Category: Holidays & Celebrations
Written by: Katie Gargano, 2011-2012 Church Hill Classics Marketing Intern
Earth Day happens on Sunday, April 22, each year. This is a day when we acknowledge the wonderful Earth that we live on and also ways we can keep our planet safe and green.
Connecticut is celebrating Earth Day in many ways. Here are some of the activities that are going around in our local area.
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Written by: Gabriella Ranieri, 2011-2012 Church Hill Classics Marketing Intern
For so long, women were forced to play a part; a part that stripped them from the right to be an individual and to essentially think for themselves. The mere idea of a woman wanting to learn more than what was expected of her was something very threatening to the male gender. The only question that can arise from this archaic mentality is why? Perhaps it’s because men sensed that women are just as capable of making a change, if not more so, than the average man and the thought of sharing the spotlight with those of an “inferior” nature was utterly unthinkable.
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Dollhouse collectors have everything or nearly everything that real houses could have – comfy stuffed sofas and dignified wing chairs, framed paintings, oriental rugs, electricity, and patterned wallpaper. With Christmas coming, decorating for the holidays is also something that dollhouse owners do for their dollhouses – but it’s all in miniature, of course!
According to Susie Vallon of Whimsies Dollhouse Shop in Greenwich, CT, “Miniaturists do indeed love to decorate their do ...
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Bookstore Manager as Reservist in Iraq
Just about a year ago, Troy Novak, Manager, of the Dakota Textbook Company at the University of North Dakota, was not available at the store. "Troy is overseas in Iraq until March, I took over the general merchandising role until he gets back!," emailed Kayla Wahlin, Assistant Manager. I had been contacting the store to ask Troy to review his University of North Dakota diploma frame brochure in preparation for a mailing before spring commencement. So, months later, ...
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Christopher is a senior at Western Connecticut State University and is currently a marketing intern here at Church Hill Classics.
What happens when a large number of people come together in a crowd? Usually people start to get anxious, angry, and even aggressive. I have been to concerts that have had a few thousand or even a few hundred people lumped together in a small space. I have witnessed firsthand how someone simply walk ...
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From childhood all the way through middle school, high school, and college, and beyond, our dads have been there for us and have done so much for us. Dads offer us support in many different ways; they offer mental support, physical support (like moving heavy things for us, or helping us up when we fall down), or even financial support. Thinking back to childhood, you could make a humongous list of all of the things your dad has done for you from then all the way to the present. And that’s just what I ...
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