Dear Park University Student Body,

On behalf of the Park Student Activities Board I wish you a wonderful holiday season and hope you will have a relaxing and stress free break after finishing up another great semester at Park University. PSAB realizes you may have stayed up three nights in a row to finish your assignments, or you are in the middle of a vital cram session. To give you a healthy break from your hard earned quest for grades, we wanted to inform you about three end-of-the-year events that may aid in your health, wealth, and well being:

1. PSAB is offering a FREE COFFEE through Pirate Grounds for anyone who takes our survey located at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dE5waUFMbGRqMjQ0UFRhUW9KQm13TGc6MQ#gid=0  

2. This Monday, December 5^th PSAB is bringing FUNNY T’s to campus. Starting at NOON in the Thompson Student Center, get a free T-shirt with your face on it

3.  Later Monday night CRAM JAM starts at 10 pm in THOMPSON, sponsored by RHC

We hope you the best in your ventures this season,

The Park Student Activities Board

                                                “With students, for students”

Fun Facts about the First Thanksgiving

·  The Plymouth Pilgrims were the first to celebrate the Thanksgiving.

·  The Pilgrims sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to reach North America.

·  They sailed on the ship, which was known by the name of ‘Mayflower’.

·  They celebrated the first Thanksgiving Day at Plymouth, Massachusetts.

·  The Wampanoag Indians were the people who taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate the land.

·  The Pilgrim leader, Governor William Bradford, had organized the first Thanksgiving feast in 1621. He invited the neighboring Wampanoag Indians to the feast.

·  The first Thanksgiving celebration lasted three days.

·  Mashed potatoes, pumpkin pies, popcorn, milk, corn on the cob, and cranberries were not foods present on the first Thanksgiving’s feast table.

·  Lobster, rabbit, chicken, fish, squashes, beans, chestnuts, hickory nuts, onions, leeks, dried fruits, maple syrup and honey, radishes, cabbage, carrots, eggs, and goat cheese are thought to have made up the first Thanksgiving feast.

·  The pilgrims didn’t use forks; they ate with spoons, knives, and their fingers.

Fun Facts about Thanksgiving Today

·  In the US, about 280 million turkeys are sold for the Thanksgiving celebrations.

·  Each year, the average American eats somewhere between 16 - 18 pounds of turkey.

·  Californians are the largest consumers of turkey in the United States.

·  Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November in the United States.

·  Although, Thanksgiving is widely considered an American holiday, it is also celebrated on the second Monday in October in Canada.

·  Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States, where it is the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season.

Fun Turkey Facts

·  The average weight of a turkey purchased at Thanksgiving is 15 pounds.

·  The heaviest turkey ever raised was 86 pounds, about the size of a large dog.

·  A 15 pound turkey usually has about 70 percent white meat and 30 percent dark meat.

·  The five most popular ways to serve leftover turkey is as a sandwich, in stew, chili or soup, casseroles and as a burger.

·  Turkey has more protein than chicken or beef.

·  Turkeys will have 3,500 feathers at maturity.

·  Male turkeys gobble. Hens do not. They make a clucking noise.

·  Commercially raised turkeys cannot fly.

·  Turkeys have heart attacks. The United States Air Force was doing test runs and breaking the sound barrier. Nearby turkeys dropped dead with heart attacks.

·  A large group of turkeys is called a flock.

·  Turkeys have poor night vision.

·  It takes 75-80 pounds of feed to raise a 30 pound tom turkey.

·  A 16-week-old turkey is called a fryer. A five to seven month old turkey is called a young roaster.