Pollinator Partnership is proud to announce that June 22-28, 2020 has been designated National Pollinator Week!
National Pollinator Week is a time to celebrate pollinators and spread the word about what you can do to protect them.
Thirteen years ago the U.S. Senate’s unanimous approval and designation of a week in June as “National Pollinator Week” marked a necessary step toward addressing the urgent issue of declining pollinator populations. Pollinator Week has now grown into an international celebration of the valuable ecosystem services provided by bees, birds, butterflies, bats and beetles.
Pollinator Week was initiated and is managed by Pollinator Partnership.
Due to the current situation with covid-19, Pollinator Week 2020 will not be a typical Pollinator Week. We urge everyone to hold a socially distant, appropriate event. In an effort to lighten the load on state governments during this time, we are not pursuing formal state proclamations this year, but will continue to post proclamations that we do receive. Moreover, we encourage everyone to go outside and spend some time with the bees and butterflies that inspire hope in many.
Find Activities and Lightings
It’s not too early to start thinking about your socially distant activity. Pollinators positively affect all our lives, supporting wildlife, healthy watershed and more – let’s SAVE and CELEBRATE them! Activities can be more traditional events open to the public (plantings, walks, webinars) or private events in your backyard*. Join the celebration and connect virtually by adding your pollinator activity to the map below!
My Pollinators – My Story Submissions are now on the map!
Pollinator Week Lightings
Help us celebrate Pollinator Week by requesting local establishments and buildings to light up yellow and orange in support of pollinators! Together, let’s make this the brightest Pollinator Week ever! Click on the button below to download our Pollinator Week Lighting request text.
Take Action
WHY SHOULD YOU CONTACT YOUR GOVERNOR?
Many states require in-state requests for events such as Pollinator Week to be officially proclaimed. Thanks to wonderful citizens like you, all 50 states declared Pollinator Week in 2019!
Please take a moment to sign and mail the letter below to your governor. Your effort is making Pollinator Week 2020 a great success!
VIEW THE PROCLAMATIONS
HOW SHOULD YOU CONTACT YOUR GOVERNOR?
1. WRITE
Use our Sample Letter as a base
Be sure to include the Proclamation Text with your letter
CANADA
Check out our English and French sample proclamations!
2. CALL
Find your Governor’s address on the Governor Contact List
SUGGESTED SCRIPT FOR CALLING GOVERNOR’S OFFICE
Hello my name is NAME. Can I speak to the person that handles proclamations?
I am calling to follow up on a letter sent by the Pollinator Partnership requesting the governor proclaim STATE Pollinator Week, June 22-28, 2020. The Pollinator Partnership would love to demonstrate STATE’S support for pollinators to its citizens. Please let me know what I can do to move this proclamation forward.
Thank you for taking the time to speak with me. Have a great day.
