MAY 2026: JEWISH HERITAGE MONTH & DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE
NATIONAL MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH
OLDER AMERICANS MONTH: "Champion Your Health"
MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH
5/5: NATIONAL DAY OF AWARENESS FOR MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND GIRLS
5/6: Chelo's "Salute to veterans." On the first Wednesday of every month, please come to Chelo's in Warwick on Post Road (across from TF Green International Airport, 2225 Post Road) for a meal, snack or drinks & aps. When you write "Mission Boots to Briefcases" on the merchant's receipt, up to 20% of your bill will be donated to our nonprofit. This fundraiser is from opening to closing. Join us!
5/11: VETERANS COFFEE BREAK, Come to Pilgrim Senior Center (27 Pilgrim Parkway, Warwick) for a continental breakfast and Guest Speakers.
5/12: MILITARY SPOUSE APPRECIATION DAY
5/15: ANNUAL HONORING OUR HEROES CONCERT, "Celebrating 250-Year Anniversary of America", St. Kevin Church 333 Sandy Lane Warwick RI, US Navy Band & St Kevin Choir performing, 7 p.m.
5/16: ARMED FORCES DAY
5/16: 6:30 to 10 p.m.; Pasta Dinner and Show to benefit Honor Flight, hosted by R.I. Blue Star Moms, American Legion Post 43, 662 West Shore Road, Warwick. Join Blue Star Moms for a night of food, fun and entertainment to benefit future Rhode Island Fire Chief Honor Flights out of Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport. Tickets are $25 per person; tables of eight cost $200. For details or to buy tickets, contact ribluestarmoms@gmail.com, or call Betty Leach at (401) 426-9792. If your schedule only allows for attendance during the cocktail hour, you do not need to purchase tickets. For additional information, please email ring.militaryball@gmail.com.
5/17: BLUE STAR FAMILY DAY
5/17: LBGTQI+ INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA, AND BIPHOBIA
5/17: 57th ANNUAL POLICE MEMORIAL SERVICE, Leo D. Sloan Memorial Home at 95 Tanner Avenue, Warwick. Beginning 10 a.m. Breakfast to follow. www.warwickfop.com
5/19: RI HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MILITARY OUTREACH DAY, 2 - 4, RI Statehouse 2nd floor.
5/20: ARMED FORCES DAY
5/21: GLOBAL ACCESSIBILITY AWARENESS DAY
5/22: Women Veterans Across the Nation RI Unit 118, Wreath-Laying Ceremony 11:00 at the Women's Memorial in the RI Veteran's Cemetary, Exeter RI
5/25: MEMORIAL DAY
5/25: City of Warwick Memorial Day event, 9:00 FLAG RETIREMENT CEREMONY, Veterans Park at West Shore Road. Bring your tattered flags cut into strips ready for retirement.
5/26: VETERANS COFFEE SOCIAL. Memorial Day Commemoration 6 - 7:30 Large Meeting Room at Warwick Central Library, 600 Sandy Lane Warwick RI