Holidays – GSUSA Ways to Celebrate

Girls in Scouting can celebrate many holidays in a variety of ways. Pick the holidays important to your troop and vote for your favorite!

NOTE – This list will be growing as the year continues. Check back each month for updates!

January

January 1st – New Year’s Day
January 4th – World Braille Day
January 7th – Orthodox Christmas
January 15th – Martin Luther King Jr. Day (3rd Monday)
January 16th – Appreciate a Dragon Day
January 21st – World Religion Day (3rd Sunday)
January 24th – International Day of Education
January 27th – Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 31st – Backwards Day
First Lunar Month – Chinese New Year (In 2026, starts Feb. 17th)

February

All Month Long – Black History Month
February 2nd – Groundhog Day
February 4th – World Cancer Day
February 7th – Send a Card to a Friend Day
February 8th – Scouting Anniversary Day (Scouting America)
February 9th – National Pizza Day
February 11th – International Day of Women and Girls in Science
February 14th – Valentine’s Day
February 17th – Random Acts of Kindness Day
February 17th – Presidents’ Day (3rd Monday)
February 22nd – World Thinking Day
February 28th – Rare Disease Day

March

9th month of Islamic lunar calendar – Ramadan (In 2025, Feb. 28th to March 2nd)
All Month Long – Women’s History Month
March 2nd – Read Across America
March 8th – International Women’s Day
Week with March 12th in it – Girl Scout Week
March 12th – Girl Scout Birthday
March 13th – Africa Scout Day
March 14th – Pi Day
March 17th – St. Patrick’s Day
March 20th – Spring Equinox of 2026

April

All Month Long – Several Holidays
April 1st – April Fools
April 2nd – World Autism Awareness Day
April 22nd – Earth Day
1st Sunday after the Paschal Full Moon – Easter Holiday (In 2025, April 19th-21st)

May

May 2nd – International Harry Potter Day
May 4th – May the 4th Be With You
May 5th – Cinco de Mayo
2nd Sunday in May – Mother’s Day
Last Monday of May – Memorial Day

June

June 5th – World Environment Day
June 14th – Flag Day (U.S.)
3rd Sunday in May – Father’s Day
June 19th – Juneteenth
June 20th – Summer Solstice of 2025
June 24th – Midsummer Day (St. John’s Day)

July

All Month Long – National Picnic Month
July 4th – 4th of July
3rd Sunday in July – National Ice Cream Day
July 30th – International Day of Friendship

August

All Month Long – National Parks Month
August 1st – World Scout Scarf Day
August 4th – National Coast Guard Day
August 10th – National S’mores Day
August 12th – International Youth Day
August 17th – National Nonprofit Day
August 19th – World Humanitarian Day
August 21st – National Senior Citizens Day

September

September 2nd – Labor Day
September 5th – International Day of Charity
September 7th – World First Aid Day
September 11th – Patriot Day
September 19th – Talk Like a Pirate Day
September 21st – World Gratitude Day
September 22nd – Autumn Equinox of 2025
September 25th – National Daughters Day
Girl Scout Service Day – Date varies by council

October

October 1st – World Habitat Day
October 9th – Indigenous Peoples’ Day
October 10th – World Mental Health Day
October 11th – International Day of the Girl
October 16th – National Fossil Day
October 19th–20th – Jamboree-on-the-Air/Jamboree-on-the-Internet
October 26th – Make a Difference Day
October 31st – Juliette Gordon Low’s Birthday
October 31st – Halloween

November

All Month Long – Native American Heritage Month
November 1st–2nd – Día de los Muertos
November 11th – Veterans Day
November 13th – World Kindness Day
November 23rd – National Adoption Day
November 28th – Thanksgiving

December

December 3rd – International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 7th – Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
December 21st – Winter Solstice of 2025
25 Kislev – Hanukkah
December 25th – Christmas
December 26th–Jan 1st – Kwanzaa
December 31st – New Year’s Eve

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