Elephant Appreciation Day(TM) September 22nd every year
First Annual Elephant Appreciation Day Officially announced by Mission Media in Chase's Calendar of Events, 1996 Edition.

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Appreciate elephants? Download our Elephant Day Window Sticker file. It's a self-extracting zipped file. Just double click it to unzip the image, which includes BMP & WMF formats for Windows & Windows95, then load it into any compatible word processor or desktop publisher and print it at the size you want and color it and stick it everywhere. Download file edaysign.exe, 7k Or if you're not using Windows environment click here for a page that displays the sticker art in GIF format and save it to your drive.

Start the day off right with an Elephant Breakfast. Want to hunt elephants ? Try this puzzle. Learn to do the Elephant Day Dances. Hey Kids ! Take the Elephant Quiz and win a Trophy ! Have a Party! Bake an Elephant Day Cake Make a batch of Elephoot Cookies The Elephant Poem Activities you can DO on Elephant Day Make Elephant Day Flags or Posters from our designs or your own. Make Elephant Day Badges from our designs or your own. Treat your guests to a delightful Elephruit Salad. NEW Item, 2000 April Use this pattern to make your own Elephant Mask.

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Background Information on Elephant Appreciation Day: WHAT? Elephant Appreciation Day was declared beginning in 1996 by Mission Media to celebrate the Elephant because... is the largest land mammal of our era, is unique among mammals for its trunk, is the most noble of beasts on earth, is most undeservedly threatened with extinction, has been man's benefactor in numerous ways throughout history, is entertaining and amusing, is gentle and friendly, contributes to ecosystem development and maintenance, and generally deserves to be appreciated and upheld as an example of courage, strength, self-reliance, patience, persistence, and general high quality of being. WHO? Elephant Appreciation Day / Elephant day is sponsored by Mission media, Inc., a digital and print publisher of graphics. Mission Media is wholly owned by the Hepburn Family in Sarasota, Florida. Wayne Hepburn, the Publisher and President, established the day for the reasons outlined above. WHY? The founder, Wayne Hepburn, while living in the Chicago area in 1970 received as a gift from his twelve year old daughter a paperweight whose base was encircled by a parade of elephants. He subsequently bought here and there an elephant figure. By 1978 when he moved to Orange Park, Florida he had eighty or so elephants crowding out the books in his living room bookcase. He became more interested in elephants and began reading and learning about them, seeking them out, riding them, and fed his growing passion for elephants with a collection which in 1997 numbers one thousand nine hundred nine catalogued items. The catalogued items include: figures, toys, clothing articles, books (over 100), music boxes, jewelry, prints and original art ... in short, every imaginable art and artifact bearing or made in the likeness of an elephant. In addition he has collected examples of elephant images used in publicity, advertising, brand identifications, cartoons, and all manner of print and other media applications. He obtained a world wide web domain, elephanteria.com in 1996 and posted the only site of its kind on the web ... ELEPHANTERIA as a place where people who love elephants can find their heart's desires and links to everything not contained in the site. The WildHeart trade name was sold in 2001 and Elephanteria ownership reverted to Mission Media, Inc. HOW? Elephant Appreciation Day / Elephant Day, unlike community festivals, has no central event. It is to be observed and enjoyed by anyone anywhere on a local level. THANK YOU for your interest in ELEPHANTS. "Elephant Day" and "Elephant Appreciation Day" are trademarks established in interstate commerce by and for Mission Media, Inc. Use is permitted for non-profit non-commercial purposes without license. All other use requires licensing by trademark owner.