AUGUST 2012 Holidays and Events Calendar

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Note: Back to School generally starts anytime in August or September

1 - Girlfriend's Day
- Colorado Statehood
- U.S. Air Force Day
- Word Wide Web Day

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- Braham Pie Day
- Watermelon Day

4 - Barack Obama Bday
- Coast Guard Day
- Nat'l Chocolate Chip Day
- Social Security Day

5
- Friendship Day
- Nat'l Kids Day
- Sister's Day

6
- Hiroshima Day
-Nat'l Fresh Breath Day

7
- Lighthouse Day
- Nat'l Night Out
- Professional Speakers Day
- Purple Heart Day

8
- The Date to Create
-Happiness Happens Day
- Odie Day

9
-Int'l Day of the World's Indigenous People
-Veep Day

10 -Missouri Statehood
- Herbert Hoover Bday
- Smithsonian Day
- Nat'l S'mores Day

11
- Kool-Aid Day (11-12)
- Ingersoll Day
-Nat'l Garage Sale Day

12
-IBM PC Day
- Int'l Youth Day
-Sewing Machine Day
- Vinyl Record Day

13
- Int'l Left Hander's Day

14
-Nat'll Navajo Code Talkers Day
-V-J Day

15
- Best Friends Day
- Chauvin Day
- Nat'l Relaxation Day

16
- Joe Miller's Joke Day
- Nat'l Airborne Day

17
- Hug Your Boss Day
- Nat'l Thrift Shop Day
- Men's Grooming Day

18
- Bad Poetry Day
- Int'l Geocaching Day
- World Daffodil Day

19
-Bill Clinton Bday
-Aviation Day
-World Humanitarian Day

20 -Benjamin Harrison Bday
- Cupcake Day
- Int'l Homeless Animals Day
- Nat'l Chocolate Pecan Pie Day

21
-Hawaii Statehood
-Ecological Debt Day
- Poet's Day
- Senior Citizen's Day

22
- Be An Angel Day
- Southern Hemisphere Hoodie Hoo Day

23
- Valentino Day
- Day of Remembrance of the Slave Trade & Its Abolition

24
-Pluto Demoted Day
- Vesuvius Day
- Nat'l Waffle Day

25
-Kiss and Make Up Day
- Nat'l 2^nd Hand Wardrobe Day
-Int'l Bat Night (25-26)

26
-Nat'l Dog Day
- Women's Equality Day

27
-Lyndon B Johnson Bday

-The Dutchess Who Wasn't Day

28 -Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day
-Radio Commercials Day
- Crackers Over the Keyboard Day

29
- According to Hoyle Day
- More Herbs, Less Salt Day
- XIV Paralympics Games (8/29-9/9)

30
-Nat'l Holistic Pet Day
- Nat'l Toasted Marshmallow Day

31
-Love Litigating Lawyers Day

Weekly Observances

·         International Clown Week: 1-7

·         Simplify Your Life Week: 1-7

·         Rock for Life Week: 4-7

·         National Farmers' Market Week: 5-11

·         Assistance Dog Week: 5-11  (Second Week)

·         Knights of Columbus Family Week: 5-11

·         Exercise With Your Child Week: 6-12

·         National Fraud Awareness Week: 6-10  (This is sponsored by the FCC and has to do with phone & mail fraud.)

·         Exhibitor Appreciation Week: 6-10

·         Psychic Week: 6-10  (First full week)

·         Single Working Women's Week: 6-10

·         Elvis Week: 10-18

·         National Scrabble Week: 11-15

·         Feeding Pets of the Homeless Week: 12-18  (Always 2nd Week)

·         Weird Contest Week: 13-17 (Third Week)

·         National Aviation Week: 15-21 (Always week of Orville Wright's Birthday)

·         Little League Baseball World Series: 17-26

·         Be Kind To Humankind Week: 25-31

·         National Safe at Home Week: 27-31 (Last M-F Week)

Monthly Observances

·         American Adventures Month

·         American Indian Heritage Month  (See also November)

·         American History Essay Contest (8/1 - 12/15)

·         Black Business Month

·         Cataract Awareness Month

·         Celery, Fennel and Cactus Month

·         Children's Eye Health & Safety Month

·         Children's Vision & Learning Month

·         Get Ready for Kindergarten Month

·         Golf Month

·         Happiness Happens Month

·         National Brownies at Brunch Month

·         National Immunization Awareness Month

·         National Panini Month

·         National Runaway Prevention Month

·         National Truancy Prevention Month

·         National Water Quality Month

·         National Win With Civility Month

·         Orange and Papaya Month

·         Psoriasis Awareness Month

·         What Will Be Your Legacy Month