May 17 - National Take Your Parents To The Playground Day

Happy National Take Your Parents To The Playground Day! Kids, you work hard every day. It’s time to show your parents just how hard you work.  After all, your primary job is to play, and the third Sunday in May. 

Outdoor play offers the obvious benefit of physical activity, helping to build strong muscles and bones. 

It also engages the child’s imagination, which contributes to developing creativity as well as self-confidence.   

However, a child’s work doesn’t stop there. Playing with others includes games, focus, and attention. 

As a result, playing teaches leadership and negotiation skills. The more children play, the healthier, smarter, and happier they are. 

Include all these benefits with the celebration, and the value of play is increased exponentially because the whole family is involved. 

HOW TO OBSERVE 

Find the closest playground, and take your parents to work.   

Use #TakeYourParentsToThePlaygroundDay to share on social media. 

HISTORY 

On April 4, 2009, PDPlay first founded Take Your Parents to the Playground Day to motivate children to get outdoors and take their parents to their workplace.  

National Take Your Parents to the Playground Day follows Children & Nature Awareness Month, an event established by the Children & Nature Network (C&NN). 

The month was created to call attention to the importance of providing opportunities for all children to experience frequent, regular play in natural outdoor settings.  

National Take Your Parents To The Playground Day offers an excellent opportunity to continue the initiative’s message with families throughout the year. 

#TakeYourParentsToThePlaygroundDay 

@PDPLay 

@nichecinema 

DATES 

May 16, 2021 
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May 19, 2030

May 17 - National Graduation Tassel Day

Happy National Graduation Tassel Day! Across the country, May 17, this day marks the annual parade of academic achievement. The day celebrates the accomplishments of every graduate with pomp and circumstance! 

Each year, auditoriums and stadiums fill with proud family and friends excited to witness the commencement ceremonies of high schools, colleges, and universities.  

Tassels dangle from the mortarboards in the colors of their esteemed institutions. With each gown crisply pressed, graduates and families prepare for the big day. 

Graduates, as your day arrives, square your shoulders, eyes steady on the future. Pause to consider all your challenges in realizing this moment. When the principal or dean reads your name and your diploma is in hand, move your tassel. 

High school and undergraduate students start with their tassels on the right and move their tassels to the left upon graduation.  

For those earning graduate degrees and higher, the tassel starts on the left and moves to the right upon completion of their higher-level degrees. 

These traditions of moving the tassel have only recently gained popularity in the last fifty years. 

HOW TO OBSERVE 

Congratulations to everyone moving their tassel and graduating! Celebrate your graduates and their accomplishments.  

Share memories of the years leading up to your big day as well. Post a photo of your graduates with their tassels using #GraduationTasselDay.  

Share your photo with Tassel Depot® by using the social media websites below: 

Facebook.com/tassel.depot 
twitter.com/TasselDepot 
Instagram.com/TasselDepot 

HISTORY 

Tassel Depot® founded National Graduation Tassel Day on May 17 to celebrate the keepsake that marks one of the milestone achievements of our lives. 

In 2018, the Registrar at National Day Calendar® proclaimed celebration to be observed annually. 

About Tassel Depot® 

Established in 1864, the company that produces “Tassels without Hassles®” was originally known as Hofmann & Leavy, Inc.  

Today, the Tassel Depot® has been owed and operated by the Leavy family for more than three generations, and their products can be found all over the world. 

How can you observe or celebrate with your graduate today? 

#GraduationTasselDay 

#EdwardElgar 

@tassel.depot 

@nichecinema