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National Themes For September 26: National Compliance Officer Day, National Dumpling Day, National Johnny Appleseed Day, National Shamu the Whale Day, National Pancake Day, and National Situational Awareness Day.

🍁National Compliance Officer Day! Overseeing the regulations, policies and procedures of an organization and ensuring it conducts business ethically and legally carries a heavy burden. Businesses, non-profits, and government organizations employ Chief Compliance Officers, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officers, or similar high-pressure positions. These men and women not only oversee these organizations’ policies but also respond to allegations of misconduct and evaluate procedures. They make changes when necessary and collaborate with teams to contribute to making the best decisions for the business to maintain compliance. Compliance Officers require the ability to understand complex issues and promote ethical behavior in a continually changing environment, often involving a high amount of risk, stress, and a fast-paced schedule. They are responsible for protecting and watching over thousands of employees. It’s the risk of violations, and the financial and reputational damage that accompanies them, that makes their position so important. Their analysis and ability to identify those risk factors and help prevent them are priceless in organizations where ethical and regulatory violations are a concern. On National Compliance Officer Day, recognize your Compliance Officers for their dedication to doing the right thing and shaping the culture of your organization.

🍴National Dumpling Day! They can be served as an appetizer or a part of the main meal. Dumplings consist of small pieces of dough generally, but not always, wrapped around a filling. The variety of dumplings is reflected in the many types of ingredients that can be used as well as the method of cooking itself. Ingredients include flour, potatoes or bread and may include meat, fish, vegetables, or sweets. Popular methods of cooking include boiling, steaming, simmering and even frying. They are often eaten alone but are also popular in soups and stews.

🍏On National Johnny Appleseed Day, we honor the man who made apple (and pear) trees grow heavy with the bounty of their fruit across most of this country. We commemorate the day of his birth and celebrate his legendary wit, wisdom and enduring story. In Fort Wayne, Indiana in Johnny Appleseed Park there is a grave marking the spot where the legendary sower of apple seeds rests. He was born John Chapman on September 26, 1774, in Leominster, Massachusetts to Nathaniel and Elizabeth Simons Chapman. Not much is known about his early life other than his mother died when he was two. His father packed up Johnny and his sister (an infant brother had died the previous year) and moved to Springfield, Massachusetts. His father served as a Minuteman and fought at Bunker Hill. Then in 1797, Chapman shows up in northwestern Pennsylvania propagating his apple seeds and working his way steadily into the frontier of West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and eventually as far west as Illinois and Iowa and as far north as Michigan and Wisconsin. In his wake, he left orchards and the teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg, a Swedish spiritual leader whose books he would buy with whatever payment he might receive for his endeavors. In turn, Johnny would give the books away as he traveled and planted. Mostly, though, he planted his seeds and seedlings for free along with his wisdom, his broad-brimmed pasteboard hat keeping the sun from his eyes as he went. Often shoeless, he traveled mostly by foot and sometimes by horseback or canoe. His appearance was nearly as noteworthy as his accomplishments, but so was his kindness. There was always a place at the table if Johnny Appleseed were to come visiting. There are many stories told that the man would travel many miles to nurse an ailing orchard when word would reach him of its poor condition. Bringing the trees back to health would be his chief endeavor while dispersing wisdom, care and kindness as he did. Across the Midwest, landmarks pepper the countryside honoring the man that brought fruit to the frontier. Warren County, Pennsylvania lays claim to Johnny Appleseed’s first tree nursery. Mansfield, Ohio honors the man with a monument in South Park. In his hometown of Springfield, Massachusetts there is an entire park named after the man who nurtured the land and made apple trees bloom across a young nation. Johnny Appleseed Day is celebrated on either March 11th or September 26th. The September date is Appleseed’s acknowledged birth date. The March date is sometimes preferred due to the planting season. While there is some vagueness concerning Appleseed’s death and burial, it is known he became ill in early March and passed soon after.

🐳National Shamu the Whale Day! Shamu is the name that is used in several of the SeaWorld orca shows, and it is the stage name that is given to the “star” of those shows, beginning with the original Shamu in the late 1960s. Shamu died in 1971. However, the name Shamu was trademarked by SeaWorld and has been given to different orcas at various times when performing in Shamu shows in several SeaWorld parks. INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT WILD ORCAS (killer whales): ✨Female orcas can live to 90 years. Male orcas can live to 60 years.c✨On average, a killer whale eats 500 pounds a day. ✨Killer whales imitate others and seem to deliberately teach skills to their kin. The origin of National Shamu The Whale Day stems from the first surviving baby Shamu born in captivity who was born on September 26, 1985.

🥞National Pancake Day! Pancakes can be served at any time and with a variety of toppings or fillings from sweet jams and syrups to savory meats and sauces. There is archaeological evidence suggesting pancakes are probably the earliest and most widespread breakfast food eaten in prehistoric societies. Pancakes are also known as flapjacks or hotcakes. National Pancake Day’s begin in 2005, originally started as Lumberjack Day. Marianne Ways and Collen AF Venable sought an excuse to eat pancakes and waffles with friends and as it was one week after “Talk Like a Pirate Day” and that theme had been worn out, eating lots of pancakes like a lumberjack seemed a better holiday than ever.

🎗National Situational Awareness Day! Situational awareness is the foundation of one’s personal safety since it focuses on being aware and paying attention to your environment. Situational awareness is really just another word for mindfulness and developing it will make you more present in daily activities, which in turn helps you make better decisions in all aspects of life. This day highlights the importance of using situational awareness skills in everyday life to stay out of harm’s way. Harm may come in the form of walking in front of a moving car or that of an assailant, both of which can happen from any myriad of distractions which cause one not to be aware of the surroundings and situation. In a dangerous situation, being aware of a threat even seconds before may keep someone safe by giving them time to act instead of reacting. The lack of or inadequate situational awareness has been identified as one of the primary factors in accidents attributed to human error. Although this skill is lacking in many of modern society, our ancestors used it to great utility to survive. It has been extensively taught for decades to law enforcement and the military, but it is not exclusive to them. Most experts agree that it is the number one skill to learn for the safety of everyone. The concept of situational awareness was identified during World War I by Oswald Boelke who realized ‘the importance of gaining an awareness of the enemy before the enemy gained a similar awareness and devised methods for accomplishing this.

Please make mine chicken and dumplings. I love apples. Hope your leg gets better real soon, my twin.

Warm hugs!🐶💕🌤