.com

25 March- 6 April
Event: Conservation Week- WA Water Future
Organisation: Conservation Council of WA
Website: http://conservationwa.asn.au

17 - 23 March
Event: Celebrate our Cultural Diversity Week
Organisation: Victorian Multicultural Commission
Website: www.culturaldiversity.vic.gov.au

31 March - 30 April
Event: Buy a Butterfly Month
Organisation: Hear and Say Centre for deaf children and their families
Website: www.butterflyappeal.com

19-25 March TBC
Event: Reusable Nappy WeekTM
Organisation: Australian Nappy Network
Website: www.modernclothnappies.org/events.htm

21 March: Good Friday

21 March
Event: Harmony Day
Organisation: Department of Immigration & Multicultural Indigenous Affairs
Website: www.harmony.gov.au

21 March
Event: World Forestry Day
Organisation: Queensland Government
http://www.forest.nsw.gov.au/publication/forest_facts/celebrating_trees_forests/default.asp

22 March
Event: World Water Day
Organisation: United Nations
Webpage: www.worldwaterday.org/page/121

23 March
Event: World Meteorological Day
WebPage: www.wmo.int/wmd/

24 March: Easter Monday

24 March
Event: World Tuberculosis Day
Organisation: Australian Respiratroy Council
Website: www.thearc.org.au

25-31 March TBC
Event: Victorian Foster Care Promotion Week
Organisation: Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare
Website: www.cwav.asn.au

27 March- 3 May
Event: National Playgroup Week
Organisation: Playgroup VIC
Website: www.playgroup.org.au/browse.asp?page=381

25 March- 6 April
Event: Conservation Week- WA Water Future
Organisation: Conservation Council of WA
Website: http://conservationwa.asn.au

30 March
Event: National Neighbour Day
Organisation: National Neighbour Day
Website: www.neighbourday.org/index.php

30 March
Event: 'Run for the Kids'
Organisation: Herald Sun/CityLink Run
Website: www.r4k.com.au/r4k/

30 March- 5 April
Event: Law Week - know the score -check out the law
Organisation: The Law Society of New South Wales
Website: www.lawweek.com.au

31 March
Event: National Batten Disease Awareness Day
Organisation: Australian Chapter of Batten Disease Support and Research Association
Website: www.battens.org.au

31 March - 30 April
Event: Buy a Butterfly Month
Organisation: Hear and Say Centre for deaf children and their families
Website: www.butterflyappeal.com

This events list is from the Our Community Website
http://www.ourcommunity.com.au/calendar/calendar_article.jsp?articleId=2555