Make-A-Difference Day
October 22nd, 2011

Every year in October, KLB participates in the nation-wide Make a Difference Day. This day is dedicated to giving back to the community. KLB partners with several other organizations, civic groups, scouts, and the City of Lewisville to successfully plant flowers along the streets of Lewisville. To date, we have planted over 47,300 daffodils along Fox Ave, FM407, Edmonds Lane, Memorial Park, and the corner of 121 at Mill Street. We continue to plant thousands of bulbs/flowers each year, adding to our existing plantings. This ongoing project is a lot of fun for the entire family, and is safe for all ages. It is a continuing project year after year, in hopes of changing the image of our great city and making Lewisville the most beautiful that it can be.

This year, in October 2011, KLB is branching out and changing our program a little bit to reflect our smartscaping values and beautification goals. Inststead of planting daffodils, KLB and volunteers will be planting an acre of Texas native wildflower seeds at Railroad Park. KLB is looking for volunteers of all ages and abilities to help mix the seeds and sow them at Railroad. KLB is partnering with the City of Lewisville on this project, and will be planting a band of wildflowers on a sloping area around a detention pond at the park, near trailways and other community areas at the park.

Please note that this area is on a slope, near a pond. We ask that no one under the age of 12 help plant around the pond, due to safety precautions. There will be some volunteer opportunities available for kids under 12 to help mix seeds but spaces are limited to the first groups who show up. In an effort for all ages to be able to volunteer this day, we will also be conducting a Railroad Park clean up in conjuncton with the planting.

If this sounds like something you would be interested in, please give us a call 972-538-5949 or e-mail info@keeplewisvillebeautiful.org for more information. We are always looking for volunteers.

Registration paperwork (PDF version) HERE.

Register online HERE

General Release form HERE

Can't volunteer but still want to help? Donate to our event!

Signing up for the event is easy:
1. Find the Form on our website as a PDF HERE, or go paperless and sign up online HERE.
2. Turn in your PDF form to the KLB office by faxing it to 1-866-727-8526, emailing to info@keeplewisvillebeautiful.org, mailing it to our physical address (101 W. Main Street, Suite 102 Lewisvlle) or by stopping by our office Monday through Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm.
3. You can also call our office an register over the phone: 972-538-5949.

The story behind the daffodil project (2003-2010):
The daffodil project was inspired by the "Daffodil Principle" story. Below is a small section of that story.

“Before me lay the most glorious sight. It looked as though someone had taken a great vat of gold and poured it down over the mountain peak and slopes. The flowers were planted in majestic, swirling patterns -- great ribbons and swaths of deep orange, white, lemon yellow, salmon pink, saffron, and butter yellow. Each different-colored variety was planted as a group so that it swirled and flowed like its own river with its own unique hue. But who has done this? It's just one woman. On the patio a poster "Answers to the Questions I Know You Are Asking" was the headline. The first answer was a simple one."50,000 bulbs," it read. The second answer was, "One at a time, by one woman. Two hands, two feet, and very little brain." The third answer was, "Began in 1958." There it was, “The Daffodil Principle.” One event can have a life-changing experience. I thought of this woman whom I had never met, who, more than forty years before, had begun -- one bulb at a time -- to bring her vision of beauty and joy to an obscure mountaintop. Still, just planting one bulb at a time, year after year, had forever changed the world in which she lived. She had created something of indescribable, magnificence, beauty, and inspiration. The principle her daffodil garden taught is one of the greatest principles of celebration. That is, learning to move toward our goals and desires one step at a time -- often just one baby-step at a time -- and learning to love the going, learning to use the accumulation of time. When we multiply tiny pieces of time with small increments of daily effort, we too will find we can accomplish magnificent things. We can change the world.”

Remember, “When we multiply tiny pieces of time with small increments of daily effort, we too will find we can accomplish magnificent things. We can change the world.” Help us change Lewisville.

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