by Janet Trieschman

Created on: January 26, 2009   Last Updated: January 28, 2009

The New Year is here. With it, means a need for a new calendar. With finances being tight, why not create your own calendar rather than buying one this year. You can personalize them and share your calendar with friends and family. In some cases, you can leave your calendar as a digital file or choose to print it out. Possibly you'd like a digital calendar that you can share with friends and family to make connections easier. The nice thing about a digital calendar is that you can access it from a variety of locations. All you need is computer access. If your personal computer crashes, or gets a virus, your online calendar is not affected. This can all be done and without having to spend any money.

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Printable calendars in all kinds of formats: weekly calendars, yearly calendars, monthly calendars, blank calendars, school calendars, and academic calendars. These are presented in jpeg, excel and gif format making them flexible for accessing their files.

WinCalendar

Free blank Word calendar templates for weekly or monthly calendars. This is a great resource for a work or school calendar.

My Free Calendar Maker

Options are the theme at this site. You can choose between a yearly, monthly, weekly or daily calendar. You choose your settings and the site creates a pdf file for you to download and print out. You will need the free Acrobat Reader to print these files. There sister site, http://www.mycalendarmaker.com/, allows you to design and print out calendars using your own photos and special occasions.

Famundo

Famundo is an online tool that allows families and community organizations to share and manage calendars and documents free of charge.

Google Calendar

Of course Google got in on the free online calendar opportunity. The nice thing about this option is the Gmail integration functionality.

Yahoo Calendar

If you have a Yahoo account, you might be interested in the free calendar at Yahoo. The nice thing about this calendar is it automatically integrates all your yahoo group calendar events into one personalized calendar. This is a very handy tool for busy and involved people.

American Greetings Online Calendar

American Greetings has their corner on the market of free online and printable calendars as well. They offer an online calendar, holiday calendar, online family calendar, and one that is called my calendar. They offer free printable calendars, event reminders by email or phone reminders through text messaging and a downloadable interactive desktop calendar. It is not clear if all these services are free of charge or if there is a fee associated with some of these features.

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