Meet the Keepers of All Those Kooky 'National Days'

AP writer catches up with the North Dakota gang responsible for NationalDayCalendar.com

NationalFatherDaughterTakeaWalkDayThis fall, the owner and operator of North Dakota-based website NationalDayCalendar.com will be traveling to New York to mark National Dumpling Day. Why? Because the sponsor of that September 26 celebration, Asian foods distributor TMI Corp., is paying Marlo Anderson $4,000 to make the trip.

This tidbit is one of several fun details to be found in a recent profile of Anderson’s profitable operation by New York-based AP food and beverage writer Candice Choi. Here’s another – the four people associated with the site all have day jobs at Anderson’s Mandan, ND VHS digitizing business:

The selection committee is made up of four Zoovio, Inc.

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