Hats For Headway is being observed on May 20 this year.
Every year, at the end of Action For Brain Injury Week, participants, volunteers, and the civil society come together and don their silliest hats to promote research on how to improve life after brain injury.
The wacky hats not only help put the issue of brain injuries in the spotlight, but also helps fundraising for those living with the condition’s long-term effects to lead better lives.
Brain injury can alter every aspect of our lives. The losses are severe and can be permanent. Simple tasks such as talking, walking, and even feeling, are affected.
Just in case you missed it. Have you seen this? —Hattingdon.
Buy Nothing Day is a day of protest against consumerism. In North America, the United Kingdom, Finland and Sweden, Buy Nothing Day is held the day after U.S. Thanksgiving, concurrent with Black Friday; elsewhere, it is held the following day, which is the last Saturday in November.
Created by artist Ted Dave and promoted by magazine and nonprofit Adbusters, Buy Nothing Day encourages people not to shop for one day.
Participants may participate in a variety of anti-consumerist and philanthropic activities, such as donating winter coats or marching through stores. Some activists have also extended Buy Nothing Day to cover the entire Christmas shopping season.
As of 2001, Buy Nothing Day was observed in over 35 countries. In the late 1990s, Adbusters created a TV commercial to promote Buy Nothing Day in the US, but most television stations refused to air it. Some commentators, particularly business groups, have criticized the event, claiming that it is economically destructive.
We are joining in World Social Media Day celebrations this year, June 30th. Hattingdon does not have a hat for it per se — but she has a gorgeous tied head scarf called Skylar. More below. But first, a little bit about the day.
People use social media for an average of 144 minutes every single day.
First, there was the telephone, then the fax machine, and then social media — a revolutionary way of communicating. Since its creation, people have been able to connect with each other like never before.
World Social Media Day was launched by Mashable on June 30, 2010. It was born as a way to recognize social media’s impact on global communication and to bring the world together to celebrate it.
Friends and family can connect at any moment, and marketers have been able to reach consumers in an entirely new fashion. In fact, people use social media for an average of 144 minutes every single day. Because of its impact on society over the years, Social Media Day was born on June 30, and it has continued to grow in popularity ever since.”
The Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II will be celebrated around the Commonwealth for four days marking the 70th anniversary of her Majesty’s accession to the throne.
HM The Queen.
Long before newspapers and Instagram, it was town criers — with their bells and pronounced cries of “Oyez! Oyez! Oyez!” in village squares across Britain — who shared news, gossip and royal family intrigue to interested crowds.
Michael Reddy, a town crier in Warwick, England, celebrated the Platinum Jubilee on Thursday. Credit: Andrew Boyers/Reuters. We see you eyeing his hat, Hattingdon!
“We’re never going to see another Platinum Jubilee — certainly not in my lifetime,” said Jane Smith, a town crier for the coastal town Bognor Regis who wrote the jubilee proclamation at the request of the event’s organizers. “It was just an absolute honor to be able to do something like that,” she said, adding, “It’s a piece of history.”
The centuries-old tradition, which is kept alive by volunteers and enthusiasts often appointed by towns and villages in Britain, was brought to the fore Thursday afternoon by town criers around Britain, who read a proclamation to honor the Platinum Jubilee celebrating the 70-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
Hattingdon joins the festivities decked out in a super fun hat made for her by English born and bred creator and designer — Vivian.
The Jackie hat comes in two looks. One features a Union Jack inspired sweetheart hat with round shades inspired by the English flag, and the other sans shades.
Jackie Hat.
Jackie Hat with Flag of England inspired Shades.
Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, wore a chic navy and white Philip Treacy saucer hat.
Chris J. Ratcliffe/Getty Images.
The Duchess paid a sweet tribute to Princess Diana by wearing her late mother-in-law’s earrings and necklace.
HATTINGDON HORSES 