February Monthly Observances:

Adopt A Rescued Rabbit Month
AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month
American Heart Month
An Affair to Remember Month
Avocado and Banana Month
Bake for Family Fun Month
Beans (Dried and Fresh) Month
Canned Food Month
Chocolate Lovers Month
Creative Romance Month
Dog Training Education Month
Exotic Vegetables and Star Fruit Month
February is Fabulous Florida Strawberry Month
From Africa to Virginia Month
Grapefruit Month
Great American Pie Month
International Boost Self-Esteem Month
International Expect Success Month
International Hoof-care Month
Jobs in Golf Month
Lent (2/22-4/7)
Library Lovers Month
Marfan Syndrome Awareness Month
Marijuana Awareness Month
National African American History Month
National Bird Feeding Month
National Black History Month
National Care About Your Indoor Air Month
National Cherry Month
National Condom Month
National Children’s Dental Health Month
National Hot Breakfast Month
National Laugh-Friendly Month
National Mend A Broken Heart Month
National Parent Leadership Month
National Pet Dental Health Month
National Time Management Month
National Weddings Month
Pet Dental Health Month
Plant the Seeds of Greatness Month
Pull Your Sofa Off The Wall Month
Relationship Wellness Month
Responsible Pet Owner’s Month
Return Shopping Carts to the Supermarket Month
Spunky Old Broads Month
Sweet Potato Month
Wise Health Care Consumer Month
Worldwide Renaissance of the Heart Month
Youth Leadership Month

February Weekly Observances:

International Snow Sculpting Week: 1-5
*Solo Diners Eat Out Weekend: 1-7
*Women’s Heart Week: 1-7
Boy Scout Anniversary Week: 5-11
Children’s Authors & Illustrators Week: 5-11
Dump Your Significant Jerk Week: 5-11 (Always Week Before Valentines Day)
Freelance Writers Appreciation Week: 5-11
International Coaching Week: 5-11
Just Say No to PowerPoint Week: 5-11
Publicity for Profit Week: 5-11
World Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Week: 5-11
Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week: 6-10
International Networking Week: 6-10
International Friendship Week: 6-10
National Green Week: 6-11
National School Counseling Week: 6-10
*Have A Heart for A Chained Dog Week: 7-14
*Risk Awareness Week: 7-14
*Love Makes the World Go Round; But, Laughter Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy Week: 8-14
Celebration of Love Week: 12-18 (Second Full Week)
Children of Alcoholics Week: 12-18 (Second Full Week)
Jell-O Week: 12-18
Love a Mench Week: 12-18
Random Acts of Kindness Week: 13-19
*International Flirting Week: 13-19
World AG Expo: 14-16
*National Condom Week: 14-21
*National Nestbox Week: 14-21
*NCCDP Alzheimer’s & Dementia Staff Education Week: 14-21
National Conference on Education: 16-19
Great Backyard Bird Count: 17-20
National Entrepreneurship Week: 18-25
Brotherhood / Sisterhood Week: 19-25 (Always 3rd Week)
Build A Better Trade Show Image Week: 19-25
National Engineers Week: 19-25
National Pancake Week: 19-25
National Justice for Animals Week: 19-25
National Future Farmers of America Week: 20-25 Link (Week of G.Washington’s Birthday from Sat. to Sat)
Read Me Week: 20-24
Texas Cowboy Poetry Week: 24-26
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: 26-3/3
National Secondhand Wardrobe Week: 26-3/3
Telecommuter Appreciation Week: 26 to 3/3
Telecommuter Appreciation Week: 27-3/5
Peace Corps Week: 27-3/4

February Daily Observances:

NOTE: An * in front of the day means that the observance is on the same date every year regardless of the day it falls on.

* Freedom Day: 1
*Car Insurance Day: 1
*G.I. Joe Day: 1
*Hula in The Coola Day: 1
National Girls & Women in Sports Day: 1
*Robinson Crusoe Day: 1
*Spunky Old Broads Day: 1 (also all month)
*Working Naked Day: 1
*Candlemas: 2
* Crepe Day: 2
*Crepe Day or La Chandeleur: 2
*Groundhog Day: 2
*Marmot Day: 2
*Groundhog Job Shadow Day: 2
*Hedgehog Day: 2
*Imbolic: 2
*Sled Dog Day: 2
*Four Chaplains Memorial Day: 3
*The Day The Music Died: 3
Bubble Gum Day: 3
Give Kids A Smile Day: 3 (First Friday)
Wear Red Day: 3
Create-a-Vacuum: 4
Laura Ingalls Wilder Day: 4
*Liberace Day: 4
*Quacker Day: 4
Rabi’I: 4
Thank a Mailman: 4
*USO Day: 4
*World Cancer Day: 4
Ice Cream For Breakfast Day: 4 (First Saturday)
* Move Hollywood & Broadway to Lebanon, PA Day: 5
*Weatherman’s [Weatherperson's] Day: 5
*World Nutella Day: 5
Dump Your Significant Jerk Day: 5 (First day of Dump Your Significant Jerk Week)
Super Bowl XLVI: 5
Lame Duck Day: 6
African American Coaches Day: 7
*Ballet Day: 7
*Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: 7
Send a Card to a Friend Day: 7
*Wave All Your Fingers At Your Neighbor’s Day: 7
*Boy Scout Anniversary Day: 8
Kite Flying Day: 8
*Laugh and Get Rich Day: 8
*Opera Day: 8
Tu B’Shvat: 8
*National Stop Bullying Day: 9
*Read in the Bathtub Day: 9
Toothache Day: 9
*Plimsoll Day: 10
Umbrella Day: 10
*Be Electrific Day: 11
Daytona Pole Day: 11
Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk: 11
Make a Friend: 11
*Pro Sports Wives Day: 11
*National Shut-in Visitation Day: 11
*Satisfied Staying Single Day: 11
*White Shirt Day: 11
*Darwin Day: 12
Grammy Awards Day: 12
*Lincoln’s Birthday: 12
Man Day: 12
*NAACP Day: 12
*Oglethorpe Day: 12
*Paul Bunyan Day: 12 (Born Feb. 12, 1834 in Bangor, ME)
Plum Puddy Day: 12
*Safety Pup Day: 12
Clean Out Your Computer: 13
*Employee Legal Awareness Day: 13
*Get a Different Name Day: 13
*Madly In Love With Me Day: 13
Clean Out Your Computer Day: 13 (Always 2nd Monday)
Westminster Dog Show: 13-14
Extraterrestrial Culture Day: 14 (Always 2nd Tuesday)
*Ferris Wheel Day: 14
*Federick Douglass Day: 14
*Pet Theft Awareness Day: 14
*Library Lovers Day: 14 L
*National Have A Heart Day:
*National Condom Day: 14
(World) Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day: 14
*League of Women Voters Day: 14
*National Women’s Heart Day: 14
*National Call In Single Day: 14
National Organ Donor Day: 14
*Race Relations Day: 14
*National Donor Day: 14
*Quirky Alone Day: 14
*Valentines Day: 14
*World Marriage Day: 14
Candlemas: 15
*Lupercalia: 15
*Susan B. Anthony Day: 15
*National Gum Drop Day: 15
Single Awareness Day: 15
Do a Grouch a Favor Day: 16
Innovation Day: 16
*Kyoto Protocol Day: 16
*My Way Day: 17
*National PTA Founders Day: 17
Random Acts of Kindness Day: 17
*World Human Spirit Day: 17
*Battery Day: 18
*Cow Milked While Flying In An Airplane Day: 18
*Pluto Day (Planet is Discovered by Clyde Tombaugh) : 18
(Note: New Mexico has declared March 13 as, Pluto is a Planet Day!)
*Chocolate Mint Day: 19
*Iwo Jima Day (Landing) : 19
Cherry Pie Day: 20
*Love Your Dog Day: 20
Shrovetide: 19-21
Fasching: 20-21
Hoodie Hoo Day: 20
Presidents Day: 20
*World Day for Social Justice: 20
Card Reading Day: 21
*International Mother Language Day: 21
International Pancake Day: 21 (Race)
Pancake Day (aka Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday or Fastnacht Day) : 21 Link
International Pancake Day (IHOP) : 21 (Normally The Day Before Lent)
Mardi Gras: 21
Paczki Day: 21
Shrove Tuesday: 21
Ash Wednesday: 22
Be Humble Day: 22
Lent: 22
*National Margarita Day: 22
Walking the Dog Day: 22
*Woolworth’s Day: 22
*World Thinking Day: 22
*George Washington’s Birthday: 22
Inconvenience Yourself Day: 22 (always 4th Wednesday)

*Curling is Cool Day: 23
*Diesel Engine Day: 23
*Iwo Jima Day (flag raised): 23
International Dog Biscuit Day: 23
Introduce A Girl to Engineering Day: 23
National Chili Day: 23
Tennis Day: 23
National Tortilla Chip Day: 24
American Birkenbeider Race: 25
International Sword Swallowers Day: 25
Pistol Patent Day: 25
Carnival Day: 26
Daytona 500: 26
Open That Bottle Night: 25
National Personal Chef’s Day: 26
National Pistachio Day: 26
Tell a Fairy Tale Day: 26
Academy Awards Night: 26
*For Pete’s Sake Day: 26
*Levi Strauss Day: 26
No Brainer Day: 27
Orthodox Green Monday: 27
Orthodox Lent Begins: 27
Polar Bear Day: 27
*Floral Design Day: 28
*National Tooth Fairy Day: 28
Publing Sleeping Day: 28
Rare Disease Day: 28
Spay Day USA: 28
Bachelor’s Day: 29
Inspirational Underlings Day: 29
*Leap Year Day: 29
(Every 4 years. See Chart.)
Note: February 29, 2012 will also be Galileo Day.

Info brought to you by: Brownielocks