MARCH 2012 Holidays and Events Calendar

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Tuesday

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Saturday

1 – Ohio Statehood
-Nebraska Statehood
-Peace Corps Bday
-World Compliment Day
-Share a Smile Day
-Nat’l Pig Day

2
-Dr. Seuss Bday
- NEA Read Across America Day
- Dress in Blue Day

3
-  Florida Statehood
-  Nat’l Anthem Day

4
-  VT Statehood
-Nat’l Grammar Day
- Int’l Scrapbooking Day
- Benjamin Harrison Day

5
- Boston Massacre
- St. Piran’s Day
- Fun Facts About Names Day
- Parachute was Invented

6 - Namesake Day
- Unique Names Day
- U. S. Snowshoe Day
- Dentist Day
- Nat’l White Chocolate Cheesecake Day

7
- Telephone Patented
- Nat’l Be Heard Day
- Purim (at sundown)

8
-Int’l Women’s Day
-Nametag Day
-Girls Write Now Day
-Organize Your Home Office Day

9
- Barbie Day
- Get Over it Day
- Joe Franklin Day
- Nat’l Panic Day
- Middle Name Pride Day

10
-Genealogy Day
- Harriet Tubman Day
- U.S. Paper Money Day
- Mario Day
-Salvation Army Day

11
- Johnny Appleseed Day
- Dream 2012 Day
-Girl Scout Sunday
- Daylight Savings Begins
-1^st Basketball Game

12
- Girl Scout Birthday
- Napping Day
- Commonwealth Day

13
- Good Samaritan Day
- Uranus Discovered
- Earmuffs Day

14
- Albert Einstein’s Bday
- Casey Jones’ Bday
- Pi Day
- Int’l Ask a Question Day

15 -  Ides of March
- Maine Statehood
- Andrew Jackson Bday
- Absolutely Incredible Kid Day
- World Consumer Rights Day

16
- James Madison Bday
- Freedom of Information Day
- St. Urho’s Day
-Well Elderly Day

17
-St. Patrick’s Day
- Nat’l Quilting Day
- Campfire Girls Day

18-Grover Cleveland Bday
- Forgive Mom and Dad Day
- Akward Moments Day
- Mothering Sunday (UK)

19
- Nat’l Quilting Day
- Nat’l Chocolate Carmel Day
- Operation Iraqi Freedom Day

20
-First Day of Spring
- Proposal Day
-National Agriculture Day
- Snowman Burning Day
- Proposal Day

21
- Memory Day
-Nat’l Common Courtesy Day
- Children’s Poetry Day
- Single Parents Day

22
- As Young as You Feel Day
Int’l Goof Off Day
- World Water Day
- Nat’l Sing-Out Day

23
- Toast Day
- Nat’l Puppy Day
- Near Miss Day
- World Meteorological Day

24
- Nat’l Chocolate Covered Raisins Day
- World Tuberculosis Day
- Harry Houdini’s Bday

25
- Nat’l Day of Celebration of Greek & American Democracy
- Pecan Day
-Tolkien Reading Day

26
- Legal Assistants Day
- Make Up Your Own Holiday Day

27
- Nat’l Joe Day
- American Diabetes Assoc. Alert Day
- Quirky Country Song Titles Day
- Education and Sharing Day

28 - Barnum and Bailey Circus
- Weed Appreciation Day
- Something on a Stick Day
- Nat’l Black Forest Cake Day

29
-John Tyler Bday
- Knights of Columbus Founders Day
- Texas Loves the Children Day
- Pickle Day

30
- Doctor’s Day
- Pencil Day

31
- Cesar Chavez Day
- Tater Day
- Bunsen Burner Day
- Eiffel Tower Day

Weekly Observances

·         National Cheerleading Week: 1-7

·         National Ghostwriters Week: 1-7

·         National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week: 1-7

·         Universal Human Beings Week: 1-7

·         Festival of Owls Week: 2-4

·         Iditarod Race: 3-18

·         Celebrate Your Name Week: 4-10

·         National Consumer Protection Week: 4-10

·         National Procrastination Week: 4-10

·         National Schools Social Work Week: 4-10  (Moved from February)

·         National Words Matter Week: 4-10

·         Professional Pet Sitters Week: 4-10

·         Save Your Vision Week: 4-10

·         Read an E-Book Week: 4-10

·         Return The Borrowed Books Week: 4-10

·         Teen Tech Week: 4-10

·         Women in Construction Week: 4-10

·         American Council on Education: 5-8

·         Newspaper in Education Week: 5-9

·         National Sleep Awareness Week: 5-11

·         National School Breakfast Week: 5-9

·         Share A Story - Shape A Future Week: 5-9

·         Universal Women's Week: 8-14

·         World Rattlesnake Round-up: 8-11

·         Girl Scout Week: 11-17  (Always the week with March 12)

·         Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign: 11-17

·         National Agriculture Week: 11-17 (?)

·         International Brain Awareness Week: 12-18

·         National Chocolate Chip Cookie Week (Always 2^nd Week)

·         Wildlife Week: 12-18

·         Campfire USA Birthday Week: 13-19

·         American Crossword Puzzle Weekend: 16-18

·         Sherlock Holmes Weekend: 16-18 (also November 2-4)

·         National Animal Poison Prevention Week: 18-24

·         National Inhalant and Poisons Awareness Week: 18-24 (?)

·         Act Happy Week: 19-25

·         American Chocolate Week: 19-25 (Always 3rd Week)

·         Wellderly Week: 19-25

·         Week of Solidarity with People's Struggling Against Racism & Discrimination: 21-27

·         YoYo and Skill Toys Week: 21-25

·         Consider Christianity Week: 25-31

·         Passiontide (3/25-4/7)

·         National Conference on Family Literacy: 25-27

·         Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week: 25-31

·         Root Canal Awareness Week: 25-31

·         National Protocol Officer's Week: 25-31

·         National Cleaning Week: 26-31 (Last Week)

Monthly Observances

·         Adopt A Rescued Guinea Pig Month

·         American Red Cross Month or Red Cross Month  or

·         Bell Peppers and Broccoli Month

·         Berries and Cherries Month

·         Child Life Month

·         Credit Education Month

·         Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Month

·         Deaf History Month (3/13 to 4/15)

·         Employee Spirit Month

·         Exotic Winter Fruit & Leeks and Green Onions Month

·         Expanding Girls' Horizons in Science & Engineering Month

·         Honor Society Awareness Month

·         Humorists Are Artists Month

·         International Expect Success Month

·         International Ideas Month

·         International Listening Awareness Month

·         International Mirth Month

·         International Women's Month

·         Irish-American Heritage Month

·         Malignant Hypertension Awareness & Training Month

·         Music In Our Schools Month

·         National Athletic Training Month

·         National Caffeine Awareness Month

·         National Cheerleading Safety Month

·         National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month

·         National Clean Up Your IRS Act Month

·         National Color Therapy Month

·         National Craft Month

·         National Ethics Awareness Month

·         National Eye Donor Month

·         National Frozen Food Month

·         National Multiple Sclerosis Education & Awareness Month National Kidney Month

·         National Kite Month (3/31-4/30)

·         National March Into Literacy Month

·         National Nutrition Month

·         National On-Hold Month

·         National Peanut Month

·         National Social Work Month

·         National Umbrella Month

·         National Women's History Month

·         Optimism Month

·         Play The Recorder Month

·         Poison Prevention Awareness Month

·         Red Cross Month

·         Save Your Vision Month

·         Sing With Your Child Month

·         Small Press Month

·         Spiritual Wellness Month

·         Supply Management Month

·         Women's History Month

·         Workplace Eye Health and Safety Month

·         Youth Art Month