4/16: Earth Day Celebration and Day of Service in Santa Fe

From Earthcare:
A community Day of Service and Earth Day Celebration event will take place on Saturday, April 16th, from 9:30 AM to 2:00 PM. The event is hosted by Santa Fe non-profit Earth Care and co-sponsored by the City of Santa Fe, the County of Santa Fe, Roots & Shoots and the Santa Fe Public Schools. Everyone, especially youth, is invited to participate in the event. We expect 150-200 community members to attend, many of them families with children.

Our base is the Nancy Rodriguez Community Center, located at 1 Prairie Dog Loop in Santa Fe (just off of Lopez Lane/Caja del Oro Grant Road). We will leave there at 10:00 AM for a morning of service opportunities for participants at three host sites:

The Community Farm: Plant trees, cover crops, onions, melons and pumpkins. Other work will include general clean-up and construction of the market stand that the Community Farm will utilize to sell fresh produce this summer.

La Resolana Land and Arroyo Restoration: Learn about and construct a variety of erosion control and arroyo restoration structures to rehabilitate this damaged tributary to the Santa Fe River. Santa Fe County does not maintain this area of the arroyo but its degradation is impacting the Santa Fe River.

Agua Fria Elementary: Various educational and service stations including: take-home seed starts and seedling education; Cooking with Kids workshop about cooking with fresh herbs from your garden; compost workshop and creation; outdoor classroom clean-up and tree pruning.

From 12:30 PM until 2:00 PM we'll return to the Community Center for a free homemade lunch (cooked by Citizen Schools and Cooking with Kids students), displays of various community service projects and an awards ceremonies honoring exemplary projects. Plus, workshops/activities/music/fun!

For more information call (505) 983-6896 or visit www.earthcare.org. Earth Care is a youth and community development nonprofit in Santa Fe, NM.