NATIONAL FRIENDSHIP DAY
Fast Facts
- CELEBRATION
- Encourage people across the world to connect with friends
- CELEBRATED
- Each year on the first Sunday in August
- CREATOR
- Originally created by Hallmark in 1919
- VIBE
- Celebrations, connections, experiencess,
NATIONAL FRIENDSHIP DAY
On the first Sunday in August, we celebrate National Friendship Day to encourage people across the world to connect with friends. Expand your view of the world by making a new friend or reconnecting with an old friend on National Friendship Day.
#NationalFriendshipDay
Friendships come in many forms, and we begin developing them when we're very young. Throughout our lives, friendships and their meanings evolve. Our classmates and neighborhood pals explored the world with us. Together we shared experiences and made plans for the future. Eventually, paths diverge and new friends find a place in our social experience. Our world expands and our culture changes.
With each new friend, we expand our view of the world. Their experiences contribute to new meaning in our lives. Through friendships, we grow and broaden our horizons. Eventually, the world becomes smaller and more connected.
HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL FRIENDSHIP DAY
Celebrate the friends you have and the new ones you have yet to meet!
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Get in contact with your friends for a chat or visit.
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Accept an invitation to meet new people. You might make life-long friendships you didn't know could exist.
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Share a memory with old friends to spark a fun conversation.
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Tell your friends how much you appreciate them.
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Challenge your circle of friends to share an experience they think none of your other friends have had.
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Mail a card to your friend.
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Acknowledge your friendships on social media using the hashtag #NationalFriendshipDay.
NATIONAL FRIENDSHIP DAY HISTORY
1919
Hallmark creates National Girlfriends Day as a day for people to celebrate their friendships by sending greeting cards to one another.
1940
National Girlfriends Day popularity declined significantly as the greeting card market for the holiday dried up, and the tradition eventually faded away.
1998
Winnie the Pooh was officially named the world’s Ambassador of Friendship by the United Nations.
April 2011
The UN officially declares July 30th as International Friendship Day. However, many countries, including the U.S, celebrate National Friendship Day on the first Sunday in August.