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A company picnic is the ideal way to share your organization’s goodwill and sense of family with co-workers, vendors and community leaders. This is a great opportunity to show the community what your business does and open new doors to potential customers.

In addition to food, drinks and perhaps some large tents (in case an unexpected shower shows up), you’ll need plenty of giveaway goodies or party favors and door prizes. Signs, banners, balloons, Koozies®, coolers and other logo’d gear will make your company picnics shine and increase the fun factor!

Word up: Signs, banners and tents—Get the word out about your summer picnic/open house with some professionally printed Yard Signs. If you are inviting the community, put your signs in strategic places along main highways, at city parks or at city hall (make sure you check with city officials first). Vinyl Lawn Balloons are an ideal way to attract attention and convey a festive feeling—plus they don’t even need helium, thanks to a metal stake! Vinyl banners tell one and all about your event, and they’ll hold up to the elements for many seasons. Get a few 10’ Event Tents to offer a little shade (or shelter if a surprise shower pops up) and help keep the drinks out of the sun. These sturdy tents go up easily and will give you plenty of service for future events.

Food for thought: Delicious serving ideas—Koozie® Can Koolers are a mainstay of any picnic. They keep beverage cans cool longer, prevent slippage from condensation and serve as a reminder of who sponsored the event. Add some Bottled Spring Water (with your logo, of course) and soda cans to a Fill N Chill Event Cooler or two. Buffet Kits provide a printed cup and fun flyer for each guest. The flyer holds a standard 9” paper plate, and after lunch, it can be tossed around for fun in the sun! Scoop-Style Popcorn Boxes add a carnival-like feel to the event: all you need is some popcorn and you are set.

Party favor favorites: Glasses, Goofy Guys & more—You don’t have to break the bank to hand out some fun, memorable giveaways. Sun-inspired winners include Sunglasses (don’t forget to make them pose for photos with these), Goofy Guy Sun Lotion and Beach Balls. If you have time to get employee shoe sizes, they’ll really flip over Striped Flip Flops! Your company logo’s right on the strap. Top off the warm day with some delicious Fla-Vor-Ice® Freeze Pops—can you believe they are only 25 calories each?

And the winner is: You for picking great door prizes—Create some buzz among the guests with plenty of branded door prizes. Make sure everyone has at least one chance to win. Do your carnival games provide tickets for more chances to win? What about a trivia contest? Bingo? Whichever games you offer, you can’t miss with prizes like a Picnic/Stadium Blanket, Chill and Grill Outdoor Kit or Laguna Game Set. Coolers are always present at picnics, but don’t forget…they make great gifts, too. The Coleman® 40-Quart Wheeled Cooler is a dandy door prize, and it can help bring leftovers back to the office for sharing when work resumes!

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In this issue: Pinterest® for Small Business

If your small business hasn’t joined Pinterest® yet, there’s no time to waste. The growth opportunity that comes with this new social media giant just keeps on growing.

In May 2012, Pinterest had raised $100 million from investors, was closing in on 10 million active users and was valued at $1.5 billion. By February, 2013, its valuation jumped to the $2-2.5 billion range. You can imagine what that means in terms of traffic, which is skyrocketing: it’s four times what it was a year ago.

So, if it’s a crash course you’re waiting for, this is it. Here’s what you need to know about putting your small business on Pinterest.

Before pinning
Lucky for small businesses like yours, Pinterest created a profile specifically for businesses in late 2012. Before you register as a new user and sign in to create a profile, some things to consider:

Audience. Your business’ role on Pinterest is determined in large part by your target audience, or your customer base. Pull your team together to do some brainstorming about your audience. What do they do? What do they like? How do they communicate?
Boards. As a team, determine what the ideal pin boards should be for your business.
Sharibility. Don’t forget to ready your website (and your blog!) by snagging and integrating the Pinterest share buttons.

Begin to pin
Develop a strategy to go with your Pinterest activity. For instance, what kind of time should be devoted to the initiative and how often should the person behind your business on Pinterest engage with your followers? Here is some other sage advice:

Check sources. Sometimes it’s easy to forget that what we’re sharing belongs to someone else. Take a look at the source before you repin something to determine if it’s valid. And, if you pin something original, you may want to add a watermark specific to your business to preserve the image’s origins.
Product placement. If you’re going to be displaying pins of your products, don’t forget to add the price to its description as well as backlinks to a purchase page.

Tracking pins
Your business will have a very real “Pinfluence” so it’s important to track your impact. You can use basic tracking tools like PinReach, Pinalytics and Reachli—all of which are free! Keep an eye on who is pinning and repinning your images. This is especially exciting when you notice new customers engaging with your content. Here’s how to capitalize on each new interaction:

Thank you shout-outs. Use the @Tag to mention other users that have repinned your business images. It’s always nice to be recognized!
Use special offers to drive pins and repins. Draft a blog that highlights your new place on Pinterest and allude to special offers that come with new interactions and repins. You can note special offers in the image description or you can house the special offers on your site. When you’ve matched people with Pinterest profile repins, include some fun promotional products in their order, things like a fun mood frame magnet, can coolie® or beanie.
Offer promotional codes and reduced rates. Instead of gifts, you could also offer a one-time reduced rate unlocked by a promotional code they can locate via Pinterest.

Not all of your Pinterest activity has to be based online. Share some great ideas from Pinterest on-site with the help of posters on aisle ends to intrigue customers who may not have Internet access. That way, they can still take advantage of some of the awesome ideas on Pinterest.

Celebrate pins
Up your engagement by engineering a contest for your customers and followers on Pinterest. Ask them to snap a photo of something they created with products from you. For example, if you’re a home improvement store, you could create a special board for DIY projects and then ask your customers to give them a try, then upload the photo of the finished product and use a predetermined contest hashtag in the pin description.

Ask followers to vote on winners by repinning submissions. Then, when the votes—or repins—are all in, send some applause the winner’s way with a cool gift like a digital photo frame so they can continue to enjoy their photos—and think of you!

Indvik, Laura. "Report: Pinterest Raising Yet More Funding at $2 Billion+ Valuation." Mashable. Mashable, 5 Feb. 2013. Web. 14 Mar. 2013.

Vaughan, Pamela. "A Simple Cheat Sheet for Using Pinterest for Marketing [Infographic]." HubSpot, 13 June 2012. Web. 14 Mar. 2013.

Indvik, Laura. "Pinterest Introduces Business Accounts and Tools." Mashable, 14 Nov. 2012. Web. 14 Mar. 2013.

Smarty, Ann. "Pinterest: Really Useful Tools to Measure Each Pin Impact." Small Business Trends, 3 Jan. 2013. Web. 14 Mar. 2013.

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In this issue: Effective collaboration for innovation

Build your nonprofit by spending just a little more time building your team’s ability to collaborate. Recently, Google® and the Future Foundation found an 81 percent correlation between collaboration and innovation, meaning the more you collaborate, the more creative you’ll become.

Collaboration is especially important to develop if you have part-time staff members. A fine-tuned ability to collaborate will inherently help people work well together despite the difference in their schedules. Full-time or part-time, real collaboration is a results-oriented effort. So, prepare to unleash new ideas and get things done!

The three key ingredients

You need three things in order to make meaningful strides towards more effective collaboration. First, (of course) you need a firm foundation of trust, but you also need the ability to manage (and embrace) conflict as well as the right environment for idea sharing. Explore the basics of each and find out what it takes to really get the innovation juices flowing!

How to build trust
Trust might seem like an easy concept to grasp, but actualizing it is a little more complex. Here are some simple ways to start building the trust within your organization:

Promote trustworthy people. Recognize people you know are honest and responsible in both their personal and professional lives. They will set good examples for the others to follow.
Work with your staff. You may be directing or managing a nonprofit, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be working alongside other staff members. Take advantage of group projects or tasks that require many hands so you can spend more time with your team.
Make work about more. Revisit the mission and vision of your organization. Spare a few minutes at a staff meeting so everyone can share what moves them to do what they do. Hand out heart-felt bookmarks with the mission and vision emblazoned on them as reminders.
Reduce pay inequality. If there are glaring differences between staff member compensation, take steps to bridge the gap. That way people are able to feel like they’re on a level playing field.

How to manage conflict
How do you deal with conflict within your ranks? Do you avoid it? Do you try to diffuse a possible conflict? If you intend to foster real collaboration, you have to be willing and able to address conflict when it happens and when it escalates.

Have a method. If you don’t have one already, come up with one. Do it alone and present it to your team or develop the method together in a team activity.
Make the method transparent. Once you’ve got something solid, make it accessible and visible to all so everyone knows what to expect when there’s a potential problem. Display the method in your office with the help of a few poster reminders.
See conflict as a way to coach. When conflict occurs, use that time to have a candid conversation about what happened, but don’t spend too much time placing blame. Instead, discuss what to change moving forward.

How to create the right environment
Have you ever gone into a local coffee house and noticed how people are busy reading or writing or working with others? It must be something about the atmosphere in a coffee shop that inspires collaboration and ideation. So, how can you make your facility more conducive to those things?

Open up. Literally. Are there any easy ways to open your workspace to make idea sharing easier? Would something as simple as a dry-erase board make a difference? That way, employees could leave notes for one another so everyone stays in the loop.
Open up the floor. Ask staff members what they need that’s lacking. What would help them work together better? Start the conversation with a few ideas: Would more meeting time help? How about a few more team lunches? Or, maybe it’s as easy as looking more like a team to feel more like a team … sounds like organization apparel like shirts or jackets are in order!

Tie it all together
Like trust, collaboration is an easy enough term, but knowing the term doesn’t necessarily mean it’s easy to turn into a reality. For a more in-depth review of collaboration for innovation, check out the latest Blue Paper®, podcast and infographic on Effective Collaboration.

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Choose Privacy Week: 1-7 International Wildlife Film Week: 4-11 Dystonia Awareness Week: 5-13 Be Kind to Animals Week: 5-11 Children’s Mental Health Week: 5-11 Drinking Water Week: 5-11 Flexible Work Arrangement Week: 5-11 Goodwill Industries Week: 5-11 Kids Win Week: 5-11 National Alcohol and Drug Related Birth Defects Awareness Week: 5-11 National Anxiety & Depression Awareness Week: 5-11 National Family Week: 5-11 National Hospital Week: 5-11 National Hug Holiday Week: 5-11 National Nurses Day and Week: 5-11 National Occupational Safety & Health Week: 5-11 National Pet Week: 5-11 National Raisin Week: 5-11 North American Occupational Safety & Health Week: 5-11 PTA Teacher Appreciation Week: 5-11 Public Service Recognition Week: 5-11	Update your References Week: 5-11 Dating and Life Coach Recognition Week: 5-11 Intimate Apparel Week: 6-10 National Wildflower Week: 6-12 National Correctional Officer’s Week: 6-12 NAOSH Week: 6-12 Teacher Appreciation Week: 6-10 Universal Family Week: 10-16 National Tourism Week: 11-18 EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Week: 12-18 Food Allergy Awareness Week: 12-18 National Dog Bite Prevention Week: 12-18 National Educational Bosses’ Week: 12-18 National Nursing Home Week: 12-18 National Police Week: 12-18 National Return to Work Week: 12-18 National Transportation Week: 12-18 National Women’s Health Week: 12-18 Reading is Fun Week: 12-18 Salute to Moms 35+ Week: 12-18	Work at Home Moms Week: 12-18 American Craft Beer Week: 13-19 Children’s Book Week: 13-19 National Etiquette Week: 13-19 National Stuttering Awareness Week: 13-19 National New Friends, Old Friends Week: 18-25 National Safe Boating Week: 18-24 National Bike to Work Week: 19-25 National Medical Transcription Week: 19-26 National Stationery Week: 19-22 Recreational Water Illness and Injury Prevention Week: 19-26 World Trade Week: 19-25 National Backyard Games Week: 20-26 International Coaching Week: 20-26 Mudbug Madness Week: 23-26 Old-Time Player Piano Week: 24-27 Week of Solidarity with the People of Non-Self-Governing Territories: 25-31 Hurricane Preparedness Week: 26-6/1 Black Single Parents Week: 29-6/4

1: Amtrak Day 1: Batman Day 1: Beltaine 1: Executive Coaching Day 1: Global Love Day 1: Great American Grump Out 1: Keep Kids Alive! Drive 25 Day 1: Law Day 1: Lei Day 1: Loyalty Day 1: May Day 1: Mother Goose Day 1: National Bubba Day 1: National Dance Day 1: New Homeowner’s Day 1: School Principals’ Day 1: Silver Star Day 1: Stepmother’s Day 2: Martin Z. Mollusk Day 2: National Day of Prayer 2: National Day of Reason 2: Roberts Rule of Order Day 3-5: Bats Day 3: Garden Meditation Day 3: Hug Your Cat Day 3: Lumpy Rug Day 3: National Special-able Pets Day 3: National Two Different Colored Shoes Day 3: No Pants Day 3: Paranormal Day 3: Public Radio Day 3: Tuba Day 3: World Press Freedom Day 4: Armed Forces Day Military – Amateur Crossband Communication 4: Bladder Cancer Awareness Day 4: Free Comic Book Day 4: Intergalactic Star Wars Day 4: International Firefighters Day 4: International Space Day 4: International Respect for Chickens Day 4: Join Hands Day 4: National Homebrew Day 4: National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy 4: National Scrapbooking Day 4: Space Day 4: Star Wars Day 4: World Give Day 5: Cartoonists Day 5: Childhood Stroke Awareness Day 5: Cinco de Mayo 5: Kentucky Derby 5: International Midwives Day 5: National Infertility Survival Day 5: Totally Chipotle Day 5: World Laughter Day 5: International Babylost Mother’s Day 5: Motorcycle Mass and Blessing of the Bike Day 5: National Infertility Survival Day 6: Buddah Day 6: Joseph Brackett Day 6: Melanoma Monday 6: No Diet Day 6: No Homework Day 6: Nurses Day 7: Accountant’s Day or Accounting Day 7: Childhood Depression Awareness Day 7: National Teacher Day 7: World Asthma Day	8: Donate a Day’s Wages to Charity Day 8: Childhood Mental Health Awareness Day 8: National Night Shift Workers Day 8: National Third Shift Workers Day 8: No Socks day 8: Occupational Safety and Health Professional’s Day 8: Receptionist Day 8-9: Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for those who Lost Their Lives During the Second World War 8-9: Second World War 8: VE Day 8: World Red Cross Day 9: National Moscato Day 9: Occupational Safety and Health Professionals Day 9: School Nurses Day 10: Child Care Provider Day 10: Fintastic Friday: Giving Sharks a Voice: 10 10: Lupus Day 10: Military Spouse Appreciation Day 10: Windmill Day 11: Birthmother’s Day 11: Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Awareness Day 11: Eat what you Want Day 11: Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Day 11: International Migratory Bird Day 11: Letter Carrier’s Food Drive Day 11: Mother Ocean Day 11: National Babysitter’s Day 11: National Miniature Golf Day 11: National Windmill Day 11: Stay Up All Night Day 11: National Train Day 11: World Belly Dancer Day 12: Hug your Cat Day 12: International Nurses Day 12: Limerick Day 12: Mother’s Day 12: Mothers at the Wall Day 12: National Nutty Fudge Day 12: Odometer Day 12: World Fair Trade Day 13: Frog Jumping Day 14: National Chicken Dance Day 14: The Stars and Stripes Forever Day 14: Shavuot 14: Underground America Day 14: Hyperemisis Gravidarum Awareness Day 15: International Day of Families 15: National Chocolate Chip Day 15: National Tuberous Sclerosis Day 15: National Women’s Check-up Day 15: Nylon Stockings Day 15: Peace Officer Memorial Day 15: National Employee Health and Fitness Day 15: Straw Hat Day 15: Turn Beauty Inside Out Day 16: Biographer’s Day 16: National Sea Monkey Day 17: Endangered Species Day 17: International Virtual Assistants Day 17: National Bike to Work Day 17: National Defense Transportation Day 17: National Pizza Party Day	17: Syttende Mai 17: World Hypertension Day 17: World Information Society Day 17: World Telecommunications Day 18: Armed Forces Day 18: HIV Vaccine Awareness Day 18: I Love to Reeses® Day 18: International Museum Day 18: Mother Whistler Day 18: National Learn to Swim Day 18: O. Henry Pun-off Day 18: Visit Your Relatives Day 19: Boys Club Day 19: May Ray Day 19-20: Mike, the Headless Chicken Day 19: National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 19: Neighbor Day 19: Pentecost 19-20: World Autoimmune Arthritis Day20: Eliza Doolittle Day 20: Weights & Measures Day 21: American Red Cross Founder’s Day 21: End of the World or Rapture Party Day 21: I Need a Patch of That Day 21: National Endangered Species Day 21: National Wait Staff Day 21: Sister Maria Hummel Day 21: Victoria Day 21: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue & Development 22: Canadian Immigrants Day 22: International Day for Biological Diversity 22: National Maritime Day 23: Declaration of the Bab Day 23: National Taffy Day 23: World Crohn’s and Colitis Day 23: World Turtle Day 24: Brother’s Day 24: Don’t Fry Day 24: Heat Awareness Day 24: International Tiara Day 24: Morse Code Day 24: National Wig Out Day 25: Cookie Monster’s Birthday 25: National Missing Children’s Day 25: National Tap Dance Day 25: Nerd Pride Day or Geek Pride Day 25: Towel Day 26: International Jazz Day 26: Julie Pierpont Day 26: Amateur radio Military Appreciation Day 26: Shavout 27: Cellophane Tape Day 27: Indianapolis 500 27: Whit Sunday 27: Memorial Day 27: Prayer for Peace Memorial Day 28: Sierra Club Day 28: Slugs Return to Capistrano Day 29: Acension of Baha’u’Llah 29: International Day of UN Peacekeepers 29: Learn about Composting Day 29: National Senior Health and Fitness Day 29: World MS Day 30: Loomis Day 31: Heat Awareness Safety Day 31: What you Think Upon Grows Day 31: World No-Tobacco Day


Adopt A Shelter Cat Month African-American Music Appreciation Month Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome Awareness Month Audio Book Appreciation Month Beautiful in Your Skin Month Black Music Month Cancer From the Sun Month Caribbean – American Heritage Month Cataract Awareness Month Celibacy Awareness Month Child Vision Awareness Month Children’s Awareness Month Corn and Cucumber Month Country Cooking Month Dairy Alternative Month Effective Communications Month Entrepreneurs “Do It Yourself” Marketing Month Fireworks Safety Month	Gay & Lesbian Pride Month Great Outdoors Month International Childhood Cancer Campaign Month International Men’s Month International Surf Music Month Dairy Month June is Lane Courtesy Month June is Perennial Gardening Month June is Turkey Lovers Month Lemon and Mango Month Migraine Awareness Month National Accordion Awareness Month National Aphasias Awareness Month National Bathroom Reading Month National Camping Month National Caribbean-American Heritage Month National Candy Month National Fruit and Veggies Month	National Ice Tea Month National Migraine Awareness Month National Rivers Month National R.O.S.E. Month National Safety Month National Smile Month National Soul Food Month National Steakhouse Month Okra and Pluot and Aprium Month Pharmacists Declare War on Alcoholism Month Potty Training Awareness Month Professional Wellness Month Rebuild Your Life Month Skyscraper Month Sports America Kids Month Student Safety Month Vision Research Month Women’s Golf Month World Infertility Month

International Clothesline Week: 1-8 Black Single Parents Week: 2-8 End Mountain Top Removal Week: 2-8 National Business Etiquette Week: 2-8 National Headache Awareness Week: 2-8 National Sun Safety Week: 2-8 National Tire Safety Week: 2-8 Rip Current Awareness Week: 2-8 World Dystonia Awareness Week: 3-10 Superman Week: 6-9 Great American Brass Band Week: 6-9	National Flag Week: 9-15 Jim Thorpe Native American Games: 9-16 National Automotive Service Professionals Week: 9-16 Men’s Health Week: 10--16 Nursing Assistants Week: 13-20 US Open Golf Championship: 13-16 Duct Tape Days: 14-16 Universal Father’s W-eek: 16-22 Meet a Mate Week: 16-22	Old Time Fiddlers Week: 17-22 Fish are Friends, Not Food! Week: 23-30 Lightning Safety Awareness Week: 23-29 Carpenter Ant Awareness Week: 23-29 National Mosquito Control Awareness Week: 23-29 National Prevention of Eye Injuries Awareness: 27-7/4 Watermelon Seed Spitting Week: 27-30 Water Ski Days: 28-30

1: Do-Dah Parade Day 1: Drawing Day or Pencil Day 1: Heimlich Maneuver Day 1: Horseradish Days 1: National Go Barefoot Day 1: National Trails Day 1: Say Something Nice Day 1: Stand for Children Day 1: Turtle Races Day 1: Xterra Off-Road Triathlon 2: Children’s Awareness Memorial Day 2: National Bubba Day 2: National Cancer Survivors Day 2: Yell “Fudge” at the Cobras in North America Day 3: Chimborazo Day 3: National Leave the Office Early Day 4: Audacity to Hope Day 4: Do-Dah Day (Salute to Silliness) 4: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression 5: Apple II Day 5: Hot Air Balloon Day 5: National Running Day 5: National Tailors Day 5: World Environment Day 6: D-Day 6: Drive-in Movie Day 7-8: Donut Day 7: Daniel Boone Day 7-9: Positive Power of Humor and Creativity Days 7: VCR Day 7-8: Banana Split Day 8: Belmont Stakes 8: International Young Eagles Day 8: National Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 8: Upsy Daisy Day 8: World Ocean Day 9: Abused Women and Children’s Awareness Day 9: Children’s Sunday 9: Donald Duck Day 9: Multicultural American Child Awareness Day 9: Ride the Wind Day, Ride for Wind Day or World Wind Day	9: Race Unity Day 10: Alcoholics Anonymous (Founders) Day 10: Ball Point Pen Day 10: Iced Tea Day 11: Corn on the Cob Day 11: Crowded Nest Awareness Day 12: Loving Day 12: National Jerky Day 12: National Peanut Butter Cookie Day 13: Career Nurse Assistants Day 13: Queen’s Official Birthday 14: Army’s Birthday 14: Family History Day 14: Flag Day 14: Pause for the Pledge Day 14: (World) Blood Donor Day 14: Work@home Father’s Day 15: Magna Carta Day 15: Native American Citizenship Day 15: Nature Photography Day 15: National Day of Prayer for Law Enforcement Officers 15: The Wicket World of Croquet Day 15: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 15: World Juggling Day 15: Worldwide Day of Giving 16: Bloomsday 16: Fudge Day 16: Family Awareness Day 16: Father’s Day 16: Husband Caregiver Day 16: Isra Al Mi Raj 16: Ladies Day (Baseball) 17: Stewarts Root Beer Day 17: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 17: Ride to Work Day (Motorcycles) 18: International Sushi Day 19: Garfield the Cat Day 19: Juneteenth 19: World Sickle Cell Day 19: World Sauntering Day 20: American Eagle Day 20: Ann & Samantha Day 20: Dump the Pump Day 20: Recess at Work Day 20: World Refugee Day	21: Atheists Solidarity Day 21: Go Skateboarding Day 21: National Daylight Appreciation Day 21: National Flip Flop Day 21: Summer Solstice 21: World Handshake Day 21: World Humanist Day 21: Take Your Dog to Work Day 21: Ugliest Dog Day 22-23: ARRL (American Radio Relay League) Field Day 23: Great American Backyard Campout 22: Polar Bear Swim 22: Stupid Guy Thing Day 23: America’s Kids Day 23: Baby Boomer’s Recognition Day 23: Let It Go Day 23: Pink Flamingo Day 23: Public Service Day 23: Ryan Moran Day 23: SAT Math Day 24: Celebration of the Senses 24: International Feiry Day 25: Color TV Day (CBS) 25: Global Beatles Day 25: National Columnists Day 25: Please Take My Children To Work Day 25: Tammuz 26: International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 26: International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 26: National Canoe Day 27: Decide to be Married Day 27: “Happy Birthday to You” Day 27: Industrial Workers of the World Day 27: National HIV Testing Day 27: National Bomb Pop Day 27: Hand Shake Day 29-7/21: Tour De France 30: Descendants Day 30: Leap Second Time Adjustment Day 30: Log Cabin Day 30: NOW (National Organization for Women)

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