MARCH 7, 2014 – NATIONAL BE HEARD DAY – NATIONAL DAY OF UNPLUGGING – NATIONAL EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION DAY – NATIONAL CEREAL DAY – NATIONAL CROWN OF ROAST PORK DAY

NATIONAL BE HEARD DAY

Each year on the 7th day of March, National Be Heard Day is celebrated across the country.
This day was created as a day to be dedicated to the over 145 million small businesses in the United States that are struggling to break through the big-business dominated times.  Now is the time for these small businesses to “be heard”.  There are many ways for this to be done, be it through creative marketing, smart publicity tactics, strong visual appearance or any of the other inventive ways of making their presence known and.
NATIONAL BE HEARD DAY HISTORY
Our research has found that National Be Heard Day, an “unofficial” national holiday was created in 2006 by Business Mentor, Shannon Cherry.
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       NATIONAL DAY OF UNPLUGGING

The first Friday in March of each year is beginning of National Day of Unplugging.  This holiday consists of a 24 hour period from sundown to sundown, to unplug, unwind, relax and do things other than using today’s technology, electronics and social media.

For more information regarding National Day of Unplugging, see:

http://nationaldayofunplugging.com/about-us/

NATIONAL DAY OF UNPLUGGING HISTORY
National Day of Unplugging, an “unofficial” national holiday was created by members of the Reboot network.
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       NATIONAL EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION DAY

NATIONAL EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION DAY
Employee Appreciation Day is celebrated annually on the first Friday in March.   This day was created as a way of focusing the attention of all the employers, in all industries on employee recognition.   Celebrations are created and carried out by employers everywhere, and consist of various ways that the deserved appreciation is shown to their employees.
Employees are one of a company’s greatest assets and recognition and appreciation is known as one of the key motivational factors in the workplace.

• Employee appreciation refers to efforts made by a company’s management to recognize, praise and thank their employees for their contributions to the goals of the company. This appreciation can be expressed in a variety of ways, from rewards to verbal interaction.

• Expressing employee appreciation increases employee job satisfaction.

NATIONAL EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION DAY HISTORY
Our research has found that National Employee Appreciation Day, an “unofficial” national holiday, was created, in 1995, by Bob Nelson,  a founding Recognition Professional International board member, together with his publishing company, Workman Publishing.
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                 NATIONAL CEREAL DAY

Get your bowl and your spoon ready, March 7th is National Cereal Day.  Since the end of the 19th century, cereal has become America’s most popular breakfast food.
Do you remember the mornings when eating a bowl of cereal, reading the back of the box and trying to find the toy inside of the box?
Today, not only is cereal eaten for breakfast, it has become a popular “before bed” snack and some people even have a bowl as an evening meal.  Cereal is also used in many cake, cookie and bar recipes.  The most popular one being the Rice Crispy Bar Treats.
A Little Cereal History:
**  Ferdinand Schumacher, a German immigrant, began the cereals revolution in1854 with a hand oats grinder in the back room of a small store in Akron, Ohio.  His German Mills American Oatmeal Company was the nation’s first commercial oatmeal manufacturer.  In 1877, Schumacher adopted the Quaker symbol, the first registered trademark for a breakfast cereal.
**  Granula,  the first breakfast cereal, was invented in the United States in 1863 by James Caleb Jackson, operator of Our Home on the Hillside, which was later replaced by the Jackson Sanatorium in Dansville, New York.  The cereal never became popular since it was inconvenient as the heavy bran nuggets needed soaking overnight before they were tender enough to eat.
**  The cereal industry rose from a combination of sincere religious belief and commercial interest in health foods.  Dr. John Harvey Kellogg experimented with granola.  He boiled some wheat, rolled it into thin films, and baked the resulting flakes in the oven: he acquired a patent in 1891.  In 1895 he launched Cornflakes, which overnight captured a national market.
**  In 1906, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg’s  brother, William K. Kellogg, after working for John, broke away, bought the corn flakes rights from his brother and set up the Kellogg Toasted Corn Flake Company.  His signature on every package became the company trademark and insurance of quality.
**  Charles W. Post introduced Grape-nuts in 1898 and soon followed with Post Toasties.
**  Because of Kellogg and Post, the city of Battle Creek, Michigan is nicknamed the “Cereal Capital of the World”.

Today, to celebrate National Cereal Day,  fill your bowl full of your favorite cereal and ENJOY!!

NATIONAL CEREAL DAY HISTORY
After much research, we were unable to find the creator or origin of National Cereal Day, an “unofficial” national holiday.
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           NATIONAL CROWN ROAST OF PORK DAY

March 7th celebrates National Crown Roast of Pork Day, an “unofficial” National holiday.  Today would be the day to set a nice table and prepare a feast with a crown roast of pork.
To make a crown roast of pork, a pork loin is formed into a circle with the ribs pointing upwards forming the peaks of a crown.   Often they are held together with twine.  It is then seasoned  and often times stuffed, roasted and served, making a beautiful centerpiece on the table.  The ends of the bones may be given a paper-frill treatment for added decoration.
If you have never made a crown roast of pork, there are many different recipes for you to choose from.  Have fun looking through them and enjoy National Crown Roast of Pork Day!
You may want to try one of the following “tried and true” crown roast of pork recipes today:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/crown-roast-of-pork-recipe.html
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/stuffed-crown-roast-of-pork/
NATIONAL CROWN ROAST OF PORK DAY HISTORY
We were unable to find the origin or the creator of National Crown Roast of Pork Day, an “unofficial” national holiday.
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NATIONAL DOODLE DAY is celebrated each year, in the UK, to raise awareness and money to help those whose lives are affected by  epilepsy and neurofibromatosis.