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The Family and Friends category includes events that focus on the beautiful mess you were born into (aka family), parenting, and the circle of people you choose to populate your life (aka friends, acquaintances, and co-workers)
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Some people need an excuse to party. Enter World Party Day. Based upon the concept of creating universal unity where the whole world celebrates simultaneously, as detailed in the novel "Flight: A Quantu...
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Children's Day is a national holiday in Taiwan promoting the bond between parents and children. It is a celebration of the future and one day a year when children are kings.
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Rainboots, wellies, or gumboots are the symbol of a nationwide effort since 2019 to raise funds to support mental health for New Zealand’s youth. Held annually on the first Friday of April, the fundraisin...
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The Quingming Festival, Tomb-sweeping Day, or the Pure Brightness Festival occurs each year in early April and is a public holiday in most Asian nations historically tied to China. The festival signals...
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The International Day of Conscience promotes a culture of peace based on values, attitudes, and behaviors that uphold freedom, justice, democracy, human rights, tolerance, and solidarity. The United Natio...
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National Gold Star Spouses' Day honors the wives, husbands, and families of American soldiers that defended our country and lost their lives. The Gold Star Wives pledge to work diligently and unselfishl...
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The Week of the Young Child™ is an annual celebration sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the world's largest early childhood education association. The pur...
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Created to encourage families to come together and take the first step in preventing bullying, "Make the First Move Day" focuses on advocacy promoting recovery and healing resources for victims of bullyin...
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Children's Day is aside each year to celebrate the children of Florida. Annually on the second Tuesday in April.
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International Day of Pink occurs on the second Wednesday of April. It aims to raise awareness about bullying, discrimination, homophobia, transphobia, and transmisogyny worldwide. Numerous volunteer-org...
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Created by a congressional resolution, National Yellow Ribbon Day highlights the historical significance of the yellow ribbon symbol, first used in the United States to promote national unity and remembra...
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National Siblings Day in the United States is similar to Mother's Day and Father's Day, and it celebrates the unique bond of brothers and sisters, known as siblings. Growing up with them, our siblings f...
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National Pet Day celebrates pet owners everywhere (and provides an excuse to spoil our furry, gilled, scaled, and feathered friends). Whether it's with some extra treats, a longer, special walk somewhere...
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National Pet ID Week has one sole purpose: to raise awareness about the importance of updating your pet's identification tags and microchips. Each year tens of thousands of house pets go missing. Only t...
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The Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration, the American Family Immigration History Center (AFIHC), and the US National Parks Service set aside Ellis Island Family History Day each year to draw atten...
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First observed in 1987, Ex-spouses' Day always falls on Good Friday. Created by a divorce survivor Reverend Ron Coleman of Kansas City, Missouri, as a day of reconciliation. Good Friday was chosen becaus...
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Thomas & Ruth Roy from Wellcat Holidays & Herbs created Pet Owners Independence Day. It's a day for pet owners everywhere to say, "Enough is enough!" skip a day from work and spend it on the couch or th...
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National Husband Appreciation Day salutes the remarkable man in your life, the one you've chosen as your life partner, "till death do you part." Today is your excuse to do something extra special for your...
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Created by Vincent Coyle of Northern Ireland, National Day of Reconciliation encourages people to unite and be part of the solution through reconciliation. Efforts to promote reconciliation embrace social...
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RESOLVE—the National Infertility Association organizes National Infertility Awareness Week. The campaign seeks to educate the public on the various free support programs available to those struggling with...