April 2023 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 2023 Monthly Observances

• Adopt a Ferret Month
• Alcohol Awareness Month
• Black Women’s History Month
• Community Spirit Days
• Couple Appreciation Month
• Defeat Diabetes Month
• Distracted Driving Awareness Month
• Fresh Florida Tomato Month
• Global Astronomy Month
• Grange Month, recognizing rural community service and agriculture
• Heartworm Awareness Month
• Holy Humor Month
• Informed Woman Month
• International Black Women’s History Month
• International Customer Loyalty Month
• International Twit Award Month
• Jazz Appreciation Month
• Library Snapshot Day (April 1-30)
• Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month
• Medical Cannabis Education and 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 Frog 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
• National 9-1-1 Education Month
• Pet First Aid Awareness Month
• Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 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

April 2023 Weekly Observances

• Laugh at Work Week (April 1-7)
• Explore Your Career Options Week (April 2-8)
• Holy Week, also called Passion Week, the week before Easter (April 2-8)
• National Window Safety Week (April 2-8)
• National Robotics Week (April 8-16)
• Pan-American Week (April 9-15)
• National Dog Bite Prevention Week (April 9-15)
• Just Pray No! Worldwide Weekend of Prayer and Fasting (April 15-16)
• Chemists Celebrate Earth Week (April 16-22)
• National Coin Week (April 16-22)
• National Volunteer Week (April 16-22)
• Undergraduate Research Week (April 17-21)
• National Park Week (April 22-30)
• Administrative Professionals Week (April 23-29)
• National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (April 23-29)
• National Karaoke Week (April 23-29)
• National Library Week (April 23-29)
• National Pediatric Transplant Week (April 23-29)
• Sky Awareness Week (April 23-29)
• World Immunization Week (April 24-30)
• Preservation Week, honoring the role of libraries to preserve personal and public collections (April 30 – May 6)
• Stewardship Week, a week promoting natural resource conservation (April 30 – May 7)

April 2023 Daily Observances

April 1

• April Fools’ Day
• International Pillow Fight Day
• National Love Our Children Day
• National Sourdough Bread Day

April 2

• Education and Sharing Day
• International Children’s Book Day
• Love Your Produce Manager Day
• National Ferret Day
• National Love Our Children Day
• National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
• Palm Sunday
• Pharmacists in Public Health Day
• Reconciliation Day, a day to reconcile with loved ones
• World Autism Awareness Day

April 3

• National Chocolate Mousse Day
• National Weed Out Hate Day

April 4

• International Carrot Day
• International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
• National Cordon Bleu Day
• National Hug a Newsperson Day

April 5

• Gold Star Spouses Day
• National Caramel Day
• National Deep Dish Pizza Day
• National Raisin and Spice Bar Day
• National Walking Day

April 6

• Drowsy Driver Awareness Day
• Full Pink Moon, referred to by Native Americans as pink because of the abundance of pink wildflowers at this time of the year in the northern United States
• Holy Thursday, the Thursday before Easter
• International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
• International Fun at Work Day
• National Burrito Day
• National Caramel Popcorn Day
• Passover (April 6-13; begins at sundown on April 5)
• Tartan Day

April 7

• Good Friday
• International Beaver Day
• International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda
• International Snailpapers (newspaper) Day
• National Beer Day
• National Coffee Cake Day
• National Making the First Move Day, a day for people to make the first move to prevent bullying, abuse, and shaming
• No Housework Day
• World Health Day

April 8

• Draw a Bird Day
• Easter Even, the Saturday before Easter
• International Roma Day, a day to celebrate Roma culture
• National Catch and Release Day
• National Dog Fighting Awareness Day

April 9

• Easter Sunday
• National Chinese Almond Cookie Day
• National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day
• National Unicorn Day
• Winston Churchill Day

April 10

• Easter Monday
• Encourage a Young Writer Day
• International Safety Pin Day
• National Cinnamon Crescent Day
• National Farm Animals Day
• National Siblings Day
• Salvation Army Founder’s Day
• White House Easter Egg Roll

April 11

• Barbershop Quartet Day
• International Be Kind to Lawyers Day
• International “Louie Louie” Day, recognizing the party song “Louie Louie”
• National Cheese Fondue Day
• National Clean Up Your Pantry Day
• National Pet Day
• World Parkinson’s Day

April 12

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

April 13

• National Peach Cobbler Day
• Scrabble Day

April 14

• International Kids’ Yoga Day
• International Moment of Laughter Day
• National Dolphin 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
• World Art Day
• World Circus Day

April 16

• National Eggs Benedict Day
• National Orchid Day

April 17

• Bat Appreciation Day
• Blah Blah Blah Day, a day to do the projects that others have nagged you about
• Ellis Island Family History Day
• Herbalist Day
• International Haiku Poetry Day
• National Cheeseball Day
• National Mustang Day
• Verrazzano Day, honoring the explorer of North America Giovanni da Verrazzano
• 127th running of the Boston Marathon

April 18

• Income Tax Pay Day
• International Day for Monuments and Sites
• National Animal Crackers Day
• National Columnists Day
• Pet Owners Independence Day
• World Amateur Radio Day

April 19

• National Banana Day
• National Hanging Out Day, a day to save energy by using clotheslines to dry clothes

April 20

• Chinese Language Day
• National High Five Day
• National Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day

April 21

• Kindergarten Day
• National Bulldogs Are Beautiful Day
• National Chocolate-Covered Cashews Day
• World Creativity and Innovation Day

April 22

• Earth Day
• International Mother Earth Day
• National Jelly Bean Day
• Record Store Day

April 23

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

April 24

• National Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day

April 25

• DNA Day
• International Delegate’s Day
• National Library Workers Day
• National Zucchini Bread Day
• World Malaria Day
• World Penguin Day

April 26

• Administrative Professionals Day
• Hug an Australian Day
• International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day
• National Help a Horse Day
• National Library Outreach Day
• National Pretzel Day
• Richter Scale Day
• World Intellectual Property Day

April 27

• Babe Ruth Day
• Denim Day
• National Little Pampered Dog Day
• National Prime Rib Day
• National Teach Children to Save Day
• Take Action for Libraries Day
• Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day

April 28

• National Arbor Day
• National Blueberry Pie Day
• National Day of Mourning in Canada
• National Hairball Awareness Day
• Workers’ Memorial Day
• World Day for Safety and Health at Work

April 29

• Independent Bookstore Day
• International Dance Day
• National Poem in Your Pocket Day
• National Rebuilding Day
• Spring Astronomy Day
• World Healing Day
• World Tai Chi and Qigong Day
• World Veterinary Day

April 30

• Deaf Parent’s Day
• Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros
• International Jazz Day
• National Animal Advocacy Day
• National Honesty Day
• National Oatmeal Cookie Day
• National Raisin Day