Every calendar month is dedicated to any number of causes, issues, or commemorations. Some of them are well-publicized, many others are seldom recognized. Any professional librarian will tell you that Chase's Calendar of Events is considered the ultimate authority on such matters. At the Main Library we keep our copy of this invaluable tool right at the Reference Desk. Chase's has been around for half a century; brothers Harrison and William chase published the first edition in December of 1957. William D. Chase was a librarian for a newspaper and understood only too well how handy it would be to have a compendium of international special days, weeks, and months at hand for reference.
Having just lauded this estimable resource, I must point out that the 2008 edition actually didn't include the fact that October is Italian-American Heritage month...or the website for the German-American Heritage Association.
Here is a (very abbreviated) list of some groups and ideas to which the month of October is dedicated:
CHURCH LIBRARY MONTH
I knew National Library Month is celebrated in April (it would be really pitiful if I was ignorant of that), but I had no idea that ecclesiastical libraries have the month of October dedicated to them. Visit their site at http://www.eclalibraries.org/
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH
Having just lauded this estimable resource, I must point out that the 2008 edition actually didn't include the fact that October is Italian-American Heritage month...or the website for the German-American Heritage Association.
Here is a (very abbreviated) list of some groups and ideas to which the month of October is dedicated:
CHURCH LIBRARY MONTH
I knew National Library Month is celebrated in April (it would be really pitiful if I was ignorant of that), but I had no idea that ecclesiastical libraries have the month of October dedicated to them. Visit their site at http://www.eclalibraries.org/
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH
This is a very serious issue that deserves attention every month of the year.
http://www.ncadv.org/
October is an embarrassment of riches where national ethnic heritage celebrations are concerned. As a matter of fact, it's almost a shame that one month is made to represent so many popular nationalities! Although not technically the entire month, HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
runs annually from September 15 to October 15 http://www.hispanicheritage.org/.
Three major groups claim the 10th month of the year as their own:
GERMAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
http://www.ncadv.org/
October is an embarrassment of riches where national ethnic heritage celebrations are concerned. As a matter of fact, it's almost a shame that one month is made to represent so many popular nationalities! Although not technically the entire month, HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
runs annually from September 15 to October 15 http://www.hispanicheritage.org/.Three major groups claim the 10th month of the year as their own:
GERMAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
http://www.polishamericancenter.org/
For all the rabid philatelists out there, you already know that October is NATIONAL STAMP COLLECTING MONTH! Unsurprisingly, the official site for this pastime is registered through the official U.S. Post Office's portal:
For all the rabid philatelists out there, you already know that October is NATIONAL STAMP COLLECTING MONTH! Unsurprisingly, the official site for this pastime is registered through the official U.S. Post Office's portal:
www.usps.com/communications/community/nscm.htm
Remember Popeye and his avaricious love for that particular green vegetable? If you share the same fondness for it, you may be pleased to learn that October is NATIONAL SPINACH MONTH!
Remember Popeye and his avaricious love for that particular green vegetable? If you share the same fondness for it, you may be pleased to learn that October is NATIONAL SPINACH MONTH!
http://www.ilovespinach.com/
And finally: we see them everywhere, and this is their month, too--let's hear it for that omnipresent rodent, the squirrel! October is NATIONAL SQUIRREL MONTH!
(I couldn't make this stuff up!)
And finally: we see them everywhere, and this is their month, too--let's hear it for that omnipresent rodent, the squirrel! October is NATIONAL SQUIRREL MONTH!
(I couldn't make this stuff up!)
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