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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)

Kindness, National Day of (CA)(1920): Febr...

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National Day of Kindness is for our members and clubs to celebrate our founding (February 20, 1920) and commitment to serving the community's greatest need. Every community needs kindness and people perfo...

January

Letter to an Elder Day: February 26 

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Howdy! We're working on the description for this event. It's one of over two thousand events added to the calendar this year. We have verified it is an authentic event and have included the organization...

January

Love a Mensch Week, Intl: February 9-15

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Created by best-selling relationship author Robin Gorman Newman, Love a Mensch Week is about the good guy or girl winning in love. Mensch is a Yiddish word that describes saintly and good behavior. Me...

January

Love May Make the World Go Round, but Laug...

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Love May Make the World Go Round, But Laughter Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy Week might be the longest-named event in the calendar. Not an easy feat, as many of the United Nation's events have long titles t...

January

Love Reset Day: February 15

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It's the day after Valentine's, and the moment of truth has arrived. How do you feel about your relationship? Love Reset Day is about taking care of yourself first and ending relationships that aren't giv...

January

Love Your Pet Day: February 20

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Love Your Pet Day doesn't appear to have an official sponsor, but several local humane society groups have adopted it as a day to focus on your pet's well-being. 1. Are your pet's shots up to date? 2....

January

Make a Friend Day: February 11

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How to Make a Friend Day is an unofficial holiday that came about through word-of-mouth. In researching this, we attempted to find a national or global non-profit dedicated to helping people nurture inter...

January

Marriage Day, World: February 9

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World Marriage Day originated in Baton Rouge during the winter of 1981. It was created by conservative groups alarmed at escalating divorce rates and other interpretations of marriage. They successfully p...

January

Marriage Week (UK/EU/US): February 7-14

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Marriages have long been the bedrock of society. Statistics show that married people live longer and are often more content with their lives. Of course, living with someone else isn’t easy, and divorce st...

January

Meena Sankranti (H): February 18

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Meena Sankranti marks the sun's transition from Pisces to Aries. It is a Hindu religious holiday where people donate various items to the poor. PLEASE NOTE: We use the Indian civil calendar, the officia...

January

Mend a Broken Heart Month, Ntl.: February

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Non-profit My Stuff Bags created National Mend a Broken Heart month to call attention to children who have been abused and neglected. Often these children must be removed from their homes and end up in fo...

January

Missing Persons Day, Ntl.(US/CA): February...

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It's every parent's nightmare. Your child comes home from school, steps off the bus a couple of houses away, and vanishes into thin air. This is what happened to 16-year-old Ali Lowitzer on April 26, 2010...

January

Morsdag (NO): February 9

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Norway's Morsdag, or Mother's Day, is dedicated to honoring and celebrating mothers and mother figures. This day, deeply ingrained in Norwegian culture, is marked with affection, gratitude, and family gat...

January

Orphan Week, World: February 3-10

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World Orphan Week first ran in 2005 and was created by SOS Children's Villages United Kingdom and focuses on raising awareness about abandoned and orphaned children worldwide. It is a fundraising and educ...

January

Parent Leadership Month, Ntl.: February

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National Parent Leadership Month raises public awareness of the roles parents play in shaping their children's lives. It publicizes and expands opportunities for parents to participate in policy making at...

January

Pet Dental Health Month, Ntl.: February

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Pet Dental Health Month is an educational outreach forum to teach pet parents how to care for their pet’s teeth and the importance of regular dental cleanings by a veterinarian. Dental health problems lea...

January

Pink Shirt Day to End Bullying (CA): Febru...

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Bullying is a significant problem in Canadian schools, workplaces, homes, and over the Internet. The event takes place on the last Wednesday of February. The idea of wearing pink shirts to end bullying...

January

Prenatal Infection Prevention Month, Intl....

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International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month raises awareness and provides information on preventing disease transmission from mother to child. This event has a specific focus on HBV and HIV. In Th...

January

Professional Sports Wives Day: February 11

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Professional Sports Wives Day began in 2006 to focus on the unique responsibilities, challenges, and roles of the families and friends behind our favorite athletes. Like everyone, they have the same cha...

January

Ramadan (M): February 28 - March 30

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The Islamic holy month of Ramadan begins today at sundown for most Muslims and for Shi'ite Muslims on the next day. For those doing business with the Islamic world, many businesses will close or have sho...

January
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