Today is Thursday June 23, 2011

Public Service Day

Happy Public Service Day! In 2002, the United Nations began Public Service Day to highlight the contributions that public service has made and can make. Today is a great day to deviate from your routine and volunteer your time to help someone else out. If you’re schedule is jam-packed today, plan to do something later in the week when you have more time.

It doesn’t need to be said that the philanthropic opportunities in your community, country, and globe are manifold. Whether you help out at your local food pantry, clean-up a park or walk dogs at an animal shelter—the opportunities are endless! Volunteers are always needed, whether in schools, nursing homes, fire stations or churches, so be sure to get your friends and family involved too. Remember that every act of compassion and kindness, no matter how small, can make a difference!

Today is also National Pink Day

June is Gay Pride Month & Great Outdoors Month

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History for June 23  1700 - Russia gave up its Black Sea fleet as part of a truce with the Ottoman Empire. 1860 - The U.S. Secret Service was created to arrest counterfeiters. 1868 - Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention that he called a "Type-Writer." 1904 - The first American motorboat race got underway on the Hudson River in New York. 1926 - The first lip reading tournament in America was held in Philadelphia, PA.

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 Quote of the Day:

"Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to save it."

--Jean-Jacques Rosseau