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April Holidays April is: Alcohol Awareness Month Autism Awareness Month Holocaust Month Holy Humor Month Informed Women Month International Daffynitions Month International Guitar Month IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Month (Oh come on!) Jazz Appreciation Month Keep America Beautiful Month National Anxiety Month National Child Abuse Prevention Month National Garden Month National Humor Month National Parkinson's Awareness Month National Pecan Month National Poetry Month National Sexual Assault Awareness Month National Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month National Welding Month Soy Foods Month Stress Awareness Month Uh-Huh Month First week is: Laugh at Work Week Golden Rule Week National Reading a Road Map Week National Straw Hat Week Egg Salad Week Library Week Second week is: Be Kind to Animals Week National Guitar Week Third week is: Bike Safety Week National Volunteer Week National Library Week National Inspirational News Week Fourth week is: National Television-Free Week Teacher Appreciation Week National Administrative Professionals Week (used to be National Secretaries Week) National Sky Awareness Week National Scoop the Poop Week National Volunteer Week April1 April Fool's Day National Sleep Day Sorry Charlie Day - Note: Different sites say different things about this day. One says it's to honor Charlie the Tuna. Another says it's a day for anyone who has lost in love and lived to tell about it. One Cent Day April 2 International Children's Book day National Peanut Butter Day (I'm so glad my favorite food has a day of its own! Some sites say this is National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day.) April 3 American Circus Day National Find-A-Rainbow Day Tweed Day (go ahead and wear it!) National Don't Go to Work Unless It's Fun Day April 4 Hug a Newsman Day National Walk to Work Day (1st Friday) Walk Around Things Day (Makes sense, I guess. Walk around things as you walk to work?) April 5 Accelerate ACL Awareness Among Young Women Day National Road Map Day April 6 Twinkie's Birthday (introduction of "the cake" in 1930) Jump Over Things Day Drowsy Driver Awareness Day April 7 No Housework Day (I love this day!) Museum Day World Health Day National Teacher Appreciation Day April 8 International Bird Day Draw a Picture of a Bird Day April 9 National Cherish and Antique Day April 10 National Sibling Day Encourage a Young Writer Day April 11 World Parkinson's Day Eight Track Tape Day (Does anyone still have those???) April 12 Look Up At The Sky Day (Huh? And do what? Appreciate it? Paint it?) Thank Your School Librarian Day Licorice Day Walk on Your Wild Side Day Big Wind Day (Not so sure about this one. Are we telling the weather dudes...or the cooks and docs?) April13 My Birthday!!!! Write this one down! National Peach Cobbler Day Blame Someone Else Day April 14 National Pecan Day International Moment of Laughter Day (Note: One site said the 14th one the 16th, let's laugh on both, okay?) Reach as High as You Can Day (Note: One site says this day and the Look Up at the Sky Day are on the same day. You might want to observe them together so you can look up and reach up on the same day.) April 15 U.S. Pay Your Income Tax Day Rubber Eraser Day (Probably for those last minute tax preparers.) Take a Wild Guess Day (Hopefully, not on your taxes!) April 16 National Karaoke Day International Moment of Laughter Day (I wonder...at what time?) International Stress Awareness Day (Some say it's only National not International. Let's share this one!) National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day April 17 Ford Mustang's Birthday (1964) Blah, Blah, Blah Day April 18 National Animal Crackers Day April 19 Garlic Day National Hanging Out Day April 20 National Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day April 21 National Office Professionals Day (used to be National Secretaries Day) Kindergarten Day (founded in 1837) National Chocolate Covered Cashews Day April 22 Earth Day (first observed in 1970) National Jellybean Day April 23 National Picnic Day Blue Day National Administrative Professionals Day (former National Secretaries Day) International Sing Out Day Take a Chance Day April 24 National Puppetry Day Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day April 25 Arbor Day Red Hat Society Day National Zucchini Bread Day April 26 Read Me Day National Pretzel Day Hug a Friend Day April 27 Tell a Story Day National D.J. Day April 28 Costume Day Great Poetry Reading Day Texas Wildflower Day Cubicle Day April 29 National Teach Your Children to Save Day National Shrimp Scampi Day April 30 National Arbor Day (Note: Some sites say the 25th, some the 30th. I think it's actually supposed to be the last Friday.) National Honesty Day http://scrapbooking.families.com/blog/calendar-of-strange-holidays-and-other-eve... Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events http://www.brownielocks.com/april.html Unknown, Crazy, Bizarre Holidays http://familycrafts.about.com/library/spdays/blaprdayslong.htm# April Holidays and Special Days http://www.suelebeau.com/april.htm April Holidays and Celebrations http://library.thinkquest.org/2886/apr.htm Bizarre April Holidays http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/april.htm Holiday Insights - April "My Favorite Neighbor" "Sharing Sunshine...It's What I Do!" "Admirable Women" "Whose Work Are You Stealing?" "The Potter's Cup and Saucer" |