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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)
Family & Friends Events
Single Parent Appreciation Day (1957): Mar...
Daily
Single Parent Appreciation Day encourages people to think about the challenges of being a single parent and to recognize and applaud the fantastic and selfless work many such parents do daily. Celebrated...
January
Sons' Day, Ntl.: March 4
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Initiated in 2019, National Sons Day resulted from the work of Jill Nico, who hopes to encourage parents to discuss and seek ways to improve their children's experience growing up. September 25 is Nationa...
January
Storytelling Day, Global: March 20
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World Storytelling Day is a global honoring of the art of oral storytelling. It's marked annually on the spring equinox in the northern hemisphere and the autumn equinox in the southern. It's a day for...
January
Teen Mental Wellness Day, World: March 2
Daily
World Teen Mental Wellness Day is an annual observance on March 2nd to raise awareness about mental health issues affecting young people. It originated in 2020 as an initiative of Hollister, a clothing re...
January
True Confessions Day: March 15
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Thomas and Ruth Roy created True Confessions Day from Wellcat Holidays to inspire people to open up to their family and friends, confess what they've been holding on to for a while, and usher in a new lev...
January
Universal Human Beings Week: March 1-7
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Universal Human Beings Week was created by the International Society of Friendship and Goodwill in the 1980s to focus on universal human rights, diversity, inclusivity, and recognizing the commonalities s...
January
Wheelchair Day, Intl.(1922/1929): March 1
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International Wheelchair Day began with Steve Wilkinson in 2008 as a way to celebrate people that live in wheelchairs and raise awareness about the challenges they face. Annually on March 1, it's on his l...
January
Write a Letter of Appreciation Week: March...
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When was the last time you penned a quick note to someone to show them your appreciation for something they did for you? If you're like most people, it has been a while. Take the first seven days of March...
January
Baby Day, Ntl.: May 2
Daily
Who doesn’t love babies? They’re so cute, curious, and just plain lovable! National Baby Day has no sponsor and is an unofficial holiday in early May, a week before Mother’s Day. It’s an opportunity for...
January
Backyard Games Week, Ntl.: May 19-25
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The National Backyard Games Week is the brainchild of the children’s edutainment brand Playmonster. The first National Backyard Games Week occurred in 1998. The purpose of the week is to get kids and pa...
January
Best Friend-in-Law Day, Ntl.: May 23
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If you’re fortunate enough to have a spouse or significant other, you probably have enjoyed having your world open to another social circle. National Best Friend-in-Law Day celebrates the close friendship...
January
Birth Mother's Day: May 10
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Mary Jean Wolch-Marsh first conceived Birth Mother's Day due to her adoption experience. She knew she was a mother but didn't feel recognized as such, either by those around her or by her daughter's paren...
January
Black Mothers Bailout Week: May 4-10
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Created in 2017, Black Mothers Bailout is a nationwide campaign to bail out as many mothers awaiting trial and in jail because they cannot afford bail so they can spend Mother's Day with their children....
January
Brother's Day, Ntl: May 24*
Daily
Created in 2001 by C. Daniel Rhodes, Brother’s Day celebrates the bromance between friends, fraternity, and actual siblings. It is one of two Brother’s Days on the calendar.
January
Brothers and Sisters Day, Intl.: May 2
Daily
International Brothers and Sisters Day is an unofficial event with no sponsor. Through custom occurs on May 2 each year. It is one of two days a year to honor brothers and sisters specifically, in additi...
January
Children of Fallen Patriots Day (1864): Ma...
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Annually on the anniversary of the establishment of Arlington National Cemetery, May 13, 1864, Children of Fallen Patriots Day pays tribute to all the children who have lost a parent in service to the Uni...
January
Children's Day (JP/KR): May 5
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Children's Day is a national holiday in Japan and South Korea, observed on Monday if May 5 falls over the weekend. The day goes back to ancient times when the fifth day of the fifth month saw the boy's fe...
January
Children's Hospice Day, Intl.: May 16
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Created in 2005, International Children's Hospice Day raises awareness about children's hospices and their services worldwide. It is a day to recognize the compassionate care these hospices offer to child...
January
Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week (U...
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Children's Mental Health Awareness Week occurs during the first full week of May and is observed in Canada and the United States by various organizations. Children's Mental Health Day occurs on Thursday d...
January
Civility Awareness Month, Global: May
Monthly
For thirty-one days, at home, work, or school, people worldwide are encouraged to practice civility by being considerate, polite, and helpful during Global Civility Awareness Month.
January
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