We had a great time at our January social, making monster cookies with the famous cookie extraordinaire, Jackie Ashcraft. She taught us the best way to mass produce monster cookies and they were definitely delicious. Thank you, Jackie, for a great and yummy time!
Photos from Facebook for your baking cravings!
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Soroptimist celebrates Founders Day on October 3, which acknowledges the day in 1921 when the first club in Alameda County, California, called to order its first business meeting.
On December 19, 2011, United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 66/170 to declare October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child, to recognize girls’ rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world.
Halloween is the eve of All Saints' Day, formerly called All Hallows and Hallowmass. Halloween is traditionally associated with customs such as bonfires, masquerading, and the telling of ghost stories, old Celtic practices that mark the beginning of winter. People of all ages wear costumes, eat candy, and attend parties and dances. Children participate in trick-or-treating, going from door to door in search of candy or other treats.
A federal holiday observed the fourth Thursday in November by act of Congress (1941), it was the first such national proclamation issued by President Lincoln in 1863, on the urging of Mrs. Sarah J. Hale, editor of Godey's Lady's Book. Most Americans believe that the holiday dates back to the day of thanks ordered by Governor Bradford of Plymouth Colony in New England in 1621, but scholars point out that days of thanks also stem from ancient times.
Human Rights Day is observed every year on December 10th the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The most widely celebrated holiday of the Christian year, Christmas is observed as the anniversary of the birth of Jesus. Christmas customs are centuries old. The mistletoe, for example, comes from the Druids, who, in hanging the mistletoe, hoped for peace and good fortune. Comparatively recent is the Christmas tree, first set up in Germany in the 17th century. Colonial Manhattan Islanders introduced the name Santa Claus, a corruption of the Dutch name St. Nicholas, who lived in fourth-century Asia Minor.
A federal holiday in the United States, New Year's Day has its origin in Roman times when sacrifices were offered to Janus, the two-faced Roman deity who looked back on the past and forward to the future. It is usually celebrated with parties the night before. On January 1, some people institute lifestyle changes known as “New Year’s Resolutions.”
Valentine's Day is a day for expressions of romantic love. Originally a pagan festival, the holiday eventually was recast as a Christian feast day in honor of St. Valentine - but there are at least three different early saints by that name. How the day became associated with romance remains obscure, and is further clouded by various fanciful legends.
On this holiday revelers of all ethnicities honor Ireland’s patron saint with food, drink, music, and dancing. St. Patrick has been honored in America since the first days of the nation. Perhaps the most notable observance is the annual St. Patrick's Day parade in New York City.