When Is Grandparent's Day?
Do You Celebrate Grandparents Day?
Grandparent's Day is celebrated in the US in September on the first Sunday after Labor Day, What are we celebrating? This is a day to tell Grandparents how much they mean to us. Did you know there is a Foundation For Grandparenting, established in 1980 to advocate the involvement of grandparents to benefit the family and society?
Check out the quotes and gifts on this page that are just right to give on Grandparents Day or anytime of the year! You can even send a free greeting card.
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There's No One Quite Like Grandma
St Winifred's School Choir, from St Winifred's Roman Catholic Primary School in Stockport, United Kingdom, was a choir of children trained by choir mistress, Terri Foley, who released a song in 1980 that became the British Christmas number one single of that year. The song was entitled "There's No-one Quite Like Grandma", and it spent two weeks at number one, and eleven weeks in the UK singles chart in total. The lead vocal was provided by Dawn Ralph.
A Grandparent's Love
One or both of these figurines will make a wonderful gift that says I love you. Artist Susan lordi hand carves each original Willow Tree sculpture that has a way of conveying emotion. These 6" tall figurines arrive in a gift box, ready for gift-giving.
A house needs a grandma in it. ~Louisa May Alcott
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The official flower of Grandparents Day is the forget-me-not.
When God created grandparents
the world was truly blessed
with all the special joys
that make a family happiest...
For grandparents know how to do
the things that warm a heart,
They touch our lives with loving care
right from the very start...
They show that they believe in us
and all we're dreaming of...
When God created grandparents,
He blessed our lives with love.
~author unknown
Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren
in order to be a full human being.
~Margaret Mead
Do You Still Have Your Grandparents?
If you would civilize a man,
begin with his grandmother.
- Victor Hugo.
Lyrics to There's No One Quite Like Grandma
by Terri Foley
THERE'S NO ONE QUITE LIKE GRANDMA
Grandma, we love you
Grandma, we do
Though you may be far away
We think of you
There's no one quite like Grandma
And I know you will agree
That she always is a friend to you
And she's a friend to me
There's no one quite like Grandma
She's there in times of need
Before it's bedtime, on her knee
To us a book she'll read
Grandma, we love you
Grandma, we do
Though you may be far away
We think of you
And one day when we're older
We'll look back and say
There's no one quite like Grandma
She has helped us on our way
Grandma, we love you
Grandma, we do
Grandma, we love you
Grandma, we do
There's no one quite like Grandma
A love we always share
At party time and Christmas too
We know that she'll be there
There's no one quite like Grandma
She always has a smile
She never hurries us along
Just stays a little while
Grandma, we love you
Grandma, we do
Though you may be far away
We think of you
And one day when we're older
We'll look back and say
There's no one quite like Grandma
She has helped us on our way
Grandma, we love you
Grandma, we do
Grandma, we love you
And we know you love us too
History Of This Day
In the 1970s, Marian McQuade, who lived in the West Virginia, began to lobby for Grandparents Day, which already was recognized in several other countries. In 1973, West Virginia became the first state to recognize the day. In 1978, West Virginia's U.S. Sens. Jennings Randolph and Robert Byrd got President Jimmy Carter to sign a law designating the national holiday on the first Sunday after Labor Day.
Marian McQuade, a member of the West Virginia Commission on Aging, died in 2008 at age 91 with more than 40 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.
460,000
--Number of grandparents whose income is below the poverty level and caring for their grandchildren.
Learn More About Grandparents Day
- US Census Facts for Features: Grandparents Day 2010: Sept. 12
US Census Facts for Features: Grandparents Day 2010: Sept. 12 - Suggested Reading for Grandparents & Grandchildren
Suggested Reading for Grandparents & Grandchildren When someone you love dies or is gone for a long period of time the natural reaction is grief. Anyone old enough to love is old enough to grieve. Even before ch - Foundation For Grandparenting; The Grandparent Foundation
The Foundation For Grandparenting, established in 1980 by Dr. Arthur Kornhaber,advocates the involvement of grandparents to benefit the family andsociety through education, communication, networking, researchand programs.
