APRIL 2012

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

1-Sorry Charlie Day
- April Fools Day
-Poetry and the Creative Mind Day
- Reading is Funny
- One Cent Day
- Palm Sunday

2
-Autism Awareness Day
- Int'l Children's Book Day
- Hans Christian Andersen Bday

3 - Tweed Day
- Pony Express Day
- World Party Day
- Washington Irving Bday
- Find a Rainbow Day

4 - Nat'l Day of Hope
- Children's Day (Taiwan)
- Maya Angelou Bday
-MLK Assassination
- NATO Estab.
- Walk Around Things Day

5
- Nat'l D.A.R.E. Day
- Booker T. Washington Bday
- Nat'l Read a Road Map Day

6
- Army Day
- Good Friday
- Passover (6-14)
- Tartan Day
- Jump Over Things Day

7
- No Housework Day
- World Health Day
- Metric System Anniv.
- Tangible Karma Day

8
- Easter
- Buddha Day
- Ponce de Leon Day
- Zoo Lovers Day

9 - Easter Monday
- Name Yourself Day
- Winston Churchill Bday
- Jenkins Ear Day
- Cherish an Antique Day
- Appomattox Day

10 – Safety Pin Day
- Equal Pay Day
- Nat'l Farm Animals  Day
- Nat'l Library Workers Day
- Salvation Army Founder's Day

11
- Barbershop Quartet Day
- Nat'l Pet Day
- Jackie Robinson Day
- World Parkinson's Disease Day

12
-D.E.A.R. Drop Everything and Read Day
- Beverly Cleary Bday
- Walk on the Wild Side Day
- Big Wind Day

13
- Thomas Jefferson Bday
- Scrabble Day

14
- Children with Alopecia Day
- Dictionary Day
-Titantic Struck the Iceberg Anniver.

15 - Income Tax Pay Day (observered 4/16 this year)
- McDonald's Day
-Leonardo Da Vinci Bday
- Take a Wild Guess Day

16
- Wilbur Wright's Bday
- U.S.  Income Tax Filing Deadline

17
-Bat Appreciation Day

-Nat'l Haiku Poetry Day
- Nat'l Stress Awareness Day
-Ford Mustang Day

18
- Paul Revere Day
- Nat'l Wear Your Pajama's to Work Day
- Pet Owner's Day

19
- Humorous Day
- Oklahoma City Bombing Commemoration Day
- Yom HaShoah
- High Five Day

20
- Husband Appreciation Day
- Cuckoo Day
- National Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day

21 - Kindergarten Day
- National Chocolate Covered Cashews Day
- Nat'l Teach Your Children to Save Day
- Webster Dictionary Published

22
- Earth Day
- "In God We Trust" Day
- Nat'l Jelly Bean Day
- Girl Scout Leaders Day

23 - James Buchanan Bday
- Homerun Day
-Wm Shakespeare Bday
- Movie Theatre Day
- World Book and Copyright Day

24
- Pigs in a Blanket Day
- Library of Congress Day

25
- Administrative Professionals Day
- Red Hat Society Day
- Hug a Plumber Day

26 - Hug a Friend Day
- Audubon Day
- Take Your Daughters  to Work Day
-Richter Scale Day
- Poem in Your Pocket Day

27
- Ulysses S. Grant Bday
- Nat'l Arbor Day
- Tell a Story Day
- Babe Ruth Day
- Morse Code Day

28
- Maryland Statehood
- James Monroe Bday
- Penguin Day
- Poetry Reading Day
- Sense of Smell Day
- World Tai Chi & Qigong Day

29
- Zipper Day
-Nat'l Dance Day
-Pinhole Photography Day

30
- Louisiana Statehood
- National Honesty Day
- World Healing Day

Weekly Observances

·         Golden RuleWeek: 1-7

·         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)  (Child Abuse)

·         National Public Health Week: 1-7

·         National Week of the Ocean: 1-7

·         National Window Safety Week: 1-7

·         Medication Safety Week: 1-7

·         Explore Your Career Options: 2-7

·         The Masters Tournament: 2-8

·         Passover Week: evening of April 6 to the evening of April 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

·         Consider Christianity Week: 8-14

·         Health Information Privacy and Security Week: 10-16

·         National Animal Control Appreciation Week: 10-16

·         National Park Week: 14-22

·         Coin Week: 15-21

·         Fibroid Awareness Week: 15-21 (Always 3rd Week)

·         National Environmental Education Week: 15-21

·         National Karaoke Week: 15-21

·         National Volunteer Week: 15-21

·         National Pet ID Week: 15-21(Always 3rd Week)

·         National Paperboard Packaging Week: 16-20

·         Cleaning For A Reason Week: 18-23

·         Consumer Awareness Week: 18-23

·         International Whistlers Week: 18-22

·         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

·         National & Global Youth Service Days: 20-22

·         Money Smart Week: 21-28

·         Administrative Professionals Week: 22-28

·         National Crime Victims Rights Week: 22-28

·         National Playground Safety Week: 22-28

·         Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week: 22-28

·         Preservation Week: 22-29

·         Sky Awareness Week: 22-28

·         Week of The Young Child: 22-28

·         (Spring) Astronomy Week: 23-29

·         Safe Kids Week: 23-28

·         National Scoop The Poop Week: 24-30

·         Fiddler's Frolic: 26-29

·         Gathering of the Nations PowWow: 26-28

·         National Dream Hotline: 27-29

·         National Pie Championships: 27-29

Monthly Observances

·         Atlanta Food & Wine Month

·         ASPCA Month

·         Alcohol Awareness Month

·         Amateur Radio Month

·         Autism Awareness Month

·         Brussels Sprouts and Cabbage Month

·         Cancer Control Month

·         Car Care Month

·         Celebrate Diversity Month

·         Child Abuse Prevention Month

·         (International) Cesarean Awareness Month

·         Confederate History Month

·         Couple Appreciation Month

·         Cranberries and Gooseberries Month

·         Defeat Diabetes Month

·         Emotional Overeating Awareness Month

·         Fair Housing Month

·         Financial Literacy Month

·         Fresh Florida Tomatoes Month

·         Frog Month

·         Global Child Nutrition Month

·         Grange Month

·         Grilled Cheese Month

·         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

·         International Twit Award Month

·         IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Month

·         Jazz Appreciation Month

·         Keep America Beautiful

·         Month of the Young Child

·         Month of the Military Child

·         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

·         National Donate Life Month

·         National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Month

·         National Garden Month

·         National Humor Month

·         National Kite Month

·         National Knuckles Down Month

·         National Landscape Architecture Month

·         National Multiple Birth Awareness Month

·         National Occupational Therapy Month

·         National Parkinson's Awareness Month

·         National Pecan Month

·         National Pet Month

·         National Poetry 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

·         Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month

·         Rosacea Awareness Month

·         School Library Media Month

·         Soy Foods Month

·         Straw Hat Month

·         Stress Awareness Month

·         Tomatillo and Asian Pear Month

·         Women's Eye Health & Safety Month

·         Workplace Conflict Awareness Month

·         World Habitat Awareness Month