Pollinators do a lot for us. The USDA estimates that they help grow one in every three bites of food that we eat! They help us cultivate an enormous number of crops, fruits, flowers, and more. We could go down the list, but we’d be here for hours. Among all of our pollinators, bees have earned their place as our most vital and efficient. More than 3,500 species of bees in the USA alone propagate thousands of crops for us every single day.

However, these plucky pollinators need our help. The world isn’t an easy place for bees. Pollution, climate change, pesticides, and parasites all contribute to a declining bee population. This is concerning, for both ourselves and our insect friends. 6 million Texans fight food insecurity every day. That’s 1 in 5 people, with no indication that number is going down.

Bees are responsible for pollinating around $587 million in crops every single year for this state. If bee populations continue to decline, this could put even more vulnerable Texans at risk of food insecurity, not to mention what it would do to our biodiversity.

But hope is not lost just yet! For our campaign, we’ve partnered with Save the Bees USA, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting and sustaining bee populations and habitats, as well as educating beekeepers and laymen alike on how to care for them.

Our campaign will be dedicated to raising funds for Save the Bees’ existing GoFundMe. When we reach our crowdfunding goal of $500, the money will be channeled into Save the Bees’ Pollinator Garden Grant Program. The $500 will be split into five $100 grants that will establish pollinator gardens in schools or community centers. These gardens will help students and community members learn about and care for the bees that make their homes there. The gardens will remain long after the donation money is spent, allowing hundreds of people to care for thousands of bees for years to come.

With this program, we can save and nurture five separate bee populations across North Texas, and help curious minds learn about the pollinators that do so much for us.

Could it really bee that easy to help our pollinators out? We say YES!