Wisconsin Dates & Holidays » grandparents day http://wisdates.com wisdates.com Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:27:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Celebrate Grandparents Day in Wisconsin Sunday, Sept. 13 http://wisdates.com/2009/09/09/celebrate-grandparents-day-in-wisconsin-sunday-sept-13/ http://wisdates.com/2009/09/09/celebrate-grandparents-day-in-wisconsin-sunday-sept-13/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:55:01 +0000 dave http://wisdates.com/?p=5 In 1978, President Jimmy Carter proclaimed that National Grandparents Day would be celebrated every year on the first Sunday after Labor Day. This year, celebrate National Grandparents Day and honor your grandparents this Sunday, September 13th.

Marian McQuade, a housewife in Fayette County, West Virginia, originated Grandparents Day to champion the elderly in nursing homes. She also hoped others would see these elderly as an untapped resource of experience and wisdom.

This year, Martha Babis was named 2009 National Grandparent of the Year Forget-Me-Not Volunteer. Martha developed a program at her local church where church member “adopt” a grandparent in a nursing home and pledge to visit them at least once a week.

For more about Grandparents Day, see this article.

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