Category: Lifestyle

Feeding Tube Awareness Week : February 3-7

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First run in 2011, Feeding Tube Awareness Week is a worldwide awareness campaign designed to promote the benefits of feeding tubes in saving lives and educate the public on the reasons adults and children...

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Networking Week, Intl.: February 3-7

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International Networking Week is sponsored by professional networking association BNI Connect. The purpose of this week is to bring together representatives of government, businesses and the community to...

January

Fashion Week New York (US-NY): February 6-...

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New York’s semiannual Fashion Week, (Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week), is the first of the "Big Four" fashion weeks including London, Paris and Milan. During New York Fashion Week over 250 events attracting...

January

Cardiac Rehabilitation Week, Ntl.: Februar...

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National Cardiac Rehabilitation Week draws attention to the role of cardiac rehabilitation in reducing the potentially devastating effects of heart disease. The organizers provide educational resources...

January

Love a Mensch Week, Intl: February 9-15

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Created by best-selling relationship author Robin Gorman Newman, Love a Mensch Week is about the good guy or girl winning in love. Mensch is a Yiddish word that describes saintly and good behavior. Me...

January

OCD Action Week (UK): February 17-23

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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) affects approximately 2% of the population. It's a condition marked by chronic feelings of doubt, repetitive behavior, a heightened sense of danger and obsessions. It i...

January

Random Acts of Kindness Week: February 17-...

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Dr. Chuck Wall, a professor at Bakersfield College, recalls hearing about "random senseless acts of violence" on the news in 1993, and was inspired to assign his students the task of committing "one rando...

January

America Saves Week: February 24-29

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America Saves Week (also called Military Saves Week when targeted at active service members) is coordinated by America Saves and the America Savings Education Council. The Week is an annual opportunity f...

January

Get Up Day, Ntl.: February 1

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Sponsored by the US Figure Skating Association in 2017, National Get Up Day is about celebrating perseverance, strength and resilience. Everyone falls or fails at some point in their life. We can choose t...

January

Cancer Day, World: February 4

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World Cancer Day is a chance to raise our collective voices in the name of improving general knowledge around cancer and dismissing misconceptions about the disease. From a global level, we are focusing o...

January

Work Naked Day, Ntl.: February 6

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Work Naked Day is a play on words. This day is really about pursuing your dreams and working from home, that is being your own boss. If you've ever thought about running your own company or starting your...

January

African-Americans AIDS/HIV Awareness Day:...

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National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) is an HIV testing and treatment community mobilization initiative for Blacks in the United States and across the Diaspora. There are four specific focal poi...

January

Read in the Bathtub Day, Ntl.: February 9

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This event was created by Christine Rogers sometime ago to have an excuse to spend the day in the tub reading her favorite novel. We did a little research and we were surprised to find that there are wat...

January

Make a Friend Day: February 11

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How to Make a Friend Day is an unofficial holiday that came about through word-of-mouth. What is interesting is in researching this we attempted to find a national or global non-profit dedicated to helpin...

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Singles Day (Satisfied), Ntl.: February 11

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It is said that the only thing worse than not being in a relationship is being in a bad relationship. Sometimes, being single is a blessing! Today is a day for all the uncoupled people of the world to c...

January

Ferris Wheel Day (1859): February 14

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Ferris Wheel Day honors George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., the inventor of the Ferris Wheel. Ferris was born on February 14, 1859, graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Engineering...

January

Singles Awareness Day: February 15

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In response to the huge push by retailers for us to buy all of their candy, flowers and greeting cards on February 14 for Valentine’s Day, February 15 has been declared Singles Awareness Day! It is OKAY...

January

My Way Day, Ntl.: February 17

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My Way Day is a day to reflect on the meaning of a song Frank Sinatra made popular called My Way. The song was recorded on December 30, 1968 and released on June 14, 1969. Though several decades old,...

January

Random Acts of Kindness Day: February 17

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Random Acts of Kindness Day occurs during Random Acts of Kindness Week. Dr. Chuck Wall, a professor at Bakersfield College, recalls hearing about "random senseless acts of violence" on the news in 1993,...

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Who Shall I Be? Day: February 17

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Brought to you by Wellcat, Who Shall I Be? Day encourages you to decide and determine who you are and how the world will see you, not what others think you should be.

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