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Category: Friends and Family Events
Highlighting events, holidays, and awareness days celebrating, created for or about our closest relationships.
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)
Family & Friends Events
African Descent, Intl. Day for People of:...
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The United Nations will celebrate the International Day for People of African Descent for the first time on August 31, 2021. The observance aims to honor the remarkable contributions of the African diaspo...
January
African Descent, Intl. Day for People of:...
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CELEBRATING AN AMAZING PEOPLE: INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT The International Day for People of African Descent, observed annually on August 31, aims to promote the worldwide contribut...
January
Eat Outside Day: August 31
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Eat Outside Day marks the end of summer in the Northern hemisphere and the season for eating al fresco. Participants are encouraged to take their meals outside and enjoy the last few days of the warm s...
January
Legacy Week (AU): August 31 - September 6...
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Legacy Week, also called Badge Day, first ran in 1942. Promoted by Legacy Australia, the organization describes this week's mission thus: "Legacy Week is the annual national appeal to raise awareness an...
January
Overdose Awareness Day, Intl.: August 31
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International Overdose Awareness Day was initiated in 2001 by Sally J. Finn at The Salvation Army in St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia. Since 2001, many community members and government and non-government o...
January
Overdose Awareness Week, Ntl.: August 31 -...
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National Overdose Awareness Week occurs during the week of International Overdose Day and is declared by the President each year. More than 93,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States in 2...
January
Candle Lighting Day, Worldwide: December 1...
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Worldwide Candle Lighting Day honors and remembers the people no longer with us. On this day, everyone in the world is invited to light a candle and keep it lit throughout the day in honor of their dece...
January
Children's Memorial Day, Ntl.: December 14
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National Children's Memorial Day each year is a time to grieve and remember all the children who died too young, whether through disease, accident, or war, during one of the most challenging times of the...
January
Clerc-Galladet Week (1787): December 3-10
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The District of Columbia Public Library established Clerc-Gallaudet Week in 1974 to honor two pioneers in deaf education, Laurent Clerc, born December 26, 1785, and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, born December...
January
Cookie Exchange Week: December 1-7
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Christmas and Hanukah cookies are a big part of the holiday season. Cookie Exchange Week is a chance to share your family recipes and traditions with friends and coworkers and learn about theirs. Annually...
January
Digital Detox Day, World: December 10
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Take a Breath World and Detox from Digital Celebrated annually on December 10th, World Digital Detox Day is a call for digital balance and wellness. It encourages people worldwide to unplug from technol...
January
Ding-a-Ling Day, Ntl.: December 12
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National Ding-a-ling Day in the US began in 1972 when Franky Hye started it. Ding-a-ling is British slang for a telephone. In the US, a ding-a-ling is a dim-witted person who has trouble focusing on a spe...
January
Disability Inclusion Month: December
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Disability Inclusion Month is a new event in 2021 designed to encourage employers, schools, and public spaces to accommodate the 1 in 4 people in the United States with physical or mental disabilities. Th...
January
Falling Needles Family Fest: December 30
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Did you celebrate Christmas this year? Did you have a real Christmas tree? If the answer to these questions is YES, consider celebrating National Falling Needles Family Fest! Gather your family, frien...
January
Family Roots Day: December 23
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In the days preceding Christmas, families begin to gather. Stories are swapped, legends made, and the inevitable questions from children about where they came from come up. Family Roots Day, an initiat...
January
Futures Day, World: December 2
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UNESCO's World Futures Day is a global initiative dedicated to exploring, discussing, and envisioning diverse and sustainable futures. Its focus encourages forward-thinking, innovative approaches to addre...
January
Letter Writing Day: December 7
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Letter Writing Day takes place each year in December. This unofficial event is a reminder to get those Christmas card letters written and letters out to Santa because there are only 18 days until Christma...
January
Lost and Found Day, Official: December 12
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On the second Friday of each December, the world turns its attention to Official Lost and Found Day. This event was initiated in 2012, and it's a day to take another look and try to find something you mis...
January
Operation Santa Paws: December 1-24
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Operation Santa Paws is a three-week event organized every December, from December 1 to December 24. Promoted and run by various animal-related organizations (like http://www.hautedogs.org/ for example)...
January
Pansexual Pride Day: December 8
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Pansexuals are romantic opportunists, preferring females one day, males another, and somewhere in between on additional days, depending on how they feel and what they believe is their "true self" minute b...
January
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