Why not start your day today with a Doughnut?
Buy-A-Doughnut Day
World Escape Day
World Escape Day On 24th September, we are organising a global event. This is your chance to gather with local Escape members for an evening of inspiration, conversation, and action to help you in your pursuit of more meaningful work. Today was supposed to be the end of the world.... ...we're building a new one. […]
A Room Of One’s Own Day
As I write these words, surrounded by yelling children and a bad-tempered spouse with a headache, I can heartily attest to Virginia Woolf’s assertion that in order to write successfully, one needs a room of one’s own. Woolf’s 1928 essay ‘A Room of One’s Own’ was surely the inspiration behind A Room Of One’s Own […]
Lei Day: Hawaii’s Most Fragrant Celebration 🌺
Lei Day in Hawaii is not just another holiday—it's a fragrant, colorful celebration of Hawaiian culture that blossoms every May 1st. This cherished tradition began in 1927 when poet and writer Don Blanding suggested setting aside a day to appreciate the Hawaiian custom of making and wearing leis. Subsequently, journalist Grace Tower Warren proposed May 1st as the perfect date, coining the now-famous phrase: "May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii."
International Tug-of-War Day
One of the simplest of sports, dating back to ownership disputes over food and clothing, the history disappears into legend with the Sun and Moon wrestling over light and darkness.Most cultures have references to competitions of strength that involve pulling in opposite directions which can be found on stone carvings, in ancient texts and legends. Vikings […]