March 10, 2015 – NATIONAL MARIO DAY – NATIONAL PACK YOUR LUNCH DAY – NATIONAL BLUEBERRY POPOVER DAY – NATIONAL WOMEN AND GIRLS HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAY

                                            NATIONAL MARIO DAY

National Mario Day is celebrated each year on March 10th and honors Mario from the popular Nintendo game.
This is a gamer holiday that is celebrated on March 10th because of the way the date appears, when abbreviated (Mar.10),  it looks just like the name Mario.

• Mario, the Italian plumber, first appeared in Donkey Kong in 1981
•  In 1983 Mario got his own game with his brother Luigi
• Mario is known as being the most famous video game character ever created
• Over 210 million copies of the Mario game series have been sold

To celebrate National Mario Day, have some fun with friends playing video games.  You can also do something special for and/or with all people named Mario!
NATIONAL MARIO DAY HISTORY
Our research has found that this day was started by video gamers and Mar. 10 was chosen because of how it appears, however we were unable to find the names of the original creators of National Mario Day, an “unofficial” national holiday.

National Pack Your Lunch Day – March 10

NATIONAL  PACK YOUR LUNCH DAY

National Pack Your Lunch Day is celebrated by many people across the country on March 10th of each year.   It is a day to pack your own lunch and take it with you to work, school, on a picnic, to your friend’s house or where ever you are spending the day and enjoy what you have made and packed yourself.
From Wikipedia:  ”A packed lunch (also called sack lunch or bag lunch in North America) is a lunch prepared at home and carried to be eaten somewhere else, such as school, a workplace, or at an outing. The food is usually wrapped in plastic,aluminum foil, or paper and can be carried (“packed”) in a lunchbox, paper bag (a “sack”), or plastic bag.  Lunchboxes made out of metal, plastic or vinyl are now popular with today’s youth. Lunch boxes provide a way to take heavier lunches in a sturdier box or bag. It is also environment friendly.”

• Mickey Mouse was the first licensed character to appear on a lunchbox in the year 1935.
• The 1950 Hopalong Cassidy lunchbox was the first lunchbox based on a television show.

Enjoy your lunch March 10th!!
 NATIONAL PACK YOUR LUNCH DAY HISTORY
Our research was unable to find the creator and origin of National Pack Your Lunch Day, an “unofficial” national holiday.  We did find that this day is celebrated by some on other days throughout the year.  Our resources do show March 10th as National Pack Your Lunch Day.

National Blueberry Popover Day – March 10

NATIONAL BLUEBERRY POPOVER DAY

Enjoy your day on March 10th with a blueberry popover as it is National Blueberry Popover Day.   A popover is described as; puffy pastries, roughly the size of muffins, that have moist interiors — whether hollow or stuffed, with crispier, lightly browned exteriors.  Can’t you already taste a blueberry filled, light and fluffy, fresh out of the oven, popover?

“A popover is a light, hollow roll made from an egg batter similar to that of Yorkshire pudding, typically baked in muffin tins.Popovers may be served either as a sweet, topped with fruit and whipped cream for breakfast or with afternoon tea, or with meats at lunch and dinner.”  (Wikipedia) The name “popover” comes from the fact that the batter swells or “pops” over the top of the muffin tin while baking.** 1850 – The oldest known reference to popovers in a letter of E.E. Stuart.**  1876 – The first cookbook with a popover recipe was Practical Cooking by M.N. Henderson.

 NATIONAL BLUEBERRY POPOVER DAY HISTORY

Our research was unable to find the creator or the origin of National Blueberry Day, an “unofficial” national holiday.

National Women and Girls HIV-AIDS Awareness Day – March 10

NATIONAL WOMEN and GIRLS HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAY

Observed annually on March 10th, National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is a day to empower people everywhere, with knowledge and information regarding this disease and the often overlooked impact that it has on women and girls.
On this educational day each year, groups, organizations, state and local health officials and thousands of people share the facts regarding HIV/AIDS and the impact on them.
Some of the action that is taken, or can be taken, on this day is:

• Educate women and girls how to prevent HIV/AIDS
• Encouraging more women and girls to get tested
• Providing services to those living with the disease
• Doing whatever it takes to reduce the impact of HIV/AIDS

NATIONAL WOMEN and GIRLS HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAY HISTORY

National Woman and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is coordinate by the Office on Women’s Health (OWH) within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services alongside many organizations that play a critical role in the observance in communities across the nation.