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Shark Week is television's longest-running must-see summer TV event on Discovery Channel. Shark Week includes live talk shows, documentaries, and all things sharks. Aquariums and other forms of amusement...
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Tomorrowland is the biggest electronic music festival in the world. Held over two weekends in Belgium, it includes electronic shows, live music, and one-of-a-kind shows. Simulcast to local venues in Abu D...
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Australians celebrate National Cupcake Day throughout August to raise awareness and support the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Cupcakes (or pupcakes) are baked, handed out, and...
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Jeans for Genes Day is a national fundraising effort supporting the Children's Medical Research Institute's mission to find cures for children's genetic diseases. Volunteers across the country sell merch...
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The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is an annual series of military performances by the British Armed Forces, Commonwealth, and international military bands and artistic performance groups. It takes place...
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Someone got innovative and mixed wine, dogs, and dog lovers together for a wine-tasting event to raise funds for the Oregon (Or-ah-ghen) Humane Society. Oregon is known for its Pinot Noir wines specifical...
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How do you know the silly season has arrived? It's time for the World Dog Surfing Championships in California, USA. The 'silly season' is what journalists use to describe late July through Labor Day, a ti...
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National EOS Awareness Week is an Australian awareness campaign and research fundraiser. The following is a description of what EOS is from the American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders' press relea...
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Held on August 8 (8/8) each year, Top 8 Challenge Day encourages people to take the day and focus on what they eat. For one meal or the whole day on the 8/8, do not eat any of the top 8 allergenic foods...
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Created in 2017, World Calligraphy Day is a promotional, fundraising, and educational initiative of The Pen Museum and Manuscript Pen Company in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Calligraphy is the ornate style...
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Never Bean Better Day celebrates the unconditional love pets give their owners and is named for the celebrity and registered therapy Golden Retriever, Bean. Never Bean Better Day is a fundraising event, a...
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Protecting children from childhood predators and providing the resources for victims to heal is the agenda of White Balloon Day, also called Bravehearts Day, in Australia. Funds raised during White Balloo...
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National Stomach Cancer Awareness Month provides information to patients, families, and caregivers and raises funds for stomach cancer research. November is a month known for gastronomic indulgences, thus...
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Hug a Bear Day began as a PAWS promotion highlighting endangered species and other animals needing welfare and protection. Supporters snap a picture hugging a teddy bear to support the animal rights nonpr...
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International Donor Sabbath is organized annually by faith leaders in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and other faiths to raise awareness of the need to become organ and tissue donors to save lives. Most...
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WHO‘s Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer as a public health problem was launched on November 17, 2020, and outlines three ambitious targets to be achieved over the next decad...
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International Donor Sabbath occurs every year and is organized by faith leaders in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and other faiths to raise awareness of the need to become organ and tissue donors to save l...
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The International Emmy Awards honors television films and programs produced outside the US and is presented by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. This awards program aims to prom...
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This United Nations Foundation-backed event began in 2012 to promote charitable giving during the holiday season. Annually the Tuesday after Thanksgiving.
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International Bingo Month marks the anniversary of the promotion of the modern game of bingo (the one now associated with church basements), in December 1929, by toy salesman Edwin S. Lowe. First seen a...