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 April Monthly Observances

Atlanta Food & Wine Month
ASPCA Month  Link
Alcohol Awareness Month
Amateur Radio Month Link
Autism Awareness Month Link
Brussels Sprouts and Cabbage Month Link
Cancer Control Month
Car Care Month
Celebrate Diversity Month
Child Abuse Prevention Month
(International) Cesarean Awareness Month Link
Confederate History Month
Couple Appreciation Month
Cranberries and Gooseberries Month Link
Defeat Diabetes Month
Emotional Overeating Awareness Month
Fair Housing Month Link
Financial Literacy Month Link
Fresh Florida Tomatoes Month
Frog Month Link
Global Child Nutrition Month Link
Grange Month Link
Grilled Cheese Month Link
Holy Humor Month
Home Improvement Time (April-Sept.30)
Honor Society Awareness Month (Different Sponsor Than March)
Informed Women Month
International Customer Loyalty Month
International Guitar Month Link
International Twit Award Month
IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Month Link
Jazz Appreciation Month
Keep America Beautiful  Link
Month of the Young Child
Month of the Military Child Link
National African American Women's Fitness Month
National Autism Awareness Month
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
National Card and Letter Writing Month
National Decorating Month
National DNA & Genomics & Stem Cell Education & Awareness Month Link
National Donate Life Month
National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Month  Link
National Garden Month Link
National Humor Month
National Kite Month Link
National Knuckles Down Month
National Landscape Architecture Month
National Multiple Birth Awareness Month Link
National Occupational Therapy Month
National Parkinson's Awareness Month Link
National Pecan Month Link
National Pet Month Link
National Poetry Month
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month Link
Nationally Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) Month
National Sexual Assault Awareness Month
National Youth Sports Safety Month
Pharmacists War on Diabetes Month
 Pet First Aid Awareness Month
Physical Wellness Month
Prevent Lyme in Dogs Month Link
Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month
Rosacea Awareness Month
School Library Media Month
Soy Foods Month
Straw Hat Month
Stress Awareness Month
Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
Tomatillo and Asian Pear Month Link
Women's Eye Health & Safety Month
Workplace Conflict Awareness Month
World Habitat Awareness Month

 April Weekly Observances

The APAWS Pooper Scooper  Week: 1-7
*Golden RuleWeek: 1-7 Link
Holy Week: 1-7
 International Pooper-Scooper Week: 1-7
*Laugh at Work Week: 1-7
National Blue Ribbon Week: 1-7 (First Full Week) Link  (Child Abuse)
National Public Health Week: 1-7 Link
National Week of the Ocean: 1-7
National Window Safety Week: 1-7
*Medication Safety Week: 1-7
Testicular Cancer Awareness Week: 2-7 (aka Get A Grip Day!)
Explore Your Career Options: 2-7
The Masters Tournament: 2-8
*Hate Week: 4-10
National Robotics Week: 7-15 Link  (2nd full week)
Passover Week: 7-14
Bat Appreciation Week: 8-14 (2nd Full Week)
National Library Week: 8-14
National Networking Week: 8-14
Orthodox Holy Week: 8-14
Pan American Week: 8-14
National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week: 23-27 Link
Consider Christianity Week: 8-14  Link
 Health Information Privacy and Security Week: 10-16 Link
National Animal Control Appreciation Week: 10-16  Link
Just Pray No! Worldwide Weekend of Prayer and Fasting: 14-15
National Park Week: 14-22
Coin Week: 15-21
Fibroid Awareness Week: 15-21 (Always 3rd Week)
National Environmental Education Week: 15-21 Link
National Karaoke Week: 15-21
National Volunteer Week: 15-21
National Pet ID Week: 15-21(Always 3rd Week) Link
National Paperboard Packaging Week: 16-20
Pesach: 17-14
Cleaning For A Reason Week: 18-23
*Consumer Awareness Week: 18-23
International Whistlers Week: 18-22 Link
*Police Officers Who Gave Their Lives In The Line of Duty Week: 18-23
Kentucky Derby Week: 19-5/4
National Dance Week: 20-29 Link
National & Global Youth Service Days: 20-22
Money Smart Week: 21-28
Administrative Professionals Week: 22-28
National Crime Victims Rights Week: 22-28 Link
National Playground Safety Week: 22-28
Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week: 22-28 Link
Preservation Week: 22-29
Sky Awareness Week: 22-28
Week of The Young Child: 22-28
(Spring) Astronomy Week: 23-29 Link
Safe Kids Week: 23-28 Link
*National Scoop The Poop Week: 24-30
Fiddler's Frolic: 26-29
Gathering of the Nations PowWow: 26-28 Link
National Dream Hotline: 27-29
National Pie Championships: 27-29


 April Daily Observances 



NOTE:  An * in front of the day means that the observance is on the same date every year regardless of the day it falls on.

*April Fools  or All Fools Day: 1
*Atheist Day: 1 Link
*Boomer Bonus Days: 1
*International Tatting Day: 1 Link
International Tongue Twister Day: 1
Library Snap Shot Day: 1
*National Fun Day: 1
Palm Sunday: 1
*Poetry & The Creative Mind Day: 1
*Reading is Funny Day: 1
*Sorry Charlie Day: 1
*St. Stupid Day: 1 Link
*US Air force Academy Day: 1
*International Children's Book Day: 2
National Love Our Children Day: 2
*Reconciliation Day: 2
Tater Day ( It's Sweet Potatoes) : 2 Link  (First Monday in April)
 Note: Not the same as the Yambilee Festival in October.
*World Autism Day: 2 Link
Tangible Karma Day: 2 Link
*Pony Express Day: 3
*Tweed Day: 3
*World Party Day: 3  Link
*International Day for Mine Awareness & Assistance in Mine Action: 4
National Day of Hope: 4
Paraprofessional Appreciation Day: 4
*Victims of Violence Wholly Day: 4
*Vitamin C Day: 4
*World Rat Day: 4 Link
National D.A.R.E. Day: 5
National Deep Dish Pizza Day: 5
National Fun at Work Day: 5 (Always the 1st, or the following Thurs. if it falls on the weekend.)
*One Day Without Shoes Day: 5 Link
*Army Day: 6 Link
*Church of Latter Day Saints Day: 6
Hospital Admitting Clerks Day: 6 (First Friday)
Good Friday: 6
*New Beers Eve: 6 Link
*Drowsy Driver Awareness Day: 6
Passover: 6 (at sundown)
*Tartan Day: 6 Link
*Teflon Day: 6
*International Beaver Day: 7
International Pillow Fight Day: 7  Link  (Always First Saturday)
  Note: Photo of Georgia participating in Pillow Fight Day in D.C.. (Not for re-use)
*International Snailpapers Day: 7
*Metric System Day: 7
*National Beer Day: 7 Link
*No Housework Day: 7
Tangible Karma Day: 7
*World Health Organization Day: 7 Link
*Buddha Day: 8
Easter: 8
*National Cherish An Antique Day: 9
*National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: 9
*Appomattox Day: 9 Link
Easter Monday: 9
White House Easter Egg Roll: 9
*Jenkins Ear Day: 9
*Winston Churchill Day: 9
*ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) Day: 10  Link
Baby Massage Day: 10
Equal Pay Day: 10 Link
National Be Kind To Lawyers Day: 10 Link
*National Farm Animals Day: 10 Link
National Library Day: 10 Link  (Always the Tuesday of Library Week)
National Library Workers Day: 10
*National Sibling Day: 10
*Salvation Army Founder's Day: 10
*Safety Pin Day: 10
*Barbershop Quartet Day: 11
*International "Louie Louie" Day: 11
*National Pet Day: 11 Link
*World Parkinson's Disease Day: 11 Link
*D.E.A.R. Day (aka Drop Everything And Read): 12 Link
*International Day of Human Space Flight: 12
*Licorice Day: 12 Link
Tax Freedom Day: 12 (?)  Link 
Support Teen Literature Day: 12
*Walk on Your Wild Side Day: 12
Day of Silence: 12 Link
*Thomas Jefferson Day: 13
*Children with Alopecia Day: 14
Dictionary Day: 14
International Moment of Laughter Day: 14
*National D.A.R.E. Day: 14 Link
*Pan American Day: 14
Poem in Your Pocket Day: 14
DNA Day: 15 (?)  Link
*Income Tax Pay Day: 15  (Observed on 16th This Year)
*McDonald's Day: 15
*Take a Wild Guess Day: 15
*That Sucks Day: 15
*Bat Appreciation Day: 17 (Emerge from hibernation)
*Blah! Blah! Blah! Day: 17
*Ellis Island Family History Day: 17
National Haiku Poetry Day: 17
*National Stress Awareness Day: 17
*Ford Mustang Day: 17
*Nothing Like A Dame Day: 17
*Adult Autism Day: 18
*Pet Owners Independence Day: 18
*International Amateur Radio Day: 18 Link
*National Wear Your Pajamas To Work Day: 18
*National Hanging Out Day: 19
*Oklahoma City Bombing Commemoration Day: 19
Get To Know Your Customers Day: 19 (Also Jan 19, July 19, Oct 18)
High Five Day: 19 Link
Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) : 19
Husband Appreciation Day: 20
*National Pot Smokers Day: 20 Link
Record Store Day: 21(3rd Saturday)
Auctioneers Day: 21 (3rd Saturday)
Bulldogs are Beautiful Day: 21
*Kindergarten Day: 21
*National Chocolate-covered Cashews Day: 21  Link
National Teach Your Children To Save Day: 21
*Chemists Celebrate The Earth Day: 22
*Earth Day: 22
*Girl Scout Leaders Day: 22 Link
*"In God We Trust Day" Day: 22 (coins)
*Mother Earth Day: 22
*National Jelly Bean Day: 22  Link
*Movie Theatre Day: 23
*International Marconi Day: 23 Link
*Talk Like Shakespeare Day: 23 Link
*World Book & Copyright Day: 23
Administrative Professionals Day or Secretary's Day: 25
*DNA Day: 25 Link
Dyngus Day: 25 (First Monday after Easter) Link
Hairstylists Appreciation Day: 25
20-Something Service Day: 25
*Malaria Awareness Day: 25
*Hug A Plumber Day or Plumbers Day: 25 Link
*Red Hat Society Day: 25  Link 
 Note: This is the official day every year.
Various chapters will have their own birthday celebrations as well on different dates.
Yom HaZikaron (Israel's Memorial Day) : 25
*Hug An Australian Day: 26
*Audubon Day: 26 Link
*National Kids and Pets Day: 26  Link
*Poem In Your Pocket Day: 26
*Richter Scale Day: 26
Take Our Daughters & Sons to Work Day: 26 Link (4th Thursday)
Bob Wills Day: 26-28 Link
Yom HaAtzmaut (Israel's Independence Day) : 26
Arbor Day: 27 (Last Friday)
*Babe Ruth Day: 27
National Hairball Awareness Day: 27 (Always Last Friday)
* Mantanzas Mule Day: 27
*Morse Code Day: 27 (Some also observe on May 24)
*Biological Clock Day: 28
Eeyore's Birthday Day: 28 (Last Saturday) Link
National Go Birding Day: 28 (Last Saturday)
National Rebuilding Day: 28 (Last Saturday)
Penguin Day: 28  (Last Saturday)  Link
Save The Frogs Day: 28 Link
Sense of Smell Day: 28 Link   (Last Saturday)
Spring Astronomy Day: 28 Link (Near the First Qtr. Moon)
World Tai Chi & Qigong Day: 28 Link (Last  Saturday)
*Workers Memorial Day: 28
World Veterinary Day: 28 (Last Saturday)
National Pet Parent's Day: 29 (Last Sunday)
Mother, Father Deaf Day: 29 (Last Sunday)
*National Dance Day: 29
*"Peace" Rose Day: 29  (The flower)
Pinhole Photography Day: 29 Link  (Always last Sunday)
*Zipper Day: 29
*Beltane: 30
*Bugs Bunny Day: 30
Díá De Los Niños / Díá De Los Libros Day: 30
National Honesty Day: 30
National Take Back (Prescription Drugs) Day: 30 (?) Link
*Spank Out Day - USA: 30
*Walpurgis Night: 30
World Healing Day: 30

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because at this time of the year, wildflowers (esp. pink ground phlox) herald the newly arrived spring.

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