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Celebrate the Day of Hope
Celebrate the Day of Hope
Every year millions of children around the world are victims of abuse and neglect, and millions more receive preventative assistance to help avoid continuing abuse. Child Help is an organization dedicated to helping provide help to children who are in situations where they are suffering from neglect and abuse. The Day Of Hope is a day to remember these hidden statistics, and to do your part to help those in your community and throughout the world. Abuse comes in many forms, from physical violence, to sexual abuse, to sheer neglect where necessary medical care and food are withheld.
Yvonne Fedderson helped to establish Childhelp as the co-founder and president, and continues to serve in this capacity to this day. She focuses on helping to establish new chapters, auxiliaries, and to help them with their fundraising in their neighborhoods and abroad. She is active in a number of non-profits dedicated to humanitarian aid. She has received awards numbering over 100 from groups such as the National Children’s Alliance’s Champions of Children Award, and the Living Legacy award. She has been nominated multiple times for the Nobel Peace Prize Award.
Sara O’Meara serves with her as the co-founder of the organization, CEO, and Chairman. Along with Yvonne she spends her time developing the organization as the main spokesperson, helping to develop funds and maintaining oversight for the entire organization. Like her partner Yvonne she has received well over 100 awards for the work she does for abused children around the world.
The organization Childhelp has a long history covering over 50 years around the world, using its efforts and programs to help millions of children around the world. It was first established as International Orphans, focusing on assisting the children of American Soldiers and Japanese women in the 60’s. The organization was renamed Children’s Village USA, eventually becoming Childhelp USA before its final transition to just ‘Childhelp’ which it continues to be known as to this day. Childhelp stands today as among the largest of child abuse prevention organizations.
The organization has created the hotline “Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline” which is staffed year round at all hours by professional crisis counselors. The hotline services children at risk by answering calls from them, parents and guardians, and those individuals who believe they may have observed abuse situations in their neighborhood. By networking with thousands of emergency services, social and support resources they are able to provide the appropriate contact information in an air of complete anonymity. All of this is accomplished without any form of government funding.
They combine this by offering treatment to those who have suffered through child abuse through multiple methods. One of their most common are treatment centers located in residential areas, the source of their name ‘Children’s Village’, they provide treatment programs for at-risk children who have been referred to them by the court system. They serve some of the most severely abused and neglected children at these centers by providing therapists, social workers, therapists, and medical professionals.
Word of the Day
vaward
MEANING:
noun: The forefront; vanguard.
ETYMOLOGY:
From vaumward/vamward, from vantward, from Old French avantward, from avant (before) + garde (guard). Earliest documented use: 1400.
USAGE:
“In the movement towards this road, the Athenians who formed the left wing were naturally the vaward, and it was upon them that the trying duty would devolve of first crossing the bridge in the face of Persian cavalry.”
J.B. Bury; A History of Greece; Macmillan; 1900.
“Falstaff: You that are old consider not the capacities of us that are young ... we that are in the vaward of our youth.”
William Shakespeare; Henry IV, Part 2; 1596-1599.
Bought A Couch From Craigslist, Heard Noises Coming From It After Bringing It Home. Cut It Open And Found A Cat
MEANING:
noun: The forefront; vanguard.
ETYMOLOGY:
From vaumward/vamward, from vantward, from Old French avantward, from avant (before) + garde (guard). Earliest documented use: 1400.
USAGE:
“In the movement towards this road, the Athenians who formed the left wing were naturally the vaward, and it was upon them that the trying duty would devolve of first crossing the bridge in the face of Persian cavalry.”
J.B. Bury; A History of Greece; Macmillan; 1900.
“Falstaff: You that are old consider not the capacities of us that are young ... we that are in the vaward of our youth.”
William Shakespeare; Henry IV, Part 2; 1596-1599.
J.B. Bury; A History of Greece; Macmillan; 1900.
“Falstaff: You that are old consider not the capacities of us that are young ... we that are in the vaward of our youth.”
William Shakespeare; Henry IV, Part 2; 1596-1599.
Bought A Couch From Craigslist, Heard Noises Coming From It After Bringing It Home. Cut It Open And Found A Cat
Idiom of the Day
Get ducks in a row -
Meaning - Getting your things well organized.
Example - To ensure a successful product launch, we must get our ducks in a row.
This Cat Has A Heart-Shaped Marking
Meaning - Getting your things well organized.
Example - To ensure a successful product launch, we must get our ducks in a row.
This Day in History
1829 - James Carrington patented the coffee mill.
1860 - The first Pony Express riders left St. Joseph, MO and Sacramento, CA. The trip across country took about 10 days. The Pony Express only lasted about a year and a half.
1910 - Alaska's Mt. McKinley, the highest mountain in North America was climbed.
1933 - First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt informed newspaper reporters that beer would be served at the White House. This followed the March 22 legislation that legalized "3.2" beer.
1949 - Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis debuted on radio on the "Martin and Lewis Show". The NBC program ran until 1952.
1953 - "TV Guide" was published for the first time.
1965 - "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs was released.
1979 - Jane Byrne became the first female mayor in Chicago.
1982 - John Chancellor stepped down as anchor of the "The NBC Nightly News." Roger Mudd and Tom Brokaw became the co-anchors of the show.
1993 - The Norman Rockwell Museum opened in Stockbridge, MA.
1996 - Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski was arrested. He pled guilty in January 1998 to five Unabomber attacks in exchange for a life sentence without chance for parole.
2010 - The first Apple iPad was released.
DAILY SQU-EEK
If You Were Born Today, April 3
Sociable, likable, and adventurous, you are an inspiration to others. You are versatile and multi-talented, but often restless, so it can be difficult to choose one life path and stick to it. You enjoy being the center of attention, and you can be very playful, witty, endearing, and imaginative, and often a great storyteller. You are always hungry for new experiences, which can be the reason that your life is quite eventful and interesting. Famous people born today:
1783 Washington Irving, American writer (Legend of Sleepy Hollow), born in NYC, New York (d. 1859)
1798 Charles Wilkes, American Antarctic explorerand naval officer (Union Navy), born in NYC, New York (d. 1877)
1922 Doris Day [Kappelhoff], American singer, animal welfare activist and actress known as the "girl next door" actress (Pillow Talk, The Man Who Knew Too Much), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
1924 Marlon Brando, American actor (The Godfather, A Street Cart Named Desire and On the Waterfront), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 2004)
1928 Earl Lloyd, 1st African American basketball player in the NBA, born in Alexandria, Virginia (d. 2015)
1958 Alec Baldwin, American actor (Joshua-Knots Landing, Beetlejuice), born in Amityville, New York
1961 Eddie Murphy, American actor (SNL, 48 Hours, Beverly Hills Cop, Raw), born in Brooklyn, New York
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1829 - James Carrington patented the coffee mill.
1860 - The first Pony Express riders left St. Joseph, MO and Sacramento, CA. The trip across country took about 10 days. The Pony Express only lasted about a year and a half.
1910 - Alaska's Mt. McKinley, the highest mountain in North America was climbed.
1933 - First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt informed newspaper reporters that beer would be served at the White House. This followed the March 22 legislation that legalized "3.2" beer.
1949 - Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis debuted on radio on the "Martin and Lewis Show". The NBC program ran until 1952.
1953 - "TV Guide" was published for the first time.
1965 - "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs was released.
1979 - Jane Byrne became the first female mayor in Chicago.
1982 - John Chancellor stepped down as anchor of the "The NBC Nightly News." Roger Mudd and Tom Brokaw became the co-anchors of the show.
1993 - The Norman Rockwell Museum opened in Stockbridge, MA.
1996 - Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski was arrested. He pled guilty in January 1998 to five Unabomber attacks in exchange for a life sentence without chance for parole.
2010 - The first Apple iPad was released.
DAILY SQU-EEK
If You Were Born Today, April 3
Sociable, likable, and adventurous, you are an inspiration to others. You are versatile and multi-talented, but often restless, so it can be difficult to choose one life path and stick to it. You enjoy being the center of attention, and you can be very playful, witty, endearing, and imaginative, and often a great storyteller. You are always hungry for new experiences, which can be the reason that your life is quite eventful and interesting. Famous people born today:
1783 Washington Irving, American writer (Legend of Sleepy Hollow), born in NYC, New York (d. 1859)
1798 Charles Wilkes, American Antarctic explorerand naval officer (Union Navy), born in NYC, New York (d. 1877)
1922 Doris Day [Kappelhoff], American singer, animal welfare activist and actress known as the "girl next door" actress (Pillow Talk, The Man Who Knew Too Much), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
1924 Marlon Brando, American actor (The Godfather, A Street Cart Named Desire and On the Waterfront), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 2004)
1928 Earl Lloyd, 1st African American basketball player in the NBA, born in Alexandria, Virginia (d. 2015)
1958 Alec Baldwin, American actor (Joshua-Knots Landing, Beetlejuice), born in Amityville, New York
1961 Eddie Murphy, American actor (SNL, 48 Hours, Beverly Hills Cop, Raw), born in Brooklyn, New York
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O, Miami Poetry Festival 2019
Ap 1 - 30, 2019 | Miami, FL
The O, Miami Poetry Festival is a city-wide event that promotes the appreciation and overall appropriation of poetry as an art form. The festival began as an attempt to revitalize public interest in poetry and create new platforms on which to present the work of established as well as unknown poets. Festival goers and Miami residents can rediscover poetry in a fun an accessible environment that offers public projections of poetry, live readings and poetry karaoke, where attendees can perform the works of literary legends such as Shakespeare.
Wizard World Comic Con 2019
Apr 5-7, 2019 | Saint Louis, MO
America's Center|701 Convention Plaza
Wizard World Comic Con is a fan convention celebrating pop and comic culture across the United States with a whole host of attractions and entertainment geared towards all pop culture enthusiasts. Visitors don their most elaborate costumes and gather for a weekend of movie screenings, artist and celebrity Q&A panels, costume contests, a Masquerade Ball, autograph sessions and more. There are also numerous vendors selling comic books, original art, collectibles and memorabilia from your favorite franchises and genres.
San Antonio Book Festival 2019
Ap 6, 2019 | San Antonio, TX
San Antonio Central Library & Southwest School of Art|600 Soledad St
The annual San Antonio Book Festival is a vibrant showcase of the best of up-and-coming home-grown scribes and regional writers. The one-day engagement features readings, Q&A sessions, educational interactive presentations by various authors, cooking demonstrations with cookbook authors, live music and a marketplace for literary works ranging from novels and academics to self-learning and culture studies. The San Antonio Book Festival endeavors to unify all avid readers and prolific writers in a festive celebration of literature and literary philosophy.
Eugen Sandow (2 April 1867 – 14 October 1925) was a German bodybuilder and showman. Born in Königsberg, Sandow became interested in bodybuilding at the age of ten during a visit to Italy. He studied under strongman Ludwig Durlacher in the late 1880s and, on Durlacher's recommendation, performed in a series of matches against leading figures in the sport such as Charles Sampson and Henry McCann. In 1901 he organized what is believed to be the world's first major body building competition. Set in London's Royal Albert Hall, Sandow judged the event alongside author Arthur Conan Doyle and athlete/sculptor Charles Lawes-Wittewronge. This picture shows an 1894 poster advertising the Sandow Trocadero Vaudevilles, a show featuring Sandow and produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..
Manta-Art
An Alfredi manta ray came close to me with her mouth open on a cleaning station area off Tikehau island, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia.
A Sheep Cat...a Shat? A Sheep Kitty...a Sh*tty?
knit, Easter
knit
thanks, Sheri
thanks, Millie
knit
knit
Crochet Pattern of the Day: Valerie, Canadian Correspondent
My Cat Admiring My Pregnant Wife
crochet, Easter
thanks, Marge
crochet
thanks, Jessica
PENNY ARCADE JACKET
crochet
crochet
crochet
Count Catula The Vampire Cat Claims Another Victim
RECIPE
A Surprise Kiss
So Smug
ADULT COLORING
CRAFTS ... Easter
All Aboard The Catbus
CHILDREN'S CORNER ... Easter
My Cat Mr. Puss Looks Like A Snail When He Poops
PUZZLE
WORD SEARCH
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SUDOKU ... medium
solution:
Well If You Don't Eat The Raw Dead Birds He Brings, This Is The Next Logical Step
QUOTE
Mistakes Were Made
CLEVER
My Friend And Her Cat, Catching Flies
EYE OPENER
This Is What the Ideal Woman Looked Like in the 1930s
When it comes to issues of body image today, many blame the airbrushing of already-thin models for generating an unhealthy self-image among many women.
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