There is some sort of caregiver appreciation day we used to celebrate in June in relation to our caregiver dinner - wonder if that is the one that is now in Oct or if there is something else in june still. I used to put up a poster to "celebrate" near the door so all parents could see and of course they would read it while I was gathering their child and bringing them to the door - whatever it takes to get kudos from the ones who won't do it without a prompt.