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Our exclusive Deserving Thyme Aromatherapy Potions & Lotions for Survival at Work kit contains hand cream, facial spritz and temple balm. Burnt out? Key-bored? This gift is sure to rejuvenate!Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Administrative Professionals Week
The International Association of Administrative Professionals answers to frequently asked questions about Administrative Professionals Week.
Q. Why was Administrative Professionals Week started?
A. Administrative Professionals Week (and Day), formerly known as Professional Secretaries Week, was created by The International Association of Administrative Professionals, formally called the National Secretaries Association, as an annual event to recognize the valuable contributions of office support staff in business and government, and to encourage students to consider careers as administrative professionals.
Q. How did begin?
A. IAAP started the commemoration in 1952. APW is sponsored solely by IAAP. A common public misconception is that APW was created by flower distributors, candy companies, or greeting card manufacturers so they could sell more products. The truth, however, is that IAAP started the event as a way to recognize administrative professionals.
Q. When is it held?
A. Administrative Professionals Week is always held annually during the last full week in April. Administrative Professionals Day is always held the Wednesday of that week.
Q. Who qualifies as an administrative professional?
A. Many people who contribute to the workplace in a variety of settings. IAAP defines administrative professionals as
This delightful metal eight inch tea cup planter is filled to the brim with refreshing treats like chocolate mint sticks, mini chocolate chip cookies,lemonade, gourmet coffee and teas, after coffee mints and Lindor Lindt truffles. This planter basket contains all the ingredients to create the perfect afternoon break, nice for Mom on Mother's day, or a birthday or just because!
From Wikepedia:
Precursors to the American Mother's Day
Precedents for the currently observed "Mother's Day" include:
"Mothering Sunday" in the UK and Ireland on the fourth Sunday of Lent. It was originally a time when Catholics were supposed to travel to attend Mass in their "Mother Church" (the regional cathedral) rather than in their local parish. By the Reformation, it had changed into an occasion for children to visit parents. An 1854 source mentions a couplet: "On 'Mothering Sunday,' above all other/Every child should dine with its mother."[1]
"Mother's Day Work Clubs" organized by Anna Jarvis's mother, Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis (1864-1948), to improve sanitation and health in the area. These clubs also assisted both Union and Confederate encampments in controlling a typhoid outbreak, and conducted a "Mothers' Friendship Day" to reconcile families divided by the Civil War.[2]
The "Mother's Day" anti-war observances founded by Julia Ward Howe in 1872[3]
[edit] Howe's "Mother's Day"
Julia Ward Howe is sometimes claimed as the "founder of Mother's Day," implying that Julia Ward Howe's June 2nd occasion and Anna Jarvis' second-Sunday-in-May event are the same thing. It is even suggested that an anti-war and feminist holiday was co-opted by the forces of sentimentality, tradition, and Hallmark Cards.[4] But although Mother's Day was celebrated in eighteen cities in 1873, it did not take root. It continued in Boston for about ten years under Howe's personal financial sponsorship, then died out.[5]
Julia Ward Howe's Mother's Day, celebrated on June 2nd, was first proclaimed around 1870 by Julia Ward Howe's Mother's Day Proclamation, and Howe called for it to be observed each year nationally in 1872. As originally envisioned, Howe's "Mother's Day" was a call for pacifism and disarmament by women. Early "Mother's Day" was mostly marked by women's peace groups. A common early activity was the meeting of groups of mothers whose sons had fought or died on opposite sides of the American Civil War.
The first known observance of Mother's Day in the U.S. occurred in Albion, Michigan, on May 13, 1877 [2], the second Sunday of the month. According to local legend, Albion pioneer, Juliet Calhoun Blakeley, stepped up to complete the sermon of the Rev. Myron Daughterty, who was distraught because an anti-temperance group had forced his son and two other temperance advocates to spend the night in a saloon and become publicly drunk. In the pulpit, Blakeley called on other mothers to join her. Blakeley's two sons, both travelling salesmen, were so moved that they vowed to return each year to pay tribute to her and embarked on a campaign to urge their business contacts to do likewise. At their urging, in the early 1880s, the Methodist Episcopal Church in Albion set aside the second Sunday in May to recognize the special contributions of mothers.
A great gift basket for many events and occasions, our sweet tooth basket is filled with a great selection of chocolates, fudge, kettle corn, gourmet drinks, Espresso candies, lemon and orange spice cookies, pastry snacks and chocolate wafers. Put it in the office coffee room or send it to a friend anywhere in Canada. Express Gift Baskets are gifts to remember!
A great introduction to our Cru de Provence luxurious spa products. Cru de Provence honeysuckle peach shower gel, bath salts, body lotion, bath seltzer, soap and bath tea fill this handmade basket. A unique and easy way to let them know you are thinking of them.
This assorted gift basket is sure to please filled with a great selection of sweet and savoury goodies, crackers, smoked Pacific salmon, salmon pate cracker spread, peach mango salsa, teas, gourmet coffee, cookies, pecan brittle candy and buttery shortbread cookies. Send this gift basket for all occasions anywhere in Canada.
A lovely gift to soothe a tired gardener with Gardeners herbal moisture hand cream, hand wash, and foaming bath grains. This cute garden box also contains a double-deck of Gardener trivia themed playing cards, a nail brush, soap bar, body butter, and a hand painted garden spade. Everything you need to revitalize the mind, body, and soul of your favourite green thumb.
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Administrative Professionals Week
The International Association of Administrative Professionals answers to frequently asked questions about Administrative Professionals Week.
Q. Why was Administrative Professionals Week started?
A. Administrative Professionals Week (and Day), formerly known as Professional Secretaries Week, was created by The International Association of Administrative Professionals, formally called the National Secretaries Association, as an annual event to recognize the valuable contributions of office support staff in business and government, and to encourage students to consider careers as administrative professionals.
Q. How did begin?
A. IAAP started the commemoration in 1952. APW is sponsored solely by IAAP. A common public misconception is that APW was created by flower distributors, candy companies, or greeting card manufacturers so they could sell more products. The truth, however, is that IAAP started the event as a way to recognize administrative professionals.
Q. When is it held?
A. Administrative Professionals Week is always held annually during the last full week in April. Administrative Professionals Day is always held the Wednesday of that week.
Q. Who qualifies as an administrative professional?
A. Many people who contribute to the workplace in a variety of settings. IAAP defines administrative professionals as
This lovely spa gift is a great introduction to our Cru de Provence luxurious spa products. Pear blossom body lotion, bath caviar, shower gel, bath tea, hand cream, soaps, body butter, bath salts and a travel set with body lotion, shower gel, bath salts and hand cream will help them to take a break, relax and enjoy.
This gift basket is stuffed with a great variety of appetizers. Great for an individual or a group, it contains olives, creamy camembert cheese, chunky antipasto cracker spread, a selection of gourmet crackers, mixed dry fruit with nuts, key lime lemonades and California smoked almonds, this is the perfect gift, for every event, everytime!
This unique golf gift box is filled with lots of goodies to accomodate all cravings on the fairway!! It includes delicious cookies, sweet fudge, caramel popcorn, and wine gums for those with a sweet tooth. For others, it has Fontazzi chips with Cactus and Coyote Salsa sauce, and popping corn with special seasoning. We added a package of 50 wooden golf tees and a 2-pack set of golf cards filled with golf trivia and history for fun on and off the green!
From Wikipedia:National Grandparents Day is a secular holiday celebrated on the first Sunday after Labour Day.. The official song of National Grandparents Day is "A Song For Grandma And Grandpa" by Johnny Prill. The official flower is the forget me not.
History
The history of Grandparents Day can be traced back to the first national Grandparent's Day in 1978. With the efforts of Marian McQuade, she has been recognized nationally by The United States Senate, in particular Senator Alphonse D'Amato, and President Carter as the founder of National Grandparents Day. McQuade made it her goal to educate the young in the community to the important contributions senior citizens have made, and to the important contributions they are willing to make if asked. She also urged the young to adopt a grandparent, not for 1 day a year, not for material giving, but for a lifetime of experience and caring just waiting to be shared with others.
