DIANE'S CORNER ... Celebrate 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 ’60s. 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.
Celebrate this Day Of Hope by volunteering at your local chapters, finding ways that you can work to help raise awareness of child abuse and how to approach those situations where you suspect it may be occurring. You can also light a five-wicked candle in a prominent place, serving as a symbol of hope to those who are dealing with the trauma of child abuse. Child Abuse is a worldwide problem, and only the efforts of an international village can serve to help protect these most innocent victims.
Joke of the Day
FARMER'S DAUGHTER
How do you get the farmer’s daughter to fall in love with you?
A tractor.
A tractor.
thanks for the Bathroom Signs funnies,
Valerie, Canadian Correspondent
Word of the Day
Areopagus
The Areopagus, as viewed from the Acropolis
MEANING:
noun: A high court.
ETYMOLOGY:
Via Latin, from Greek Areios pagos (hill of Ares, the Greek god of war), from Areios (of Ares) + pagos (hill), from pegnunai (to fasten or stiffen). In ancient Greece, Areios pagos was the site where the highest governmental council met. Later it turned into a judicial body. Earliest documented use: 1642.
USAGE:
“In a sense the Irish church is approaching an Areopagus of its own. We are called before the bar of true faith.”
Paschal Scallon; Letters; America (New York); Sep 10, 2007.
Paschal Scallon; Letters; America (New York); Sep 10, 2007.
Idiom of the Day
WRAP ONE’S HEAD AROUND SOMETHING
To understand something that is complicated or shocking
I can’t wrap my head around why Megan would leave London for Rotherham!
I can’t wrap my head around why Megan would leave London for Rotherham!
This Day in History
1621 - The Plymouth, MA, colonists created the first treaty with Native Americans.
1778 - Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, created the "$" symbol.
1789 - The U.S. House of Representatives held its first full meeting in New York City. Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania was elected the first House Speaker.
1873 - Composer Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov was born.
1889 - The first dishwashing machine was marketed (in Chicago).
1891 - The William Wrigley Jr. Company was founded in Chicago, IL. The company is most known for its Juicy Fruit gum.
1918 - England's Royal Flying Corps was replaced by the Royal Air Force.
1927 - The first automatic record changer was introduced by His Master's Voice.
1929 - Louie Marx introduced the Yo-Yo.
1931 - Jackie Mitchell became the first female in professional baseball when she signed with the Chattanooga Baseball Club.
1938 - The first commercially successful fluorescent lamps were introduced.
1946 - Weight Watchers was formed.
1953 - The U.S. Congress created the Department of Health Education and Welfare.
1960 - The U.S. launched TIROS-1. It was the first weather satellite.
1970 - U.S. President Nixon signed the bill, the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act, that banned cigarette advertisements to be effective on January 1, 1971.
1984 - Marvin Gaye, at the age of 44, was killed by his father . Gaye's father received probation after he pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter.
1996 - U.S. President Bill Clinton threw out the first ball preceding a game between the Kansas City Royals and the Baltimore Orioles.
1997 - David Carradine received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1999 - The Canadian territory of Nunavut was created. It was carved from the eastern part of the Northwest Territories and covered about 772,000 square miles.
thanks, Riley
DAILY SQU-EEK
If You Were Born Today, April 1:
You are a person of great faith and conviction. Straightforward and determined, you pick yourself up after a fall quickly. Self-reliant and strong, you also have a sensitive side. You are not afraid to stand apart from the crowd and stand up for your beliefs and convictions. You are not always comfortable asking for others’ help, but you should probably do so every once in a while so that you avoid the traps of feeling lonely or uncared for. Famous people born today:
1776 Sophie Germain, French mathematician, born in Paris, France (d. 1831)
1875 Edgar Wallace, English novelist, playwright and journalist (The Terror, The Four Just Men) who created King Kong, born in Greenwich, England (d. 1932)
1886 Wallace Beery, American circus performer (Ringling Brothers Circus) and actor (Alias a Gentleman, Dinner at 8), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1949)
1920 Toshiro Mifune, Japanese writer and actor (Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Shogun), born in Tsingtao, China (d. 1997)
1926 Anne [Inez] McCaffrey, American sci-fi author (Dragonflight, Dragondrums), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 2011)
1940 Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and political activist, founder of the Green Belt Movement, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (2004) and Indira Gandhi Peace Prize (2006), born in Ihithe village, Kenya (d. 2011)
thanks, Marge
READERS INFO
1.
(Not So) Totally Useless Facts of The Day:
The winner is, the Sony Playstation 2! With sales crossing the 155+ million units sold mark, the Playstation 2 (also known as PS2) currently ranks as the highest selling game console of all-time.
The piano was invented in Italy in the early 1700’s by Bartolomeo Cristofori. The original name for this new instrument was “piano et forte”, which means ‘soft and loud’. Cristofori then shortened it to piano.
Ranch dressing was created in 1949 by a plumber in Alaska. Steve Henson started cooking for his coworkers and perfecting his buttermilk dressing recipe. Five years later he moved to California with his wife Gayle and bought a ranch.
His famous buttermilk dressing soon became a staple at the dinner table of Hidden Valley Ranch and before long the Hensons started selling it to guests and local supermarkets. Over two decades later in 1972, the couple sold their name
and recipe to Clorox for $8 million. Not bad for a little buttermilk, mayo, and herbs.
2.
Although April Fools’ Day, also called All Fools’ Day, has been celebrated for several centuries by different cultures, its exact origins remain a mystery. Some historians speculate that April Fools’ Day dates back to 1582, when France switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, as called for by the Council of Trent in 1563.
People who were slow to get the news or failed to recognize that the start of the new year had moved to January 1 and continued to celebrate it during the last week of March through April 1 became the butt of jokes and hoaxes.
These pranks included having paper fish placed on their backs and being referred to as “poisson d’avril” (April fish), said to symbolize a young, easily caught fish and a gullible person.
3.
Coronavirus Style by Sylvia, CAN DO Correspondent
I could not find any butter locally last week, so finally gave up and bought whipping cream on sale. I added a teaspoon of sour cream to the 8 oz./250ml carton, shook it up, and left it on the counter overnight.
The next day I got out the electric mixer and made butter, adding a little pink Himalayan salt. When it came, I drained off the butter milk (actually thicker than I imagined, and tasty!), and set myself up in front of the TV with two spatulas and a container.
Scooping up a couple of tablespoons with one, I pressed the butter back and forth until it had a consistency like clay, with no more buttermilk oozing out, and plopped it into the container. It did take a while, but I have to say the butter is very good, and much fresher tasting than at the store.
Pictures of the day
1621 - The Plymouth, MA, colonists created the first treaty with Native Americans.
1931 - Jackie Mitchell became the first female in professional baseball when she signed with the Chattanooga Baseball Club.
1938 - The first commercially successful fluorescent lamps were introduced.
1946 - Weight Watchers was formed.
1953 - The U.S. Congress created the Department of Health Education and Welfare.
1960 - The U.S. launched TIROS-1. It was the first weather satellite.
DAILY SQU-EEK
The winner is, the Sony Playstation 2! With sales crossing the 155+ million units sold mark, the Playstation 2 (also known as PS2) currently ranks as the highest selling game console of all-time.
The piano was invented in Italy in the early 1700’s by Bartolomeo Cristofori. The original name for this new instrument was “piano et forte”, which means ‘soft and loud’. Cristofori then shortened it to piano.
Ranch dressing was created in 1949 by a plumber in Alaska. Steve Henson started cooking for his coworkers and perfecting his buttermilk dressing recipe. Five years later he moved to California with his wife Gayle and bought a ranch.
His famous buttermilk dressing soon became a staple at the dinner table of Hidden Valley Ranch and before long the Hensons started selling it to guests and local supermarkets. Over two decades later in 1972, the couple sold their name
and recipe to Clorox for $8 million. Not bad for a little buttermilk, mayo, and herbs.
Although April Fools’ Day, also called All Fools’ Day, has been celebrated for several centuries by different cultures, its exact origins remain a mystery. Some historians speculate that April Fools’ Day dates back to 1582, when France switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, as called for by the Council of Trent in 1563.
People who were slow to get the news or failed to recognize that the start of the new year had moved to January 1 and continued to celebrate it during the last week of March through April 1 became the butt of jokes and hoaxes.
These pranks included having paper fish placed on their backs and being referred to as “poisson d’avril” (April fish), said to symbolize a young, easily caught fish and a gullible person.
The next day I got out the electric mixer and made butter, adding a little pink Himalayan salt. When it came, I drained off the butter milk (actually thicker than I imagined, and tasty!), and set myself up in front of the TV with two spatulas and a container.
Scooping up a couple of tablespoons with one, I pressed the butter back and forth until it had a consistency like clay, with no more buttermilk oozing out, and plopped it into the container. It did take a while, but I have to say the butter is very good, and much fresher tasting than at the store.
A ha-ha is a recessed landscape design element that creates a vertical barrier while preserving an uninterrupted view of the landscape beyond. The design includes a turfed incline that slopes downward to a sharply vertical face, typically a masonry retaining wall. Ha-has are used in landscape design to prevent access to a garden, for example by grazing livestock, without obstructing views. In security design, the element is used to deter vehicular access to a site while minimizing visual obstruction. The name "ha-ha" is thought to have stemmed from the exclamations of surprise by those coming across them, as the walls were intentionally designed so as not to be visible on the plane of the landscape. This picture shows a ha-ha at Hopetoun House in West Lothian, Scotland, which keeps animals off the lawn while remaining unseen from the main house, visible here in the background. The wall disappears from view as it curves away to the left of the photograph.
Utah
Riders herd bison during the annual roundup on Antelope Island
knit ... Easter
thanks, Maddy
thanks, Leah
knit
Crochet Pattern of the Day:
thanks, Valerie, Canadian Correspondent
put one or more into your pocket!
Easter
thanks, Joy
crochet
thanks, Doris
thanks, Sally
CROCKPOT RECIPE
thanks, Jane
SWEETS
ADULT COLORING
CRAFTS
CHILDREN'S CORNER ... crafts
PUZZLE
SUDOKU ... easy
QUOTE
CLEVER
CROCKPOT RECIPE
thanks, Jane
SWEETS
thanks, Shelley, New York Food Correspondent
ADULT COLORING
CRAFTS
thanks, Karen
thanks, Renee
PUZZLE
| boots breathing chair confident damage danger deep desire dots | enjoy fence fight first flood flush foil grain guide | intelligence latex option others rainy report | sire smart store testing tote transmit treat | wander water wean weapon wildfire within word worry |
SUDOKU ... easy
solution:
QUOTE
CLEVER
thanks for the decluttering idea, Helen
Use Metal Boards to Organize Your Make Up
Get creative and fashion a metal board into a fancy frame. Choose a theme or select vintage-style wallpapers. Attach small magnets to the back of your make up with a tape or glue and stick it on the board.
Here’s how it will look:
Goodbye messy boudoir!
EYE OPENER
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it. -Milan Kundera, novelist, playwright, and poet (b. 1 Apr 1929)
OPTICAL ILLUSION
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