Earth Day is April 22 and there are several events planned for Marion to celebrate, learn, and clean up. Events include a Downtown Marion clean up, concert fundraiser, inter-faith breakfast, kids’ activities, electronics recycling, paper shredding, and more.
The Tenth Annual Downtown Marion Earth Week clean-up and tree-planting ceremony will take place on Thursday, April 19, at Founders Park, the corner of Main and Church Streets, from 12noon to 2:00pm. Work gloves and trash bags will be provided and all volunteers are welcome to come out.
Click here for more details on the Downtown Marion Clean Up.
On Saturday, April 21, there will be a variety of activities at the Marion Campus of Marion Technical College and Ohio State University at Marion. The mostly free activities will take place from 10:00am to 1:00pm and include paper shredding by MARCA, stone-fired pizza for sale, a neighborhood clean up, canned food drive, and activities for kids. There will also be a scrap, electronics, and television recycling drop off (TV’s are $15 each due to expense of recycling).
Click here for more details on these activities.
The Inter-Faith Breakfast and Prayer Service for the Earth will take place on Sunday, April 22, from 8:30am to 10:30am at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church at the corner of Center and High Streets. The prayer service will be at 9:00am with a Mass at 11:00am.
There will also be eco-art activities and more at First United Church of Christ, on Prospect Street, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm as part of their Earth Day Community Festival on Sunday.
The Earth Day events in Marion will wrap up with an Earth Day Concert on Sunday, April 22, from 4:00pm to 6:00pm at CWA Hall, 581 Bellefontaine Avenue. The concert will feature Opossum’s Homegrown Organic Trance-Folk music. The $15 admission will benefit the Marion Community Garden.
Space is limited for the concert so you are urged to get tickets in advance by calling 740-528-3333 or 740-531-3077. Click here for more details.
For more information on all of these events, you can call Marion County Recycling & Litter Prevention at 740-223-4120.
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