Grandparents Day Celebration

1. National Grandparents Day is a secular holiday celebrated in the United States since 1978 and officially recognized in a number of countries on various days of the year, either as one holiday or sometimes as a separate Grandmothers Day and Grandfathers Day (for the first time Grandma Day was celebrated in Poland in 1965,[1]see below for dates by country). One celebrates both paternal and maternal grandparents. .....

What do people do

2. Many people honor their grandparents through a range of activities such as gift giving, card giving, and for children to invite their grandparents to school for a day where they participate in special lessons or special assembly programs. Many school students take part in storytelling activities that relate to their grandparents, as well as art or poster competitions where children often use a story about their grandparents in their artwork.About .....

Public life

3. National Grandparents Day is an observance and not a public holiday in the United States. .....

Background

4. National Grandparents Day has more than one origin. Some people consider it to have been first proposed by Michael Goldgar in the 1970s after he visited his aunt in an Atlanta nursing home, Spending $11,000 of his own money in lobbying efforts to have the day officially recognized, he made 17 trips to Washington DC over a sevenyear span to meet with legislators.Others consider Marian Lucille Herndon McQuade, a housewife in West Virginia, to have .....

Symbols

5. The official song of National Grandparents Day is A Song for Grandma And Grandpa by Johnny Prill. The official flower for the day is the forgetmenot flower. .....

Do Something Grand

6. Everyone can Do Something Grand for Grandparents Day. Check out the information on this website and then commit to Do Something Grand! And when you are done, don .....

Every day this week

7. Follow our Twitter, Facebook, and website and share the Generations United messages. Check out our Grandparents Day Social Media Guide for sample content. Make sure to tag your messages .Let your grandparents, grandchildren and other older and younger people in your life know you think they are special.Encourage your friends and family to swap their regular Facebook profile or cover photos with one that includes their grandparents and/or grandc .....

Grand Ideas for Older Adults

8. How can you make Grandparents Day a little grander this year. Share your wisdom, perspectives, and key civic values with the young people in your life. Then, reach out to policymakers and the media to make a grand difference for all children and youth in your community, state, or even nationwide. .....

Help Generations United Spread the Word About Grandparents Day

9. From September 210, change your Facebook profile to a picture of you with your grandchildren, grandparents or other special younger and older people in your life. In your status update, encourage your friends to Do Something Grand with a link to our site.Like what Generations United is doing for Grandparents Day. Help us make intergenerational policies and connections happen allyear round. Donate today. .....

Grand Ideas for Grandfamilies

10. You provide a safe and loving home to your grandchildren or other relatives in your care. We think you are doing something grand for children every day of the year. .....

Share Grand Successes

11. As part of Grandparents Week, we highlight just some of the many successful people raised by their grandparents in a publication called Grand Successes Stories of lives wellraised. It profiles individuals ranging from a business leader, an NFL player, a recent college graduate, to the President of the United States.During Grandparents Week, we encourage you to read and talk about it together as a grandfamily. Sign up to receive alerts from Genera .....

Pledge Your Support

12. Policies and programs should provide more support to grandfamilies like yours. Pledge your support for improved legal, health, educational, financial, and other policies for grandfamilies by signing Generations United Grandfamilies Pledge. Generations United will share your pledge with policymakers and other decision makers to secure a better tomorrow for grandparents and the children they are raising. .....

Grand Ideas for Intergenerational Programs

13. How can you make Grandparents Day a little grander this year? Plan and coordinate intergenerational activism projects. Create opportunities for older adults and youth in your community to come together, learn about important civic values and then reach out to policymakers and the media to make a grand difference for all children and youth in your community, state, or even nationwide. .....

When Is Grandparents Day

14. National Grandparents Day is celebrated on the first Sunday after Labor Day, annually.September 7, 2014 .....

Hold a Grandparents day in your community

15. Everyone has fond memories of the being at their nan and pop place it where you had go to get the kind of love that only a grandparent can give. This year Grandparents Day will celebrate our shared memories of being at home with our grandparents. .....

The History of Grandparents day

16. National Grandparents Day falls each year on the first Sunday after Labor Day. It not a holiday invented to sell cards and flowers. It was initiated at the grassroots level by West Virginian Marian Lucille Herndon McQuade, with the behindthescenes support of her husband Joseph L. McQuade. They had 15 children, 43 grandchildren, 10 greatgrandchildren, and one greatgreat grandchild. After being married for over 60 years, Mr. McQuade passed away in .....

Official flower of US Grandparents Day

17. The official flower of the U.S. National Grandparents Day is the forgetmenot which blooms in the spring. As a result, seasonal flowers are given in appreciation to grandparents on this day. .....

Organize A Grandparent Day In Schools

18. Starting a Grandparents Day in your local schools is easier than you think. That because once the idea is announced people are always eager to get involved. Form a planning committee consisting of your grandchild, the school principal, teachers, the PTA and assorted community leaders.It is vital that everybody in the school district be excited about their Grandparent Day in the School. Get the ball rolling with your grandchild first.On the eve of .....

Safety

19. Safety tips and guidelines you need to know to protect your grandchildren and loved ones.Why Overprotecting Kids Is Bad for Their HealthYou think youre making them safe. Really, youre doing irreparable harm. Learn why we believe kids are in constant danger, and what to do about it.Anything could have happened. There are predators out there. A school parking lot is the perfect place to pick up two kids, especially when you see them crying and scar .....

How to Celebrate Grandparents Day

20. National Grandparents Day is celebrated on the first Sunday after Labor Day. If youre lucky enough to have your grandparents around, take this opportunity to appreciate and get to know them.Get your grandparents a giftSpend the day with themAsk them questions about their livesTell them about yourselfTalk about memories they had with their grandparents, or about what your parents were like (you might dig up some embarrassing stories about them tha .....

Australia

21. Queensland was the first Australian state to officially celebrate Grandparents Day on the first Sunday in November 2010.A range of community events took place in schools and at sporting events around the state. New South Wales held their first inaugural Grandparents Day on Sunday 30 October 2011, and will be celebrate it each year on the last Sunday of October. This year Grandparents Day is being led by council on the Ageing NSW (COTA NSW). The .....

Canada

22. National Grandparents Day began in Canada in 1995. Motion number 273 submitted in the house of commons by Mr. Sarkis Assadourian read That, in the opinion of this House, the government should consider designating the second Sunday in September of each year as Grandparents Day in order to acknowledge their importance to the structure of the family in the nurturing, upbringing and education of children. .....

Estonia

23. Grandparents Day (vanavanemate p .....

Pakistan

24. In Pakistan, Grandparents Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in October to pay respect to them. .....

United States

26. National Grandparents Day in the U.S. is the first Sunday after Labor Day, in September.The holiday is expected to grow in significance over the next decade and beyond[citation needed] as the number of grandparents in the United States rises from 65 million in 2011 to 80 million in 2020 as a result of the baby boom. Grandparents in America are also increasingly responsible for child care and support. In 2012, 30% of children under five with worki .....