JUNE 1, 2014 – NATIONAL CANCER SURVIVORS DAY – NATIONAL GO BAREFOOT DAY – NATIONAL SAY SOMETHING NICE DAY – NATIONAL PENPAL DAY – NATIONAL HAZELNUT CAKE DAY

NATIONAL CANCER SURVIVORS DAY

The 27th annual National Cancer Survivors Day is June 1, 2014.  This jubilant day is a celebration for all those who have survived cancer and an inspiration for those recently diagnosed with cancer.  National Cancer Survivors Day is also a day of support for families and an outreach to communities.
Join the millions of cancer survivors and celebrate life after cancer.  National Cancer Survivors Day is an annual event across the United States as well as around the world.
For more information, see: http://www.ncsd.org/
National Cancer Survivors Day is a service of the National Cancer Survivors Day Foundation, Inc.
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NATIONAL GO BAREFOOT DAY

National Go Barefoot Day is celebrated on June 1.  This day is an opportunity to kick off your shoes and run barefoot through the cool grass!  More importantly, there are millions of underprivileged children all around the world, that are in need and do not have shoes, and today is a day to help support a charity that provides them with much needed (and so appreciated) shoes for them to wear.
Now is a good time to clean out your closets and donate a pair or two of gently used shoes to a charitable organization in your area or see the following for information:    Soles4Souls organization.
NATIONAL GO BAREFOOT DAY HISTORY
National Go Barefoot Day, an “unofficial” National holiday was created by the people at Soles4Souls.  The holiday got its start after the Tsunami disaster in 2004 to show those affected by the event.  However, donations have continued to come in and over 19 millions pairs of shoes have been donated worldwide since 2005.
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NATIONAL SAY SOMETHING NICE DAY

National Say Something Nice Day, an “unofficial” national holiday, originated in Charleston, S.C.
Based on the book, “Say Something Nice: Be a Lifter at Work”, the Mayors of Charleston and North Charleston along with the South Baptist Convention and the Charleston-Atlantic Presbytery joined together to establish National Say Something Nice Day.
The purpose of today’s holiday is to counteract bullying and the lack of civility and common courtesy that is growing among people in today’s world.  Hopefully the practice of “saying something nice today” will continue onto all tomorrows.
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NATIONAL PENPAL DAY

Celebrated each year on June 1,  National Pen Pal Day was created by American pen-palist, Rosie Tholl, who wanted a special day to tell all of her pen pal friends how meaningful their friendship was to her.  The day is the perfect day to send special letters and gifts to your pen pals.
NATIONAL PENPAL DAY is an “unofficial” national holiday.
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NATIONAL HAZELNUT CAKE DAY

Today is a day to spend some time in the kitchen baking up a delicious hazelnut cake as you celebrate National Hazelnut Cake Day.
Following is a “tried and true” recipe for you: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/hungarian-flourless-hazelnut-cake/ .
NATIONAL HAZELNUT CAKE DAY
Within our research, we were unable to find the creator of National Hazelnut Cake Day, an “unofficial” national holiday.
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JUNE 1st HOLIDAYS CELEBRATED AROUND THE WORLD
World Milk Day
Global Day of Parents
Flip a Coin Day
Heimlich Maneuver Day