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  • NATIONAL FAMILY LITERACY MONTH | November

    NATIONAL FAMILY LITERACY MONTH | November

    National Family Literacy Month is an annual designation observed in November. This month, get the whole family snuggled up on the couch and open up a good book. Studies show that reading aloud with mom or dad is the most important activity when it comes to preparing children to read on their own. And if you raise a good reader… Pretty much anything is possible! Reading helps with vocabulary, writing skills, attention span, memory, and teaches us about other times and places. Even if your child is just a baby, you should still sit down and read with them every once in a while. An infant can look at pictures and listen to your voice as you read stories to them… And believe it or not, studies show that that alone can have a profound effect on your child when it comes to learning later on in life. Grab a few books, gather the fam, snuggle up, and let a book take you all to another place together.

    HOW TO OBSERVE

    Get the whole family together and enjoy some reading. Use #FamilyLiteracyMonth to post on social media. If you are reading to toddlers or other young children, try to remember when you were young, and the way you liked listening to your parents or teachers read with excitement in their voice, and when they gave you enough time to look at the pictures as well as listening to the words. Here are a few things you can do this month (and hopefully every month to follow) to participate in National Family Literacy Month.

    1. Set aside a little time for reading every day, even if it’s only for 15 or so minutes.
    2. Go through both old and new books, and set some of your favorites around the house. They make cute decorations, and maybe one of the kids will pick one up and start reading!
    3. Take a few trips to the library.
    4. Read your child the book version of their favorite movie. If they can read on their own, encourage them to read it!
    5. Start a book club with friends and family.
    6. Participate in a book drive and donate old or used books you no longer need. This will help families in need read to their kids.

    HISTORY

    In our research, we were unable to find the creator of National Family Literacy Month.

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  • NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH – November

    NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH

    National Native American Heritage Month during November celebrates the diverse and rich culture, history, and traditions of Native people. The observance is also a time to educate anyone and everyone about the different tribes, raise awareness about the struggles native people faced as well as in the present. American Indian pictures, words, names, and stories are a crucial part of American history and help mold our life today.

    Thousands of years before Christopher Columbus and his crews landed their ships in the Bahamas, the Native Americans had cultivated lives and communities there. Native American history overflows with a variety of diverse groups and prominent leaders and figures like Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Sacagawea, and Pocahontas. Native Americans were always known for hard work and quick instinct. Today, there are about 4.5 million Native Americans in the United States, making about 1.5 percent of our population. Take some time to learn about and celebrate their culture this month.

    HOW TO OBSERVE #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth

    Use #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth to post on social media. Keep Native American Heritage alive this November, and for all the months to follow! Here are a few ways you can celebrate this month.

    1. Read a Native American history book, or a novel that dives into the history and traditions of native people. Movies like Pocahontas tend to sensationalize truth about Native American history, so reading a book will likely give you a more realistic vision.
    2. Play a game of lacrosse! Believe it or not, lacross was one variety of indigenous stickball games the American Indians played as early as the 12th century.
    3. There are a few movies made about Native Americans that aren’t as oversensationalized and are definitely worth a watch. Try Reel Injun, Smoke Signals, Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee, and Winter in the Blood. 
    4. Get in the kitchen and try a native recipe! There are tons of mouthwatering recipes from native soups, to roasted duck, or even pumpkin bread for a tasty fall treat.
    5. Finally, learn the true story about the very first thanksgiving. What you were taught in elementary school isn’t quite accurate. Click here to learn!

    NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH HISTORY

    In 1990, President George H. W. Bush approved a joint resolution designating November of 1990 National American Indian Heritage Month.

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  • NATIONAL MEDICAL SCIENCE LIAISON (MSL) AWARENESS & APPRECIATION MONTH – November

     

    NATIONAL MEDICAL SCIENCE LIAISON (MSL) AWARENESS & APPRECIATION MONTH

    National Medical Science Liaison (MSL) Awareness & Appreciation Month is an annual designation observed in November.

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  • NATIONAL MARROW AWARENESS MONTH | November

    NATIONAL MARROW AWARENESS MONTH | November

    National Marrow Awareness Month is an annual designation observed in November. During this time, we celebrate and honor the accomplishments of physicians who perform transplant research. We also acknowledge those who have donated stem cells and bone marrow in order to save others’ lives. Every year in the U.S., over 17,000 people are diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses in which they need a bone marrow, or umbilical cord blood transplant. These types of transplants replace diseased cells with healthy cells. The tricky part tends to be finding a well-matched donor. This is key when it comes to a successful transplant, which is why the more people who donate marrow, the more survivors we have. This month as we honor National Marrow Awareness, we encourage you to consider becoming a donor and potentially saving a life. If you are someone that regularly donates or has in the past, we thank you!

    HOW TO OBSERVE

    Look into donating your bone marrow. Use #MarrowAwarenessMonth, or #DonateMarrow to post on social media. Donating means volunteering to donate your cells for blood stem cell or marrow transplantation. You can donate to a family member, a friend, or anyone in the world who needs it and matches with you. There are several other ways you can make a difference this month, too.

    • Post on social media to raise awareness, and using the hashtags listed above
    • Join a Marrow Awareness event near you and post a picture
    • If you can’t find an event near you, organize one yourself!
    • Donate money if you can’t donate your bone marrow

    HISTORY

    In our research, we were unable to find the creator of National Bone Marrow Awareness Month.

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  • NATIONAL LONG-TERM CARE AWARENESS MONTH | November

    NATIONAL LONG-TERM CARE AWARENESS MONTH | November

    National Long-Term Care Awareness Month is an annual designation observed in November. Did you know that 70% of men and women over the age of 65 will need some kind of long-term care services? This kind of care can be very expensive, and can take a toll on the family as a whole as they try to figure out payment, roles of family members, and other logistics of making long-term decisions for a loved one. When taking care of someone long term, it usually means feeding them, helping with personal care, bathing them, and helping with other daily tasks. Let’s come together to recognize National Long-Term Care Awareness Month, and show support to those giving and receiving long-term care. Here’s a list of statistics surrounding long-term care in the United States.

    • 78% of adults who are getting long-term care at home rely solely on family and friends for their assistance
    • The average caregiver is a woman around 46 years of age
    • On average, the caregiver spends about 21 hours per week assisting their patient or family member
    • Over 90% of family caregivers had to alter their work schedule permanently due to caring for their loved one
    • Around 40% of caregivers have had to switch from working full-time, to part-time.
    • Close to half said they had to skip vacation and other personal activities in order to take adequate care of their loved one
    • 29% had to use their own money in providing care
    • More than 10% had to move in order to be closer to their family member in need of care
    • Around 10% had to take a pay cut at their full-time job

    HOW TO OBSERVE

    Use #LongTermCareAwarenessMonth to post on social media. Raise awareness about long-term care and acknowledge anyone you know that is or has been a caregiver before. The more we understand the emotional, physical, and economic toll that long-term care can take on loved ones, the more we can prepare for our own futures so we don’t become a burden to the people we love the most.

    Another way you can honor National Long-Term Care Awareness Month is by looking into getting long-term-care insurance. This would mean that rather than having a family member come and take care of you, a nurse would come to take care of you every day. If you choose this route but don’t have insurance, you will likely pay around $140,000 out of pocket on average. Only a little over 7 million Americans have this type of insurance.

    HISTORY

    National Long-Term Care Awareness Month was founded in 2001 by the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance. Their goal is to get people to focus on long-term care awareness, and have a plan ready for themselves as they near age 65 or so.

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  • NATIONAL LIFE WRITING MONTH | November

    NATIONAL LIFE WRITING MONTH | November

    National Life Writing Month is an annual designation observed in November. This is a busy time for writers, as it’s NaNoWriMo as well! You know what this means. Time to grab your laptop and a few notebooks, pens, and highlighters, plug in to some good music and let those creative juices flow to get writing! The goal of National Life Writing Month is to encourage people to write about themselves and their life as they have experienced it thus far (it’s sometimes known as Memoir Writing Month.) Now is the time for you to dedicate yourself to writing personal and family stories, memories, traditions, significant events, and anything else you feel is worth adding to your life story.

    HOW TO OBSERVE

    Write a story focusing on your life. Use #LifeWritingMonth to post on social media. Here are some tips to help you get started on your memoir!

    • Don’t think too hard. Let your most significant memories come to mind, jot everything down, and expand on them later. Close your eyes, take a breath, and let your big life moments come to you.
    • Help yourself out by going through old pictures, videos, and letters.
    • When you begin, don’t worry about grammar or sentence structure. Get the thoughts out there, and smooth the rest out later.
    • Arrange everything in a timeline to help you write your full story.
    • Have fun with it! This is YOUR writing about YOUR life and YOUR memories and thoughts. It shouldn’t be anyone else’s but your own, so as long as you enjoy writing and reading it, you have succeeded!

    HISTORY

    In our research, we were unable to find the founder of National Life Writing Month.

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  • NATIONAL INSPIRATIONAL ROLE MODELS MONTH – November

    NATIONAL INSPIRATIONAL ROLE MODELS MONTH

    National Inspirational Role Models Month offers an opportunity to spotlight those role models who embody the qualities and character for life long success. No matter your age, gender, or stage of life, having someone who inspires you to be the best version of yourself is always a positive thing. Perhaps it’s a friend, an employer, clergy, teacher, celebrity, or an activist. Whether the person is high-profile or not isn’t important. Their character and ability to inspire, guide, and teach carries much more value. This month, focus on the person who motivates you and thank them for the leadership.

    Each November, we encourage you to get involved in activities or events that your role model is apart of (or if they are no longer living or a public figure, maybe an occasion you think they would enjoy or join in themselves). Stepping into the shoes of the person you look up to the most is likely to stir something up inside you that encourages growth as a person. There’s a reason that person is your role model, right? Take a good look at them and their life. What healthy habits do they have? How do they make people feel? If you can mold yourself after them, while keeping your unique personality, you have struck gold!

    HOW TO OBSERVE #InspirationalRoleModelsMonth

    Use #InspirationalRoleModelsMonth to post on social media. Be the best person YOU can be this month and thank your inspirational role model for helping you get there; they may not have even realized you were looking up to them! Another good way to celebrate National Inspirational Role Model Month is by being a good role model to others. Here are some ways for you to radiate confidence and goodness for the world to see.

    • Always demonstrate leadership and confidence. Stay positive, look at things from a neutral perspective, and be calm, cool, and collected. Always strive for bigger and better for yourself and others.
    • Stand out in the crowd. Be yourself and be proud of it. You don’t ever have to try to “fit in.” People are drawn to those who are unapologetically themselves.
    • Interact with everyone, not just your friends or the most successful/popular people in the room. Always have an open mind and be a good listener, as well as speaker.
    • Show others that you care, even if you don’t know them well! Being interested and concerned about people around you shows selflessness and great character.
    • Be smart, well rounded, and open-minded. Thinking you’re the smartest person in the room automatically makes you the dumbest person in the room.
    • Admit to your mistakes, and embrace them to become better. Acting as though you are above failure and mistakes show arrogance.

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    INSPIRATIONAL ROLE MODELS MONTH HISTORY

    Detroit native and House of Communications Owner/Chief Communications Specialist Darlene House first designated National Inspirational Role Models Month in 2005.

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  • NATIONAL IMPOTENCY MONTH – November

    NATIONAL IMPOTENCY MONTH

    National Impotency Month in November opens up a dialogue about erectile dysfunction (ED).

    While the subject isn’t often discussed, studies suggest it becomes more common with age. Addressing concerns with your doctor for proper treatment is essential. While prescriptions are available, there are less expensive treatments. Lifestyle changes may reduce stressors and eliminate the cause.  If the changes don’t remedy the disorder, your physician may try other therapies and rule out other conditions.

    HOW TO OBSERVE

    Use #NationalImpotencyMonth to post on social media.

    HISTORY

    Our research did not identify the source of National Impotency Month.

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  • NATIONAL HOME CARE & HOSPICE MONTH | November

    NATIONAL HOME CARE & HOSPICE MONTH | November

    National Home Care and Hospice Month in November recognizes the dedicated professionals who make a daily difference in the lives of the people they serve.

    These caregivers come in many roles, from therapists and aids, administrators and nurses, CNAs and social workers. Their compassion and attention to detail improve the lives of every resident under their care. Their patience and time provide improved quality of life and peace of mind for family members. The month celebrates these qualities and so much more.

    HOW TO OBSERVE

    Take time to thank those who provide home care and hospice care. Their dedicated service should not go unnoticed. Use #HomeCare&HospiceMonth to post on social media.

    HISTORY

    We were unable to identify the source of National Home Care & Hospice Month.

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  • NATIONAL FUN WITH FONDUE MONTH – November

    NATIONAL FUN WITH FONDUE MONTH

    National Fun with Fondue Month in November directs you to do just that. Find a recipe and get dipping! There’s a variety for every appetite.

    Fondue derives its name from the French word “fondre” which means “to melt.” Three types of fondue have developed over the years and each has flavor profile all its own.

    Cheese – The oldest fondue style and believed to have been developed by the Swiss, cheese is versatile. Blend a variety of cheese choices with white wine and dip vegetables, meat, and pieces of bread to have a complete fondue experience.

    Oil – While the French originally developed this savory fondue option for steak, we are only limited by our imagination. Add seasonings, dipping sauces and your choice of protein and the fondue celebration begins!

    Chocolate – When the United States discovered fondue, they added dessert. Dip fruit, pretzels, or cake bites. There’s really no limit to what we will fondue.

    HOW TO OBSERVE

    Enjoy the following fondue recipes.

    Chocolate Orange Fondue
    Chocolate Fondue L’Afrique
    Creamy Veggie Fondue
    Parmesan Fondue

    Use #FunWithFondueMonth to post on social media.

    HISTORY

    We were unable to identify the source of National Fun with Fondue Month.

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