What will you celebrate in April?
Our library likes to display a list of “national” events which occur during the month. This list includes monthly recognitions, weekly celebrations, wacky and crazy daily celebrations, as well as the birthdays of famous people and authors/illustrators. For our display, I also include the birthdays of our students and faculty.
Feel free to adapt the list below to meet your needs. If you want to look at other lists, I have used Holiday Insights and National Day Calendar as well as calendars I receive from publishers.
It is always fun to plan special events around some of the crazy/wacky days. I’d love to hear how you celebrate some of these days.
Month:
- National Humor Month
- International Guitar Month
- Keep America Beautiful Month
- Lawn and Garden Month
- National Kite Month
- National Poetry Month
- National Pecan Month
- National Welding Month
- Stress Awareness Month
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month
- National Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet Month
- English Language Month
- National Month of Hope
- National Canine Fitness Month
- National Internship Awareness Month
- Distracted Driving Awareness Month
- National Child Abuse Awareness Month
- National Donate Life Awareness Month
- Month of the Military Child
- National Autism Awareness Month
- National Decorating Month
- National Fresh Celery Month
- National Jazz Appreciation Month
- National Soft Pretzel Month
- National Soy Foods Month
- National Straw Hat Month
- National Parkinson’s Awareness Month
- National Volunteer Month
- Occupational Therapy Month
- Scottish-American Heritage Month
- National Safe Digging Month
- World Landscape Architecture Month
Weekly Celebrations:
- Week 1 Read a Road Map Week.
- National Public Health Week – First Full Week
- Week 2 Garden Week
- National Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week (Second Full Week)
- National Crime Victim’s Rights Week – Changes Annually – April 7-13, 2019
- National Library Week – April 7-13, 2019
- National Volunteer Week – April 7-13, 2019
- Week 3 Organize Your Files Week
- Coin Week – (Third Full Week)
- Boys & Girls Club Week – Third Full Week
- National Pet ID Week – Always for 7 Days Beginning Every April 17
- Week 4 Administrative Assistants Week
- Week 4 National Karaoke Week
- National Infant Immunization Week – Last Week in April
- Preservation Week – Last Week in April
- Medical Laboratory Professionals Week – April 21-27, 2019
- National Princess Week – (Always Last Full Week)
- Sky Awareness Week – (Last Full Week)
- Every Kid Healthy Week – April 22-26, 2019
April, 2019 Daily Holidays, Special and Wacky Days:
April 1st
April 2nd
National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
April 3rd
Don’t Go to Work Unless it’s Fun Day – we know your decision
National Walking Day – First Wednesday in April
April 4th
National Walk Around Things Day
National Chicken Cordon Bleu Day
National Burrito Day – First Thursday in April
April 5th
National Walk to Work Day – first Friday of month
National Raisin and Spice Bar Day
April 6th
National Love Our Children Day – First Saturday In April
April 7th
April 8th
April 9th
National Cherish an Antique Day
National Chinese Almond Cookie Day
National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day
National Library Workers Day – Tuesday of National Library Week
April 10th
National Encourage a Young Writer Day
National Cinnamon Crescent Day
National Bookmobile Day – Wednesday of National Library Week
April 11th
Eight Track Tape Day – do you remember those?
National Barber Shop Quartet Day
National Support Teen Literature Day – Thursday of National Library Week
April 12th
National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day
National Teach Children To Save Day – Changes Annually April 12, 2019
April 13th
International Plant Appreciation Day
April 14th
National Reach as High as You Can Day
International Moment of Laughter Day
Look up at the Sky Day – don’t you have anything better to do?
Palm Sunday – date varies
April 15th
Income Taxes Due (most years, it’s on the 15th)
Patriot’s Day – third Monday of the month
National Take a Wild Guess Day
National Glazed Spiral Ham Day
National Education and Sharing Day – Changes Annually (11th of Nissan in the Israel Calendar) April 15, 2019
April 16th
National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day
National Healthcare Decisions Day
April 17th
National Ellis Island Family History Day
April 18th
National Lineman Appreciation Day
National High Five Day – Third Thursday in April
Get to Know Your Customers Day – Third Thursday of Each Quarter
National Poem In Your Pocket Day – Changes Annually
International Juggler’s Day – also applies to multi tasking office workers
April 19th
Good Friday – date varies
Passover begins at sundown – date varies
National Oklahoma City Bombing Commemoration Day
April 20th
National Lima Bean Respect Day
National Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day
National Auctioneers Day – Third Saturday in April
Husband Appreciation Day – third Saturday in April
April 21st
Easter Sunday – date varies
National Chocolate Covered Cashews Day
April 22nd
National Girl Scout Leader’s Day
April 23rd
National Talk Like Shakespeare Day
National Cherry Cheesecake Day
National Lost Dogs Awareness Day
April 24th
National Pigs in a Blanket Day
National Administrative Professionals’ Day – Wednesday of Last Full Week in April
April 25th
National Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day – Fourth Thursday in April
April 26th
National Arbor Day – Last Friday in April
National Hairball Awareness Day – Last Friday in April
National Pet Parents Day – Last Sunday in April
April 27th
National Rebuilding Day – Last Saturday in April
National Sense of Smell Day – Last Saturday in April
National Pool Opening Day – Last Saturday in April
April 28th
National Great Poetry Reading Day
April 29th
April 30th
National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day
National Hairstylist Appreciation Day
What day in April are you most excited to celebrate?
