Guilford Parks and Recreation Celebrates Earth Day

From the Guilford Parks and Recreation Department:

The Guilford Parks and Recreation Department is pleased to announce the first annual Earth Day program, and give you the opportunity to get involved. Our program will take place on April 23, 2016 on the Guilford Green from 9:30AM – 12:30PM. We are excited to educate the Guilford public on the subject of sustainable practices. The Department will have information stations for recycling, planting, repurposing, and keeping waterways clean. The program features games, door prizes, live entertainment, and more. There will be Earth Day passports for those attending – if you complete your passport you will be given a tree to plant at home (white pine or red maple).

There will also be a challenge for all to help Clean Up Guilford and fill a dumpster! We encourage individuals, neighborhoods, organizations, businesses to get together and clean up a street or park. A Guilford map will be displayed indicating areas that have been cleaned. We encourage folks to post where they plan to clean up within the comments on the Town of Guilford facebook page – Earth Day event.

If you own a business and have something to offer, we are looking for more activities. Whether it is at a booth, a game, or sponsoring the event, we could certainly use your help! This is a great way to be a part of a worthy cause, as well as promote any upcoming events that your organization might be offering.

Here are some of the activities that will be on the Green:

“Red’s Recycle-O-Rama” performance will take place at 11:00 a.m.

Guilford Conservation Commission will be bringing information on trails, invasive plants, wetlands buffers.

Shoreline Greenway Trail is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to building a 25-mile continuous path for bicyclists, walkers and hikers on the Connecticut Shoreline from Lighthouse Point in New Haven through East Haven, Branford, and Guilford to Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison.

Co-Sponsored by The Marketplace, we bring you Rock the Bike! The Fender Blender Pro bike blender allows you to pedal your way to a delicious smoothie of your choice! The Fender Blender Pro brings together fun, fitness, health, nourishment and sustainability. You'll see how easy it is to blend your drink and in only 45 seconds of hard pedaling you'll be rewarded with a delicious drink made with sustainable and reusable energy (your own)!

The Connecticut Agriculture Experiment Station is sending two volunteers from the Plant Disease Information Office and Entomology, to implement the outreach programs from their respective departments.

Curious Creatures will be at the program providing an interactive experience with live animals.

Zuse will be sponsoring a tote bag design contest, where the winners design will be handed out on 500 tote bags at the event. Please submit an 8.5 x 11 Guilford Earth Day Design. Final call for submissions –deadline Tuesday, April 5th by 4:30p.m

We look forward to seeing everyone on Saturday, April 23rd.

Sincerely,
Ellen Clow, Recreation Supervisor (Email: clowe@ci.guilford.ct.us)

Corey Patrick, Earth Day Event Coordinator (Email: parkrec@ci.guilford.ct.us)