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@oodiebom,

Where is your message? I need to slow down when I start posting I move rather fast.

Hang on I will try to find it. Good Morning to you. 🎈😎

NATIONAL TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY

National Teacher Appreciation Day is on the Tuesday during first full week in May as a reminder to show appreciation for teachers everywhere. We are using this National Day to say thank you to all teachers for their time and dedication to educate our children.

National Teacher Appreciation Day is also known as National Teacher Day. The National Education Association describes National Teacher Day “as a day for honoring teachers and recognizing the lasting contributions they make to our lives.”

Teachers play a critical role in educating and shaping our children into the future leaders of our country. These kind, patient, hard-working, dedicated, and understanding professionals help mold our children and guide them in positive directions. We entrust our children with teachers during the school year and they play a pivotal role in their lives daily.

No matter where we are in life, a teacher influenced us. They continue to impact our lives every day, too! When we meet new employees with a wealth of skills and abilities, know a teacher helped shaped them. Every new business owner, doctor, engineer, or nurse can name a teacher who inspired them. Every one of us has at least one teacher in mind who encouraged and motivated us during our education. Take the time today to say “Thank You” to the exceptional teachers you know. Take a moment and reflect on the teachers in your life.

NATIONAL TOURISM DAY

Travel enthusiasts focus on travel planning while marketing professionals put their skills into increasing the local economy through tourism. On May 7th the two come together for National Tourism Day.

For those who travel it comes as no surprise when they find themselves receiving mailings and other offers to visit exotic places everywhere. Marketers in the tourism industry are hard at work seeking new ways to draw tourists to the communities.

Travel professionals find themselves in between vacationers planning their next adventure and the destinations that wait. Whether visiting a mountain campground, beachside resort, or big city, travelers are wanted to boost local economies.

@sheba2011

Left you a message after “goodnight” from last night.

NATIONAL FOSTER CARE DAY

We are raising our voices on the first Tuesday in May to celebrate National Foster Day and encourage everyone to wear blue in support for foster youth in the U.S.

As we kick off Foster Care Month, we are providing the platform to help repair a system that is plagued with shortages nationwide. National Foster Care Day shines a badly needed light on the foster care system. There is a nationwide shortage of foster parents. In addition, stipends provided to foster care parents do no cover the essentials of a growing child.

Every 2 minutes, a new child is placed within the foster care system. Currently, there are over 400,000 children in the system at any given time. Many youth enter the foster care system with little to no belongings. Sadly, many of these kids have also suffered the effects of abuse, poverty, neglect, or even the death of their loved ones. The need for support services, essential items, and foster parents is high. Foster children have an uphill battle with startling statistics to overcome and need the support of our communities across the country.

Foster Care Statistics

Around 250,00 children enter foster care each year.
Only 50% of youth in foster care graduate high school.
Foster children suffer PTSD at more than twice the rate of U.S. war veterans.
One out of five foster children experience homelessness within 1 year of aging out of care.
One-third of young women in foster care are pregnant or parenting by the age of 17 or 18.
More than 70% of inmates incarcerated were in the foster care system at one point.
Stipends do not cover the essentials of a growing child.
When you volunteer to become a court appointed special advocate or foster care parent you receive specialized training. You are not just providing a home for the child, you are a representative providing a safe haven for abused and neglected children.

Nationwide, there is a shortage of licensed foster homes. In the U.S. alone, more than 100,000 children waiting for a family to call home. Organizations like Ticket to Dream and Project Blue will help guide you on your journey to become a foster parent. Together, you will make a difference to help foster children heal and grow to their full potential.

@sheba2011

Cannot sign in to HSN. Sign in is missing in all areas. Seems to be working ok on Kindle.Contacted CS. Do not know if anyone else is having this problem. I have a feeling. it could be within the new Arcade.

Sheba, Hope the racoon is learning and you go girl! Beebee gun in hand as well!
The Met Gala fashion looks lovely all around!
Moved some plants around today, finished digging up the 3 Bougainvilla and replaced them with some other plants that needed to go into the ground from pots. Bought a 2nd Hydrangea – lets hope it lives.

@shoelady60,

Good evening enjoy the shows I love the Met Gala. I do this gallery every year along
with the main Awards Shows. 😘😎🎈

@oodiebom,

You have many hats of the trade. 😎💕All good I am glad you have a bit of time to yourself.
Poppy was also groomed this weekend and looks like an angel. I will be on the lookout
for that Critter he is not eating or harming Poppy.

I hate to confront or scare a critter but you are not getting my dog or eat the homeless
cats food the depend on me and I will not let them down.

Oodie enjoy your evening. 😘