National Bird Feeding Month - In January 1994, Illinois 10th District Congressman John Porter read a resolution in the Congressional Record making February National Bird Feeding Month. The observance was established because it's one of the most difficult months in much of the U.S. for birds to survive in the wild.
National Cherry Month - In February 1912, 3,000 cherry trees were shipped from Japan to Washington. D.C. and planted along the Potomac Tidal Basin, a gift of friendship to the People of the United States from the People of Japan. (Cherry Facts & Trivia)
[National 30 Hour Famine] (Choose your own date for 2024) Students in the U.S. and around the world unite to learn about hunger, raise funds to help the hungry, and then go hungry themselves for 30 hours!
Presidents' Day (Washington's Birthday observed - Feb 19, 2024 - 3rd Monday in Feb)
Shrove Tuesday (Feb 13, 2024) - can be Feb or March) Also known as Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras Day. Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, beginning 6 weeks of fasting for Christians, leading up to Easter.
Super Bowl Sunday (February 11, 2024)
World Sword Swallower's Day (Feb 24, 2024 - last Sat)
Iceland: Bun Day: Feb 12, 2024 (Mon before Shrove Tuesday - can be Feb or Mar). Children invade homes in the morning with colorful sticks and receive gifts of whipped cream buns.
Iceland: Bursting Day: (Feb 13, 2024) - Feast on mutton and pea soup. (Shrove Tuesday - can be Feb or March)
[African Heritage & Health Week] (Feb 1-7) (commemorates the foods, flavors and healthy cooking techniques that were core to the wellbeing of African ancestors from Africa, South America, the Caribbean, and the American South.)
Jell-O Week (Feb 11-17, 2024 2nd full week in Feb) in 2001 Jell-O was declared Official State Snack of Utah and Utah Governor Michael O. Leavitt declared an annual "Jell-O Week." (Jello Trivia --- Jello Quotes)
Kraut and Frankfurter Week ? (Feb 11-17, 2024)
National CSA Week (Feb 19-25, 2024) Formerly CSA Day [CSA Innovation Network] Community Supported Agriculture
National FFA Week: Feb 17-24, 2024 [Future Farmers of America] Week of Washington's Birthday, from Saturday to Saturday encompassing February 22
[National Invasive Species Awareness Week] (Feb 26-March 3, 2024) Raise awareness and identify solutions to invasive species issues at local, state, tribal, regional, international and national levels.