CALENDAR OF HOLIDAYS and EVENTS

CALENDAR OF HOLIDAYS and EVENTS

May 2011


5th - Cinco de Mayo
8th - Mother's Day
18th - 2nd Passover (Jewish)
22nd - Lag B'Omar (Jewish)
30th - Memorial Day

June 2011


14th - Flag Day
7th-9th - Shavuot (Jewish)
19th - Father's Day

July 2011


4th - Independence Day
19th - Fast of the 17th of Tammuz

August 2011


1st - Ramadan (start of Muslim month of fasting)
8th-9th - Fast of Tish'a B'Av (Jewish)
30th - Eid-Ul-Fitr (Muslim end of Ramadan)

September 2011


5th - Labor Day
11th - Grandparent's Day
16th - Stepfamily Day
17th - Constitution Day/Week
21st - International Day of Peace
23rd - Native American Day & 1st Day of Autumn
25th - Gold Star Mother's Day
29th-30th - Rosh Hashanah (Jewish)
29th - Jewish Rosh Hashanah/Feast of Trumpets

October 2011


1st - Simchat Torah (Jewish) – Season of Rejoicing
2nd - Fast of Gedaliah (Jewish)
7th-8th - Yom Kippur
10th - Columbus Day (U.S.) – Columbus’ discovery of America
12th-19th - Sukkot (Jewish)
13th - Simchat Torah (Jewish) - Rejoicing in the Torah
19th - Hoshanah Rabbah (Jewish)
19th-20th - Shemini Atzeret (Jewish)
20th-21st - Simchat Torah - (Jewish)
24th - United Nations Day
31st - Halloween

November 2011


6th - Islamic Eid al-Adha
6th - Daylight Saving Time Ends
11th - Veteran's Day
24th - Thanksgiving Day
26th - Al-Hijira - Islamic New Year

December 2011


1st - AIDS Awareness Day
5th - Ashura (Islamic)
7th - Pear Harbor Remembrance Day
10th - Human Rights Day
21st - Hanukkah/Chanukah Begins
21st - First Day of Winter
24th - Christmas Eve
25th - Christmas
26th - Kwanza Begins
31st - New Year's Eve

For additional information on holidays:
Christian holidays: Christian holidays
Jewish holidays: Chabad.org
Muslim holidays: Godweb.org

FLOWER OF THE MONTH


JANUARY - Carnation
FEBRUARY - Violet
MARCH - Jonquil, Daffodil
APRIL - Sweet Pea, Daisy
MAY - Lilly-of-the-Valley
JUNE - Rose
JULY - Larkspur, Water Lily
AUGUST - Gladiolus
SEPTEMBER - Aster
OCTOBER - Calendula, Cosmos
NOVEMBER - Chrysanthemum
DECEMBER - Narcissus