Good morning, welcome to our series sharing Unique Holidays: October 22nd, 2021. Take a look at the Holidays being celebrated this morning and let me know which one you most want to celebrate. For Charlie and I we want to take part in National Fossil Day and see if we can dig up some Fossils. Would you like to join us?
Make a Difference Day– fourth Saturday of the month, neighbors helping neighbors
This Holiday was initiated in 1990. It’s a National Holiday devoted to helping others by doing volunteer work in the community. The activity can be almost anything. On this day, millions of Americans participate in community improvement projects. Including the cleanup, fix up, painting, and repair in poorer neighborhoods, parks and municipal facilities. It doesn’t matter what project you take on. It doesn’t matter whether you help a non-profit organization, the community, your town, a Nursing Home, Churches, or a Food Kitchen, or any other group in need. What matters is that you participate and help others out.
Make a commitment this morning to help others for just one day and make a difference on Make a Difference Day!
Each year on Make a Difference Day, ex-President Jimmie Carter gets out his hammer and saw. Then he helps to build or rebuild housing in a underprivileged area,. There is no better example of people helping others than this!
National Fossil Day – date varies
For 2021:
Earth Sciences Week October 10-16, 2021
National Fossil Day is October 13, 2021
For 2022:
Earth Sciences Week: TBD
National Fossil Day is October 22, 2022
This very Holiday is not intended for us old Fossils among the general population. It’s a day to learn about, and preserve Fossils found in nature.
In 2010, the U.S. National Park Service created the first National Fossil Day. According to their website, National Fossil Day is “a celebration organized by the National Park Service to promote public awareness and stewardship of Fossils/ To foster a greater appreciation of their Scientific and Educational values.”
There are many ways to participate in this Holiday. Museums, Schools, and other organizations can use the theme of Fossils, to hold Educational programs for the general public. Parks around the country with known Fossil beds, can also hold Educational programs, along with tours of Fossil beds. As individuals, we can participate in these programs.
Origin of National Fossil Day:
National Fossil Day was created in 2010 by the the U.S. National Park Service
Many of October Holidays center around Halloween or Pumpkin themes. However, there’s ample room on the October calendar for plenty of Holidays or observances celebrating other subjects. Including room in October for a Nutty day.
National Nut Day is today. It’s a little kooky and crazy day if you ask me, because its the Pe-nuttiest of all of the Holidays.
When we first researched this Holiday, we found little information as to its origin or purpose. Additional research uncovered the real meaning and goals for this Holiday.
This Holiday is promoted by the Fair Trade Organization in the U.K. Not surprisingly, an organization that promotes and sells Healthy Nuts.
The company has two goals: First, to raise awareness of Fair Trade organization’s Nut products. No surprise here. The second goal, is to encourage us to include healthy Nuts in our diet.
Extensive research shows that eating Nuts is indeed Healthy for us. They are rich in Vitamins E and B2, they contain lots of Protein. Nuts are high in Fiber. Studies show consuming Nuts helps to avoid Coronary Heart Disease, as well as lower bad Cholesterol. Celebrate National Nut Day by adding more Nuts in your daily diet.
Like many Holidays, the goals and meaning of National Nut Day has evolved over the years. Many people use this Holiday to celebrate their Nutty friends. We think this is quite alright and encourage you to continue to do so.
Of course it is always possible that some of us may use National Nut Day to celebrate the “nut” that screws onto a bolt for fastening things. Perhaps that is a little nutty, perhaps not. You make the call.
Whatever reason you choose to celebrate today, we hope you have a very nutty National Nut Day.
A couple of nutty facts:
- Did you know Peanuts are not really Nuts. They are Legumes, a member of the “Pea” family.
- The center of seeds, like Pumpkins and Squash, is called a “Nut”.
History and Origin of National Nut Day:
This Nutty Holiday was created by the Liberation Foods Company, the United Kingdom’s fair trade, farmer owned company. We do not know when the Holiday was first celebrated but it appears to have been in existence since the early 2000’s.
Interestingly, it was created as a “National” day in the United Kingdom. Yet, those who are promoting it, are encouraging it to be “celebrated around the world”. Why didn’t they declare it as a “World” or “International” day!? Questions we will never know the answer to.
We did not find any documentation confirming this to be a true “National” day in either the U.K. or the U. S. As far as we can tell the neither the British parliament nor the Queen Mum declared this a “National” day. In the U.S., we found no congressional records or presidential proclamation supporting a “national” tag.
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I would like to ask you a question. Are you a highly intelligent human being? Do you know you’re head and above, “smarter than the average bear”. Do you have the IQ to prove it. Yet despite all your smarts, you just can’t figure out why everyone thinks you’re so “un-cool”. Why can’t you be smart and cool at the same time? Well, you can. Today is you’re day to be cool, if only for a day. Today is Smart is Cool Day. Now you can celebrate the smarts God gave you, and appreciate all of the benefits of being highly intelligent. Being smart is a really cool thing, even if no one else knows it or appreciates it.
I don’t know why, but to many people, being highly intelligent is not considered cool. Brainiacs certainly take more than their share of teasing and grief. Brainiacs are stereotyped, often viewed as Nerds, or geeks, or even being stuffy, and having their nose up in the air. Occasionally being a snob. People think of smart people as the “Absent Minded Professor” or “Nutty Professor” type. Highly intelligent people are often observed with their minds in a cloud. Completely absorbed in their thinking. Unaware of things going on around them.
Spend today enjoying how intelligent AND how cool you are. Sounds like a fun day to me!
Is your IQ 228? If so, you are in highly intelligent company. American columnist Marilyn Vos Savant is the smartest person in the world with an IQ of 228.
Smart is Cool Day was first celebrated in 2013 in West Hartford, Ct. Smart is Cool Day was created by Signe Rogalski to honor Hartford teacher of the year Mario Maiero and West Hartford teacher of the year John Mastroianni. From there, the Holiday quickly grew in popularity.
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Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
