Earth Week at Shelby Farms Park
SAVE THE DATE | Earth Week 2010 | April 16-25, 2010
We've expanded our annual Earth Day celebrations to an entire EARTH WEEK! 2010 is the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, and we're wishing Earth Day a happy birthday with a fun-filled week of events with something for everyone.
Are you looking for Down to Earth Celebration vendor/exhibitor/artist applications? Here they are!
GreenShoe Gala 2010
April 16 | 6:30pm | Shelby Farms Park | a green-tie optional fundraiser
Call (901) 767-PARK to purchase tickets | Donate an auction item!
GreenTeen Gala 2010
April 17 | 6:30pm | Shelby Farms Park | a party just for teens
Email Jen at jandrews@shelbyfarmspark.org to nominate a teen (or group of teens) to attend this fantastic, one-of-a-kind party.
SkyFest 2010
April 24 | 2pm-5pm | Shelby Farms Park | a celebration of all things airborne
Vendor/exhibitor deadline has been extended to March 31! Email Kai Fisher, SkyFest Chair to become a vendor or exhibitor: kaifisher@att.net
Down to Earth Festival 2010
April 25 | 10am-5pm | Shelby Farms Park | the Mid-south's largest Earth Day celebration
APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED to March 31!
learn more | become a vendor/exhibitor/eco-artist | volunteer | become a sponsor
Sanctioned Events
MEMPHIS FARMERS MARKET
Saturday, April 17 --OPENING DAY!
1) Spring Into Greens lettuce planting workshop for kids; 2) Health Benefits of Eating Greens at Harvesting Good Health Table
10:00am
Location: Central Station at S. Front Street and E. GE Patterson Avenue
Contact: Christopher Bevel
Email: cbevel@gmail.com www.memphisfarmersmarket.org
RUN THE TRAILS - HERB PARSONS LAKE
One lap trail race on the trails of Herb Parsons Lake. (Approx. 7.5 miles)
Sunday, April 18
8:00am
Location: Herb Parsons Lake, Fischerville, TN
Contact: Daniel J. Shaffer, Start 2 Finish Event Management
Email: daniel@s2fevents.com
ENVIRONMENTAL FAIR – AIRWAYS MIDDLE SCHOOL
Tuesday, April 20
All school day.
Location: Airways Middle School
Description: Different groups with stations (MLGW, U of M Ground Water, City of Memphis Storm Water, Wolf River Conservancy.
Contact: Sharon Gordon, City of Memphis Storm Water
Email: sharon.gordon@memphistn.gov
BOATBALL (KAYAK POLO) GAME
Tuesday, April 20
6:00pm-7:30pm
Shelby Farms Park, Patriot Lake
Contact: Sonny Salomon, Memphis Whitewater
Email: drsonny1@aol.com
ENVIRONMENTAL FAIR – CYPRESS MIDDLE SCHOOL
Wednesday, April 21
All school day.
Location: Cypress Middle School
Description: Different groups with stations (MLGW, U of M Ground Water, City of Memphis Storm Water, Wolf River Conservancy.
Contact: Sharon Gordon, City of Memphis Storm Water
Email: sharon.gordon@memphistn.gov
RHODES COLLEGE ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL
Wednesday, April 21
8:00pm-10:00pm
Location: Rhodes College, Amphitheatre (near the Fraisier Jelke building doors)
Contact: Maria Cartagana, Green Rhodes
Email: carme@rhodes.edu
RHODES COLLEGE ENVIRONMENTAL FAIR - "POPULATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT"
Thursday, April 22
1:00pm-4:00pm – Silk Screening Workshop
7:00pm-11:00pm – Paper Making Workshop
Location: Rhodes College, Barret Lawn
Description: Festival with bands, food, games, and information booths
Contact: Maria Cartagana, Green Rhodes
Email: carme@rhodes.edu
BICYCLE SAFETY AND MEMPHIS TRAILS
Thursday, April 22
6:30pm
Location: Benjamin Hooks Private Library, Meeting Room A, 3030 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, TN
Description: Sierra Club Chickasaw Group hosts program night, presenting Kyle Wagenshultz: benefits of bicycling, bicycle safety, and urban bike trails. Will have updates on Memphis bike/walk trails.
Contact: Susan Routon, Programs Chair, Sierra Club – Chickasaw Group
Email: susan.routon@gmail.com
ELMWOOD CEMETERY ARBOR DAY 5K
Friday, April 23
6:00pm
Location: Elmwood Cemetery
Description: A 5K walk/run that winds through one of the most beautiful cemeteries in Memphis. A $20 entrance fee for participants includes a t-shirt, food and beverage in the chapel after the race with the knowledge that the money raised will go toward the beautification and upkeep of the arboretum.
Contact: Linley Schmidt, Elmwood Cemetery
Email: linley@elmwoodcemetery.org
FILM SCREENING OF “THE COVE”
Saturday, April 24
1:00pm
Location: Malco’s Ridgeway Four Theatre
Description: Academy Award Winner for Best Documentary of 2009, “The Cove” describes the annual killing of dolphins in a National Park at Taiji, Wakayama, in Japan from an anti-dolphin hunting campaigner’s point for view. The result is a provocative mix or investigative journalism, eco-adventure and arresting imagery.
Contact: Lisa Bobal
Email: lisab@onlocationmemphis.org
MEMPHIS FARMERS MARKET CELEBRATES 40th ANNIVERSARY!
Saturday, April 24
10:00am
Location: 114 N. Main Street
Description: Cooking from the Earth demonstration with local goat cheese and greens with Hunt Phelan Chef Kjeld Petersen
Contact: Christopher Bevel
Email: cbevel@gmail.com
Create a Sanctioned Event!
Deadline extended to March 31!
To help spread the message and mission of Earth Week at Shelby Farms Park, we are launching a new Sanctioned Events program to engage community partners like you to increase awareness of environmental issues by creating events throughout the community. We’re asking businesses/ organizations, neighborhood associations, churches, schools and other civic-minded groups to organize activities in their communities during this week to benefit, educate and/or highlight awareness for the environment in a positive way.
Join with Shelby Farms Park Conservancy in promoting awareness of and support for the “greening” of Memphis and Shelby County through hosting your own Sanctioned Event during Earth Week 2010 (April 16-25).
Here are just a few reasons why you should create and/or participate in an official Earth Week Sanctioned Event:
• IT’S FREE! There is no charge to participate and have your event become an official “Sanctioned Event” of Earth Week
• You probably already have something planned or are considering planning something to celebrate Earth Day or to benefit the environment anyway, so why not maximize your visibility and attract more attention to your event/ organization by partnering with the largest Earth Day event in the region?
• Shelby Farms Park Conservancy will provide your organization with pre-printed Earth Week logo materials, assist with press releases and other marketing/ promotional efforts, to help promote your event and increase awareness for your group, and include your event on our website
• Official Sanctioned Event partners will be invited to attend the Down to Earth Festival on Sunday, April 25 at Shelby Farms Park, and receive special recognition as an official Sanctioned Event partner during the event
