Cinco de Mayo, Mexico, Prado Museum, Field Trip to Madrid, Spain. Family, Giving and more
POETRY
In May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes,
I found the fresh Rhodora in the woods,
Spreading its leafless blooms in a damp nook,
To please the desert and the sluggish brook.
–Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-82)
Mexico is the Country who originally celebrated Cinco de Mayo to celebrate the Battle of Puebla, May 5, 1862
Cinco de Mayo, (Spanish: “Fifth of May”), also called Anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, holiday celebrated in parts of Mexico and the United States in honour of a military victory in 1862 over the French forces of Napoleon III. From
In May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes,
I found the fresh Rhodora in the woods,
Spreading its leafless blooms in a damp nook,
To please the desert and the sluggish brook.
–Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-82)
Tuesday 5/5
It’s Cinco de Mayo! Mexico Celebrates!
The History of Cinco de Mayo
Mexico is the Country who originally celebrated Cinco de Mayo to celebrate the Battle of Puebla, May 5, 1862
The Philippines, also have a large contingent of Spanish Speakers.
Field TRIP
SPAIN’s Prado Museum
The Prado Is ‘Updating’ Its Most Cherished Masterpieces to Illustrate the Dystopian Chaos Unleashed by Climate Change
DRAWING CONTEST
Check out Stellwagon Bank, Off Shore in the waters to the East of Massachusetts, Where many Animals come to eat and live in the Summer.
K-12 marine art contest underway; May 15 dead-line quickly approaching
The annual marine art contest, co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Marine Educators and the sanctuary will close on May 15. This year art should be submitted as a digital image (high resolution scan or photograph of the art), Any student in grades K-12 may enter; artwork should show marine life of Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. A rules brochure can be found on the sanctuary's home page.
Seabird Sighting! How to Create a Citizen Science Program with Far-reaching Results
In 2011, NOAA Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary developed a pioneering seabird research and monitoring program with education partner Mass Audubon. By training citizen scientists to collect wildlife data at sea, we have increased our understanding of the biological diversity and functionality of critical sanctuary habitat, filled a major data gap, and engaged and educated the public. We've also developed best practices to share on topics such as building a successful team, custom database design, and constructing methodology that matches volunteer interests with sanctuary needs.
Service Learning ACTIVITIES PAGE
Giving Tuesday
How to Help others today.
Cradles to Crayons is a Non Profit Helping Kids and Families in the Greater Boston Area.
They do wonderful things to help families.
Here is their Service Learning Activities page.
The Donation Scavenger Hunt Looks like a great way to Help out others.
It’s More Than a Cause, It’s a Kid
The Need is Urgent, Yet Often Overlooked
Childhood poverty is a serious nationwide issue. The average U.S. family in poverty, with two adults and two children, lives on less than $24,000 a year. Consider these staggering statistics from the regions where Cradles to Crayons currently operates:
- More than 284,000 Massachusetts children, 12 years old and younger, live in low-income or homeless situations.
- According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Philadelphia has the highest poverty rate among the nation’s ten largest cities. Nearly one in four Philadelphians, including 134,251 children, live in poverty.
- Approximately 197,524 children in Chicago live in low-income or homeless situations – that’s one in three children.
Without adequate and appropriate clothing, children face unfair barriers and participate in life on an unequal playing field. Across most of the United States, only three (food, housing, energy) of four basic needs are supported by government safety net programs. Cradles to Crayons uses the term “Clothing Insecurity” as part of our efforts to formally recognize the issue, and increase awareness on this hidden basic need.
What Poverty Looks and Feels Like for Kids
The kids we help don’t have shoes that fit. Or a coat warm enough to fend off winter winds. Or a backpack to carry their schoolbooks and supplies. Without these basics, they suffer. They don’t want to go to school. They have a hard time learning in school. They don’t go outside to play. They don’t feel valued.
Our Mission: Cradles to Crayons provides children from birth through age 12, living in homeless or low-income situations, with the essential items they need to thrive – at home, at school and at play. We supply these items free of charge by engaging and connecting communities.
Our Vision: One day every child will have the essentials they need to feel safe, warm, ready to learn, and valued.
The Model That Brings Our Mission to Life
Our efficient and effective three-step model provides kids with the essentials they need, free of charge. This enables us to engage communities that have, connecting them with communities that need.
- New and nearly new children’s items are collected through grassroots community drives and corporate donations.
- Donations are then processed and packaged by volunteers in our warehouse, The Giving Factory®.
- Packages from The Giving Factory are distributed to local children — through our collaborative network of diverse service partners.
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