Buy a Day for Peace
Buy a Day for Peace to support the cause for peace - and honour a special person or day. All funds received by Ploughshares Calgary are eligible for a tax receipt.Each day purchased costs $25, and will be marked in colour on our Buy a Day display calendar that we have up at most of our special public events.
Buy a Day donations will receive a tax-creditable receipt.
There are four options:
- Simply buy a day.
- Buy a day for a special person and receive a Buy a Day postcard to give to that person on a special occasion.
- Buy a day to honour a peace hero on his/her birthday.
- Buy a day to honour a special day such as Earth Day.
Individuals or Special Days which have been honoured with Buy a Day for Peace
| Andrea Czanecki Mark McMillan Caroline Suzanne Inge Geider Jeremy Phipps Vaughan Richard Louie William E. Ashley Albert Einstein Linda Bill Phipps Nigel Fitch Sherry Robertshaw Scott Jill Kaitlyn Leah Fitch Doug Roche |
Father's Day Lance Gerald Sari Martin Kathy Fitch James Kathleen Bob Matthews Colin Chandler Tracy Don Chong Audrey Hetherington Colin Fitch Blair Van Metre Austin Corrine Les Jodi Phipps Michael Duggan Barry Luft |
International Day of Peace Keaton Theresa Raitt Michael Watson Melissa Jorgensen Kathryn Louie Alyssa Emma Amy Grant Murray Fitch Nique Fitch Susan Brian Smith Nancy Dube Alex Louie Elvira and Robin Jim Dennis Sherali Najak Sarah Phipps |
Special Days in the Calendar Year
World Day of Social
Justice - February 20
International Women's Day - March 8
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - March 21
International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action - April 4
Earth Day - April 22
Mother's Day - May
World Fair Trade Day - Second Saturday in May
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development - May 21
International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers - May 29
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression - June 4
Father's Day - June
World Refugee Day - June 20
Interfaith Day - June 22
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture - June 26
International Day of Cooperatives - First Saturday of July
Hiroshima Day - August 6
International Day of Democracy - September 15
International Day of Peace - September 21
International Day of Non-Violence - October 2
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - October 17
United Nations Day - October 24
Disarmament Week October 24-30
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict - Nov 6
Remembrance Day - November 11
International Day for Tolerance - November 16
Universal Children's Day - November 20
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women - November 25
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery - December 2
International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development - December 5
Human Rights Day - December 10
International Human Solidarity Day - December 20
International Women's Day - March 8
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - March 21
International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action - April 4
Earth Day - April 22
Mother's Day - May
World Fair Trade Day - Second Saturday in May
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development - May 21
International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers - May 29
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression - June 4
Father's Day - June
World Refugee Day - June 20
Interfaith Day - June 22
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture - June 26
International Day of Cooperatives - First Saturday of July
Hiroshima Day - August 6
International Day of Democracy - September 15
International Day of Peace - September 21
International Day of Non-Violence - October 2
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - October 17
United Nations Day - October 24
Disarmament Week October 24-30
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict - Nov 6
Remembrance Day - November 11
International Day for Tolerance - November 16
Universal Children's Day - November 20
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women - November 25
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery - December 2
International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development - December 5
Human Rights Day - December 10
International Human Solidarity Day - December 20
Birth Dates of Peace Heroes
Dr. Martin Luther King -
January 15
Honourable Douglas Roche - June 14
Albert Einstein - March 14
Mohandas Gandhi - October 2
Joseph Rotblat - November 4
Oscar Romero - August 15
Aung San Suu Kyi - June 19
Nelson Mandela - July 18
Dorothy Day - November 8
Honourable Douglas Roche - June 14
Albert Einstein - March 14
Mohandas Gandhi - October 2
Joseph Rotblat - November 4
Oscar Romero - August 15
Aung San Suu Kyi - June 19
Nelson Mandela - July 18
Dorothy Day - November 8