April Holidays – Connect with Greeting Cards

April is a great month, from tax day to spring to usually Easter to Earth day. My favorite designation is National Card and Letter Writing Month! Here’s the Month Observances for April:

Health Related

African American Women’s Fitness Month
Autism Awareness Month
Cancer Control Month
Child Abuse Prevention Month
Global Child Nurtition Month
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Month
International Cesarean Awareness Month
International Pet First Aid Awareness Month
Emotional Overeating Awareness Month
Month of the Young child
Month of the Military Child
National DNA & Genomics & Stem Cell Education & Awareness Month
National Donate Life Month
National Occupational Therapy Month
National Parkinson’s Awareness Month
National Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) Month
National Sexual Assault Awareness Month
National Youth Safety Month
Pharmacists War on Diabetes Month
Physical Wellness Month
Prevent Lyme in Dogs Month
Prevention of Animal Cruelty  Month
Rosacea Awareness Month
Stress Awareness Month
Women’s Eye Health & Safety Month
Workplace Conflict Awareness Month

Enrichment & Recognition Related

Couple Appreciation Month
Fair Housing Month
Financial Literacy Month
Keep America Beautiful Month
National Decorating Month
National Garden Month
National Humor Month
National Landscape Architecture Month
National Poetry Month

Business/Relationship Related

International Customer Loyalty Month
International Twit Award Month
National Card and Letter Writing Month

Gender-related

Informed Women Month
Note: A couple women related holidays are in the health section

I Don’t Know Where Else to Put it Month

Amateur Radio Month
Care Care Month
Celebrate Diversity Month
Fresh Florida Tomatoes Month
Holy Humor Month
National Kite Month
National Knuckles Down Month
National Pecan Month
Straw Hat Month

WEEK ONE OBSERVANCES

Int. Pooper-Sooper Week
Laugh at Work Week
Golden Rule Week
Medication Safety Week
Testicular Cancer Awareness Week
April 3-5: Alcohol-Free Weekend

Week Two Observances

Hate Week (4-10)
Holy Week
National Blue Ribbon Week
National Week of the Ocean
National Women’s Nutrition Week
National Networking Week
National Public Health Week
National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week

Week Three Observances

Pesach or Passover
National Environmental Week
National Library Week
National Personal Training Week
National Crime Victims Rights Week
Pan American Week

WEEK FOUR OBSERVANCES

National Occupational Health Nursing Week
National Wildlife Week
Administrative Professionals Week
Coin Week
Customer Awareness Week
National Karaoke Week
National Park Week
National Volunteer Week

LAST 5 DAYS OF APRIL OBSERVANCES

Cowboy Poetry Week
Fish Fry Week
Int. Whistler’s Week
National Dance Week
Police Officers who Gave Their Lives in the Line of Duty Week
Astronomy Week

DAILY APRIL HOLIDAYS
1 – April Fool’s Day, National Fun Day, National Day of Hope, Stupid Day, US Air Force Academy Day
2 – Int. Children’s Book Day, Reconciliation Day, World Autism Day
3 – Pony Express Day, Tweed Day, Hospital Admitting Clerks Day
4 – World Rat Day, National Love Our Children Day, Tangible Karma Day
5 – Palm Sunday
6 – Teflon Day, Drowsy Driver awareness Day, Tartan Day
7 – Metric Ssytem Day, No Housework Day, World Health Day
8 – Buddah Day
9 – Winston Churchill Day, Nat. Cherish an Antique Day, Nat. Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day
10 – ASPCA, Good Friday, Nat. DARE Day
11- Barbershop Quartet Day, Baby Massage Day, World Parkinson’s Disease Day
12 – Easter, Licorice Day, Walk on Your Wild Side Day
13 – Thomas Jefferson Day, Tax Freedom Day, White House Easter Egg Roll
14 – Children with Alopecia Day, Int. Moment of Laughter Day, Pan American Day
15 – Income Tax Pay day, McDonald’s Day, Take a Wild Guess Day, That Sucks day, Equal Pay Day
16 – Int. Stress Awareness Day, Nat. Wear you PJs to Work Day
17 – Blah! Blah! Blah! Day, Ellis Island Family History Day, World Hemophilia Day
18 – Adult Autism Day, Pet Owners Independence Day, Respect You Mother Day, 3rd World Day
19 – National Hanging Out Day, Oklahoma city Bombing Commemoration Day
20- Boston Marathon
21 – Kindergarten Day, Nat. Chocolate-covered Cashews Day, Nat. Teach Your Children to Save Day
22 – Earth Day (including Chemists, too), Nat. Jelly bean Day, Admin. Prof. Day or Secretary’s Day
23 – Talk like Shakespeare Day, World Book & Copyright day, Take Our Daugters & Sons to Work
24- Arbor Day, National Hairball Awareness Day
25 – Bulldogs are Beautiful Day, California Poppy Day, DNA Day, Red Hat Society Day, National Rebuilding
26 -Hug and Australian Day, Int. Marconi Day, Richter Scale, Mother, Father Deaf Day
27 – Mantanzas Mule Day, Morse Code Day
28 – Workers Memorial Day
29 – Sense of Smell Day
30 – Beltane, Hairstylists Appreciation day,

If some of these don’t remind you of somebody and
give you a way or reason to connect to someone in your life, I’d really be surprised. Have
fun and remember you can always send a card on me

EVERYDAY!

This list was compiled with the help of my DayTimer,
Brownielocks.com, squidoo.com, and holidaysmart.com. For more details,
please check out all of these wonderful websites.





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Patricia Work Bennett is the Hoosier Card Lady, and it is her intent to convey the magic carried in personalized, custom greeting cards.  Words and pictures put together with the intent to show true appreciation, encouragement, congratulations, and even condolences are extremely powerful and even healing.  Sending a greeting  is a random act of kindness. It is a personal gift from the sender to the receiver.  No matter how tender an email is meant to be, it will never compare to the heart felt message carried in personalized, custom greeting card. Questions? Patricia@GreetingCardTips.com

March Holidays-Connect with Greeting Cards

Living in Indiana where Basketball is KING, I must recognize March Madness.  So all you basketball fans, enjoy. What a great month to connect with the sportsmen in your life! People enjoy custom greeting cards! Greeting cards build relationships when you send genuine, even humorous messages. This is true for churches, business owners, and families. Take a look at the list of holidays and surprise someone with your special greeting card message!

The Month of March

Health Related Observances

American Red Cross Month
Deep Vein Thrombosis Month
Deaf History Month
National Caffeine Awareness Month
National Cheerleading Safety Month
National Chronic Fatigue Month
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
National Eye Donor Month
National Multiple Sclerosis Month
National Kidney Monh
National Nutrition Month
National Poison Prevention Month
Save Your Vision Month
Spiritual Wellness Month
Workplace Eye Health and Safety Month

Enrichment and Recognition Related

Employee Spirit Month 
Honor Society Awareness Month
International Expect Success Month
International Ideas Month
International Listening Awareness Month – National Convention in Milwaukee
International Mirth Month
Irish-American Heritage Month
Music in Our Schools Month
Optimism Month
Youth Art Month

Gender-Related

Expanding Girl’s Horizons in Science and Engineering Month
National Women’s History Month

I Don’t Know Where Else to Put it Month

Adopt a Rescued Guinea Pig Month  (so cute-if only they could be potty-trained)
Humorists are Artist Month
National Clean Up Your IRS Act Month
National Frozen Food Month
National Social Work Month
National Umbrella Month
Play the Recorder Month
Small Press Month
Supply Management Month

The Weeks in March

First Week: 

National Consumer Protection                                                                            National Words Matter Week
National Write a Letter of Appreciation Week                                 Return the Borrowed Books Week National Professional Pet Sitters Week                                                                          National Sleep Awareness Week

Second Week

National School Breakfast Week                                                                        National Procrastination Week
Newspaper Education Week                                                                                                       Orthodox Lent
Iditerod Race                                                                                                                           Teen Tech Week

Third Week

Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign                                                                      National Money Week
World’s Rattlesnake Round-up Week                                                                    YoYo and Skilled Toys Week
National Toad Hollow Week (they wake up?)                                     National Animal Poison Prevention Week
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week                                                                                           Act Happy Week
International Brain Awareness Week                                                         National Inhalant and Poisons Week
American Chocolate Week                                                                                     National Spring Fever Week

Fourth Week +

National Solidarity with People Struggling Against Racism and Discrimination
National Bubble Blowers Week                                                                               Doctor-Patient Trust Week
National Cleaning Week                                                                               Passion Week (extends into April)
Root Canal Awareness Week
                            Traditional Important Days in March

  8               Daylight Savings Time Starts
17              St. Patricks Day
20              Spring Starts

Holidays and Birthdays
 1 – Beer Day, Peace Corp Birthday, Pig Day
 2 – Namesake Day, Orthodox Green Monday, Read Across America Day, Dr. Seuss’ Birthday
 3 – B-day Alexander Graham Bell, National Anthem Day,
 4 – Benjamin Harrison Day, Intn. Scrapbooking Industry Day, National Grammar Day
 5 – St. Piran’s Day, Nametag Day
 6 – Sherlock olmes Day, World Day of Prayer
 7 – Genealogy Day, National Be Heard Day, US Snowshoe Day
 8 – International Women’s Day, Check Your Batteries Day, Daylight Savings Time Begins
 9 – Barbie Day, Get Over It Day, Napping Day, Panic Day
10- Purim, Organize Your Home Office Day,
11- Dream 2009 Day, Johnny Appleseed Day, Registered Dietician Day
12- Girl Scout Day, World Kidney Day
13- Uranus Discovered Day, Earmuffs Day, Good Samaritan Involvement Day,
14- b-day Albert Einstein, Int. Ask a Question Day, Int. Day of the Seal, Int. Fanny Pack Day
15- Brutus Day, Ides of March, Peeps Day, Buzzards Day, True Confessions Day
16- Freedom of Information Day, Curfew Day, Lips Appreciation Day, Well-Elderly Day
17- St. Patrick’s Day, Campfire Firls Day
18- Awkward Moments Day, Forgive Mom and Dad Day, National Biodiesel Day
19-Swallow Return to Capistrano Day, Nat. Chocolate Caramel Day, Operation Iraqi Freedom
20- Great Am. Meat Out Day, Spring,Proposal Day, Nat. Agriculture Day, Shabbat Across Am
21- Maple Syrup Day, Nat. Common Courtesy Day, Nat. Quilting Day, World Down Syndrome
22- World Day for Water, Int. Day of the Seal, Int. Goof-off Day, Spring Fairy Fun Day
23- National Puppy Day, Near Miss Day, World Meteorological Day
24- b-day Harry Houdini, Nat. Chocolate Covered Raisin Day, Am. Diabetes Assoc. Alert Day
25-Nat. Day of Celebration of Greek & American Democracy, Kick Butts Day, Pecan Day
26- Legal Assistant’s Day, Make up You Own Holiday Day
27- Celebrate Exchange Day, Education and Sharing Day, Viagra Day
28- Eggsibit (Decorating Egg Shells) day
29- Knights of Columbus Founders Day, Nat. Mom & Pop Business Owner’s Day
30- Doctors Day, Grass is Always Browner on the Other Side of the Fence Day, Pencil Day
31- Bunsen Burner Day, National She’s Funny that Way Day

If some of these don’t remind you of somebody day and give you a way to connect to someone day, I’d really be surprised. Have fun and remember you can always send a card on me

EVERYDAY!

Our list was compiled with the help of my DayTimer, Brownielocks.com, squidoo.com, and holidaysmart.com. For more details, please check out all of these wonderful websites.

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Patricia Work Bennett is the Hoosier Card Lady, and it is her intent to convey the magic carried in personalized, custom greeting cards.  Words and pictures put together with the intent to show true appreciation, encouragement, congratulations, and even condolences are extremely powerful and even healing.  Sending a greeting  is a random act of kindness. It is a personal gift from the sender to the receiver.  No matter how tender an email is meant to be, it will never compare to the heart felt message carried in personalized, custom greeting card. Questions? Patricia@GreetingCardTips.com