Save the Monarch butterfly

Sourced from OKthePK, Sept '22 OVAR Interchange, and the Windsor Star

While searching online for information about the Space Hopper and Son of Space Hopper I stumbled across this image of a boxcar emblazoned with a giant  Monarch butterfly. The Kanas City Southern website told me about the important cause behind this great looking boxcar:

In 2022, Kansas City Southern (KCS), Canadian Pacific (CP), GATX, Monterrey Metropolitan Rotary Club (Rotary) and NASCO are hosting the Save the Monarch Butterfly 60,000 Tree Challenge North American Boxcar Tour to raise $100,000 USD. The funds raised will be used to plant 60,000 oyamel trees at El Rosario Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary in Michoacán, Mexico to help reestablish the monarch population.

In support of the 60,000 Tree Challenge, a crowd-funding QR code is featured on the side of the boxcar. Starting this fall, the boxcar will stop at events in Windsor, Ont.; Chicago; Kansas City, Mo.; Laredo, Texas; Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.; Monterrey, Nuevo Leon; San Luis Potosi, S.L.P.; Morelia, Michoacán; and end at the El Rosario Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary. In coordination with Rotary, these events will generate awareness and raise funds to help save the butterfly. This innovative environmental project is an example of the commitment of the sponsoring organizations to sustainability.

Windsor is around a 750km drive from Ottawa, so I didn't see the start of the boxcar's journey, but we were visited by some Monarchs in the backyard this summer.

Debra planted some echinacea for them and the bees. Monarch butterflies and bees are having a hard time, so anything you can do to help them out is good.