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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)

Aunties and Godmother's Day, Ntl.: July 27

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Auntie’s Day is a time to thank, honor aunties by relation (ABR), aunties by choice (ABC), and godmothers. While all aunts receive celebration, this event is especially poignant to one in five American wo...

January

Love is Kind Day, Ntl.: July 27

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National Love Is Kind Day is created by mother and daughter team Rosie Aiello and Sunny Sophie Gabrielle to share their story of hope and freedom. For nearly 25 years, the mother and daughter endured an e...

January

Parent's Day, Ntl.: July 27

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National Parents' Day was declared in 1994 by US President Bill Clinton through the Congressional Resolution. This promotion recognizes and supports the critical role of parents in the child's life. It...

January

Father-in-Law Day, Ntl.: July 30

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Father-in-Law Day focuses on the men who are part of the family a woman marries into and serve to guide and protect the married couple through life. Today is a day to thank your father-in-law for all he...

January

Friendship, Intl. Day of: July 30

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International Day of Friendship promotes cultural peace and seeks to build connections between different communities and countries. Paraguay was the first country to observe World Friendship Day on July...

January

Adopt-a-Cat Month (AHA): June

Monthly

Each spring during “kitten season,” thousands of newborn kittens join millions of cats already in shelters nationwide. That means your local shelter has a bounty of cute, cuddly newborns, in addition to a...

January

Adopt-a-Shelter Cat Month (ASPCA): June

Monthly

une is ASPCA's National Adopt-a-Shelter Cat Month. The ASPCA hosts several events, including cute cat video contests, summer programs for youth volunteers, and low-cost adoptions. Cats are ideal for sing...

January

Albinism Awareness, Intl. Day of (2013): J...

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EMBRACING UNIQUENESS: INTERNATIONAL ALBINISM AWARENESS DAY International Albinism Awareness Day, observed annually on June 13, is a global movement that aims to raise awareness about albinism and the cha...

January

Alcoholics Anonymous Founders Day (1935):...

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Alcoholics Anonymous' Founder's Day marks the anniversary of the creation of the self-help group on June 10, 1935, by Bill Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith. Alcoholics Anonymous is based on the premise that fe...

January

Alzheimer's Disease and Brain Awareness Mo...

Monthly

Worldwide, 47 million people are living with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. Join the Alzheimer's Association in going purple and raising awareness this June. The more people know about Alzheimer...

January

ASK Day, Ntl.: June 21

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ASK Day is about gun safety. It is a day to remind parents, caretakers, and teens to ask, "Is there an unlocked gun in your house?" Safe storage of guns saves lives. Each day in the United States, an ave...

January

Baby Boomers Recognition Day: June 1

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Dorothy Zjawin of New Jersey champions Baby Boomers Recognition Day in the US. This event used to occur on the first day of summer. Additionally, there was a previous event of the same name on August 17 e...

January

Baby Jumping Festival (ES): June 22

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Europe has some fascinating traditions, often originating in ancient pagan traditions or Christianity. The Baby Jumping Festival of Castrillo de Murcia, Spain, is one such amusing event. The festival's ma...

January

Best Friends Day, Ntl.: June 8*

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National Best Friends Day began with childhood engagement advocates DoSomething.org. It is a day to celebrate the people in your inner circle, your closest friends. This event is currently unsponsored. An...

January

Cancer Survivors Day: June 1

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On International Cancer Survivors Day, cancer survivors across the globe will unite to show the world what life after cancer looks like. Thousands of people in hundreds of communities across the US and ab...

January

Carers Week, Ntl.(UK): June 9-15 (est)

Weekly

Thousands of people in the United Kingdom are carers. A carer is an unpaid adult caretaker of seniors or those who are ill, impaired, or challenged. National Carers’ Week brings attention to the service...

January

Celebrate Life Day: June 1*

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Each year, Support Connection presents Celebrate Life Day to honor cancer survivors for their strength and courage and to recognize the contributions of families, friends, and other caregivers. Celebrate...

January

Children Day, Stand For (1996): June 1

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Stand for Children Day raises awareness of childcare and safety throughout the US. Over the years, advocates have used this day to rally for reforms in child care. Fairs that focus on the health and the w...

January

Children's Awareness Memorial Day, Ntl.: J...

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National Children's Awareness Memorial Day each year is a time to grieve and remember all the children who died too young, whether through disease, accident, or war. Annually on the first Sunday of June.

January

Children's Day (CN): June 1

Daily

Children's Day in China is a national celebration of the joys of childhood. Parents are encouraged to do something special with their children and spend quality time together. Throughout the nation, pagea...

January
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