April 2018 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 2018 Monthly Observances

• Adopt a Ferret Month
• Alcohol Awareness Month
• Black Women's History Month
• Defeat Diabetes Month
• Distracted Driving Awareness Month
• Fresh Florida Tomato Month
• Grange Month
• Holy Humor Month
• Informed Woman Month
• International Customer Loyalty 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 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
• Sexual Assault Awareness Month
• Straw Hat Month
• Stress Awareness Month
• Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
• Women's Eye Health and Safety Month
• Workplace Conflict Awareness Month
• World Habitat Awareness Month
• World Landscape Architecture Month
• Worldwide Bereaved Spouses Awareness Month

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April 2018 Weekly Observances

• Laugh at Work Week (April 1-7)
• Testicular Cancer Awareness Week (April 1-7)
• Explore Your Career Options Week (April 2-7)
• Just Pray No! Worldwide Weekend of Prayer and Fasting (April 7-8)
• National Crime Victims' Rights Week (April 8-14)
• National Library Week (April 8-14)
• Pan-American Week (April 8-14)
• National Coin Week (April 15-21)
• National Volunteer Week (April 15-21)
• International Dark Sky Week (April 15-21)
• Money Smart Week (April 21-28)
• National Park Week (April 21-29)
• Administrative Professionals Week (April 22-28)
• Chemists Celebrate Earth Week (April 22-28)
• Preservation Week (April 22-28)
• National Playground Safety Week (April 23-27)

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April 2018 Daily Observances

April 1

• April Fools' Day
• Easter Sunday
• International Tatting Day
• National One Cent Day
• National Sourdough Bread Day
• Reading is Funny Day

April 2

• Easter Monday
• International Children's Book Day
• Love Your Produce Manager Day
• National Ferret Day
• National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
• Reconciliation Day, a day to mend broken relationships
• World Autism Awareness Day

April 3

• National Chocolate Mousse Day
• National Find a Rainbow Day
• National Weed Out Hate Day
• World Party Day, a worldwide celebration to promote peace and a better world for everyone

April 4

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

April 5

• Gold Star Spouses Day
• National Alcohol Screening Day
• National Caramel Day
• National Deep Dish Pizza Day
• National Raisin and Spice Bar Day
• National Read a Roadmap Day

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April 6

• Fresh Tomato Day
• International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
• International Kids' Yoga Day
• National Caramel Popcorn Day
• Tartan Day

April 7

• International Beaver Day
• International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda
• International Pillow Fight Day
• International Snailpapers Day
• National Beer Day
• National Coffee Cake Day
• National Love Our Children Day
• No Housework Day
• World Health Day

April 8

• Cherish an Antique Day
• Draw a Bird Day
• International Roma Day, honoring the history and contributions of the Roma people in Europe
• National Dog Fighting Awareness Day
• National Empanada Day
• National Zoo Lovers Day

April 9

• National Chinese Almond Cookie Day
• Winston Churchill Day

April 10

• Equal Pay Day
• International Be Kind to Lawyers Day
• National Cinnamon Crescent Day
• National Library Workers 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 Bookmobile Day
• National Cheese Fondue Day

April 12

• Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day
• International Day of Human Space Flight
• National D.E.A.R. Day – National Drop Everything and Read Day
• National Licorice Day
• Walk on Your Wild Side Day

April 13

• Blame Someone Else Day
• Friday the Thirteenth
• National Peach Cobbler Day
• National Scrabble Day

April 14

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

April 15

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

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April 16

• 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
• Income Tax Pay Day
• International Haiku Poetry Day, honoring the Japanese poem
• National Cheeseball Day

April 18

• National Animal Crackers Day
• National Columnists Day
• Pet Owners Independence Day
• World Amateur Radio Day

April 19

• National Garlic Day
• National Hanging Out Day, a day promoting the use of a clothesline to dry clothes
• National High Five Day

April 20

• Chinese Language Day
• Look Alike Day
• National Cheddar Fries Day
• National Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day
• National Teach Children to Save Day

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April 21

• Kindergarten Day
• National Bulldogs Are Beautiful Day
• National Junior Ranger Day
• Record Store Day
• Spring Astronomy Day

April 22

• Earth Day
• National Jelly Bean Day

April 23

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

April 24

• National Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day

April 25

• Administrative Professionals Day
• Denim Day
• National Telephone Day
• National Zucchini Bread Day
• World Malaria Day
• World Penguin Day

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April 26

• Hug an Australian Day
• National Audubon Day
• National Help a Horse Day
• National Pretzel Day
• Richter Scale Day
• Take Our Daughters and Sons To Work Day
• World Intellectual Property Day

April 27

• National Arbor Day
• National Hairball Awareness Day
• National Little Pampered Dog Day
• National Prime Rib Day

April 28

• National Blueberry Pie Day
• National Day of Mourning in Canada
• National Go Birding Day
• National Rebuilding Day
• National Superhero Day
• Workers Memorial Day
• World Day for Safety and Health at Work
• World Tai Chi and Qigong Day
• World Veterinary Day

April 29

• Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare
• Mother, Father Deaf Day
• National Shrimp Scampi Day
• Pinhole Photography Day

April 30

• International Jazz Day
• National Animal Advocacy Day
• National Honesty Day
• National Oatmeal Cookie Day
• National Raisin Day
• Spank Out Day USA, a day to refrain from spanking children

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