Scroll to explore events active on this date.
For the current year, this category includes: 6608 events.
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)
Weekly
First held in 2016 in the UK and 2017 in Australia, Infant Mental Health Awareness Week seeks to raise awareness among policymakers, professionals, and parents about the over-arching impact upon a child’s...
Daily
National Day of Prayer for Law Enforcement was created in 2011 by the non-profit Wives Behind the Badge and occurs annually on the third Friday in June. The day's purpose is to ask that people pause fo...
Weekly
Created in 2017, Loneliness Awareness Week in the United Kingdom focuses on the importance of building awareness about loneliness's impact on the people around us. Anyone can be lonely, and everyone feels...
Daily
Decide to Be Married Day honors the poem “Decide to be Married” by Barbara Gaughen-Muller. For many, this is the perfect day to propose to their partners.
Weekly
Created by best-selling relationship author Robin Gorman Newman, Meet a Mate Week inspires singles seeking a mate to take advantage of summer by pursuing opportunities to get active and meet other singles...
Daily
Meow Monday is held annually by Pet Sitters International in the US and encourages Americans to bring their cats to work for the day. It also kicks off National Take Your Pet to Work Week, which concludes...
Monthly
The Month of Community in the United Kingdom aims to unite people and celebrate community power. The initiative encourages people from all walks of life to organize and participate in events and activitie...
Daily
Despite recent advocacy and politicking, multiculturalism has always been a part of the American experience in the United States and Canada. It's one of the foundational values that make us strong. Multic...
Weekly
IT'S YOUR MONEY, HERE'S HOW TO HANDLE IT. Junior Achievement Worldwide's My Money Week in the United Kingdom is an annual initiative to improve young people's financial literacy. Launched in 2009 by the...
Daily
In 2016, Bree Bonchay, LCSW, and survivors of narcissistic abuse established World Narcissistic Abuse Awareness Day (WNAAD) to raise awareness about narcissism and promote summits and tools for those impa...
Weekly
NeighborWorks America champions National Neighbor Works Week. This weeklong promotion raises awareness of the power of community to change a neighborhood. It seeks to empower individuals to be more enga...
Daily
Parents play a critical role in raising children. Global Day of Parents focuses on the importance of family in its ability to nurture and protect children, develop their personalities, and surround them w...
Weekly
Pet Appreciation Week (PAW) was created in 1994 by marketing and public relations professional Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith. It is a week to show your pet, four-legged, winged, scaled, or legless, just ho...
Daily
World Pet Memorial Day honors pets that have departed and focus on the necessity to provide lifetime care and love to the animals we bring into our lives.
Daily
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an inherited metabolic disorder. Children born with it cannot process the amino acid phenylalanine. This results in mental disabilities and neurological issues including memory lo...
Daily
International Picnic Day celebrates eating food outdoors, a style known as picnicking. Traditionally, picnic food is home-cooked or bought at a market and set up outdoors for family members, organizatio...
Weekly
Brits love a picnic! In fact, 70 percent of Brits will picnic at least once a year. National Picnic Week aims to inspire the public to get out and enjoy the British summer with a picnic, friends, and tant...
Daily
LET'S PLAY! INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PLAY The International Day of Play, annually on June 11, promotes the importance of play in the lives of children and adults. This day underscores the role of play in fos...
Weekly
Parachute Safe Kids Week is a national awareness campaign in Canada developed to bring attention to predictable and preventable injuries in children.
Daily
Say Something Nice Day occurs June 1 each year as a response to bullying and a lack of courtesy in current society. This day is also for remembering special people in one’s life and apologizing to people...