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National Theme For May 7th: National Packaging Design Day, National Paste-Up Day, National Barrier Awareness Day, National Roast Leg of Lamb Day, National Foster Care Day, and National Teacher Appreciation Day.

🎁National Packaging Design Day celebrates the art of packaging design as well as design professionals. The global design community and those appreciative of beautiful, well-crafted packaging through sharing inspiring designs, exchange ideas, historical facts, information and awareness to the craftsmanship behind the package. Living in the golden age of packaging, the packaging is now much more than a means to protect a product or display a name; it’s the physical representation of a brand to the consumer. Packaging is compelling, it’s not just what’s on the shelf that matters, but the unveiling process as well: the layers, the textures, the moment of anticipation before seeing the product. People may not think of the packaging designers when purchasing a product or while opening a gift, but they exist, orchestrating the process from sketch to shelf.

🍁National Paste Up Day is observed each year on May 7. This day is about remembering those times before desktop publishing and computerized digital imaging when newspapers, magazines and catalogs were compiled by hand and those that worked so tediously in their positions. Paste-up refers to a method of preparing and laying out pages of publication. A paste-up artist was also known as a layout artist, mechanical artist, production artist or compositor. Part of the daily duties of the paste-up artist would be to cut the type into sections and arrange it carefully across multiple columns. The headline and other typographic elements were often created and supplied separately by the typesetter, leaving it to the paste-up artist to determine their final position on the page.

🍁National Barrier Awareness Day! We are responsible for dissolving stigmas that keep people with disabilities from advancing in education. It’s an opportunity to tear down walls and build ramps that will help provide access. Where there are misunderstandings, there is potential for the development of new technology that may bridge the gap. Policies that are antiquated and are preventing those with disabilities from accessing their full potential can be re-assessed. If there was ever a time to speak up about questionable treatment of a human being, National Barrier Awareness Day encourages us to do so now. “Today some 36 million Americans suffer from some form of handicap. Eighty percent of Americans will experience some disability in their lifetime. That makes it necessary for all of us to understand and appreciate both the barriers they must surmount and the contributions that they can make to our society. Many disabled people face financial, cultural, and physical barriers because of a lack of public understanding of their needs. We must become more aware of the barriers that prevent or inhibit so many of our fellow Americans from participating fully in the life of our society, and how much more they could contribute if those obstacles were removed….”. Visible and invisible barriers are equally difficult to overcome. With advocacy, education and awareness these obstacles can be lifted, empowering people with disabilities to live more independent fulfilled lives. Proclamation 5472, signed by United States President Ronald Reagan, was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on May 8, 1986, declaring May 7 of 1986 as National Barrier Awareness Day. Since that day, many people across the country have continued to observe National Barrier Awareness Day each year.

🍁National Roast Leg of Lamb Day! The leg of lamb is a mild and tender cut of meat that, when roasted, is a unique and tasty dish to many. A typical preparation involves covering the leg of lamb with butter, rosemary sprigs pushed inside incisions cut in the leg, and rosemary leaves sprinkled on top. The lamb is then roasted for two hours at 360 degrees and usually served with carrots, roasted potatoes, green vegetables and gravy.

🍁National Foster Care Day encourages everyone to wear blue and raise their voices to show their support for foster youth everywhere. Kicking off Foster Care Month, National Foster Care Day provides a platform to help repair a system that is plagued with shortages nationwide. Many enter care with little to no belongings and have suffered the effects of abuse, poverty, neglect or even the death of their loved ones. There is a nationwide shortage of foster parents and stipends that don’t cover the essentials of a growing child. With over 400,000 children in the foster care system at any given time, and a new child placed into care every 2 minutes, 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. National Foster Care Day shines a light on these children and points us all in the direction of solutions. Statistics:✨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 US war veterans✨1 in 5 foster children experience homelessness within 1 year of aging out of care✨At ages 17 & 18, one-third of young women in foster care are pregnant or parenting✨More than 70% of inmates incarcerated were at one point in the foster care system✨Stipends don’t cover the essentials of a growing child. Ticket to Dream in partnership with Project Blue founded National Foster Care Day to increase awareness surround the needs of children in foster care, the opportunities for volunteers and the benefits of improving the system.

👩‍🏫National Teacher Appreciation Day, also known as National Teacher Day, is observed on the Tuesday of the first full week in May. In 2019, National Teacher Day will take place on May 7th. This day is part of Teacher Appreciation Week. 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: the future leaders of our country. They are kind, patient, hard-working, dedicated and understanding professionals that mold our children’s lives in a positive direction. We entrust our children with the teachers, and they affect their lives on a daily basis. Political and educational leaders began discussions for a day to honor teachers in 1944. In 1953, Eleanor Roosevelt persuaded the 81st Congress to proclaim National Teachers’ Day. Congress declared March 7, 1980, as National Teacher Day. The National Education Association continued to observe Teacher Day on the first Tuesday in March until 1985 when the National PTA established Teacher Appreciation Week as the first full week of May. The NEA Representative Assembly then voted to make the Tuesday of that week National Teacher Day.

If a product does what it says it does it does need a fancy package. But if it's going to be fancy package let it be the best. Thank you to all the teachers. Our local TV station last week gave out five golden apple awards to five teachers nominated for their outstanding achievements. There was a second grade teacher, math teacher, science teacher, music teacher, English teacher. The second grade teacher kept her students interest by moving them around and with hands on activities. The music teacher knew he wanted to teach middle school music since he was in middle school. And if students can't afford an instrument he lends them one from the ones he bought with music grants money he applied for. The science teachers class was doing DNA testing on strawberries, she said the only problem she had was keeping her students from eating their science project. The music and science teachers were both from the same school, which hasn't happen in all the years they been giving golden apple awards.

We had another beautiful day today. Lots of sunshine!

I glad my twin is not over doing it and taking care of herself. Health first!

Back to collecting chocolate bunnies.

Warm hugs.🐶🐶💕☀️