Martin Luther King Day is ahead on January 20th, the same day our new president is inaugurated. Next month, we’ll celebrate Valentine’s Day. Some days are holidays celebrated by many; some even by an Act of Congress. Other days carry traditional awareness, curiously honored, like Groundhog Day. But what about all those other awareness days we learn about in news and entertainment media? They’re promoted as being on a national
calendar but are far from our awareness until we’re reminded to observe some special day to hope for some cure or practice for better health or to honor relationships, places or good food.
Some announced national days aim our mindfulness toward serious matters, while other national days declared with the same authority appear to intentionally ignite a joyful chuckle over the inanity of such intended observance even for one day. There seems to be a National “Whatever” Day for everything. In just the first week of January 2025 alone comes National… Drinking Straw Day, Spaghetti Day, Trivia Day, Whipped Cream Day, Cuddle Up Day and Bobblehead Day. And that’s just half of the declared National Days for just the first week of the first month of 2025. How can this be?!?
What about a “National Bringing People Together Day?” Why not a Bringing People Together Month? No need. Because every day of every month, Newtown Square Friends & Neighbors is Bringing People Together through our unique brand of social-media-in-print, through our magazine delivered monthly into Newtown Square homes, and online at NewtownSquareMag.com.
There may be no declared National Bringing People Together Day by some fee paid to land it on the National Day Calendar. There’s no need. The fees are paid every month by our business Sponsors, who show us just how much Bringing People Together is important to them, and how important Newtown Square residents are to the success of their business. Each one of our advertising Sponsors has chosen to use a portion of their limited marketing budget to serve us in Bringing People Together in Newtown Square by making our free hometown magazine possible.
In this new year, whenever you read or hear about some National “Whatever” Day, let your first thought be that every day for Newtown Square Friends & Neighbors is a Bringing People Together Day because of the contribution to our community made by the businesses seen advertising on the pages of your hometown magazine. Whenever possible, with strong intention, choose to do business with them first, to honor their service to our community. It’s the kind of service you’ll never see coming from e-commerce websites and big-box stores.