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Positive Thinking Day

  Positive Thinking Day, September 13: How You Can Easily and Effectively Create Positivity in Your Community Do you feel lost and lonely? Has life hit you hard? If so, allow us to help you as we celebrate Positive Thinking Day on September 13. Let’s turn that frown upside down!   History of Positive Thinking Day This unofficial holiday is attributed to the advocacy began by Dr. Kirsten Harrell, a psychologist and life coach in Ohio who says she discovered the effectiveness of positive thinking while dealing with chronic pain. In her autobiography, she wrote that she began exploring alternative healing …

Constitution Day

Constitution Day, September 17: Transform Lives to Mark this Historic Occasion It’s that time of the year again when Americans celebrate Constitution Day, the birth of our nation’s Constitution, the historic document that establishes the basic rules and laws of our government. The holiday is usually observed on September 17 of each year, the day in 1787 when delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia signed the Constitution of the United States of America. When Constitution Day falls on a weekend or on another holiday, schools and other institutions typically observe the holiday on the nearest weekday. On that fateful day …

World Suicide Prevention Day

World Suicide Prevention Day, September 10: What You Can Easily Do to Help Solve this Problem Suicide can be prevented. This message will ring out this September 10 as the international community marks World Suicide Prevention Day. The annual observance is an awareness-raising event that seeks to broaden people’s understanding of this global problem so that proper measures can be taken to address it. The event is organized every year by the World Health Organization and the International Association for Suicide Prevention. World Suicide Prevention Day promotes worldwide action to stop people from taking their own lives. It seeks to raise …

National Read A Book Day

National Read A Book Day, September 6: Share The Joy and Rewards of Reading and Learning Whether you’re a bookworm or not, it’s that time of the year again when the benefits of reading a book are extolled to high heaven. It’s National Read A Book Day on September 6, an unofficial holiday meant to spread the fun and the rewards that reading brings. This event should not be confused with National Book Lovers Day, which is observed on August 9 of each year. The difference between the two holidays is that National Read A Book Day is not exclusively devoted …

Last-Minute Summer Bucket List

Last-Minute Summer Bucket List Items to Check Before Summer Ends Summer is about to end and school is around the corner. Before going back to your school routine, why not take advantage of the gorgeous weather and sip that last drop of this year’s end-of-summer season? Don’t miss out these 15 items in your last-minute bucket list to make the most out of your summer before it’s finally over! Spend the day with family or friends boating, fishing or whatever outdoor activity pleases you. Sleep outdoors and feel the warm air as you spend a weekend camping with your family …

Labor Day

  Labor Day, September 3: The One Thing You Can Do to Make This Holiday Truly Special Labor Day is a federal holiday celebrated annually every first Monday of September. For this year, it falls on September 3. The public holiday is meant to honor the contributions made by American workers in building our nation. Aside from the United States, the public holiday is also celebrated on the first Monday of September in Panama Canal Zone, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Canada. Incidentally, Labor Day is celebrated on a different date in Europe, China, and other countries. They celebrate Labor …

International Bacon Day

  International Bacon Day, September 1: Know the Fun Facts about America’s Favorite Cured Meat Get ready for a special treat because International Bacon Day is coming this Saturday, September 1! It is a special unofficial holiday for all people and is considered one of the most popular holidays in the United States. It is the day when bacon lovers unite and celebrate all things bacon! International Bacon Day was started by three students—Alexa Halford, Seth Rittenhouse and Evan Salim from Bedford, Massachusetts—in 2000. They realized that bacon was so good that it deserves to have its own holiday. They organized …

Grandparents Day

Grandparents Day, September 9: How to Show Your Elders that You Still Care for Them All grandparents have something in common: They spoil us, their grandchildren! They have always been part of our lives and have been around even when we were still very young. We have lots of memories with them. They taught us how to bike. They cooked and baked for us, too. We received gifts from them on special occasions, especially during Christmas. These are just a few of the experiences we strongly relate to our grandparents. Knowing how much we are loved by our grandparents, we can …

Back To School

  What You Need to Do Before Your Kids Go Back to School September is just around the corner, which means panic time for some parents as their kids prepare to go back to school. It’s that time of the year when parents have to make a last-minute rush to prepare their children for school before the start of the new term. Parents need all the patience and the organization skills they can muster to breeze through the season. Towards this end, we at Goodwill Car Donations have come up with seven ways for parents to avoid the pitfalls of …

National Watermelon Day

August 03 – National Watermelon Day: Enjoy Summer with This Juicy Fruit! Did you know that there’s an unofficial holiday to celebrate the existence of watermelons? Every third of August, people gather around to eat a slice or two of this tropical fruit—whether it’s at a picnic, fair or at home with their family. Made of 92 percent water and pure juicy goodness, the watermelon is always a hit during the summer season. Watermelon cultivation started way back in the 2nd millennium BC, and we have the ancient Egyptians to credit for that. Seeing that the fruit was capable of holding …