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What are Continuing Education Programs and Why Should You Consider One?

  Ever heard of continuing education programs? Do you want to know why they’re important? What are continuing education programs and why should you consider taking one? How can you benefit from pursuing one such program? The first thing you should know is that any adult can take continuing education courses even though they’ve already obtained a college diploma or university degree or have a stable 9-to-5 job. The programs give you the freedom to pursue whatever course you want if you want to further enhance your skills or explore other career paths. Continuing education programs offer a wide range …

National Mentoring Month

  National Mentoring Month: Find Out How Mentoring Helps Troubled Youth January is a special month for mentors all over the United States. It’s a time when their efforts and hard work are recognized by society. It’s National Mentoring Month! Since it was launched in 2002, the nationwide month-long unofficial holiday has been used by concerned organizations as a springboard to recruit new mentors for the youth and honor current mentors for their service. The event also raises awareness on how each one of us can help build a better future for young Americans by encouraging students to become mentors. …

National Pie Day

National Pie Day (Jan. 23): 5 Reasons Why You Should Have a Slice of Pie and not a Piece of Cake Join the whole country in celebrating National Pie Day on January 23! We’re talking about the mouth-watering goodness of the dessert that you crave for when your sweet tooth is acting up. You can probably find a lot of people who say they like cake, but we bet that almost everyone you know loves pie. On January 23rd, the whole country is going to smell like heaven as pie persons make their own versions of this treat and share …

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (January 21): Celebrating the Life of a Hero Why do we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on January 21? Sometimes, we forget that the freedom we enjoy today was purchased by people who willingly sacrificed their very lives for the sake of our nation. Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of them. He was the man who dreamed of a country where all people, regardless of the color of their skin, are treated equally. He vigorously campaigned for every person across the country to be free from the chains of discrimination. His conviction caused …

Make Your Dreams Come True Day

Make Your Dreams Come True Day (January 13): 3 Secrets to Living Your Dream On Make Your Dreams Come True Day (January 13), decide to turn your dreams into reality. Once and for all, muster the courage to pack your bags and travel around Europe or quit your job to start your own business or hit the gym to start shedding those extra pounds! Kill your excuses and start living the life you’ve always wanted to live! Whoever said that “the future belongs to those who truly believe in the beauty of their dreams” sure knew what they were talking …

2019 Goals

  2019 Goals: Smart Tips on Making Positive Changes in Our Life Every start of a new year is a chance to set goals and resolutions. It’s yet another opportunity to make positive changes in our lives. Whether it’s removing an unhealthy habit, learning to love a new hobby or doing the unimaginable, creating goals is a great way to push ourselves to our fullest potential. While our goals serve as huge motivators, they can also be the cause of our downfall. For instance, if we fail to reach a certain task, we tend to feel upset and blame ourselves …

How to Celebrate New Year’s Eve

  8 Awesome Ideas on How to Celebrate New Year’s Eve Are you looking for awesome ideas on how to celebrate New Year’s Eve? Perhaps you’ve just moved into your dream house and you want nothing more than to spend the first few moments of 2019 with your family or maybe you’re planning to watch the ball drop with thousands of other New Year revelers at an open field. Whichever way you choose, Goodwill Car Donations has come up with a bevy of ideas to help you make the coming New Year’s Eve a night to remember.   Make This …

Happy New Year

  Happy New Year! Here’s How People from Other Countries Celebrate the Global Event in Their Own Unique Ways It’s pretty unbelievable how time goes by so quickly. One minute, we were just enjoying the summer heat, soaking our bodies in the sunshine. The next thing we know, we’re about to close the year as we welcome another 365 days and greet each other a happy New Year. Kind of crazy, don’t you agree? While we Americans ring in the New Year by watching fireworks displays, eating black-eyed peas, and clinking champagne glasses, people from other countries have their own …

International Day for Tolerance

International Day for Tolerance: Respect and Appreciate Diversity What do you think our world would look like if people would become more and more intolerant of each other’s culture, attitude, appearance, religion, and way of thinking? It surely would be chaotic as this would only breed more hatred, bigotry, and conflict. That nightmarish scenario was what prompted the United Nations General Assembly in 1996 to call on member states to observe an International Day for Tolerance on November 16 of each year. The unofficial holiday was thus created to generate public awareness of the dangers of intolerance. November 16—International Day for …

Use Less Stuff Day

10 Simple Ways to Celebrate November 15—Use Less Stuff Day Use Less Stuff Day is observed annually every Thursday before Thanksgiving Day. This year, it falls on November 15. The main purpose of this unofficial holiday is to have everyone rethink the stuff they use and reduce their consumption of as many resources they could do without as much as possible. Reduce, reuse, and recycle—sounds very familiar, right? Yes, you have heard of these 3R’s all your life. Reducing, reusing, and recycling materials are not only the right thing to do but also the simplest ways to help protect Mother …