FEBRUARY 2013 Holidays and Events Calendar

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Note: The 100^th Day of School usually falls during the month of January or February depending on your school calendar.

1 - GI Joe Day
-  Nat'l Freedom Day
- Robinson Crusoe Day
- Bubble Gum Day
– Wear Red Day
- Give Kids a Smile Day

2 – Hedgehog Day
- Candelmas
- Crepe Day
- Groundhog Day
- Dia de la Candelaria
- Groundhog Job Shadow Day

3 -Super Bowl XLVII

- The Day Music Died

- Four Chaplains Memorial Day

4 - Charles Lindbergh 1902

- Rosa Parks 1913

- Liberace Day
- Quacker Day
- World Cancer Day

5 -Nat'l Chocolate Fondue Day

-Hank Aaron 1934

- Weatherman's Day

- World Nutella Day

6– Mass Statehood

- Ronald Reagan Bday

- Lame Duck Day

- Babe Ruth 1895

7 – Ballet Day

-Chas Dickens 1812

-Wave All Your Fingers at Your Neighbor Day

8
- Boy Scouts Day

- Laugh and Get Rich Day
-  Jules Vern 1828

9  - William Harrison 1773
-Nat'l Stop Bullying Day
- Hershey Chocolate Founded
- Read in the Bathtub Day

10
- Plimsoll Day
- Umbrella Day
- Cream Cheese Brownie Day
- Chinese New Year

11 - Thomas Edison 1847
-White T-Shirt Day
- Nat'l Inventors Day
- Nat'l Peppermint Patty Day

12 – Abraham Lincoln 1809
- Darwin Day
- Mardi Gras (Shrove Tuesday or Fat Tuesday)
- Paul Bunyan 1834
- Pancake Day

13– Lent Begins
- Ash Wednesday

- Get a Different Name Day

- Madly in Love With Me Day

14 - Valentine's Day
- Ferris Wheel Day
-Arizona 1912
- Oregon 1859
- Library Lovers Day
-Nat'l Crème Filled Chocolates Day

15
-Susan B. Anthony Day

- Nat'l Gum Drop Day

- Canada Flag Day

16

- Do a Grouch a Favor Day

- Kyoto Protocol Day

17- My Way Day
- Nat'l PTA Day

- Random Acts of Kindness Day

- World Human Spirit Day

18 - Battery Day (Volta's Bday)

- Pluto Day

- Presidents Day
– Canada Family Day

19
-Chocolate Mint Day

- Iwo Jima Day (Landing)

20

- Love Your Pet Day

- Hoodie-Hoo Day

21
- Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day

- International Mother Language Day

22  
- Be Humble Day

- Washington's Bday

- World Thinking Day

23

- Curling is Cool Day

- Purim (begins at evening)

24
- Dia de la Bandera

- Nat'l Tortilla Chip Day

- Academy Awards

25 - Nat'l Chili Day

- Paper Currency Introduced in U.S.
- Quiet Day

- Nat'l Chocolate Covered Nuts Day

26
- Tell a Fairy Tale Day

- Spay Day USA

27
- Henry Longfellow
1807

- No Brainer Day

- Inconvenience Yourself Day

28

- Nat'l Chocolate Souffle Day

- Nat'l Tooth Fairy Day

This 2013 holidays calendar is brought to you by:  Apples4theTeacher.com

Weekly Observances

·         International Snow Sculpting Week: 1/22-2/3 Link

·         Solo Diners Eat Out Week: 2/1-2/7 Link

·         Women's Heart Week: 2/1-2/7 Link

·         Boy Scout Anniversary Week: 2/3-2/9 Link

·         Children's Authors & Illustrators Week: 2/3-2/9 Link

·         Dump Your Significant Jerk Week: 2/3-2/9 (Always Week Before Valentine's Day) Link

·         Freelance Writers Appreciation Week: 2/10-2/16 Link

·         Just Say No to PowerPoint Week: 2/3-2/9 Link

·         Publicity for Profit Week: 2/3-2/9 Link

·         World Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Week: 2/13-2/19 Link

·         International Networking Week: 2/4-2/8 Link

·         International Friendship Week 2/4-2/8  Link

·         National Green Week: 2/4-2/8 Link

·         National School Counseling Week: 2/4-2/8 Link

·         Have A Heart for A Chained Dog Week: 2/7-2/14 Link

·         Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week: 2/7-2/14 Link

·         Risk Awareness Week: 2/7-2/14 Link

·         Carnival Season (2/8 to 2/13/) Link

·         Love Makes the World Go Round; But, Laughter Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy Week: 2/8-2/14 Link

·         Celebration of Love Week: 2/10-2/16 Link (Second Full Week) Link

·         Children of Alcoholics Week: 2/10-2/16 (Second Full Week) Link

·         Jell-O Week: 2/10-2/16 Link

·         National Pancake Week: 10-16 Link

·         Love a Mensch Week: 2/10-2/16 Link

·         Random Acts of Kindness Week: 2/10-2/16 Link

·         World AG Expo: 2/12-2/14 Link

·         International Flirting Week: 2/13-2/19 Link

·         National Nestbox Week: 2/14-2/21 Link

·         NCCDP Alzheimer's & Dementia Staff Education Week: 2/14-2/21 Link

·         Great Backyard Bird Count: 2/15-2/18 Link

·         National Entrepreneurship Week: 2/16-2/23 Link

·         National Future Farmers of America Week: 2/16-2/23 (Week of G.Washington's Birthday from Sat. to Sat) Link

·         Brotherhood / Sisterhood Week: 2/17-2/23 (Always 3rd Week) Link

·         National Engineers Week: 2/17-2/23 Link

·         National Justice for Animals Week: 2/17-2/23 Link

·         National Conference on Education: 2/21-2/23 Link

·         Texas Cowboy Poetry Week: 2/22-2/24 Link

·         National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: 2/24-3/2 Link

·         National Secondhand Wardrobe Week: 2/24-3/2 Link

·         Telecommuter Appreciation Week: 2/24-3/2 Link

·         Peace Corps Week: 2/24-3/2 Link

·         Read Me Week: 2/25-3/1 Link

Monthly Observances

·         Adopt A Rescued Rabbit Month Link

·         AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month Link

·         American Heart Month Link

·         Avocado and Banana Month Link

·         Bake for Family Fun Month Link

·         Beans (Dried and Fresh) Month Link

·         Dog Training Education Month Link

·         Exotic Vegetables and Star Fruit Month Link

·         February is Fabulous Florida Strawberry Month Link

·         From Africa to Virginia Month Link

·         Grapefruit Month Link

·         International Boost Self-Esteem Month Link

·         International Expect Success Month Link

·         International Hoof-care Month Link

·         Jobs in Golf Month Link

·         Lent (2/22-4/7) Link

·         Library Lovers Month Link

·         Marfan Syndrome Awareness Month Link

·         National African American History Month Link

·         National Bird Feeding Month Link

·         National Black History Month Link

·         National Care About Your Indoor Air Month Link

·         National Cherry Month Link

·         National Children's Dental Health Month Link

·         National Chocolate Lover's Month Link

·         National Dental Health Month Link

·         National Hot Breakfast Month Link

·         National Laugh-Friendly Month Link

·         National Mend A Broken Heart Month Link

·         National Parent Leadership Month Link

·         National Time Management Month  Link

·         National Weddings Month Link

·         Pet Dental Health Month Link

·         Plant the Seeds of Greatness Month Link

·         Pull Your Sofa Off The Wall Month Link

·         Relationship Wellness Month Link

·         Responsible Pet Owner's Month Link

·         Return Shopping Carts to the Supermarket Month Link

·         Spunky Old Broads Month Link

·         Sweet Potato Month (see also November) Link

·         Wise Health Care Consumer Month Link

·         Worldwide Renaissance of the Heart Month Youth Leadership Month Link