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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)
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Created in in 1981 by Joan White, Joygerm Day is a play on words (Joy + Germ). The holidays are over and it's time to 'infect the world with kindness, courtesy, civility, encouragement, respect and respo...
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The Greeks know how to make a celebration fun. Midwife's or Women's Day in Greece is held annually. Women of childbearing age get out of the house, dine and pamper and leave caring and cleaning to men for...
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What began as a single Sunday in January has expanded to the whole month. The Sunday Supper Movement seeks to bring families together for dinner every Sunday during the month of January. The second Sunday...
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Pulling a puddle splash on a friend or a stranger is a incorrigible prank, unless you're doing it on this day! Puddle Splash Your Friends Day is a day for mischief, just like April's Fools (but with les...
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A day set aside to demonstrate your love and affection for dogs. This even first ran in 2019.
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Saint Dwynwen is the Welsh saint of love and friendship. He died in 460AD and was one of several saints who lived a secluded life in the famous island Abby at Llanddwyn Island. For the Welsh people, this...
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Spouse's Day in the United States is set aside to show gratitude and appreciation for the man or woman who stands beside you through thick and thin.
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Family Literacy Day in Canada focuses on parents and their role in improving reading and writing skills within their family. By reading to children and engaging in fun literary activities, parents keep th...
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The UN Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028 aims to shed new light on what it means to be a family farmer in a rapidly changing world. It highlights more than ever before the important role they play in era...
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The years 2021-2030 are the International Decade on Healthy Aging. <br><br>Health is central to our experience of older age and the opportunities that aging brings. Initiatives undertaken as part of the D...
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First run in 2000, Children Impacted by a Parent's Cancer Month seeks to support children and families where one or more parent is undergoing cancer treatment, living in remission or has died. The impact...
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Celebration of Life Month came about as a way to create an upbeat mood after the excitement of the holidays. January can be a difficult month for many people. In the Northern Hemisphere it is dark, cold...
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What began as a single Sunday in January has expanded to the whole month. The Sunday Supper Movement seeks to bring families together for dinner every Sunday during the month of January. The second Sunday...
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