EARTH DAY 2010 @ the Prospect Education Center
Our FIFTH annual Earth Day Celebration happened today, May 14th, 2010! Thanks to all who helped and who joined us!
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--Who's invited: any and all who are interested in taking care of the earth and living things therein.
--What: Sharing Earth-friendly and people/living thing-friendly information, ideas, and concepts.
--Where: 645 N. Prospect Street, Porterville, CA
--When: 10:30 A.M. until 2:00 P.M.on Friday May 14, 2010.
--Who will be presenting? Students and businesses/organizations (updated regularly):
- STUDENTS
- Welcome to PEC! Information and Tour
- Event Program and T-Shirt Coloring Book
- Healthy Eating
- Eco-Friendly Transportation
- Dirty Air/Clean Air
- Organic Food
- Sheep
- Solar Ovens
- Native Americans and Ecology
- Recycling Shoes
- Don't Litter
- Bicycle Transportation
- Taking Care of Animals
- Roadside Litter--Time to Decompose
- Sequoia Trees
- SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES & ORGANIZATIONS
- Jamba Juice will be preselling juice drinks, sharing information and Banana Man
- US Forest Service with Smokey Bear--"Do Not Play With Matches!"
- Tulare County Animal Control-animal control & animal visiting
- Sequoia Community Corps (C-SET) with recycling information, games andTulare Tom
- View Partnership--working together to save energy.
- Community Water Center--drinking water challenges in the San Joaquin Valley.
- National Weather Service--weather safety and climate change.
- Porterville Waste Treatment--wastewater treatment and effluent reuse.
- Porterville Developmental Center Dietetic Department--nutrition information.
- Pioneer Middle School--"Don't Be a Litterbug!"
- John Deere Water--soil moisture monitoring
- Homegrown Organic Farms--organic farming
- Tulare County Farm Bureau--"Beyond the Farm"
- Prius--Hybrid Car
- E-Waste Recycling-What to do with your used electronics...
- Tulare County Sheriff's Department--McGruff the Crime Dog, Explorer program and information
- Home Depot--Enviro-friendly products, kits for kids, mini planters and more...
- Porterville College Fire Science Program--information about fire safety.
- DONATIONS
- Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella-financial contribution
- Luis' Nursery, Farmersville, CA--Sequoia tree
- Black Bear Diner, Porterville, CA--crayons
- Lowe's--use of a sunshade
- Nacho Gonzalez--use of 3 sunshades
- Jeanne Roberts--use of 10 tables
- Tulare County RMA-Lots of ICE:-)
- Pedro Villanueva--tables on loan
- Starbucks of Porterville--paper bags for students to collect "goodies"
- Earthbound Farms--information about organic food for students and adults
- Save Mart Supermarket--paper bags for kids to collect goodies
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Target--bags for kids to collect goodies
- MORE
- Free water!
- Free ice cream!