Won’t You Wear a Sweater? Day – March 20

 It has not received a lot of publicity, so you may not have heard about it.  Thursday has been designated as “Sweater Day” in honor of Mr. Rogers.   

Family Communications is urging people all around the world to wear sweaters March 20, on what would have been Fred Rogers’ 80th Birthday. Rogers passed away a few years ago as a result of cancer.

“We’re asking everyone (including members of the media) everywhere (from Pittsburgh to Paris) to wear their favorite sweater on that day,” says David Newell a.k.a. Mr. McFeely.  “It doesn’t have to have a zipper down the front like the one Mister Rogers wore on the program, it just has to be special to you.”