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Graycare 365: January 2024, February 2024, March 2024, April 2024, May 2024, June 2024, July 2024, August 2025, September 2025, October 2024, November 2024, December 2024.
Source: All-American Red, White, and Blue Freezer Pop GIFs are BTYB the The Original Bomb Pop as shared on GIPHY.
📘 July 4, 2024 Independence Day marks the birth of the United States.
Back in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was a piece of cursive-written parchment ratified on this day. More than declaring the United States a different unity than the United Kingdom, the document of the Declaration of Independence states our government’s principles and our American identity. Did you know? The Declaration of Independence is a 1-page document plain-to-read with black-and-white text here?
📘 July 8, 2024 National Freezer Pop Day is a commercial holiday to beat the summer heat.
Today, why not enjoy an ice-cold freeze-at-home treat and buy in bulk on the cheap? Freon enabled more and more Americans to buy refrigerators and freezers in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Pop-Ice #ad was a freezer pop gaining popularity in the 1950s when the Jel Sert company bought the Pop-Ice company in 1963 and started selling Pop-Ice freezer pops big time across America. Nowadays I save money buy buying the
📘 July 10, 2024 National Piña Colada Day means “strained pineapple” in the sunshine.
¡La Piña Sabrosa! We don’t know for sure who invented the piña colada alcoholic delight. Latin legend has it, the Puerto Rican pirate Roberto Cofresí drunk up this pineapple-coconut booty first. However, we can verify bartender and author John Mariani sung praises about this piña drink into tropical sunrise as early as 1923. Somewhere along the breezy seaside sunset of San Juan’s early era Caribe Hilton, a bar fight broke out over rum, and a lesser-recognized four-star hotel service staff member Ramón Portas Mingot (a.k.a. Ramón “Monchito” Marrero) got credited for inventing the piña colada bebida later in 1954.
📘 July 11, 2024 World Population Day measures less world per person as the population rises.
The world population was one billion in 1800, and turned five billion in 1987. The number of humans continues to grow, but the number of earths is one. People generally want the same or more than they had growing up, so when there’s less per person to go around, how is that gonna work? This is one issue related to population growth. The world population might reach ten billion by 2050.
📘 July 12, 2024 National Simplicity Day honors the simple life.
American naturalist, writer, and philosopher Henry David Thoreau was born on July 12, 1817. So we whittle this day out each year to live a simpler life in harmony with nature. Henry David Thoreau built his name by building himself a cabin to live off the land by himself and write essays alone. Later, he got asked to pay taxes, he retorted by writing more essays about his lifestyle and preference not to pay taxes when he’s living off the land. By writing about the benevolent lifestyle he lived, Thoreau was able to protect and profess a simpler way of life in America.
Source: Prycik on YouTube
📘 July 15, 2024 National Pet Fire Safety Day keeps pets safe in case of fire.
What is pet fire safety? You can take steps to prevent fires in your home while caring for pets. You can make a plan to safely evacuate your family and pets during a fire emergency. You can put together a fire safety plan to get your pets out safe.
📘 July 15, 2024 World Youth Skills Day teaches vocational skills to young people today.
The whole idea is, the older generation should be passing down their knowledge onto the younger generation. It’s important to teach young people skills to make a living when they’re older. That’s why the International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (UNESCO-UNEVOC) supports Member States to upgrade technical and vocational education and training (TVET) systems.
📘 July 21, 2024 National Ice Cream Day keeps ice cream as cool as it is delicious and nutricious.
There’s a chance you can get your favorite ice cream free today. Look to Dairy Queen, Dippin’ Dots, Carvel, and Ben & Jerry’s for possible discounts (maybe even free ice cream) on July 21, 2024. Ice cream is the ultimate frozen treat with universal warm-weather appeal. Wouldn’t you know the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) calls July the National Ice Cream Month with its third Sunday for cold and creamy celebration.
📘 July 25, 2024 National Wine and Cheese Day is when you taste the two together.
I’m pretty sure it’s not recognized by our national government, yet, but wine and cheese are both consumable products made throughout the United States. Wisconsin and California are big on cheese. California and a whole bunch of other U.S. places with good grape orchards are big on wine. Most grocery stores and gas stations sell cheese to people of all ages and sell wine to people 21+ years of age.
📘 July 26, 2024 System Administrator Appreciation Day is when you try fixing it yourself before asking IT for help.
Whether this special day begins at 2024:07:25:23:59:59 or 2024:07:26:00:00:00 brings delightful dreams to slumbering sysadmins tonight. All systems go in the morning, it’s a day to thank your IT guy or webmaster for the scrupulous dedication of system administration, such as keeping your website’s databases clean and up-to-date over time consistently, so whenever people use your website, they find accurate and current information.
📘 July 28, 2024 World Hepatitis Day teaches you five main types of hepatitis virus – A, B, C, D and E.
Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver, and hepatitis is linked to liver cirrhosis and cancer. [Read it on CDC.gov] Hepatitis doesn’t feel good, because you might feel liver pain, fever, fatigue, nausea, or other symptoms that can become hard to endure. Lately, under 20,000 Americans die from viral hepatitis related causes each year, while maybe 2.5 or 5 million Americans are estimated to suffer from hepatitis. Graycare is NOT a doctor.
Source: National Institute of Health (NIH) on YouTube
📘 July 28, 2024 Parent's Day is Bill Clinton’s ode to role of parents in the rearing of children.
Parents and caregivers, biological and non-, paid and unpaid… Parents are good for family stability, relevant for families and caregivers. A good match with Mother's and Father's Day when it’s taking two to rear a child. They’ve been celebrating Parent's Day in South Korea since the 1930s, rooted in Confusion thought and combined with Christian practice. Here in the United States, it was the one and only father, husband, and flip-flopper on “sexual relations with that woman” who established Parents' Day for American parents and appreciative children to celebrate in 1994.
📘 July 29, 2024 is for kissable lips in expressive, confident color.
Sephora loyalists, for example, might enjoy a BOGO today. Other lipstick brands (like MAC, Ulta, Tarte, and more) are expected to offer good deals in 2024, too, because National Lipstick Day sales and discounts follow trendsetter Sephora each year.
📘 July 30, 2024 National Cheesecake Day is self-explanatory.
If aged wine and cheese plus melty ice cream and freezer pops weren’t enough this July, here’s your heavy slice of cheesecake. It’s an unofficial holiday that catches customers’ attention at The Cheesecake Factory locations nationwide, where people seeking cheesecake indulge in sweet discounts today. (Fact check. 🪈 Since I love cheesecake, it doesn’t matter that I cannot find evidence to support the existence of said cheesecake expert Patti Jewel from 1985 history of tasting Cheesecake in New York City, New York, USA. Maybe “Patti Jewel” is not the real person claimed by other websites (like cheesecakedays.com and blackfoodie.com). However, it is a feasible story to sell others on because others know some people are named Patti Jewel, and it's common knowledge people travel to New York in search of New York Style Cheesecake. The stuff is world famous, making the story extra believable.)
📘 July 30, 2024 National Whistleblower Appreciation Day is for people assume risk in order to expose waste, fraud, and abuse.
It’s unusual to see so many lesser-known U.S. government organizations coming out in support of whistleblowers these years with social media being used by whistleblowers and all. Justice.gov, Congress.gov, House.gov, Senate.gov have each recognized National Whistleblower Appreciation Day. Then look a little deeper, USAID, OIG, DNI, DOL, OPM, GSAIG, FDICOIG, DOIOIG, EPAOIG, DODIG and many more unfamiliar U.S. government acronyms have each made public announcements about National Whistleblower Appreciation Day. I’m sure the whistleblowers feel much safer now.
📘 July 30, 2024 International Friendship Day is to share the human spirit with friends.
Recognized under other friendly names like International Day of Friendship, International Friendship Day or Friend's Day, yep it’s a day to celebrate with friends! The international part means you can appreciate the friends you have, look at different types of friends from around the world, think about if you don’t have enough friends, and also think about making new friends.
