Tag: day
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Kev’s Daily Take On 03/22/2023
Awareness Spotlight shines on… The daffodil is one of the first flowers of Spring and serves as a symbol of life and hope. DAFFODIL DAY is observed as a way to bring awareness about cancer. Back in the ‘50’s, the Canadian Cancer Society starting handing out these flowers at their fundraising and educating events. Since then, the daffodil has…
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Kev’s Daily Take On 03/21/2023
A Tip of the Hat Goes to… Here’s a shout out to all of you parents who have to go it by yourselves on NATIONAL SINGLE PARENT DAY. You may have support and help in the form of friends and family, but you still bear the burden and responsibility of being the only parent. Holding down a job,…
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Kev’s Daily Take On 03/20/2023
As the sun rises, we gather at Stonehenge to watch the first rays peek through the monoliths as people in costume welcome SPRING. Heading eastward we celebrate Nowruz in Central Asia with special feasts of sumalak in Uzbekistan. India’s Holi, “The Festival of Love”, is awash with light, water and bright colors as people are showered with colored…
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Kev’s Daily Take On 03/19/2023
Religious Holidays The FEAST OF SAINT JOSEPH is celebrated worldwide and honors the man who willingly became the guardian and earthly father to Jesus, as told in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. Observances vary somewhat, but mostly call for its participants to set a table of food outside their homes for passersby while they themselves fast for…
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Kev’s Daily Take On 03/18/2023
NATIONAL SUPREME SACRIFICE DAY honors those who have made tremendous sacrifices for others – even if it means their own life. Certainly, service men and women, police officers, firemen and others like them come to mind, but so does the regular person who responds to an emergency with no regard for life or limb. Your sacrifice was not…
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Kev’s Daily Take On 03/17/2023
Everybody’s Irish today as we celebrate ST. PATRICKS DAY with green beer, NATIONAL CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE DAY, and a whole lot of shamrocks and shillelaghs. March 17th marks the death date of Saint Patrick, a Brit, who ended up going back to Ireland, after he had escaped from being kidnapped by Irish marauders when he was 16. After he received…
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Kev’s Daily Take On 03/16/2023
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. A Tip of the Hat Goes to… What happens when a farmer gets sick? Who is going to plant the crops or get the…
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Kev’s Daily Take On 03/15/2023
A Tip of the Hat Goes to… NATIONAL SBDC DAY is all about small business. All over the country Small Business Development Centers provide resources and aid to the start-ups and local businesses. This day was created in 1976 to recognize the assistance given by these places and the impact they can have on communities.…
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Kev’s Daily Take On 03/14/2023
HAPPY 314 DAY ST.LOUIS!! I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Celebrate You with… Break out the pen and paper and celebrate WRITE YOUR STORY DAY. Everyone has a story to tell and…
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Kev’s Daily Take On 03/13/2023
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Military Honors NATIONAL K9 VETERANS DAY honors the four-legged soldiers, police and rescue workers who work, train, and sacrifice every bit as much as their…
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