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SUMMARY:April Fools Day
DESCRIPTION:April Fools’ Day on April 1st has long been a day when practical jokes and tricks are played on the unaware. It’s a time when children convince their parents they’ve broken a bone. Parents get in on the planning\, too. Classic April Fools’ jokes include caramel covered onions or fake doggy doo-doo in inconvenient places. Businesses launch impractical or unbelievable products for the fun of the day and newspapers print incredible headlines catching readers off guard. \n\n\n \n#AprilFoolsDay\nOf course\, the trick to a good April Fools’ prank is planning. And you also need to be the first to pull it off. There’s no point in pursuing your prank if someone else beats you to it. Once the foolery has been triggered\, everyone else will be on high alert and the element of surprise will be lost. \nSome practical jokers go to great lengths to pull off their ruse. The more people involved the greater the risk of being discovered before the great plan can be deployed. \n\n\n \nHOW TO OBSERVE APRIL FOOLS’ DAY\n\nPrepare your best pranks and practical jokes.\nShare stories of your greatest April Fools’ jokes.\nBe safe playing your pranks and be sure to have a good laugh. It’s all in fun.\nShare your experiences being fooled and laugh while you reminisce.\nUse #AprilFoolsDay to post on social media.\n\nSource Link
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SUMMARY:World Party Day
DESCRIPTION:World Party Day on April 3rd encourages a coordinated effort of joyful human celebration around the globe. \n\n\n \n#WorldPartyDay\nThe world gathers to celebrate for many reasons. Forming a party often includes food\, beverages\, music\, games\, and other festivities. Hosts often create a theme or the theme generates the party. Several common modern-day party themes include bachelor and bachelorette\, birthday\, retirement\, anniversary\, graduation and welcome home. Many other party themes focus on specific foods. \nIn our modern world\, parties can also be virtual. We don’t always have to gather in the same location to celebrate a specific event or day. Technology brings us together through video and the internet allowing us to connect long-distance and celebrate all our favorite ways. \nThe novel Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel\, by Vanna Bonta published in 1995\, which concludes with a synchronized worldwide celebration that occurs on April 3\, 2000\, is the inspiration for World Party Day. Gatherings can be small or large organized festivals. \n\n\n \nHOW TO OBSERVE WORLD PARTY DAY\n\nWhere ever you are\, celebrate with friends and family. Pick a theme that best fits the day. We’ve created a list of fun ideas to invite friends to join you virtually. Go online and create a video chat or an event on social media to share your party.\n\nMake your own pizza party – Everyone makes their own creative pizza. Share the recipe with other party participants.\nMovie night party – Pick a movie that all your party invitees will be watching. Pop popcorn and grab your drinks. Everyone starts the movie at the same time and lets the comments fill the online event page.\nTrivia party night – Play online trivia in a video chat with friends and family.\nDance party – Challenge friends to record their best dance moves and share them with each other.\nGame party – Hook up the gaming systems and invite friends and family to join you in the virtual world of games.\nArt party – Do it Bob Ross style and invite a local artist to demonstrate techniques for a group of your friends all through the power of the internet. Schedule your events around their already scheduled ones to show your support and appreciation.\nTake-out party – Pick your favorite restaurants and do a take-out party. Pick just appetizers or your favorite desserts. Everyone meet back at your respective homes and tune in to the event to share where you ordered from. Celebrate good times and good friends while giving a shout-out to the restaurants you love the most!\n\n\nJoin the crowd and use #WorldPartyDay to share on social media.\n\nSource Link
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SUMMARY:National Final Rainbow Day
DESCRIPTION:Each year on April 3rd\, National Find a Rainbow Day challenges us to look to the sky and find a colorful ray of hope cast across it. \n\n\n \n#FindARainbowDay\nThere are people that see rainbows as an artistic masterpiece in the sky\, to others it is a sign of hope and to many a sign of promise.\nIt can be all three; beauty\, hope and promise.    (Jill Magnus) \n \nA spectrum of light in the form of a multicolored arc\, appearing in the sky\, is caused by both reflection and refraction of light in water droplets in the Earth’s atmosphere. These rainbows always appear directly opposite of the sun. The light is refracted (bent) when it enters a droplet of water\, then is reflected inside on the back of the droplet and refracted again when leaving it. \nRed is the color that is visible on the outer part of a rainbow and violet on the inside of a primary rainbow. Children learn in science class the mnemonic ROYGBIV to help them to remember the sequence of colors in a rainbow: red\, orange\, yellow\, green\, blue\, indigo\, violet. Many forms of airborne water can cause rainbows including\, rain\, mist\, spray\, and dew. \n\n\n \nHOW TO OBSERVE FIND A RAINBOW DAY\n\nFind yourself a rainbow or use the garden hose or a prism to make one yourself.\nFamilies\, students\, and classrooms\, create a rainbow from the colorful hearts on this printable. There’s at least one for every color in the rainbow. Take out your color crayons and finish what we’ve started.\nThen cut them out and put them in a cheerful\, sunny window to brighten the day of someone passing by.\nCreate a rainbow as part of a science project.\nUse #NationalFindARainbowDay to post on social media.\n\nSource Link
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SUMMARY:Global Holistic Wealth Day
DESCRIPTION:Global Holistic Wealth Day is a time to reflect on what it means to be truly ‘wealthy’ and how we can embody the transformational power of living with purpose\, collecting experiences\, engaging in meaningful work\, cultivating your health and well-being\, and creating emotional and spiritual connections with others\, all while continuously working to build financial stability. \n\n\n\n\nKeisha Blair created the Holistic Wealth movement and her life’s mission is ensuring everyone around the globe hears this message. April 9th is now commemorated as Global Holistic Wealth Day. \nOn Global Holistic Wealth Day\, we celebrate those who have lifted themselves up from life’s trials and tribulations and support those who are currently experiencing disruption with grace. With Holistic Wealth\, prosperity is more than just a number—it’s a way of living\, and it’s yours for the taking. \nOn Global Holistic Wealth Day\, do at least one thing that adds to your mental\, emotional\, spiritual\, physical\, or financial wellness. Post about it on social media using the hashtag #globalholisticwealthday.
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SUMMARY:National Hanging Out Day
DESCRIPTION:Each year on April 19th\, Project Laundry List works with hundreds of other organizations to sponsor National Hanging Out Day. This day encourages communities to learn about the benefits\, both financially and environmentally\, of using a clothesline for drying laundry. According to Project Laundry Lists’ website\, clothes dryers account for an astonishing six to ten percent of residential energy consumption. Hanging your clothes out to dry also includes all these other benefits:\n\n \n\n 	You will reduce your carbon footprint.\n \n 	You will save money.\n \n 	The fresh air and sunshine recharge our bodies in therapeutic ways.\n \n 	Clothes dried on a clothesline have a natural freshness.\n \n 	It encourages us to slow down.\n\n \n#NationalHangingOutDay\n \nHOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL HANING OUT DAY\n \n\n 	Hang your freshly washed clothes out to dry.\n \n 	Install a clothesline.\n \n 	Try sleeping in sun and air-dried sheets—it’s amazingly refreshing!\n \n 	Share pictures of your clothes drying on the line.\n \n 	Post tips\, tools\, and tricks to hanging clothes.\n \n 	Join the conversation by using #NationalHangingOutDay on social media.\n \n 	While you’re waiting for the clothes to dry\, download and print the Hanging Out Day color page.\n\nSource Link\n\n \n\n 
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SUMMARY:First Ladies Day
DESCRIPTION:National First Ladies Day on the last Saturday in April honors all First Ladies of the United States and commemorates the founding of the First Lady upon President George Washington’s inauguration on April 30\, 1789. Martha Washington became First Lady of the United States that day. She and all those who followed in her footsteps have played in molding our nation. \n\n\n \n#FirstLadiesDay\nSince 1789\, a first lady has accompanied every president. Starting with Martha Washington\, who was born on June 2\, 1731\, first ladies have helped set a tone in the highest office of the land. Even the country’s only bachelor president\, James Buchannan\, required someone to act as hostess. Harriet Lane\, the president’s niece\, stepped into the role of the first lady. She presented a well-ordered White House with tact and grace. Lane isn’t the only relative to serve in the role of the first lady. Several other presidents held office as widowers requiring someone to step into the role as a de facto first lady\, too. \nWhile they aren’t elected\, many of them campaign alongside their spouse. Others have served as elected or appointed officials in many different capacities. First ladies have been teachers\, Girl Scouts\, educated\, and adventurous. \nMore First Lady Facts\nAnother first lady with a unique history is Abigail Adams. The first to live in the White House when John Adams was elected the 2nd President of the United States\, Adams was also the mother of another president – John Quincy Adams. First Lady Barbara Bush repeated that circumstance 176 years later when her son George W. Bush was elected. \nOnly two first ladies were born outside the United States – Melania Trump was the most recent. Do you know who the first was? \n\n\n \nTradition and Firsts\nWhile nearly every first lady since Martha Washington has been dedicated to a charitable cause\, Lady Bird Johnson made it a formal platform. Since then\, the country has come to expect the next first lady to continue the tradition. \nAbigail Fillmore was the first teacher to ascend to the role of the first lady. The most recent was Laura Bush. \nWhile there are many firsts in the world of first ladies\, two recent ones include the first African American and the first to earn a doctorate degree – Michele Obama and Dr. Jill Biden. \nFirst Lady Tragedy\nEight first ladies have become widows while living in the White House. The first was Anna Harrison. Notably\, she was also the grandmother of Benjamin Harrison\, the 23rd President. Of these eight\, four were the wives of presidents who were assassinated. Mary Lincoln\, Lucretia Garfield\, Ida McKinley\, and Jacqueline Kennedy fall into this tragic list. \nHOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL FIRST LADIES DAY\n\nOn National First Ladies Day\, learn more about the women who’ve set tradition\, supported the president\, and become role models for many.\nRead memoirs\, tour museums\, and watch documentaries about the first ladies.\nHave you met a first lady or two? Share your experiences or how you think the first lady role will change over time.\nUse #FirstLadiesDay to share on social media.\nAre you looking for more facts? Read 7 Fascinating First Lady Facts to learn more.\n\nSource Link
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