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National Thrift Shop Day: It’s Really a Thing

National Thrift Shop Day: It’s Really a Thing

Okay, are you ready to be mildly amused and maybe a bit surprised? While there are only 365 days in one year (366 in leap years), there are more than 1,500 national days observed in the United States. You read that right: 1,500, or an average of about four national...
Back-to-School Supplies Checklist

Back-to-School Supplies Checklist

The first day back to school. Seeing old friends and meeting new ones. Breaking in blank notebooks with aspirations to ace the latest classes. Learning stuff that’ll help prepare you for the future. Oh, yeah. And more homework, tests, and teachers who seem to think...
Mission: Possible

Mission: Possible

We’ve all been there. You lean forward in your office chair, razor focused on your laptop. Three hours easily pass as you try to finish an important project. Completely ignoring your body’s pleas to be nourished and hydrated, you start to feel lightheaded. You’re low...
The Most Important Part: You

The Most Important Part: You

If you had a nickel for every time you heard the phrase, “We can’t do it without you,” you’d be, well, at least $50 richer. But it’s true. Without your help, Father Joe’s Villages literally couldn’t do it without you. Do what, you ask? Achieve our mission to prevent...
Betcha Didn’t Know This About Your T-Shirt

Betcha Didn’t Know This About Your T-Shirt

Are you good at picturing stuff in your mind? Try this: Imagine a one-gallon jug of water sitting on your kitchen counter. Got it? Now picture 718 of them. Unless you have a super-ginormous kitchen, there’s not nearly enough room on your counter to hold that...