Proclamations
State and city governments accept annual submission to formally recognize events & holidays that showcase valid impact in their communities.
Scroll down to submit a proclamation request today for YOUR city or state to make the 2nd Friday of March an official holiday!
STATE PROCLAMATIONS AWARDED
Michigan: 2021-2025
Wisconsin: 2024-2025
North Dakota: 2024
Colorado: 2024
Illinois: 2024
Minnesota: 2024
CITY PROCLAMATIONS AWARDED
Marquette, MI - 2022, 2024
Ishpeming, MI - 2023, 2024
Evansville, WI - 2023-2025
Stoughton, WI - 2023-2025
Appleton, WI - 2024
HOW TO SUBMIT FOR YOUR STATE
Click the link below for your state. It will bring you directly to your Governor’s website with simple instructions to request Spread Goodness Day be proclaimed a holiday there!
Copy/Use the verbiage below to fulfill the required format of submissions. Each state has a slightly different way to submit. It is usually a simple email or website form submission.
If they request an address to send a framed proclamation, give them yours! This holiday doesn’t work without everybody celebrating with us! By submitting in your state, you are helping us empower bright futures to schools, communities and beyond.
Contact us, or check our website, if they request more information.
That’s it!
(Each state typically requests submissions to be at least one to three months in advance of the event date. So now is the time. They will inform us if our submissions are approved closer to the requested proclamation date.)
Choose your state below and go directly to their Governors official website with instructions for submission.
Here is the formal language requested by states. Copy, paste & customize for the form requests:
UPDATED 2026 VERBIAGE AVAILABLE SOON.
Choose your state! Submissions must come from residents.
HOW TO SUBMIT FOR YOUR CITY
Simply customize the verbiage in the pdf below to your mayor with a personal request from you, as a member of your city!
Most cities vote and approve on the proclamation at one of their weekly/monthly meetings.
Here is the formal language requested by states. Copy, paste & use for the form requests:
UPDATED VERBIAGE FOR 2026 PROCLAMATIONS AVAILABLE SOON!
CONTACT INFO:
spreadgoodnessday.com
spreadgoodnessday@gmail.com
Anna Dravland - Founder
906-362-1689
PO Box 1041
Marquette, MI 49855