{"id":333,"date":"2016-09-10T11:53:10","date_gmt":"2016-09-10T11:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hopetheparentteacher.com\/?p=333"},"modified":"2016-09-10T11:53:10","modified_gmt":"2016-09-10T11:53:10","slug":"international-red-panda-day-aka-special-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hopetheparentteacher.com\/?p=333","title":{"rendered":"International Red Panda Day (aka Special Days)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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No, it wasn’t “Labrador Day.” \u00a0That was “Labor Day.” \u00a0Yes, I still love you, \u00a0but you aren’t an endangered species. \u00a0Special days like\u00a0International Red Panda Day<\/a>\u00a0are set aside to draw awareness to issues that have been overlooked or need attention. \u00a0Ok, yes then there are days, like Mother’s Day, \u00a0Father’s Day, and Grandparent’s Day that have been named in order to make money.<\/p>\n

Speaking of such, don’t be like the mothers, fathers, and grandparents who get easily get their feelings hurt on those days because a card didn’t arrive. \u00a0That’s not the point. \u00a0In fact that’s one of the messages \u00a0I wrote about in\u00a0Rojo<\/a>\u00a0and why\u00a0The Red Panda Network<\/a>\u00a0gave it a rave review.<\/p>\n

The point is we have the privilege to celebrate special days for special individuals who have made great contributions to history, like Martin Luther King Jr.(MLK Jr.) Day<\/a>, living organisms who are endangered<\/a>, or special issues like Bully Prevention Month<\/a>\u00a0(which is next month by the way). These are days were we can learn more about why we “should” care or try to make a difference.<\/p>\n

So that’s what we’re doing to do! \u00a0First learn more ourselves, share that learning with others, and most importantly have a great time doing it.<\/p>\n

First stop is today at\u00a0The Girl Scout Family Festival<\/a>\u00a0Miami-Dade North at Palm Springs United Methodist 5700 W 12th Ave., Hialeah, FL 33012 from 5:00-8:00 PM. \u00a0Thanks to\u00a0Thrivent Financial<\/a>\u00a0we’ll be raffling off copies of\u00a0Rojo<\/a>, The Baby Red Panda at the Zoo and some t-shirts.<\/p>\n

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Next stop is Saturday, September 17, 2016 from 1:00-5:30 PM at\u00a0Metro Zoo Miami<\/a>\u00a0outside the new gift shop. \u00a0Which you don’t have to buy a ticket to enter the zoo to visit. \u00a0Its right outside the entrance where you can enjoy the new flamingo exhibit.<\/p>\n

Lastly, try a more humble approach. \u00a0Be willing to listen and learn from others instead of wishing it were you getting all the attention. We love you more than you can imagine. \u00a0Don’t waste your time with low life attitudes like jealousy and resentment. \u00a0Channel your anger into a great cause like saving red pandas instead.<\/p>\n

*4 photos in the collage depicted in the first image are compliments of Brian Heath. \u00a0A random dad who shared his photos with me the day I took most of the photos of the late Shama at the National Zoo that I used when illustrating Rojo. \u00a0You’re a better photographer than I Brian. \u00a0Thanks so much for sharing your talented hobby with me. \u00a0It was a pleasure to meet you and your family that day.<\/p>\n

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No, it wasn’t “Labrador Day.” \u00a0That was “Labor Day.” \u00a0Yes, I still love you, \u00a0but you aren’t an endangered species. \u00a0Special days like\u00a0International Red Panda Day\u00a0are set aside to draw awareness to issues that have been overlooked or need attention. \u00a0Ok, yes then there are days, like Mother’s Day, \u00a0Father’s Day, and Grandparent’s Day that … Continue reading International Red Panda Day (aka Special Days)<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopetheparentteacher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopetheparentteacher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopetheparentteacher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopetheparentteacher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopetheparentteacher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=333"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/hopetheparentteacher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":347,"href":"https:\/\/hopetheparentteacher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions\/347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopetheparentteacher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopetheparentteacher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopetheparentteacher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}