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Events found under the children category celebrate, support, or affect persons under the age of eighteen.
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For high school students with dreams of becoming collegiate or professional basketball players, National Signing Day in the spring is the first opportunity to sign a letter of intent to play in the NCAA D...
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DARE is a comprehensive K-12 education program that originated in 1983. Its goal is to teach students about drugs, violence, bullying, internet safety, and other high-risk situations that may become a par...
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First held in 1974, Palestinian Prisoners' Day raises awareness of the over one million people, many of whom are children, that have been arrested and detained by the nation-state of Israel, often without...
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RESOLVE—the National Infertility Association organizes National Infertility Awareness Week. The campaign seeks to educate the public on the various free support programs available to those struggling with...
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National Pediatric Transplant Week entered the calendar in 2021 as Blue and Green Spirit Week. This event seeks to raise awareness of the importance of organ, eye, and tissue transplantation and donation,...
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After School Professionals Appreciation Week is a joint effort of community partners, after-school programs, child development workers, and individuals designed to celebrate the people who make a differen...
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Every Kid Healthy™ Week is an annual observance created to celebrate school health and wellness achievements and recognized on the calendar of National Health Observances. Observed the last week of April...
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National Infant Immunization Week, sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, seeks to raise awareness of the importance of infant immunization and its benefits while dispelling rumors s...
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Kindergarten Day in the United States and Germany commemorates the birthday of Friedrich Froebe (April 21, 1782 - June 21, 1852), the founder of the first kindergarten. Froebe first conceived the idea o...
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The last workweek of April is National Playground Safety Week in the United States. It's a week to focus on the importance of playground safety, including accident prevention or stranger danger. Playgro...
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National Student Leadership Week (NSLW) is a theme-based week dedicated to recognizing and supporting the critical role of student leaders. Since 1972, the national office of the National Student Council,...
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Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE) is proud to be a founding partner of the National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign. This campaign aims to raise awareness and educate students, teachers, sc...
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On Girl Scout Leader Say, all the volunteers who work or have worked as leaders and mentors to Girl Scouts are honored by the girls and their families. Currently, over 800,000 adults lead or work with tro...
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Children's Day is also referred to as National Sovereignty Day in Türkiye and marks the creation of the Turkish Grand National Assembly and the day Türkiye became a sovereign nation following the fall of...
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ELEVATING GIRLS IN THE FIELDS OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT) International Girls in ICT Day is a global initiative supported by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a spec...
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Created in 1993, the last Thursday of April is Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day in the United States. It is a great way to show your children what you do all day and how you do it, and it also allo...
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Global Youth Services Day is a worldwide observance that teaches young people: a) Awareness (educating others to change behaviors). b) Service (using their passion, creativity, and idealism to solve pro...
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Kids and Pets Day was created in 2005 by celebrity family and pet lifestyle expert Colleen Paige. National Kids and Pets Day furthers the magical bond between children and animals to help bring awarenes...
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The last Sunday in April is designated Mother Father Deaf (MFD) Day to acknowledge and celebrate our deaf parents. Many local and deaf parent groups with young CODAs (Children of Deaf Adults) will plan pi...
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The theme for Girls in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) focuses on digital skills for life. To enable girls and young women to thrive in STEM careers, it is important for them to acquire s...