National Boys’ and Girls’ Club Day for Kids is celebrated on the third Saturday of September every year and this year, it falls on September 20. It means celebrating children with a variety of fun activities! National Boys’ and Girls’ Club Day for Kids was created by the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, which works to enable “all young people to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.” The organization was founded in 1860 in Hartford, Connecticut as a way to provide a positive alternative for character development for young boys who were roaming the streets. By 1990, the organization broadened its scope to include girls into its fold.
National Sew a Jelly Roll Day
National Sew a Jelly Roll Day, celebrated every third Saturday of September and falling on September 20 this year, is a day on which quilters get to sew up their many bundles of pre-cut and unused fabrics, which are usually referred to as ‘jelly rolls.’ When sewing, a wide range of effects can be used by the quilter to contribute to the final quality and utility of the quilted material. The quilter manages these effects by manipulating such things as the type and thickness of the material, the stitch length and style, pattern design, and piecing and cutting.
World Engineers Day
World Engineers Day, celebrated every September 15, serves to appreciate engineers and their contributions to society. Engineers are professionals who invent, design, and build complex systems, structures, and materials in order to fulfill functional objectives and deliverables, keeping in mind factors such as practicality, regulation, safety, and cost. The word ‘engineer’ is derived from the Latin words ‘ingeniare’ (which means ‘to create or generate’) and ‘ingenium’ (which means ‘cleverness’). An engineer typically would require foundational qualifications of a four-year bachelor’s degree in any of several engineering disciplines — or, in certain peculiar jurisdictions, a master’s degree in an engineering discipline with an addition of four to six years of peer-reviewed professional practice, which would then result in a thesis, and then, conclusively, a passing of engineering board examinations.