International Women’s Friendship Month – Kappa Delta & the History of IWFM
September 1, 2011 – 7:36 am
Happy International Women’s Friendship Month! (IWFM) How this month of celebrating your girlfriends get started?
We’re glad you asked! We’ve been celebrating International Women’s Friendship Month since it was National Women’s Friendship Day! It’s grown over the years and we’re thrilled that it’s growing in awareness among women and that more women are celebrating their fabulous female friends! (Here’s how we’re celebrating Int’l Women’s Friendship Month on Girlfriendology including interviewing Miss America on BlogTalkRadio on 9/2/11!)
We didn’t just come up with Women’s Friendship Month because we’re all about ‘the girlfriend friendship thing’ and it’s not a ‘Hallmark Holiday’ created just for cards and buying gifts. It was started 12 years ago by Kappa Delta Sorority as National Women’s Friendship Day. Over the years it has Read More »
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National Girlfriends Day, National Friendship Day & Women’s Friendship Month = a Season of Friendship
August 1, 2011 – 11:27 pm
It’s the trifecta of Friendship! National Girlfriends Day, National Friendship Day and International Women’s Friendship Month. Guess we should celebrate some great girlfriends, right?!
It’s the season of friendship and YES, we’re celebrating. National Girlfriends Day is today – and just in case you need some ideas, here are 10 ways to celebrate National Girlfriends Day it today, tomorrow or whenever – just celebrate it!
Then, this coming Saturday is National Friendship Day. So watch for Facebook updates and Tweets sharing girlfriend advice for that special day.
We’re sneaking in our own day to celebrate on Saturday, August 13th online. It’s our first ‘Virtual Pool Party!’ Can’t wait to share all the Read More »
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Tagged balanced life, BlogHer, blogtalkradio, Friendship Day, Girlfriend Gifts, Girlfriend Gurus, girlfriends day, pool party, Print4BlogHer, royal wedding, women's friendship month
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Maya Angelou, International Friendship Day and You
August 2, 2010 – 5:08 pm
We’re celebrating friendship – like we always do, but this week had too much girlfriend inspiration to let any pass by you!
It was International Friendship Day and a busy week of girlfriends joining in the Girlfriendology community. So here’s a round up of some of the amazing connections, conversations and confessions of girlfriends on Girlfriendology and our Facebook Fan Page:
Some of our daily inspirational quotes (don’t want you to miss any!):
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an Read More »
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10 Ways to Celebrate International Friendship Day
July 31, 2010 – 7:54 pm
Whether you’re reading this on August 1, 2010 – the first Sunday of August and official ‘International Friendship Day,’ and any random day after it – it’s a great time to celebrate female friendship. We women know that we couldn’t live without our girlfriends so why not plan some time together to celebrate your friendship?
Here are 10 ways to celebrate International Friendship Day – or any day – with your girlfriends: (And thanks to the girlfriends noted who shared their ideas on Girlfriendology and Facebook!)
1. The Classic Read More »
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Celebrate International Friendship Day with your Girlfriends!
July 31, 2010 – 1:03 pm
Celebrate friendship – today (Friendship Day) & everyday!
According to Wikipedia, the first Sunday in August (August 1, 2010) is designated as International Friendship Day. Actually, here’s what they have to say:
The United States Congress, in 1935, proclaimed the first Sunday of August as National Friendship Day. Since then, celebration of National Friendship Day became an annual event. Following the popularity and success of Friendship Day in US, several other countries adopted the tradition of dedicating a day to friends. Today, Friendship Day is enthusiastically celebrated by several countries across the world. In 1997, the United Nations named Winnie the Pooh as the world’s Ambassador of Friendship. Many friends Read More »
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Why we celebrate friendship
September 14, 2009 – 6:41 am
Today we’re celebrating day 14 of National Women’s Friendship Day. How are YOU celebrating girlfriends?
We celebrate Ground Hog’s Day, Birthdays, New Years Day. We honor St. Patrick, St. Nick, Independence and Anniversaries. Thanks to greeting card companies we have Grandparents Day, Teacher Appreciation Day and Administrative Assistant’s Day. We even have National Peanut Butter Lovers Month, Air Conditioning Appreciation Days (July, go figure), National Hot Dog Month (also July) and Mold Awareness Month (doesn’t that sound fun to celebrate?!).
But, in general, we don’t make much fuss over the women in our lives. Read More »
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Celebrate Women’s Friendship Everyday
September 4, 2009 – 6:10 am
Happy 4th day of National Women’s Friendship Month!
What are YOU doing to celebrate? Any fun, friend-filled plans for the weekend? Please share!
We’re celebrating at Girlfriendology with daily blogs, guest blogs and local events for women who enjoy their friendships, want to make more friends or just want to have fun. (Because, if you can’t have fun with your friends, you probably can’t have fun!)
So, here this this week’s fun, friend-filled newsletter. Read More »
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Let’s get this party started! National Women’s Friendship MONTH!!
August 28, 2009 – 8:27 am
A day just wasn’t enough – we girlfriends need a whole MONTH!
Founded by Kappa Delta sorority in 1999, National Women’s Friendship DAY has now become National Women’s Friendship MONTH!
Whoo hooo!!! So, we’re getting the party started with this week’s newsletter and a month of activities and recognition of the fabulous female friends who bless our lives on a daily basis – YOU! And, if you don’t get this weekly inspiration, you can! Sign up on the “Join the Newsletter” button on the left!
Have a fun, friend-filled MONTH girlfriends! Read More »
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Cincy Saturday – Girlfriend recommendations #1
August 15, 2009 – 11:10 am
Happy Saturday Girlfriends! We’re excited to be part of the Cincinnati.com blog family so we’re going to feature our home town on Saturdays on Girlfriendology.
Not that we’re getting away from sharing girlfriend tips, inspiration and fun stuff – we’re still doing that. See, our opinion is that you know things we don’t know and we hopefully know things you don’t know, and if we share – we’re all better off! So, in the spirit of sharing fun stuff with your girlfriends, here’s a few things going on in Cincinnati that we’d love to share with our friends (aka: YOU!). Read More »
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… fabulous, inspiring, suppotive, hilarious, caring …so many words to describe the wonderful women who bless our lives with their friendship and love.
