May 3rd, 2012 Christine
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December 28th, 2009 evanced
Happy Holidays everyone! We hope that the season is treating you well and that you’ve had a bit of time to relax. As you ease out of the food and sugar coma you’ve been enjoying the last several weeks, it’s time to start thinking about programs for 2010.
This post is going to focus on interesting or wacky holidays happening over the next six months. These are the holidays you might not get a reminder from ALA about or might not consider for a potential program!
January – aka National Thank You Month
January 23 – National Handwriting Day
January 23 – National Pie Day
January 26 – Australia Day
February – aka American Heart Month
February 2 – Groundhog Day
February 4 – National Girls and Women in Sport Day
February 8 – Boy Scouts Day
February 21 – Single-Tasking Day
February 22 – Academy Awards
We’re ready for our close-up, Mr. Deville!
February 26 – For Pete’s Sake Day
A day dedicated to wondering “Who the heck is Pete, anyways?”
February 28 – Floral Design Day
March – aka National Nutrition Month
March 2 – Fun Facts About Names Day
March 7 – Genealogy Day
March 16 – Black Press Day
A great opportunity to learn about the impact of African-American writers in the media
March 19 – Absolutely Incredible Kid Day
March 20 – Great American MeatOut
A day focusing on the benefits of vegetarianism
March 24 – American Diabetes Association Alert Day
March 31 – Bunsen Burner Day
Not to knock the greatness of the Bunsen Burner, but I can’t really imagine what
celebrating this holiday would involve.
April
April 2 – International Children’s Book Day
April 7 – No Housework Day
I am a huge supporter of this particular day. This should be a national holiday.
April 11 – Baby Massage Day
April 16 – National High Five Day
April 18 – National Adult Autism Awareness Day
April 24 – Global Youth Services Day
April 29 – National Dance Day
May – aka National Egg Month
May 1 – Save the Rhino Day
May 4 – National Teachers Day
May 6 – Beverage Day
May 10 – Peace Day
May 12 – International Nurses Day
May 13 – International Librarians Day
Just kidding, but that would be really interesting, wouldn’t it?
May 13 – Tulip Day
May 14 – National Chicken Dance Day
Because we all need a little more Chicken Dance in our lives…
May 15 – Armed Forces Day
May 20 – Flower Day
May 24 – National Escargot Day
May 30 – The Bucket’s Got A Hole In It Day
Teach kids how to sing “There’s a hole in the bucket…” as a program and then send them
home. Their parents will thank you, I’m quite certain.
June – Featuring National Shampoo Week, June 7-13
June 1 – International Children’s Day
June 2 – National Day of Italy
June 6 – Doo-Dah Day
I have no clue what this day is about. I found it on a calendar. Let me know what you make
up!!!
June 8 – Upsy-Daisy Day
June 19 – World Sauntering Day
We just don’t saunter like we used to, do we? A little relaxed, slow walking would be good
for us…
June 30 – Meteor Day
Let me know if you have any other fun ideas! And definitely let me know if you choose to build any programs for the days above!
Happy New Year -
Christine Ayar
Coordinator of Customer Experience
cayar@evancedsolutions.com