Today is the first day of Red Ribbon Week for 2010. For those of you unfamiliar with what Red Ribbon Week is, it is an observance of alcohol, drug, tobacco and violence prevention. Every year for the past 25 years, it has been observed in the United States. Red Ribbon Week first started back in [...]
October 16 is the third Saturday of October. This means that it is “Sweetest Day”, a holiday which is celebrated mostly in the Great Lakes region of the United States. The holiday was first started back in 1921 by candy makers. It was an opportunity to give candy to the poor, elderly, orphans, and not [...]
Today in the United states, it is National Bosses Day. Normally the holiday falls on October 16 every year, but in 2010, October 16 is a Saturday. Because of this, Bosses Day has been moved back to today (Oct 15). While, a lot of people wish to get their boss something really nice on the [...]
A special “unofficial” holiday has been set up by members of Facebook to honor 6 boys and many others who have taken their lives due to homophobic abuse. The Holiday is being called “Spirit Day” and it will take place all day on October 20, 2010. Just recently there have been 6 homosexual males who [...]
October 16, 2010 will be Boss’s Day internationally . It is a day when employees are supposed to recognize their bosses. The holiday was founded in 1958 by Patricia Bays Haroski, but wasn’t officially recognized until 1962 when Illinois Governor Otto Kerner backed Haroski’s registration of the day as a holiday and declared it official. [...]
Today is a holiday in the United States of America. It is Labor Day, and the majority of the American work force doesn’t have to work today. However when we polled some of our readers, we found that very few of them knew the meaning of Labor Day, or had any clue what Labor Day [...]
While summer temperatures are still on the rise, believe it or not, many American families are already planning ahead for the upcoming holiday shopping season. According to a new national survey* conducted by Sears and Kmart, 60 percent of Americans have put money into a savings account to save for a specific time of year, [...]
Bill the Butcher Inc. opened a neighborhood butcher shop in Magnolia today, bringing the company’s total to five, said J’Amy Owens, chief executive officer. Located at 3800 34th Ave West in Seattle’s Magnolia neighborhood, the new butcher shop sells organic and natural grass-fed meat (including pasture-raised beef, pork, poultry and lamb) and wild seafood along [...]
