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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
DAR Day of Service (1890): October 11
Daily
Founded in 1890, the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is a civic organization of female descendants of American fighters from the Revolutionary War. Each year since 2014, on or near the annivers...
January
Girl Child, International Day of the: Octo...
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As of 2012, October 11 is the United Nations' International Day of the Girl Child, proclaimed by the body on December 19, 2011. With that resolution, the UN invited the member states and other significant...
January
Igbo-Ora World Twins Festival (NG): Octobe...
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Double trouble and double fun, the annual World Twins Festival in Igbo-Ora, Nigeria, hosts over one thousand pairs of twins, many in matching outfits. Igbo-Ora has an unusually high birth rate for twins,...
January
Anti-Poverty Week, (AU): October 12-18
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Based upon the "Ten Principles of Fair Trade" and the "17 Sustainable Development Goals," Anti-Poverty Week in Australia seeks to: Strengthen public understanding of the causes and consequences of povert...
January
Father-Daughter Day: October 12
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Created by the legendary musician Smokey Robinson, Father-Daughter Day celebrates the special bond between fathers and daughters and the essential role fathers play in the daughter's development. This e...
January
Pet Peeve Week, Ntl.: October 12-18
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The second week of October is National Pet Peeve Week. It's a week for men and women to take a deep breath and finally release the pet peeve they've been holding onto. Pet peeves accomplish nothing, and h...
January
White Sunday (WS): October 12
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White Sunday, Lotu Tamaiti in Polynesian, translates to "Children's Sunday" remains one of the most critical days for religious Polynesians. It is the day children become the parents, and parents the chil...
January
Ahoi Ashtami (H): October 13
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Ahoi Ashtami traditionally occurs mid-fall in October or November, a mother-son observance in the Hindu faith. Mothers of sons awaken before dawn, place pristine water into a mud container called a kor...
January
Herpes Awareness Day, Ntl.: October 13
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National Herpes Awareness Day is an initiative of the brand FemiClear. There are two types of genital herpes, HSV-1 and HSV-2. Condoms are the only proven form to mitigate catching genital herpes for the...
January
Indigenous Peoples' Day, Ntl., (1492): Oct...
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In 2021, after a rise of activism to recognize indigenous people in the United States rather than their colonizers, President Biden proclaimed the first-ever National Indigenous Peoples' Day. The followin...
January
Pet Obesity Week, World: October 13-19 (es...
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Previously National Pet Obesity Awareness Day, in 2024 this event was expanded to a full week global event focused on raising awareness about the dangers of pet obesity. Like people in first-world count...
January
Thanksgiving (CA): October 13
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Thanksgiving in Canada is a significant state holiday celebrated on the second Monday of October. It follows the tradition of the end-of-season harvest feasts that have existed for centuries in Europe....
January
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day, I...
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International Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Day is marked annually in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and the UK. As the name suggests, it draws attention to infant mortality and premature death in inf...
January
Pronouns Day, Intl.: October 15
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International Pronoun Day is an initiative of the LGBTQ+ advocacy community, and its stated purpose is to make languages more inclusive for people who do not identify as male or female and the transgender...
January
Take Your Parents to Lunch Day, Ntl.: Octo...
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National Take Your Parents to Lunch Day encourages parents to visit their child's school and have lunch in the cafeteria. The goal is to learn about what goes into a healthy lunch and for parents and sc...
January
Unity Day to End Bullying: October 15
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Celebrate Unity Day, the signature event of National Bullying Prevention Month, is a simple one: wear and share the color orange to send a universal message that bullying is never acceptable behavior.
January
Shakeout Day, Intl.: October 16
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INTERNATIONAL SHAKEOUT DAY PROMOTES EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY International ShakeOut Day is a global earthquake preparedness drill to educate the public on protecting themselves during an earthq...
January
Spirit Day: October 16
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On Spirit Day, people wear purple to support LGBTQ+ youth and take a stand against bullying. This awareness campaign is championed by GLAAD and is the most extensive annual anti-bullying campaign explicit...
January
Mulligan Day: October 17
Daily
Celebrated since 2001, Mulligan Day is simply about second chances. Give yourself or someone close to you a second chance they deserve. Annually on the 17th.
January
Sweetest Day: October 18
Daily
Sweetest Day was created decades ago by Herbert Birch Kingston of Cleveland, Ohio, to bring cheer to orphans, the elderly, shut-ins, and the sick. Kingston would go door-to-door, delivering candy, treats,...
January
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