Actually, it IS a holiday, this year falling on September 7. Just FYI.
"The impetus for a National Grandparents Day originated with Marian McQuade,
a housewife in Fayette County, West Virginia. Her primary motivation was to
champion
the cause of lonely elderly in nursing homes. She also hoped to persuade
grandchildren
to tap the wisdom and heritage their grandparents could provide. President
Jimmy
Carter, in 1978, proclaimed that National Grandparents Day would be celebrated
every year on the first Sunday after Labor Day."
Denise Pannell
Defiance, OH
>===== Original Message From Sid Miller <sidmill@nsn.k12.nv.us> =====
>Oh, I see. I was hoping that it was a date yet to come--my mother in
law--with all
>the images that the words bring up--e-mailed all my children and their
cousins to
>say that they had ignored her on Grandparent's Day. I was really hoping that
it was
>a date off in the future somewhere!!! Sid
>
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>>
>> In October, grandparents or other special people can come to school
>> with their grandchildren. In my school, they usually spend about an hour
in
>> class, and then watch a special presentation for a half hour or so. If
students
>> have a special scheduled, art, music, phys.ed., etc., grandparents go to
them
>> as well. :) Breanne
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