April 2019 Observances for Your
Senior Activity Calendar

Find interesting and unique observances and holidays for you to use as inspiration for your senior activity program.

April 2019 Monthly Observances

• Adopt a Ferret Month
• Alcohol Awareness Month
• Black Women's History Month
• Community Spirit Days
• Couple Appreciation Month
• Defeat Diabetes Month
• Distracted Driving Awareness Month
• Fresh Florida Tomato Month
• Grange Month, recognizing rural community service and agriculture
• Holy Humor Month
• Informed Woman Month
• International Customer Loyalty Month
• International Twit Award Month
• Jazz Appreciation Month
• Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month
• Month of the Young Child
• National African-American Women's Fitness Month
• National Autism Awareness Month
• National Cancer Control Month
• National Car Care Month
• National Card and Letter Writing Month
• National Child Abuse Prevention Month
• National Decorating Month
• National Donate Life Month
• National Humor Month
• National Knuckles Down (Marbles) Month
• National Lawn Care Month
• National Occupational Therapy Month
• National Pecan Month
• National Pest Management Month
• National Poetry Month
• National Rebuilding Month
• National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
• National Soyfoods Month
• National Youth Sports Safety Month
• Pet First Aid Awareness Month
• Pharmacists' War on Diabetes
• Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month
• Rosacea Awareness Month
• School Library Month
• Straw Hat Month
• Stress Awareness Month
• Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
• Women's Eye Health and Safety Month
• Workplace Conflict Awareness Month
• World Landscape Architecture Month
• Worldwide Bereaved Spouses Awareness Month

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April 2019 Weekly Observances

• Laugh at Work Week (April 1-7)
• Testicular Cancer Awareness Week (April 1-7)
• National Robotics Week (April 6-14)
• National Crime Victims' Rights Week (April 7-13)
• National Library Week (April 7-13)
• National Volunteer Week (April 7-13)
• Passion Week (April 7-13)
• Holy Week (April 14-20)
• National Dog Bite Prevention Week (April 14-20)
• Pan-American Week (April 14-20)
• National Park Week (April 20-28)
• Passover (April 20-27; begins at sundown on April 19)
• Administrative Professionals Week (April 21-27)
• Chemists Celebrate Earth Week (April 21-27)
• National Coin Week (April 21-27)
• Preservation Week (April 21-27)
• World Immunization Week (April 24-30)
• Just Pray No! Worldwide Weekend of Prayer and Fasting (April 27-28)

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April 2019 Daily Observances

April 1

• April Fools' Day

April 2

• International Children's Book Day
• Love Your Produce Manager Day
• National Ferret Day
• National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
• Reconciliation Day, a day to reconcile with loved ones
• World Autism Awareness Day

April 3

• National Walking Day
• National Weed Out Hate Day

April 4

• International Carrot Day
• International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
• National Cordon Bleu Day

April 5

• Gold Star Spouses Day
• National Caramel Day
• National Deep Dish Pizza Day
• National Raisin and Spice Bar Day

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April 6

• Drowsy Driver Awareness Day
• International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
• International Pillow Fight Day
• National Caramel Popcorn Day
• National Love Our Children Day
• Tartan Day

April 7

• International Beaver Day
• International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda
• International Snailpapers (newspaper) Day
• National Beer Day
• National Coffee Cake Day
• No Housework Day
• World Health Day

April 8

• Draw a Bird Day
• International Roma Day, a day to celebrate Roma culture
• National Dog Fighting Awareness Day

April 9

• International Be Kind to Lawyers Day
• National Chinese Almond Cookie Day
• National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day
• National Library Workers Day
• Winston Churchill Day

April 10

• International Safety Pin Day
• National Bookmobile Day
• National Cinnamon Crescent Day
• National Farm Animals Day
• National Siblings Day
• Salvation Army Founder's Day

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April 11

• Barbershop Quartet Day
• International "Louie Louie" Day, recognizing the party song "Louie Louie"
• National Cheese Fondue Day
• National Pet Day
• World Parkinson's Day

April 12

• Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day
• International Day of Human Space Flight
• National D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and Read) Day
• National Licorice Day
• National Teach Children to Save Day
• Walk on Your Wild Side Day

April 13

• National Peach Cobbler Day
• Record Store Day
• Scrabble Day

April 14

• International Moment of Laughter Day
• National Dolphin Day
• National Pecan Day
• Palm Sunday
• Pan-American Day
• Pathologists' Assistant Day

April 15

• Income Tax Pay Day
• National Glazed Spiral Ham Day
• National Take a Wild Guess Day
• National That Sucks Day

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April 16

• Education and Sharing Day
• National Eggs Benedict Day
• National Orchid Day

April 17

• Blah Blah Blah Day, a day to do the projects that others have nagged you about
• Ellis Island Family History Day
• Herbalist Day
• International Haiku Poetry Day
• National Cheeseball Day
• National Mustang Day
• Verrazano Day, honoring the explorer of North America Giovanni da Verrazzano

April 18

• Holy Thursday
• National Animal Crackers Day
• National Columnists' Day
• National High Five Day
• Pet Owners Independence Day
• World Amateur Radio Day

April 19

• Full Pink Moon
• Good Friday
• National Hanging Out Day, a day to save energy by using clotheslines to dry clothes

April 20

• Chinese Language Day
• Easter Even, the last day of Lent
• First full day Passover
• International Raw Milk Cheese Appreciation Day
• National Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day

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April 21

• Easter Sunday
• Kindergarten Day
• National Bulldogs Are Beautiful Day
• National Chocolate-Covered Cashews Day

April 22

• Earth Day
• Easter Monday
• International Mother Earth Day
• National Jelly Bean Day

April 23

• English Language Day
• National Cherry Cheesecake Day
• National English Muffin Day
• National Picnic Day
• Spanish Language Day
• World Book and Copyright Day
• World Book Night

April 24

• Administrative Professionals Day
• National Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day

April 25

• National Zucchini Bread Day
• Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day
• World Malaria Day
• World Penguin Day

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April 26

• Hug an Australian Day
• National Arbor Day
• National Hairball Awareness Day
• National Help a Horse Day
• National Pretzel Day
• Richter Scale Day
• World Intellectual Property Day

April 27

• Babe Ruth Day
• Independent Bookstore Day
• National Little Pampered Dog Day
• National Prime Rib Day
• National Rebuilding Day
• World Healing Day
• World Tai Chi and Qigong Day
• World Veterinary Day

April 28

• National Blueberry Pie Day
• National Day of Mourning in Canada
• Workers Memorial Day
• World Day for Safety and Health at Work

April 29

• International Dance Day

April 30

• Hairstylists Appreciation Day
• International Jazz Day
• National Animal Advocacy Day
• National Honesty Day
• National Oatmeal Cookie Day
• National Raisin Day

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