Friendship Day celebrations take place on the first Sunday of August every year. The tradition of dedicating a day in honor of friends began in US in 1935. Gradually the festival gained popularity and today Friendship Day is celebrated in large number of countries including India. On this day people spend time with their friends and express love for them. Exchange of Friendship Day Gifts like flowers, cards and wrist bands is a popular tradition of this occasion.
Celebrate International Friendship Day
Join in today's celebration of International Friendship Day at Town Center at Cobb inspired by the Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment movie Rio, about a Spix Macaw who learns the meaning of friendship.
Children can participate in activities to learn about the importance of friendship and understanding just like Blu, Jewel, Rafael, Luiz and the rest of the gang from Rio.
Friendship activities include the making a friendship bracelet for their BFF, taking a friendship pledge to promise to be kind, share and help others, and receive a Friendship Day certificate. They will also be given Friendship Day postcards to write a letter of friendship to the city of Rio along with other fun crafts and coloring activities.
“We’re delighted to host this event bringing children together in the spirit of International Friendship Day,” said Shelly Weidner, Director of Marketing and Business Development for Town Center at Cobb. “In today’s world where bullying is a concern of parents and children we want to promote the importance of friendship.”
Rio is the story of Blu, a domesticated macaw living thousands of miles away from his homeland, Brazil. When his human owner Linda discovers that he is the last male of his kind, they head south to Rio de Janeiro to meet the only other female. But it’s far from love at first sight between the socially-awkward, flight-challenged Blu and the fiercely independent, high-flying female, Jewel. Shortly after Blu’s arrival, the two rare birds are captured by greedy animal smugglers and find themselves lost in the Brazilian rainforest. Unexpectedly thrown together, they embark on a hilarious and clumsy adventure where they learn about friendship, love, courage and spreading one’s wings to fly.
A get-together with your pals or sending fancy gifts undoubtedly are great ideas to express your affection, but apart from these you can also consider a few innovative tips to make them feel special on Friendship Day.
Friendship Day greeting cards: Typical, but still well-liked by people who find it hard to express their feelings loud. Choose a fascinating Friendship greeting card carrying inspirational quotes or messages that relevantly express what your heart wants to say in a lovely and impressive way. The market is flooded with multitude brands such as Red Roses, Archie's, Hallmark and more to choose from which are also popular as memento.
Friendship Day SMS: SMSes (Short Message Service) are quite popular among all ages in the contemporary times because they are short, precise, expressive and instantly delivered to the recipient. Sending a lovely Friendship Day SMS on this occasion is a wonderful way to sendFriendship Day wishes and make your friend feel elevated.
A surprise party: Throwing a surprise party for all your friends on Friendship Day would be much fun. But the truth is, when friends catch up celebration come calling. So, just make phone calls and drop an invitation to all your pals to be at your abode. Such surprise parties on the occasion would refresh the bond in this busy life.
If you are looking for some innovative gifts or gift ideas, then take the advantage of the internet and you could easily find one that would bring smile on his/her friend.
Personalized gifts are also a great gift idea to amuse your friend as it also signifies as a token of love and friendship for the years to come.
Friends have an important role to play in everyone's life. They stand aside you at times when you feel lonely and seek support to recuperate from bad times. So, to express your appreciation and celebrate the joy of being friend Friendship Day 2011 is just the perfect occasion.
| UN chief urges global amity on International Friendship Day |  |  |  |
UNITED NATIONS, July 31 (APP): On the first International Day of Friendship, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Sunday urged the global community to work together to build a peaceful, more prosperous world, where old friendships flourish and new ones are made.“Friendship harmony tolerance mutual respect and mutual concern, these concepts are part of the Organization’s [United Nations] very fibre” said Ban. “They inform our activities, from peacekeeping and defending human rights to our collective efforts to achieve the anti-poverty Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). “And they are now the focus of the International Day of Friendship, a new observance established by the General Assembly in a resolution that highlights the potential of friendship to ‘build bridges’ and ‘ inspire peace efforts’,” he said. Ban recalled that the UN Charter proclaims that one of the purposes of the UN is to develop friendly relations among nations, words that also appear in the preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The constitution of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), he added, also stressed the need for peace based not only on the political and economic arrangements of Governments, but on the intellectual and moral solidarity of mankind. The Secretary-General said individual friendships brought humans face to face with diversity and different points of view, as well as joy and support,notwithstanding the tests that can encumber even the best of relationships. “The same pillars that support sturdy personal friendships trust, respect, mutually beneficial decision-making also have an important place in the community of nations,” he said. He quoted the late Woodrow Wilson, a former President of the United States, who once said: “Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together. |
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