April 28, 2016 – NATIONAL BLUEBERRY PIE DAY – NATIONAL BRAVEHEARTS DAY – NATIONAL WORKERS MEMORIAL DAY – NATIONAL GREAT POETRY READING DAY – NATIONAL TAKE OUR DAUGHTERS AND SONS TO WORK DAY

                                NATIONAL BLUEBERRY PIE DAY

National Blueberry Pie Day is observed each year on April 28.  It honors one of Americas favorite desserts.
Blueberry Pie:

• Has been enjoyed since the early American settlers
• Is the official state dessert of Maine
• Was documented in the Appledore Cook Book in 1872

 
 
For more information, visit the National Day Calendar page for National Blueberry Pie Day.
 

NATIONAL BRAVEHEARTS DAY

National BraveHearts Day, April 28th honors the bravery of families dealing with pediatric cancer, the bravery of children suffering from cancer, and all the people who care so deeply about the lives of these precious kids.
BraveHearts for Kids exists to help Save the Lives of Children with Cancer by providing Information, Hope, Guidance and Resources to families dealing with a cancer crisis.  Services are free, and 100% of individual contributions go to support programs which include Emergency Fundraising and 1-on-1 Mentoring where families are matched with a mentor that has been through a similar diagnosis and crisis with a child of their own.
April 28th also coincides with the kick-off of operation “Brave Future”, a massive expansion initiative which will take BraveHearts for Kids Services and Programs from the local level to the national level thereby increasing their outreach and capacity to help many, many more suffering families all over the United States.
Another key feature of “Operation Brave Future” is the final phase of “BraveHeart’s Spotlight Hope Project”, a comprehensive Resource Guide for Parents and Families of Children that have Cancer.
For more information, visit the National Day Calendar page for National Bravehearts Day.
 

WORKERS’ MEMORIAL DAY

By Presidential Proclamation, April 28 has been declared Workers’ Memorial Day.
Workers’ Memorial Day takes place annually across our nation and Workers’ Memorial Day, International Workers’ Memorial Day or International Commemoration Day (ICD) for Dead and Injured or Day of Mourning takes place annually around the world on April 28. This is a national and international day of remembrance and action for workers killed, disabled, injured or made unwell by their work.
The slogan for Workers’ Memorial Day is:
Remember the dead – Fight for the living.
Workers’ Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for workers killed in incidents at work or by diseases caused by work with events held throughout the world.  Events may include, but are not limited to, active campaigning and workplace awareness, multi-faith religious services, laying wreaths, planting trees, unveiling monuments, balloon releases, raising public awareness of issues and the laying out of shoes to symbolize those who have died at work.  This day is also an opportunity to highlight the preventable nature of most workplace accidents and ill health and to promote the fight for improvements in workplace safety.
OBSERVE
Use #Workers’MemorialDay to post on social media.
HISTORY
Started by the Canadian Union of Public Employees in 1984, Workers’ Memorial Day was first recognized in the United States of America in 1989.   For years, events have been organized in Canada and the USA and then worldwide.
 

NATIONAL GREAT POETRY READING DAY

April 28th marks the observation of National Great Poetry Reading Day. This day celebrates great poetry and the great poets that wrote them.
As an art form, poetry may predate literacy.  Epic poetry appears to have been composed in poetic form to aid memorization and oral transmission in prehistoric and ancient societies.  It is directly from folk songs that other types of poetry developed.
There are different forms of poetry including the sonnet, shi, villanelle, tanka, haiku, ode, and ghazal. There are also different genres of poetry including narrative, epic, dramatic, satirical, lyric, elegy, verse fable, prose, and speculative poetry.
Some of the well-known, great poets include William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Robert Frost, Mark Twain, Emily Dickinson and T.S. Eliot. 
OBSERVE
Settle back, relax and read your favorite poetry. Use #GreatPoetryReadingDay to post on social media.
HISTORY
Our research was unable to find the creator and origin of National Great Poetry Reading Day.
 

NATIONAL TAKE OUR DAUGHTERS AND SONS TO WORK DAY

National Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day is recognized on the fourth Thursday in April each year.  This annual event is an educational program in the United States and Canada where parents take their children to work with them for one day.  It is the successor to Take Our Daughters to Work Day which, in 2003, was expanded to include boys. Most companies allowed both girls and boys to participate since the beginning, renaming the day “Take Our Children to Work Day.”
HOW TO OBSERVE
Employers are encouraged to invite employees to bring their children to work. For more information visit daughtersandsonstowork.org.  Share your story on social media using #TakeOurChildrenToWorkDay.
HISTORY
Our research found that National Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day was founded by Gloria Steinem and the Ms. Foundation for Women in 1993.  National Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day is an unofficial national holiday.
DATES
April 28, 2016
April 27, 2017
April 26, 2018
April 25, 2019