May can be both a weird and awesome month. The weather isn’t (or shouldn’t be) cold anymore and spring is in the air. And while the calendar might say summer isn’t for another couple of weeks, May has always served as the unofficial kick-off to all things warm! You’re in luck because we have every promotional item you’ll need for some seasonal fun.
The month is full of fun awareness opportunities like National Salad Month (really? We need a whole month for that?) and holidays for reflection like Memorial Day. As the last of the major holidays in May, Memorial Day of course serves as a reminder of all the soldiers who’ve paid the ultimate price for our freedom. Show your American pride with some patriotic or military promo items to celebrate the holiday no matter what you have planned.
We might be getting ahead of ourselves. Memorial Day might be the beginning of summer, but the month of May has a ton of other fun celebration-worthy days to help out your business. Check out the calendar to see some ideas!
Holidays & Awareness Days
May 1st: May Day
May 5th: Cinco De Mayo
May 5th: National Teacher Day
May 7th: Free Comic Book Day
May 10th: Mother’s Day
May 16th: Armed Forces Day
May 21st: Learn To Swim Day
May 25th: Memorial Day
May 25th: National Senior Health & Fitness Day
Awareness Months
National Barbecue Month
National Bike Month
Asthma & Allergies Awareness Month
National Hamburger Month
National Salad Month
National Military Appreciation Month
National Stroke Awareness Month
Awareness Weeks
May 3-9: National Pet Week
May 4-10: National Wildflower Week
May 6-12: National Nurses Week
May 10-16: National Police Week
May is an important month to celebrate and remember our heroes in uniform. Aside from Memorial Day, we have Armed Forces Day and National Police Week. Law enforcement agencies can promote safety and get valuable information out to their communities by getting police-themed stress balls, custom water bottles, or even this police car shaped die cut eraser!
Speaking of heroes, we don’t know about you, but we wouldn’t be anywhere without our moms. May is the month to celebrate her! Of course moms should be celebrated all year round for what they do for us, but setting aside a special day for her is…well, special! And what better way to promote your brand, and thank all the moms out there, than with a custom flower vase or personalized chocolates. We even have some elegant promotional pens that make great gifts!
It’s probably not a coincidence that National Barbecue Month and National Hamburger Month are in May. The two go together like peanut butter and jelly, or…hamburgers and buns? Start off the grilling season the right way with custom barbecue sets, or if you’re really in the spirit, order these personalized hamburger keychains!
Our pets are our family. Even if the cat does knock your cereal bowl off the counter, causing you to be late to work, you wouldn’t trade her in for the world. National Pet Week is perfect for vet offices to showcase their love of all things four-legged with food bowls, leashes, and even water bottles for dogs!
