Earth Day 2024 Festival, 4/22/24 Share

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Come cel­e­brate Earth Day with the City of Mar­i­on Parks & Recre­ation Depart­ment and Mar­i­on Util­i­ties at Mat­ter Park on April 22^nd, 2024, from 4 – 7pm. This is a free com­mu­ni­ty event with food trucks, fun activ­i­ties and games, raf­fles and giveaways! 

Activ­i­ties include and are not lim­it­ed to:

Rain Bar­rel Raf­fle — paint­ed by local artists

Door prize raffle

Nature-themed poet­ry read­ing with the Indi­ana Poet­ry Soci­ety (4pm)

Com­mu­ni­ty Paint Par­ty with Tashe­ma Davis (6pm)

Bounce House — Fun Services

Education/​Nonprofit Vendors: 

Mar­i­on Util­i­ties (Wel­come Table, Recy­cling, Popcorn/​Walk of Hope, Weather/​Safety, Drink­ing water purifi­ca­tion, Com­post, H2O cards/​Raffle tickets/​Door prizes)

Army Corps of Engineers

Mis­sissinewa Audubon Club

SICIM (State of Indi­ana Coop­er­a­tive Inva­sives Management)

Monarch Mamas of Mat­ter Park

Sala­m­onie Inter­pre­tive Center

Upper Wabash Inva­sives Network

Grant Coun­ty Mas­ter Gardeners

Inter­na­tion­al Stu­dent Exchange

Mar­i­on Com­mu­ni­ty Gar­dens Association

The Gar­den Club of Marion

Indi­ana Poet­ry Society

Shan­ta Hor­ton (gar­den­ing)

Grant Coun­ty USDA Office

Moths of the Mississinewa

ACRES Land Trust

Mar­i­on Pub­lic Library

East Cen­tral Indi­ana Sol­id Waste District

Alliance Gar­dens

Grant Coun­ty Soil and Water Con­ser­va­tion District

Hoosier Envi­ron­men­tal Council 

Local Busi­ness­es:

The Yarn Grit
Lady Cro­chets a Lot
Anne Mad­dox — local artist
Gen­er­al Motors — tree give­away
Wyatt Way Land­scapes and Nurs­ery
Book­worm Orchard
Madi­son Lord — local artist
Hive Mind Market 

Food Ven­dors:

Twist­ed Sug­ar
Imag­ine Burg­ers and Brew
Pap­pies Smoke­house and Lunch­box
Sim­ply Sweet By Renee
Baked by Mrs. C
The Eis Wagon