INC NEWS - Earth Day Festival April 21 in Downtown Durham

[janethitti at verizon.net]

Thank you for reminding everyone of this important event.

The Durham Earth Day web site has done an outstanding job with the site, easy to navigate to the clean-up sites as well as sponsors and organizations tabling. Well Done.

Janet Hitti, Rep for Parkwood to the INC 

and also for the Northeast Creek Stream Watch Group which does have a clean up area on Sat. Morning.


>From: RW Pickle <randy at 27beverly.com>
>Date: 2007/04/17 Tue AM 09:42:42 CDT
>To: inc-list at durhaminc.org
>Cc: fhna-list at fhnanews.com
>Subject: INC NEWS - Earth Day Festival April 21 in Downtown Durham

>>From the City PR Dept.
>RWP
>27 Beverly
>
>Stream Clean-ups to Precede Free Festival
>
>Durham, N.C. – Triangle residents interested in a day filled with an
>eclectic mix of music, a climbing wall, hands-on environmental education
>activities and more should mark their calendars for the 2007 Durham Earth
>Day Festival. This annual event will be held Saturday, April 21, 2007,
>from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in downtown Durham in the lot located at Foster and
>Hunt Streets.
>
>Children and adults can anticipate enjoying the festival’s environmental
>education venue featuring The Scrap Exchange, Schoolhouse of Wonder, the
>Museum of Life and Science, giant puppets and more.  Festival goers may
>also view the latest “green” vehicle technology and learn what local
>groups are doing to protect and enhance Durham’s environment.  This year’s
>festival also includes a showerhead exchange, a climbing wall, children’s
>activities and more.
>
>In addition, there will be a diverse mix of music with Sahara, Bombadil,
>Sajaso and Mosadi Music.  Storyteller Louise Omoto Kessel returns for her
>eighth year with the event.  This year will also continue the festival’s
>tradition with the Procession of the Species, a parade and celebration of
>the environment led by Paperhand Puppet Intervention.
>
>Before the festival gets underway, the City of Durham’s Division of
>Stormwater Services will sponsor stream clean-ups from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
>in several locations throughout the city.  Durham residents interested in
>volunteering should contact Laura Webb Smith, public education coordinator
>with the City’s Division of Stormwater Services, at (919) 560-4326 or via
>e-mail at laura.smith at durhamnc.gov.
>
>Major sponsors of this year’s event include the City of Durham, Durham
>Parks and Recreation, The Herald Sun, WTVD ABC 11, Keep Durham Beautiful,
>Inc. and the National Public Radio affiliate WNCU 90.7 FM.
>
>Admission for the festival is free and the event will be held rain or shine.
>
>Durham residents and Triangle visitors interested in learning more about
>this event should visit the 2007 Durham Earth Day website at
>http://www.durhamearthday.org for more information, including a
>performance schedule and a complete list of participants and sponsors.
>
>
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