Educating Women About the Special Vision Risks They Face and More Events for April

1 Women’s Eye Health and Safety Awareness Month. According to Prevent Blindness, 63% of those who are blind and 62% of those who are visually impaired are women. This month, get involved in the effort to educate women about the special risks they face and provide recommendations on the best ways to take care of their vision.

7 It’s National Beer Day, held to commemorate the end of prohibition in 1933. Hold a happy hour with X% off. Team up with a local craft brewer. Give new meaning to the term “beer goggles.”

21-27 The organizers of National Karaoke Week claim the benefits of singing along to synthetic tunes in public are increased self-esteem, stress release and, when done with the staff, improved bonding through shared experience. What are you waiting for?

21-27 If karaoke is not your thing, how about National Volunteer Week? 50 years ago Richard Nixon signed an executive order making it so. So, raise those hands and get involved. Working a soup line is a great way to meet people in your community: the fortunate and the less so.