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When is Mother’s Day 2025? Gift ideas around Indianapolis and what to know
Mother’s Day: Easy ways to make your mom feel special
Here are some easy ways to celebrate your mom this Mother’s Day.
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Mother’s Day will be here before you know it. If you haven’t already picked out a card, planned where to buy flowers or made brunch reservations in advance, no worries, here’s everything you need to know to put a smile on mom’s face.
When is Mother’s Day 2025?
This year Mother’s Day is on May 11, 2025.
The date changes annually in the U.S. on the second Sunday in May, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac. It’s why the date changes year-to-year.
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Easy gifts for mom on Mother’s Day
Gifts for mom don’t have to be expensive or fancy; they just need to be thoughtful. Here are some gift-giving ideas.
Cards: Mother’s Day is the third-largest card-sending holiday in the United States, with 113 million cards exchanged annually, according to Hallmark. A Mother’s Day card with a personal hand-written message can let mom know how much she means to you.
Flowers & Candy: You can pick up a bouquet of flowers and candy from almost any grocery or big-box store, but check out local floral shops, too, if you can.
Gifts you can buy online: Drawing a blank on what to get your mother? Check out USA Today’s Mother’s Day online gift guide.
Gifts you can buy in Indianapolis: Here are a few local shops in Indianapolis that might have something perfect for your mother this year:
Time: The most underrated gift you can give anyone is time. Take your mom on a Mother’s Day walk, hang out around the house and pitch in with chores, or if distance is an issue, spend extra time with her on the phone.
Take your mother out to lunch or brunch at these Indianapolis spots
Make your mom feel special by taking her out for some good food and quality time. Even if it’s not on Mother’s Day, making plans to eat at a unique local spot could still make her day. Here are a few restaurant options around the Indianapolis area:
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Breakfast in bed… if you can’t make it, you can order it.
If you don’t feel confident in your culinary skills or you’re worried you might wake her cooking in the kitchen, you can always order breakfast and have it delivered to your door, which you can then deliver to her in bed.
You can use Doordash, GrubHub or Uber Eats.
Psst… Father’s Day is coming soon. Here’s when
Don’t forget about dad. Father’s Day is celebrated annually in the U.S. on the third Sunday in June. This year Father’s Day is June 15, 2025.
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South Bend prepares for ‘The Greatest Spectacle in Racing’ at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) – South Bend is officially in “This is May” mode.
The Tire Rack’s corporate headquarters on Wednesday night was one of the race themed community events popping up across Indiana ahead of the Indy 500.
It is all part of the buildup to the 110th running of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” on May 24 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Organizers say the point is simple, get people together, decorate, and have fun.
Across the state, you will start seeing checkered flags, black and white drapes and homemade race day decor on porches and at businesses.
“When you say Indianapolis 500, you say Indianapolis Motor Speedway, it has Indianapolis in the name, but it really is an Indiana asset. The reason it is getting ready to have its 110th running of the Indy 500 is because of the way this entire state has embraced it,” said Doug Boles president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indy Car series. “The Indianapolis 500 and the Speedway is responsible for about $1.1 billion in economic impact across our state.”
In South Bend, it is a reminder that you do not have to be in Indianapolis to feel the buzz.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WSBT) — We are just over a month away from one of the biggest events in racing.
Preparations are underway for the Indianapolis 500.
Street signs are being unveiled in Indianapolis, one for each of the IndyCar drivers.
Those drivers were on hand to help hang their own sign.
“It’s like the first tradition that kind of kicks off the month of May for us internally. So yeah, I’m excited. I’m excited to hit the track soon and see how the cars feel this year,” said Alex Palou, four-time IndyCar Series champion
All signs will be up by the end of the week.
The big race is Sunday, May 24th.
You can watch the 110th running over on FOX Michiana.
Trump repeals landmark EPA climate endangerment finding
President Trump’s repeal of the endangerment finding eliminates the legal basis for regulations that target air pollution from greenhouse gases.
Indianapolis and the surrounding metropolitan area failed a number of critical air pollution measures in the American Lung Association’s latest State of the Air report.
The ALA’s annual nationwide report published each spring gives the Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie metro area an “F” in smog and soot pollution. The report analyzes emissions data over a three-year period from 2022 to 2024.
Smog is ground-level ozone pollution and soot is particulate matter. The two comprise two of the six commonly found air pollutants in the United States according to the EPA.
Both pollutants form in part when coal-fired power plants and diesel engines burn fossil fuels. Smog and soot can cause premature death and other serious health hazards such as heart attacks, strokes, preterm births, asthma and cognitive decline, according to the ALA.
The lung health report ranks the central Indiana metro area in a number of categories with the region performing poorly in most. Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie ranked the 11th most polluted area for year-round particle pollution and 14th for short-term particle pollution.
Indiana children at risk from air pollution
And the rest of the state fares little better.
More than 670,000 Hoosier children breath unhealthy levels of air pollution, the report says.
This year’s report focus on the risk to youth that polluted air can pose. Small lungs are particularly vulnerable, said Tiffany Nichols, ALA director of advocacy.
“Infants, children and teens have lungs that are still developing, which makes them more susceptible to the impacts of unhealthy air,” Nichols said.
To prevent today’s youth from developing diseases related to polluted air, the American Lung Association has been asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to stop rolling back clean air rules put in place by previous administrations. The Indiana chapter has also asked state lawmakers to take steps to protect air quality.
Nichols grew up on the northwest side of Indy where the neighborhoods had been demolished to build I-65. Nearby trees were torn down to make way for the highway that would bring cars and trucks emitting harmful exhaust.
“So, then you have these areas that are essentially like a pocket of unhealthy air, and then those neighborhoods also had a lot of factories,” Nichols said. “That exacerbated health conditions in many of those communities that are oftentimes less fortunate already.”
Data centers and rollbacks
While air pollutants have existed for centuries, the rise of data centers poses a new threat. State and local lawmakers, Nichols said, should also pay attention to these new potential sources of pollution both in Indiana and across the country.
“We’re asking that those companies that are interested in putting data centers in communities work with the local community,” Nichols said. “Since data centers have the potential to be another source of pollution we also ask that they use renewable, zero-ignition energy sources.”
The ALA report also urges the U.S. EPA to recommit to protecting people’s health from harmful air pollution.
This year, the EPA has gone on what Administrator Lee Zeldin has characterized as a deregulation campaign that environmental advocates in Indiana have charged will lead to “death by 1,000 cuts.”
The current EPA, the American Lung Association report says, has “retreated from its public health foundation by rolling back clean air protections.”
Karl Schneider is an IndyStar environment reporter. You can reach him at karl.schneider@indystar.com. Follow him on Twitter @karlstartswithk or BlueSky @karlstartswithk.bsky.social.
IndyStar’s environmental reporting project is made possible through the generous support of the nonprofit Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust.
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