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Cookbook Launch Day
When : Always October 12th Cookbook Launch Day is a little known day designed to launch a new cookbook. Schools, churches, clubs and a wide range of organizations ask members to donate a recipe for creating of their own cookbook. Working with a publisher, they put a neat cookbook together filled with cherished recipes, and […]
Bookmobile Day
Bookmobile Day is an opportunity to celebrate one of the many services offered through public libraries. Originating in the nineteenth century, the earliest bookmobiles were horse-drawn wagons filled with boxes of books. In the 1920s, Sarah Byrd Askew, a New Jersey librarian, thought reading and literacy so important that she delivered books to rural readers […]
Horse Protection Day
Horse Protection Day was created by Colleen Paige to educate people regarding the welfare of horses.Ideas for Horse Protection Day can range from fostering, adopting, or sponsoring a horse that’s in desperate need of some love and care, to setting up a stall to bring attention to the issue of horse welfare.Further ideas for Horse […]
Calendar Adjustment Day
On September 1st, we observe Calendar Adjustment Day, a day that reminds us of the importance of accurate timekeeping and the adjustments necessary to keep our calendars aligned with astronomical events. This holiday is not widely known but plays a crucial role in understanding how our modern calendar system functions and how it has evolved over time.