September 15, 2015

Make a Hat Day
There are so many different kinds of hats! Pick one from these templates and make your own.
Winter is coming, why not hold a hat drive and donate hats for the homeless to your local rescue mission?

Felt Hat Day
Wow. This is a lot of felt hats.

Greenpeace Day
Get involved
‘How to Change the World’ Traces the Birth of Greenpeace

Get Ready Day
Today focus on emergency preparedness. Don't be someone who thinks, "That will never happen to me." Make a plan with your family for fire evacuation, flooding, whatever might be a possibility in your city/state. Create a car kit for the winter. Be informed. Make a plan. Build a kit. Get involved.

International Dot Day

Listen to the book that inspired the day. The Dot by Peter Reynolds

Get Involved!

Make Your Mark...It Matters!
Explore your creative side during Dot Day!

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April 5, 2015

The Feast of Firstfruits & Easter Go for Broke Day If it scares you this is the day to go for it no matter what. One Day Without Shoes Day Today is to raise global awareness for children’s health and education. Why shoes? Because shoes help protect from bacteria in the dirt, rusty nails, dirty needles and shoes enable feet to withstand the long distances most children in developing countries need to walk to get to school. Join TOMS One for One There is plenty of criticism out there for TOMS and its short term solutions. Critics don't even buy the "at least they are doing something" statement. However, you have to start somewhere. And every bit of awareness helps something go from short term to long term. We all have a part to play. Read a Road Map Day One of the many reasons I would stink at The Amazing Race is because I never did learn how to read a road map well. I remember doing worksheets and class lessons on maps and I was able to skate by ...

Butter someone up

There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.

A dime a dozen

"It's said that in the year 1796, the first U.S. dimes were produced for circulation. Hence, it would make sense for this phrase to originate sometime after." Read more here . Today the phrase carries the meaning that something is cheap or without value if it can be lumped in with other similar or exactly-like things. It's more of an insult than anything.

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