Won't You Be My Neighbor Day

==Background==
* Holiday started in Pittsburgh and slated for March 20.
==Insights==
As you may have heard, March 20 is "Won't You Be My Neighbor Day" to celebrate the work of Pittsburgh's own Mister (Fred) Rogers. You can find out more about the nationwide event here:
http://www.fci.org/neighbor/sweater.html
Here's the "Won't You Be My Neighbor Toolkit" full of ideas to organize small community events. Food drives, The Sweater Drive etc.
http://www.fci.org/neighbor/toolkit.pdf
And some general press materials:
http://www.fci.org/neighbor/press.html
Also, you can follow the organization on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/BeMyNeighbor09
Lastly, I just received this notice about a FREE family-friendly Mister Rogers-related offer from the Pittsburgh Opera that you might enjoy:
Subject: Free, fun, family Mr. Rogers event at Pittsburgh Opera, March 21st
For any of you who know/have children or connections to family-friendly outlets, please make sure that they are at Pittsburgh Opera?s Brown Bag in celebration of Mr. Rogers on Saturday, March 21st. We want everyone to know that we are child-friendly and care about community efforts. Details and highlights of the event follow:
Saturday, March 21st, Noon ? 12:30
At our beautiful new building: 2425 Liberty Avenue in the Strip District - we have indoor FREE parking
Free, open to the public
Child/family friendly
All music will be children-friendly songs, including some Mr. Rogers songs
Mr. McFeely will be here, signing autographs and spending time with the kids
We will have food, fun, prizes
We are doing a clothing drive. The recipients are the 18?21 year-olds of Three Rivers Youth, based in the Strip District.
How can you help?
Bring children to attend
Help to spread the word
Donate prizes or refreshments
Donate 50-100 family-friendly ?trinkets? for the giveaway bags
Donate clothing for the drive
Learn more about the Opera at: http://www.pittsburghopera.org/