Will April #AwarenessDays make us #AprilFools
You could be forgiven for thinking that the entire last month was actually #AprilFools, and with the #ANZAC parades cancelled and your #Easter holiday plans changed to camping in the back yard … #ThatSucks.
So we all need to #SlayaDragon, #HugTheDog and #WalkToWork in our #Pyjamas while the #WorldHealth finds a way to #WorldHealing. It’s a #WorldWish that businesses can be #Creative&Innovative in #GettingToKnowTheirCustomers in a new way, and perhaps even finding in themselves to #PayItForward or just give a shout out to a local business still trying to stay open.
Personally I’m not waiting for #ThankyouThursday to give a virtual #HighFive to everyone out there on the front line while the rest of us #WorkFromHome.
APRIL 2020
NOTE: Before using an awareness day, please do your own research to confirm the appropriateness for your business and the correctness of the date as this list has been compiled from multiple sources.
| WHOLE MONTH | Adopt a Greyhound Month | australia |
| Sexual Assault Awareness Month | australia | |
| parkinson’s awareness month | australia | |
| Adenomyosis Awareness Month | australia | |
| couple appreciation month | ||
| jazz appreciation month | ||
| decorating month | ||
| straw hat month | ||
| garden month | ||
| alcohol awareness month | ||
| canine fitness month | ||
| celebrate diversity month | ||
| child and nature awareness month | ||
| dog appreciation month | ||
| financial literacy month | ||
| international amateur radio month | ||
| international guitar month | ||
| irritable bowel syndrome awareness month | ||
| maths and stats awareness months | ||
| move more month | ||
| national anxiety month | US | |
| national cancer control month | us | |
| national car care month | us | |
| autism awareness month | ||
| child abuse prevention month | ||
| donate life month | ||
| facial protection month | ||
| foot health awareness month | ||
| fresh celery month | ||
| frog month | ||
| garden month | ||
| grilled cheese sandwich month | ||
| humour month | ||
| internship awareness month | ||
| national kite month | ||
| minority health month | ||
| pecan month | ||
| poetry month | ||
| pet month | UK | |
| soyfoods month | ||
| sports eye safety month | ||
| welding month | ||
| woodworking month | ||
| youth sports safety month | ||
| occupational therapy month | US | |
| pet first aid awareness month | ||
| poetic earth month | ||
| prevention of cruelty to animals month | US | |
| prevent lyme disease in dogs month | US | |
| records and information management month | US | |
| std awareness month | US | |
| stress awareness month | UK | |
| international year of the plant health | international | |
| whole week | national advance care planning week | australia |
| 1st | april fools day | |
| Boomer Bonus Day | ||
| Fossil Fools Day | ||
| International fun at work day | international | |
| International tatting day | ||
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International Edible Book Festival (Edible Book Day)
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| St. Stupid Day | ||
| 1 cent day | ||
| reading is funny day | ||
| active dog day | ||
| sourdough day | ||
| 1st Wednesday | Paraprofessional Appreciation Day | |
| 1st Wednesday | national walking day | US |
| 2nd | World Autism Awareness Day | |
| ferret day | ||
| love your produce manager day | ||
| peanut butter and jelly day | ||
| childrens books day | ||
| male escorts day | ||
| Reconciliation Day | (Not Australian Aboriginal one) | |
| International Fact Checking Day | ||
| 3rd | find a rainbow day | |
| chocolate mousse day | ||
| hospital admitting clerks day | ||
| don’t go to work unless it’s fun day | ||
| tweed day | ||
| world party day | ||
| Weed out hate: sow the seeds of greatness day | ||
| be alarmed! change your smoke alarm battery | australia | |
| fish fingers and custard day | ||
| 4th | cordon bleu day | |
| 1st saturday | DIY day | |
| 1st saturday | Love our children day | |
| vitamin c day | ||
| firewalk day | ||
| carrot day | ||
| walk around things day | ||
| cordon bleu day | ||
| world rat day | ||
| cordon bleu day | ||
| tangible karma day | ||
| pillow fight day | ||
| school librarian day | ||
| Hug a newsman day | ||
| tell a lie day | ||
| International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action | ||
| World Stray Animals Day | ||
| 404 day | ||
| every day is tag day (play catch – you’re it) | ||
| 5th | Accelerate ACL Awareness among young women day | |
| bell bottoms day | ||
| education and sharing day | ||
| star trek first contact day | ||
| dandelion day | ||
| geologists day | ||
| go for broke day | ||
| caramel day | ||
| deep dish pizza day | ||
| USB / Flash drive day | ||
| read a road map day | ||
| 7 days before easter | Palm Sunday | |
| walk to work day | australia | |
| National Maritime Day | US | |
| International Day of Conscience | ||
| whole week | white shirt day | australia |
| World Allergy Week | australia | |
| Anti-Street Harassment Week | australia | |
| Kidney Health Week | australia | |
| Passover | ||
| 6th | church of latter day saints day | |
| drowsy drivers awareness day | ||
| fresh tomato day | ||
| jump over things day | ||
| caramel popcorn day | ||
| international day of sport for development and peace | ||
| 6 days before easter | holy monday | |
| 1st monday | national fun day | US |
| tartan day | ||
| student athlete day | ||
| siamese cat day | ||
| sorry charlie day | ||
| new beer’s eve | ||
| plan your epitaph day | ||
| teflon day | ||
| world table tennis day | ||
| sweet potato day | ||
| World Bohring-Opitz Syndrome Awareness Day | ||
| 7th | beer day | |
| making the first move day | ||
| world health day | ||
| world health organisation day | ||
| no housework day | ||
| International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda | ||
| empowered women entrepreneurs day | ||
| 5 days before easter | holy tuesday | |
| international beaver day | ||
| metric system day | ||
| international snailpapers day | ||
| national coffee cake day | us | |
| public / free to air television day | ||
| first tuesday | SAAM day of action | |
| 8th | dog farting awareness day | |
| draw a picture of a bird day | ||
| 4 days before easter | holy wednesday | |
| international day of pink | ||
| international Romani Day | ||
| International Feng Shui Awareness Day | ||
| its all ours day | us | |
| trading cards for grown-ups day | ||
| zoo lovers day | ||
| step into the spotlight day | ||
| 9th | ASMR day | international |
| Jenkins’ Ear Day | ||
| 3 days before easter | Maundy Thursday – Holy Thursday | |
| cherish an antique day | ||
| national alcohol screening (breath test) day | US | |
| national chicken little awareness day | us | |
| national chinese almond cookie day | us | |
| national gin and tonic day | ||
| unicorn day | ||
| name yourself day | ||
| winston churchill day | ||
| the start of passover | ||
| 10th | Good Friday | World |
| encourage a young writer day | ||
| global work from home day | world | |
| golfers day | ||
| national farm animals day | us | |
| cinnamon crescent / scroll day | ||
| national dive bar day | us | |
| salvation army founders’ day | ||
| international safety pin day | ||
| friday of the first full week | poet in a cupcake day | |
| hug your dog day | us | |
| siblings day | ||
| world homeopathy day | ||
| 11th | world parkinson’s disease day | |
| 2nd saturday | baby massage day | |
| barber shop quartet day | ||
| day before easter | holy saturday | |
| International Louie Louie Day | ||
| cheese fondue day | ||
| pet day | ||
| eight track tape day | ||
| also march 17th | submarine day | |
| 2nd saturday | slow art day | |
| 12th | Easter Sunday | World |
| wind day / big wind day | ||
| drop everything and read day | ||
| international day for street children | world | |
| international day of human space flight | world | |
| national baked ham with pineapple day | us | |
| grilled cheese sandwich day | ||
| deskfast day | ||
| liquorice day | ||
| Russian Cosmonauts day | ||
| walk on your wild side day | ||
| national only child day | us | |
| wear a star day | ||
| yuri’s night | ||
| 13th | Easter Monday | World |
| national make lunch count day | ||
| scrabble day | ||
| Wear Green for Premmies | australia | |
| FND Awareness Day | ||
| day after easter | dyngus day – wet easter monday | |
| Undiagnosed Children’s Awareness Day | australia | |
| international plant appreciation day | ||
| national peach cobbler day | us | |
| 14th | be kind to lawyers day | international |
| children with alopecia day | ||
| dreams of reason feast day | ||
| ex spouse day | ||
| international moment of laughter day | ||
| look up at the sky day | ||
| Dolphin Day | ||
| national library workers day | us | |
| pecan day | ||
| pathologists assistance day | ||
| reach as high as you can day | ||
| World Chagas Disease Day | ||
| equal pay day | us | |
| whole week | World Creativity & Innovation week | international |
| 15th | Anime day | |
| ASL Day (American Sign Language) | US | |
| McDonalds day | ||
| 3rd wednesday | Banana Day | |
| wednesday of 2nd full week | national bookmobile day | |
| microvolunteering day | ||
| national laundry day | us | |
| national griper’s day | us | |
| rubber eraser day | ||
| glazed spiral ham day | ||
| take a wild guess day | ||
| wednesday of 2nd full week | school librarians’ day | |
| titanic remembrance day | ||
| that sucks day | ||
| world art day | ||
| day of dialogue | ||
| world bleeding disorders awareness day | ||
| 16th | college student grief awareness day | us |
| world mushroom day | ||
| Foursquare Day | ||
| 3rd thurs in jan, april, jul, oct | get to know your customers day | |
| international pizza cake day | ||
| national ask an atheist day | ||
| bean counter day | ||
| D.A.R.E day | ||
| eggs benedict day | ||
| 3rd thursday | high five day | |
| healthcare decisions day | ||
| national librarian day | ||
| orchid day | ||
| wear your pjs to work day | ||
| stress awareness day | ||
| save the elephant day | ||
| thurs of 2nd full week | support teen literature day | |
| world semicolon day | ||
| teach your daughter to volunteer day | ||
| National LSVRO Prevention Awareness Day | australia | |
| International Special Librarians Day | ||
| world voice day | ||
| 17TH | bat appreciation day | |
| BLAH BLAH BLAH DAY | ||
| ford mustang day | international | |
| cheeseball day | ||
| kickball day | ||
| haiku poetry day | ||
| Malbec World Day | ||
| world haemophilia day | international | |
| nothing like a dame day | ||
| Youth Homelessness Matters Day (YHMD) | australia | |
| pet owners independence day | ||
| 18th | Pinata day | |
| 3rd saturday | husband appreciation day | |
| newspaper columnists day | ||
| world heritage day | ||
| lineman appreciation day (Telco) | ||
| auctioneers day | ||
| pet owners independence day | ||
| record store day | ||
| amateur radio day | international | |
| international day for monuments and sites | international | |
| international juggler’s day | ||
| adult autism awareness day | ||
| transfer money to your daughter’s account day | ||
| velociraptor awareness day | ||
| world circus day | ||
| 19th | bicycle day | |
| 3rd sunday | go fly a kite day | |
| humorous day | ||
| garlic day | ||
| hanging out day | ||
| amaretto day | ||
| riceball day | ||
| poetry and creative mind day | ||
| all week | stationery week | |
| 20th | volunteer recognition day | |
| chinese language day | ||
| look alike day | ||
| 420: international day for cannabis-related protests and events | international | |
| lima bean respect day | ||
| national cheddar fries day | us | |
| pineapple upside-down cake day | ||
| 21st | big word day | |
| bulldogs are beautiful day | ||
| keep off the grass day | ||
| kindergarten day | ||
| yellow bat day | ||
| chocolate covered cashews day | ||
| tea day | ||
| tuna rights day | ||
| world creativity and innovation day | ||
| thank you for libraries day | ||
| day of silence | ||
| library workers day | ||
| 22nd | Earth Day | |
| international mother earth day | ||
| jelly bean day | ||
| bookmobile day | ||
| administrative professionals day | ||
| girl scout leader day | ||
| april showers day | ||
| chemists celebrate the earth day | ||
| 23rd | english language day | |
| german beer day | ||
| impossible astronaut day | ||
| international nose picking day | ||
| lover’s day | ||
| international pixel-stained technopeasant day | ||
| love your thighs day | ||
| movie theatre day | ||
| saint george’s day | ||
| cherry cheesecake day | ||
| lost dog awareness day | ||
| picnic day | ||
| 4th thursday | take our daughters and sons to work day | |
| slay a dragon day | ||
| take a chance day | ||
| spanish language day | ||
| world laboratory day | ||
| talk like shakespear day | ||
| world book night | ||
| World Book and Copyright Day | ||
| zucchini bread day | ||
| 4th thursday | International Girls in ICT Day | international |
| 23 apr-23 may | ramadan | |
| 24th | childcare professionals day | |
| day of silence | ||
| new kids on the block day | ||
| hairball awareness day | ||
| pigs in a blanket day (food) | ||
| teach your children to save day | ||
| world meningitis day | ||
| World day for laboratory animals | ||
| World YWCA Day | ||
| fashion revolution day | ||
| international sculpture day | ||
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International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace
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| Firefly Day (tv show) | ||
| 25th | ANZAC Day | Australia |
| veterinary day | ||
| Hug a Plumber day | ||
| financial independence awareness day | international | |
| international marconi day | ||
| malaria day | ||
| go birding day | ||
| save the frogs day | ||
| sense of smell day | ||
| DNA day | ||
| independent bookstore day | ||
| world penguin day | ||
| International Delegate’s Day | ||
| Parental Alienation Awareness Day | ||
| east meets west day | ||
| last saturday | Eeyore’s birthday | |
| hairstylists appreciation day | ||
| national crayola day | ||
| 4th saturday | national day of puppetry | |
| mani-pedi day | ||
| last saturday | national rebuilding day | |
| national telephone day | ||
| red hat society day | ||
| last saturday | world healing day | |
| world tai chi and qigong day | ||
| 26th | alien day | |
| Audubon Day | ||
| get organised day | ||
| hug a friend day | ||
| hug an australian day | ||
| last sunday | mother, father deaf day | |
| international chenobyl disaster remembrance day | ||
| help a horse day | ||
| pet parent’s day | ||
| kids and pets day | ||
| pretzel day | ||
| richter scale day | ||
| last sunday | world pinhole photography day | |
| static cling day | ||
| World intellectual Property Day | ||
| 27th | ANZAC Day Holiday | Australia |
| marine mammal rescue day | ||
| morse code day | ||
| tell a story day | ||
| world Tapir Day | ||
| world design day | ||
| world graphics day | ||
| devil dog day – icecream sandwich | ||
| prime rib day | ||
| whole week | Heart week | australia |
| Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week | ||
| 28th | super hero day | |
| clean comedy day | ||
| pay it forward day | ||
| shrimp scampi day | ||
| biological clock day | ||
| Cubicle Day | ||
| Blueberry Pie Day | ||
| workers memorial day | ||
| World day for safety and health at work | ||
| international astronomy day | ||
| great poetry reading day | ||
| kiss your mate day | ||
| 4th tuesday | school bus drivers’ day | |
| 29th | day of remembrance for all victims of chemical warfare | |
| last wed | denim day | |
| international dance day | ||
| international guide dogs day | ||
| shrimp scampi day | ||
| last wednesday | international noise awareness day | |
| last wednesday | stop food waste day | |
| peace rose day | ||
| last wednesday | world stationery day | |
| viral video day | ||
| we jump the world day | ||
| world wish day | ||
| zipper day | ||
| greenery day | ||
| 30th | honesty day | |
| oatmeal cookie day | ||
| poem in your pocket day | ||
| international jazz day | ||
| hairstyle appreciation day | ||
| mahjong day | ||
| Email Debt Forgiveness Day | ||
| adopt a shelter pet day | ||
| bugs bunny day | ||
| day of the child | ||
| day of the book | ||
| bubble tea day | ||
| animal advocacy day | ||
| prepareAthon! Day | ||
| mr. potato head day | ||
| sarcoidosis day | ||
| spank out day (smacking) | ||
| 6 days before first wed in may | thank you thursday | |
| raisin day | ||
| Poetry & the Creative Mind Day |
* Please note that not everything you read on the internet is accurate. If you see a day that intrigues you, I recommend you search the current date and geographic accuracy, along with the appropriate #tag before using it.
Thank you to my friend and colleague, Sue from iManage Professionals for giving me permission to use her monthly social media blog article as inspiration for my own #Tags of the Month post.
AndyK
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