“I am only one, but still I am one.

I cannot do everything, but still I can do something.

I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”

—Helen Keller

 

ACTIVITIES (like planting, for instance–things you can do on a personal, local level)

For the Flying Things: The birds, the bees, and butterflies!

• Don’t forget to put out food and water for the birds. Please, make sure the water will be in the shade during the heat of the summer.
• Please, don’t pull or cut the dandelions! Bees need them for food, especially in the early spring. They also love clover blooms, if you’re lucky enough to have some.
• Got milkweed?  
  • It’s time to start thinking about milkweed! Check out these helpful articles and videos:
    • Help Save the Butterflies and Bees! They Need You!             
    • How to Grow Milkweed   (excellent article)
    • Milkweeds and How to Grow Them from Seed   
    • Milkweed and Wildflower Vendor Map                             
    • Planting Milkweed Part 1 – Collecting Seeds (Help The Monarch Butterfly)
    • Planting Milkweed Part 2 – Sprouting & Growth (Help The Monarch Butterfly)
    • Planting Milkweed Part 3 – Ready To Transfer (Help The Monarch Butterfly)
    • Planting Milkweed Part 4 – Banding Pods & Harvest (Help The Monarch Butterfly)

 

Gardening This Month:

 

• Follow Color Us Empowered on Facebook where I share the best articles, videos, and other information about all aspects of gardening (among other things) that I can find.

 

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REMINDERS, OBSERVANCES, & EVENTS

• Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
• Jewish American Heritage Month

 

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May 1  

• International Worker’s Day 
  • Celebrates the social and economic achievements of workers; anniversary of the Haymarket Riot of 1886 in Chicago, when workers were striking for an eight-hour work day and were confronted by police.

 

• World Press Freedom Day   

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May 9-15

• Be Kind to Animals Week
  • Mission/Purpose:   “As Be Kind to Animals Week now turns 100 years old, we are launching a year-long campaign, Kindness 100, to celebrate a century of humane work and set the stage to create a more humane world for animals over the next hundred years. Join us in a new Compassion Movement for the 21^st Century, take the Kindness 100 Humane Pledge, teach your kids the meaning of caring through our important and fun curricula, and get your friends involved.”
  • For Additional Information:
    • American Humane Association

 

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May 21

• World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development 

 

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May 22

• International Day for Biodiversity
  • For Additional Information:
    • Convention on Biological Diversity

 

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May 25

• National Missing Children’s Day
  
  • For Additional Information:
    • National Missing Children’s Day in the United States

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