[MPWG] Announcing HerbDay 2006

[Lynda LeMole]

[HerbDay 2006 logo]
  
  
HerbDay 2006 Scheduled for October 14th
Events Planned to "Celebrate Herbs and Herbalism" 
  
Five national non-profit organizations working together as the HerbDay
Coalition* announced today that the first annual HerbDay will be held on
Saturday, October 14, 2006 - and you are invited! 
  
HerbDay is a coordinated series of public educational events celebrating
the importance of herbs and herbalism through harmonized, independently
planned activities that will occur on October 14, 2006 or during the
week leading up to that date. The activities will occur at retail
stores, botanical gardens and parks throughout North America. HerbDay
activities will be designed by each hosting venue who will have broad
latitude in selecting its own events, such as lectures and workshops by
well-known herbalists; herb walks; in-store cooking demonstrations
featuring herbs and spices; seasonal herbal handcrafts; in-store herbal
beauty product demonstrations; presentations by herb company
representatives; activities with herbal themes for children; etc. 
  
All United Plant Savers members and friends are invited to participate
actively in HerbDay 2006, either by hosting an event or providing
sponsorship in the form of financial support.    It is not too early to
start developing ideas for local HerbDay activities so that no town or
city is inadvertently left out of the celebration. 
  
In addition to local and regional events, the HerbDay Coalition may
produce one or more "keynote" events specifically designed to draw media
attention. A national event is tentatively scheduled at the U. S.
Botanic Garden. 
   
"UpS is excited to part of the first Herb Day and we are encouraging
events on UpS Sanctuaries throughout the U.S. ", said Lynda LeMole,
Executive Director of UpS.  "The Herb Day Coalition has worked
cooperatively together to design a very innovative and dynamic
opportunity to bring a positive message about herbs to the public in
their communities.  Look for more information on the website in the
coming weeks about how you can participate.  www.unitedplantsavers.org
 
We encourage all  who want to participate in HerbDay to also visit
<http://www.herbday.org/> www.herbday.org to review the initial menu of
ideas that the HerbDay Coalition has developed. This website will be
utilized as the primary location for organizing and disseminating
information about HerbDay activities and resources. A registration
feature will be added in the near future, so that you will have an
opportunity to tell others what you are planning to do to join the
herbal celebration! 
  
  
  
* American Botanical Council (ABC); American Herbalist Guild (AHG);
American Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AHP); American Herbal Products
Association (AHPA); and United Plant Savers (UpS).  
 
Please distribute this press release to all herb-friendly friends and
associates !  

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