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09/08/2025

International Literacy Day takes place on September 8 every year to raise awareness and concern for literacy problems that exist within our own local communities as well as globally.

Traditions of the Day

Literacy is a blessing often taken for granted. Reading is essential in our daily lives. Navigating through the world without being able to read or write is challenging and is a blockade for experiencing so many things.

On International Literacy Day, organizations and individuals take charge and use their literacy to encourage and assist those who are facing difficulties on how to read and write. Students and employed people volunteer to tutor children in the community, books are generously donated to libraries, and a student’s tuition and learning are sponsored to launch their life-long success.

Institutions and government- and international organizations campaign for literacy at the grassroots level, as well as host think tanks and discussion forums to strategize and implement the best policies for the eradication of illiteracy. They also host fundraisers for the cause. A theme is set for International Literacy Day every year, which is used as a way to build awareness around specific issues.

By The Numbers

>40% – the percentage of American third-grade students who read at grade level.

75% – the percentage of children who will struggle to read their whole lives if they fall behind at age nine.

1 in 4 – the number of boys who suffer from some level of dyslexia.

1 in 5 – the number of students who suffer from learning differences.

⅓ – the fraction of America’s struggling readers who belong to college-educated families.

Five Reasons Literacy Is Important To Everyone

Brain health
Studies show that giving the brain a daily workout reading, writing and working with numbers keeps brain cells healthy as we age, reducing the chances of developing Alzheimer’s and dementia later in life.

Community participation
The lack of literary skills limits social engagement at all age levels and prevents adults and children from being able to participate fully and contribute to the betterment of society.

Effective Communication
Learning to read and write improves our ability to communicate effectively with others by enhancing oral language, allowing us to express our feelings, thoughts, and ideas with others more clearly.

Employment Advancement
Knowing how to read, write and work with numbers are critical skills for jobs with opportunities to advance up the social-economic ladder. Literacy breaks the cycle of poverty, one life at a time.

Knowledge is Power
Literacy is the key to personal empowerment and gives us personal dignity and self-worth.

International Literacy Day Activities

Donate books to local classrooms
Elementary school classroom libraries always need fresh reading material to keep young students interested in reading. Ask your child’s teachers for a wish list of books they know students will enjoy and donate them to the class. If you don’t have a child in school, ask coworkers, relatives or neighbors about donating to their children’s classroom libraries. You will be their hero on International Literacy Day.

Gift a book
Children are naturally curious about the world around them. Reading satisfies their desire to learn and stirs the imagination. Books are much appreciated gifts for birthdays, holidays, or for no reason at all other than to say, “I was thinking about you.” And isn’t International Literacy Day the perfect day to say “I was thinking about you” by giving a book to each of the children in your life? Don’t forget that adults appreciate receiving books as gifts, too.

Start a community lending library
Gather family, friends, or neighbors together today and start a small lending library in your neighborhood. In 2009, Todd Bol of Hudson, Wisconsin started the first “Free Little Library” to make book sharing easily accessible and available anytime for people in his community. His concept of “take a book, return a book” is based on the honor system. We love that these little libraries are accessible 24/7 and there are never any late fees or fines.

09/07/2025

Since 1995, the National Center for Assisted Living (1) has dedicated the second full week of September to celebrating something important: the vibrant communities where older adults don’t just live—they thrive. It’s a time to shine a spotlight on residents who bring decades of wisdom and stories, and the dedicated caregivers who help create homes filled with purpose.

NALW isn’t just about assisted living as an industry. It’s about recognizing that life’s richest chapters often come later, when we have time to savor experiences and connect more deeply with others.

Adventure Looks Different for Everyone
The beauty of “Ageless Adventure” is that it meets people where they are. Adventure might mean:

A resident teaching others how to make their grandmother’s famous apple pie
Organizing a friendly debate about the best music from the 1960s
Creating a community garden where everyone contributes their favorite herbs
Hosting a “travel day” where residents share photos and stories from places they’ve been
These aren’t just activities—they’re opportunities for residents to be teachers, storytellers, and explorers all over again.

Bringing Communities Together
The most memorable NALW celebrations happen when everyone gets involved. Many communities open their doors wider during this week, inviting families for special lunches or hosting neighborhood events. Local schools sometimes partner with assisted living communities, creating those beautiful intergenerational moments where a teenager learns about life in the 1950s while teaching a resident how to use a smartphone.

Music performances—whether by visiting artists or talented residents—often become the week’s highlights. There’s something magical about a community coming together to enjoy live music, with some residents humming along to songs that take them back decades.

Outdoor activities work especially well for the adventure theme. Garden tours let residents show off plants they’ve tended, while courtyard picnics create casual spaces for conversation. Even simple nature walks can become adventures when residents share what they know about local birds or point out seasonal changes they’ve observed.

Honoring the Heart of These Communities
Behind every successful assisted living community are caregivers who do more than just their jobs—they become trusted companions, cheerleaders, and sometimes the family members who live closest by. NALW provides a perfect opportunity to recognize these essential team members.

Recognition doesn’t have to be elaborate. Sometimes the most meaningful gestures are handwritten thank-you notes from residents or a simple staff appreciation lunch. What matters is acknowledging that caregiving is both a profession and a calling.

Making It Happen: Planning That Works
Successful NALW celebrations start by asking residents what kinds of adventures appeal to them. Some communities form planning committees that include residents, staff, and family members—ensuring events reflect what people want to do.

The National Center for Assisted Living provides helpful resources, including planning guides and promotional materials that communities can customize. Starting early helps but so does staying flexible. Sometimes the best adventures are the ones that happen spontaneously.

Social media has become a wonderful way to share NALW highlights. Photos of residents engaged in activities or short videos of cooking demonstrations help families stay connected and show the broader community what assisted living really looks like—vibrant, engaged, and full of life.

Why This Matters More Than Ever
In a world that often focuses on what people can’t do as they age, NALW flips the script. It celebrates capability, wisdom, and the continued capacity for joy and growth. It reminds us that assisted living communities aren’t endpoints—they’re places where new chapters begin.

For families navigating care decisions, seeing their loved ones engaged in meaningful activities provides reassurance. For residents, these celebrations reinforce that their stories matter, and their contributions are valued.

When communities approach NALW with genuine enthusiasm and resident-centered planning, something special happens. Events become experiences, activities become adventures and assisted living becomes what it was always meant to be—a place where people continue to live fully, just with a little extra support.

09/07/2025

National Su***de Prevention Week, which begins on September 7 and ends on September 13 this year, is an annual campaign observed in the United States to educate and inform the general public about su***de prevention and to warn about rising su***de rates. It also aims to reduce the stigma surrounding su***de and encourage the pursuit of mental health assistance because going to therapy should be as normalized as going to the gym.

Why Su***de Prevention Week is Important

It helps prevent su***de
We can save plenty of lives by raising awareness this week, reaching out to those affected by su***de, and connecting individuals with suicidal thoughts to treatment services.

It reduces stigma around mental health
By spreading awareness during Su***de Prevention Week, the stigma around mental health has reduced a great deal and most people nowadays are not ashamed to ask for help.

It fosters compassion in people
Gaining knowledge about this week is helping people learn to empathize, be compassionate, and come together as a community to educate and support each other.

How to Observe Su***de Prevention Week

Raise awareness
One of the most helpful and effective ways we can observe Su***de Prevention Week is by raising awareness of it. We need to reduce the stigma around it and raise awareness so that more and more people can reach out for help.

Educate yourself
The best thing we can do is to learn more about it. We need to educate ourselves and facilitate proactive prevention in our communities so that we can shatter the silence around our mental health.

Look out for others
Most of the people suffering from poor mental health do not reach out for help for fear of being judged or misunderstood. So we need to look out for others and check for warning signs. We need to help people feel heard and understood.

09/07/2025

The months that are best for harvesting acorn squash—a winter squash with yellow flesh and distinctive ridges on its outside—are September and October. Therefore, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that September 7th of every year is National Acorn Squash Day. This type of squash is easy to cook and can be made into a variety of different dishes.

It’s also a squash that’s rich in dietary fiber, potassium, and beta-carotene. Because this squash has a long shelf life, this holiday is not only a good day to enjoy one, but it’s also a good day to begin stocking up on them so you have acorn squash available to you all winter long.

Fun Facts About Acorn Squash
We feel that we have quite a bit of acorn squash knowledge that we’ve just been waiting to share, and now we finally get our chance. Below are some facts about these fruits that we think are pretty cool.
A half-cup of acorn squash contains 9% of your recommended daily dose of Vitamin A.
Acorn squash is a great source of Vitamin C, B-6, folate, and niacin.
Every cup of acorn squash contains approximately 26% of your recommended daily dose for potassium and 22% of your recommended dose of magnesium.
Every half-cup serving of acorn squash has five grams of dietary fiber.
Squash aren’t vegetables—they are actually fruits!
Squash has been cultivated by Native Americans for over 10,000 years.

09/06/2025

September 6 is Fight Procrastination Day. It is an opportunity for you to face your procrastination issues head-on. We have all been victims of that powerful urge to push an important task to a further date. Sometimes, procrastination could be a result of the daunting nature of the task or simply because you’re not feeling up to it. No matter the reason, procrastination can be a major spanner in the works; straining mental and physical health. This observance aims at promoting efforts geared towards combating procrastination in all its forms.

How to Celebrate Fight Procrastination Day

Cross items off your to-do list
Getting things done is arguably the best way to celebrate Fight Procrastination Day. Start crossing items off your to-do list today!

Research ways to fight procrastination
There are tons of books, theories, ideas, techniques, and applications out there to help fight procrastination. Why not look them up and try them out? You might learn a thing or two.

Give yourself a reward
Did you recently complete a difficult task? Then reward yourself; it will encourage you to do even more.

09/06/2025

While the name might seem to imply that a person who is color blind sees only in black and white, this is not completely accurate.

While this can happen, it is extremely rare. More common are the people who are affected by color blindness typically see color with less of a range.

National Color-Blind Awareness Day is here to bring attention to this special vision trait and help the world to understand just a bit more about it!

John Dalton was a scientist who was born on 6th September 1766. He was the first person known to realize color blindness exists. As a scientist he became aware that neither he nor his brother saw colors the same way as everyone else. He thought this was because they had blue liquid in their eyes and Dalton left his eyes to science so that people could find out when he died. They didn’t! However, Dalton did understand that because both he and his brother were affected that their condition must be hereditary. Over 150 years later DNA proved he had inherited color blindness. Color blindness is also known as Daltonism in his memory.

Take a Color Blindness Test
An interesting element about color blindness is that not everyone who is color blind actually knows it! Many people, especially those with a milder form of it, can live far into adulthood without realizing that they see color differently than other people.

Those who are interested in seeing if they have a degree of color blindness might want to take a test. Ask at an eye doctor appointment or even check out an online version of a color blindness test.

Learn More About Color Blindness
Check out some of these interesting tidbits of information related to the subject in celebration of National Color-Blind Awareness Day:

The most common form of color blindness (99%) is difficulty telling the difference between red and green.

More than 350 million people in the world live with color blindness, which equals approximately 4.5% of the population.

Men are much more likely to be color blind. 1 in 12 men have the gene but only 1 in 200 women have the gene.

Color blindness is the result of one or more cone cells in the eye that doesn’t function properly.

09/05/2025

Spinal Cord Injury Day (SCI Day) is a powerful reminder of the challenges faced by individuals living with spinal cord injury and a good opportunity to emphasize our commitment to prevention. A spinal cord injury (SCI) is any injury resulting in damage to the spinal cord. Statistically speaking, most spinal cord injuries are traumatic, i.e. caused by physical trauma such as falls, car accidents, sports injuries, gunshot wounds, etc. However, SCI can also result from non-traumatic causes such as lack of blood flow, infection, and tumors.

Spinal cord injuries can be complete or incomplete. In a complete SCI, the body loses all function below the injured area, including sensation and movement. When an SCI is incomplete, the spinal cord is still able to transmit some nerve signals to or from the brain, and thus some sensory or motor function is preserved below the level of injury.

The symptoms of an SCI may vary depending on the severity of the injury and its location. They include numbness, tingling, changes in or loss of sensation in hands and feet, pressure or pain in the head, neck or back, weakness, loss of bowel and bladder control, difficulty breathing, problems with walking, changes in sexual function, and paralysis.

Even with the best possible treatment, spinal cord injuries usually result in at least one incurable impairment that affects quality of life. The prognosis is more optimistic for patients with incomplete injuries, who are typically able to recover at least some function. However, even in this case recovery and rehabilitation is a long process that needs to be tailored to the patient’s specific needs. Sadly, access to SCI services can be complicated due to a number of factors such as lack of healthcare resources, financial constraints, and more.

09/05/2025

Bring Your Manners to Work Day is celebrated on the first Friday in September. This year it will be celebrated on September 5. With nine to five routines, we probably spend more time with our work family than our real family. And much like at home, good manners need to be followed at the workplace. This includes not having messy workstations, conversing politely, and not using your cellphone when you’re in the company of others.

09/04/2025

Macadamia nuts are rich in vitamins, minerals, fiber, and antioxidants. Their benefits may include weight loss, improved gut health, and protection against conditions like diabetes or heart disease. Macadamia nuts are calorie-rich nuts that are high in healthy fats, vitamins, and minerals. One ounce (28 grams) offers:

Calories: 204
Fat: 23 grams
Protein: 2 grams
Carbs: 4 grams
Sugar: 1 gram
Fiber: 3 grams
Manganese: 58% of the Daily
Value (DV)
Thiamine: 22% of the DV
Copper: 11% of the DV
Magnesium: 9% of the DV
Iron: 6% of the DV
Vitamin B6: 5% of the DV
Macadamia nuts are also rich in monounsaturated fats, a type of fat that may boost heart health by lowering your total and LDL (bad) cholesterol levels.

These nuts are low in carbs and sugar and have a moderate fiber content. This combination makes them unlikely to spike your blood sugar levels, which may be especially beneficial for people with diabetes .

Like most nuts, macadamia nuts are a great source of antioxidants.

Antioxidants neutralize free radicals, which are unstable molecules that can cause cellular damage and increase your risk of conditions like diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, and heart disease.

Additionally, macadamia nuts boast some of the highest flavonoid levels of all tree nuts. This antioxidant fights inflammation and helps lower cholesterol.

Furthermore, this nut is rich in tocotrienols, a form of vitamin E with antioxidant properties that may help lower cholesterol levels. These compounds may even protect against cancer and brain diseases.

Macadamia nuts may lower your risk of heart disease.

Various studies suggest that eating 0.3–1.5 ounces (8–42 grams) of these nuts daily can lower total and LDL (bad) cholesterol levels by up to 10%.

Interestingly, a small study in people with high cholesterol noted that a diet rich in macadamia nuts reduced levels of this blood marker as much as a heart-healthy, low-fat diet recommended by the American Heart Association.

What’s more, eating 1.5–3 ounces (42–84 grams) of macadamia nuts each day may significantly reduce markers of inflammation, such as leukotriene B4. Inflammation is a risk factor for heart disease.

Researchers believe the heart benefits of macadamia nuts may come from their high monounsaturated fat content.

This fat is consistently linked to better heart health and a lower risk of stroke and fatal heart attacks.

09/03/2025

National Crime Prevention Week is an annual observed from September 1 to September 7, with a pledge to “Take a Bite Out of Crime.” Since law enforcement funding is being cut around the country, each of us has a significant responsibility to play in keeping our homes, schools, and communities secure. From preventing identity theft to firearm safety to gang prevention, there’s a lot to do.

08/21/2025

Internet Self-Care Day is observed annually on August 21st. It's a day dedicated to using the internet to find resources that promote self-care and well-being.

Focus:
Using the internet for self-care purposes, such as finding mental health resources, stress management techniques, or healthy lifestyle information.

Digital Detox:
Some people use this day to plan for a digital detox, or take stock of their online habits and make positive changes.

Mental Wellness:
It's a day to be mindful of how the internet impacts mental well-being and make conscious choices about online behavior.

Resource Hub:
The day highlights the internet as a valuable tool for accessing self-care resources and support.

08/20/2025

August is recognized as Children's Eye Health and Safety Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of protecting children's vision and preventing eye injuries. This observance emphasizes the need for regular eye exams, especially during early childhood, and promotes safe practices to avoid eye-related accidents.
Key Aspects of Children's Eye Health and Safety Month:
Regular Eye Exams:
Early detection of vision problems is crucial. Children should have their first comprehensive eye exam around 6 months of age, and then regularly throughout childhood.
Eye Safety:
Many childhood eye injuries occur during sports or play. Encouraging the use of protective eyewear like safety goggles or sports glasses can significantly reduce these risks.
Safe Practices:
Supervising young children when using sharp objects, storing hazardous materials safely, and keeping small items out of reach are important steps in preventing eye injuries.
Digital Eye Strain:
With increased screen time, it's important to address the potential for digital eye strain. The 20-20-20 rule (taking a 20-second break every 20 minutes to look at something 20 feet away) and encouraging outdoor play can help.
Healthy Habits:
A healthy diet, rich in vitamins and nutrients, can support overall eye health.

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