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Thank a Teacher Week – first week of June
“One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings.”
– Carl Jung
“The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called ‘truth’.”
– Dan Rather
National Fishing Week – first week of June
“The fishing was good; it was the catching that was bad.”
– A.K. Best
“There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process.”
– Paul O’Neil
“Fishing is a hard job and a good job, it’s a rich man’s job and a poor man’s job, it’s a happy job and a sad job, it’s a lot of things. But most of all it’s a rewarding job.”
–Tom Brokaw
National CPR and AED Awareness Week – first week in June
“Take some time to learn first aid and CPR. It saves lives and it works.”
– Bobby Sherman
“The beat of a heart can change a life. Learn CPR and be the rhythm that saves a life.”
– myCPRnow
World Environment Day June 6
“The Congress, the Administration and the public all share a profound commitment to the rescue of our natural environment, and the preservation of the Earth as a place both habitable by and hospitable to man.”
–President Richard Nixon
“Good stewardship of the environment is not just a personal responsibility; it is a public value… Our duty is to use the land well, and sometimes not to use it at all. This is our responsibility as citizens, but more than that, it is our calling as stewards of the earth.”
–President George W. Bush
National Little League Baseball Week – second week of June and baseball was invented – June 12, 1839
“Swing hard, in case they’re throwing the ball where you’re swinging.”
– Duke Snider
“Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes or games are created equal.”
– George Will
National Flag Day – June 14
“Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation’s founders and heroes. As the ultimate icon of America’s storied history, the Stars and Stripes represents the very best of this nation.”
– Joe Barton
“When we honor our flag, we honor what we stand for as a nation—freedom, equality, justice, and hope.”
– Ronald Reagan
Caldecott Medal first awarded – June 14, 1938
“The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.”
–ala.org
Juneteenth – June 19
“The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.” – W.E.B. DuBois
“Let us never forget the Black history continues to define American history.”
– Yvette D. Clarke
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
– James Baldwin
Fathers’ Day – June 21
“Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers and singers of songs.”
– Pam Brown
“My father didn’t tell me how to live; he lived and let me watch him do it.”
– Clarence B. Kelland
“Remember – what dad really needs is a nap.”
– Dave Barry
“Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million-dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla.”
– Jim Bishop
National Organization for Women Founded – June 30, 1966
“NOW’s purpose is to take action through intersectional grassroots activism to promote feminist ideals, lead societal change, eliminate discrimination, and achieve and protect the equal rights of all women and girls in all aspects of social, political, and economic life.”
– now.org
Pride Month
“With ignorance comes fear, from fear comes bigotry. Education is the key to acceptance.”
– Kathleen Patel
“Openness may not completely disarm prejudice, but it’s a good place to start.”
– Jason Collins
National Foster a Pet Month
“When you let animals into your life, even as a foster parent, you are making a promise that you will take care of them for as long as it takes, until they find a home of their own. When they finally do leave, there’s a part of them that stays with you and a part of you with them.”
– Ken Foster
“Fostering an animal isn’t a lifetime commitment. It’s a commitment to saving a life.”
– pinterest.com