April 2010

MONTHLY CELEBRATIONS 

Alcohol Awareness Month
Car Care Month
Community Spirit Month
Couple Appreciation Month
Emotional Overeating Awareness Month
Home Improvement Time (April 1 – September
Informed Woman Month
International Customer Loyalty Month
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month
Month of the Young Child
National African-American Women’s Fitness Month
National Autism Awareness Month
National Cancer Control Month
National Card and Letter Writing Month
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
National Donate Life Month
National Landscape Architecture Month
National Minority Health Awareness Month
National Occupational Therapy Month
National Parkinson’s Awareness Month
National Pecan Month
National Poetry Month
National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
National Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) Education and Awareness Month
National Youth Sports Safety Month
Pet First Aid Awareness Month
Pharmacists’ War on Diabetes Month
Physical Wellness Month
Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month
Rosacea Awareness Month
School Library Media Month
Sports Eye Safety Month
Stress Awareness Month
Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month
Workplace Conflict Awareness Month
World Habitat Awareness Month
 
WEEKLY CELEBRATIONS
1 – 7 Medication Safety Week
1 – 7 Testicular Cancer Awareness Week
4 – 10 National Blue Ribbon Week
4 – 10 National Week of the Ocean
5 – 10 Explore Your Career Option Week
5 – 10 National Networking Week
5 – 11 National Public Health Week
11- 17 National Public Safety Week
11 – 17 National Environmental Education Week 
11 – 17 National Library Week
11 – 17 Pan-American Week
11 – 17 Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week
11 – 17 Telecommunicators Week
11 – 17 Week of the Young Child
17– 25 National Park Week
18 – 24 Public School Volunteer Week
18 – 24 Administrative Professionals Week
18 – 24 Cleaning for a Reason Week
18 – 24 National Coin Week
18 – 24 National Volunteer Week
18 – 24 Sky Awareness Week
18 – 24 Minority Cancer Awareness Week
18 – 26 National Wildlife Week (March 15 -19)
19 – 24 Consumer Awareness Week
19 – 24 National Inspirational News Week
19 – 25 National Window Safety Week
19 – 25 National Electronics-Turnoff Week
19 – 25 Spring Astronomy Week
24 - May 1 National Infant Immunization Week
April 25 – May 1National Crime Victim’s Rights Week
25 – 30 National Playground Safety Week
 
SPECIAL DAYS
2 – Good Friday
2– International Children’s Book Day
2 – Reconciliation Day
2 – United Nations: World Autism Awareness Day
3 – Tangible Karma Day
4 – Easter Sunday
4 – International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
6 – Drowsy Driver Awareness Day
7 – National Day of Hope
7 – Paraprofessional Appreciation Day
7 – United Nations: World Health Day
8 – National D.A.R.E. Day
10 – Baby Massage Day
10 – Every Day is Earth Day
10 – 11 Just Pray No! Worldwide Weekend of Prayer and Fasting
10 – National Love Our Children Day
10 – National Siblings Day
10 – Salvation Army Founder’s Day
11 – Civil Rights Act of 1968: Anniversary
11 – Holocaust Remembrance Day
13 – Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday
14 – International Moment of Laughter Day
14 – Children with Alopecia Day
14 – Pan-American Day
15 – Income Tax Pay Day
15 – Sinking of the Titanic: Anniversary (1912)
16 – Librarian Day
16 – National Stress Awareness Day
17 – Ellis Island Family History Day
17 – National Auctioneer’s Day
17 – Teach your Daughter to Volunteer Day
18 – Adult Autism Awareness Day
18 – International Amateur Radio Day
21 – Kindergarten Day
22 – Chemists Celebrate Earth Day
22 – Earth Day
22 – Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day
23 – 25 Global Youth Services Day
23 – United Nations World Book and Copyright Day
24 – 25 California Poppy Festival
24 – National Rebuilding Day
24 – Spring Astronomy Day
25 – Abortion First Legalized: Anniversary
25 – Malaria Awareness Day
25 – Mother, Father Deaf Day
25 – Something Service Day
25 – World Malaria Day
26 – Richter Scale Day
26 – National Teach Children to Save Day
28 – Workers Memorial Day
20 – Los Angeles Riots Anniversary
30 – National Arbor Day
30 – National Honesty Day (With ABE Honest Awards)
30 – Spank Out Day USA
 
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE…
International Twit Award Month
Jazz Appreciation Month
National Decorating Month
National Humor Month
National Kite Month
National Knuckles down Month
Soyfoods Month
Straw Hat Month
1 – 7 International Pooper-Scooper Week
1 – 7 Laugh at Work Week
13 – 19 Egg Salad Week
24 – 30 National Scoop the Poop Week
1 – April Fools’ Day
1 – National Fun at Work Day
1 – National Fun Day
1 – Sorry Charlie Day
7 – International Beaver Day
7 – No Housework Day
9 – National Cherish an Antique Day
11 – Barbershop Quartet Day
12 – National Licorice Day
12 – Walk on Your Wild Side Day
13 – National Be Kind to Lawyers Day
15 – National High Five Day
15 – National That Sucks Day
17 – Blah Blah Blah Day
16 – National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day
17 – International Ford Mustang Day
17 – Nothing like a Dame Day
17 – Record Store Day
18 – Pet Owners Independence Day
19 – National Hanging Out Day
22 – National Jelly Bean Day
24 – National Bulldogs Are Beautiful Day
24 – World Tai Chi and Qigong Day
25 – National Pet Parents Day
26 – Hug an Australian Day
29 – Poem in Your Pocket Day
30 – National Hairball Awareness Day
 
Source: Chase’s Calendar of Events 2010
2010 National Health Observances, National Health Information Center, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.