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It's hard not to love pie and the United States is known for several including cherry pie, apple pie and pumpkin pie, (though pumpkin pie actually originated in England). This is the month to indulge your sweet tooth and sample your favorite pies. Check local restaurants for specials.

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Plant the Seeds of Greatness Month: February

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Plant the Seeds of Greatness Month provides inspiration to children and adults to become the best that we can be. This is an event especially well suited for K-12, but can also be a great team building exercise in the office.

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Prenatal Infection Prevention Month, Intl.: February

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International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month raises awareness and provides information on preventing the transmission of disease from Mother to child. This event has a specific focus on HBV and HIV. In Thailand for example, all infants receive standard HBV immune globulin (HBIG) injections and HBV vaccine series beginning right after birth. Despite these standard treatments, 10% to 12% of infants born to HBV-infected mothers with high levels of the virus become infected. Researchers are currently studying the effects of several experimental treatments administered to pregnant women with high levels of HBV (“e-Antigen positive”) and testing infant HBIG injections and HBV vaccine series designed to prevent HBV infection in infants.

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Feb

Psychology Month (CA): February

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Psychology Month highlights the contributions of Canadian psychology and to teach Canadians how psychology works to help them live healthy and happy lives, help their communities flourish, help their employers create effective workplaces, and help their governments develop good policies.

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Pudding-Snack Month, Ntl.: February

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National Pudding Snack Month celebrates the preserving advances that made it possible in 1968 for pudding to be made and kept without refrigeration. The end result? Chocolate pudding and other flavors in lunch boxes. Celebrate today by eating your favorite pudding snack and than science for making it possible.

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Feb

Rabbit Month, ASPCA Adopt-a-Rescued: February

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Rabbits make wonderful pets and they can be trained to use a litter box. They’ll come when called, and some will engage their owners in a daily game of tag! Domestic rabbits are delightful companion animals, inquisitive, intelligent, sociable and affectionate. Well-cared for, indoor rabbits can live for seven to ten plus years. With over 60 breeds include the Dutch or the droopy eared German lops and furry Cashmeres, rabbits range in size from teeny two-pounders to the 13-pound Flemish Giant. Each year thousands of rabbits are rescued from rabbit mills or bad owners. February is the ASPCA’s annual month set aside to adopt a rescued rabbit.

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Feb

Raynaud's Awareness Month (UK): February

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Observed in the United Kingdom by wearing gloves for the day, the mission of the Raynaud's Awareness Month is to provide educational and emotional support for people with Raynaud's, their families and raise funds to find a cure. Sometime during the late 1850's a 27-year old French woman noticed that the fingers of both hands had become pale and cold. Over the next few weeks the tips of some of her fingers shriveled and turned black, causing her great pain and discomfort. The doctor who attended her was an equally young man, Maurice Raynaud. He noted the condition and began to study it. Raynaud's disease is akin to veins strangling the blood supply to extremities and asphyxiating hands, feet, toes and fingers. The lack of blood causes the extremities to die. Inevitably, the condition came to be known as Raynaud's Disease or simply Raynaud's. Dr. Raynaud died at the age of 47 in 1881, but his work identifying the disease and looking for a cure continues.

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Renaissance of the Heart Month: February

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Hearts and minds as one, Renaissance of the Heart Month encourages people to do a personal inventory of their thoughts on heart health and quality of life.

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Feb

Return Shopping Carts to the Supermarket Month: February

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The Food Marketing Institute reports that nearly 2 million shopping carts (trollies) are stolen each year in the United States, translating into a per-store loss of $8,000 to $10,000 annually, and that's only in the food industry. Like all industries, the cost is passed on to the consumer. Return Shopping Carts to the Store Month is about returning the carts that have wandered off or have been borrowed and have yet to be returned. It’s also about safety. Children will often play with the carts left on streets or in vacant lots unchaperoned. Animals can get wound up in them and they can roll away into traffic or cause other hazards. So mark this month and help your local retailer out by returning a shopping cart to the store. This event was originally created by Anthony A Dinolfo and the Illinois Food Retailers Association.

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Feb

Snack Food Month: February

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Snack Food Month is sponsored by the Snack Food Association and National Potato Promotion Board to bring a little happiness into the mid-winter doldrums following the Super Bowl snack fest.

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Spay/Neuter Awareness Month: February

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Spay/Neuter Awareness Month is an international awareness campaign highlighting spay and neuter programs implemented by animal shelters and rescue organizations so to increase community awareness and support. Local veterinarians also offer discounted spaying and neutering at their clinics, or provide seminars on the importance of neutering and spaying. World Spaying/Neutering Month is part of the Human Society International and Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association. Oftentimes, governments employ cruel means such as shooting and putting animals to sleep in solving the increasing number of homeless animals in the community. Neutering or spaying reduces the number of litters stray animals produce.

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Feb

Spunky Old Broads Month: February

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If you’re over 50 and female, this is your month! Of course the term ‘old’ is debatable. Fifty is only old if you’re under 40! What does spunky mean? The word was first used in 1786 and according to Webster’s, it describes a person whom is courageous, with attitude, high-spirited and energetic. The word “Broad” was first used in 1659 though not to refer to a woman. This use appeared in English slang during the early 20th century and was often used as a derogatory term for common women of the lower classes. In the context used for Spunky Old Broads Month, it’s meant to be cheeky and defiant. How will you celebrate Spunky Old Broads Month? This event was created by Dr. Gayle Carson, lifestyle coach and media personality to celebrate personal reinvention and living life to its fullest. Her practice mentors individuals so that they not only survive but flourish and reinvent themselves personally and professionally.

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Feb

Strawberry Month Florida: February

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The peak season for strawberries grown in Florida is February. The season begins in December and goes through April. Northern states have a strawberry season that begins in May. Florida Strawberry Month is about encouraging people to enjoy strawberries during the winter, fresh from Florida.

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Feb

Sweet Potato Month, Ntl.: February

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National Sweet Potato Month is about focusing on the nutritional values of sweet potatoes as part of a healthy diet. Fresh sweet potatoes (United States grown, orange flesh varieties) have been certified by the American Heart Association (AHA) to be low in saturated fat and cholesterol.

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Teen Dating Violence & Prevention Month, Ntl.: February

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Teen DV Month (National Resource Center for Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month), is sponsored by Break the Cycle and loveisrespect.com as a collaborative effort. This event began in 2010 Break the Cycle is a leading national voice for the prevention of dating violence among teens and young adults and partners with a number of prestigious organizations including MTV and the White House. One goal of Break the Cycle is to create programming that empowers teens and young adults to end violence. Break the Cycle's Teen DV Month reaches more than one million youth and adults annually.

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