Festival Details

Pike-Wayne Earth Day Festival 
Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012
Time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Cost: Free
Location: PPL’s Wallenpaupack Environmental Learning Center
Contact: PPL at 570-253-7001 or pplpreserves@pplweb.com

Do you care about our planet AND want to lend a helping hand? Many of us celebrate Earth Day around April 22 every year, but did you know that National Volunteer Week (April 15-21, 2012) also comes around the same time? This year, we are combining these initiatives into an event that gives plenty of hands-on learning and celebration of our local natural resources, while highlighting the organizations in Pike and Wayne Counties who aim to protect them. Many of these groups look for volunteers to help them achieve great milestones throughout the year, so why not come out to learn more about how you can get involved and make a difference in our community? Registration is not needed for this free event. There will be fun activities for all ages. Volunteer opportunities are available on the day of the event.

Please check the website for updates and more details at www.pikewayneearthday.org.

Great for all ages, open to the public free of charge.
No registration needed.

Rain or Shine!

Recycling drop-offs will be available:

• Bring your old text books, encyclopedias, paper backs, hard covers and any other books collecting dust. Recycle them at the Lackawanna College Lake Region Center’s table for Better World Books.
• Bring your old cell phones and ink cartridges for drop off in marked boxes for the Wallenpaupack High School’s Environmental Club fundraiser. Boxes are located inside the PPL Wallenpaupack Environmental Learning Center.

Activities and exhibits include:

• Arts & craft activities for kids
• Solar pV and energy auditing
• Bird walks
• Bluebird box decorating
• Door Prizes
• Puppet shows
• Live music!
• Face painting
• Yummy, healthy food for sale
• Kayak demos on Lake Wallenpaupack
• …and much more!

Expected participants include:

• Corportate Waste Consultants V
• Delaware Highlands Conservancy V
• Delaware Highlands Mushroom Society 
• Friends of Delaware State Forest and Promised Land State Park V
• Lacawac Sanctuary  
• Lacawanna College Lake Region Center
• Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Management District
• National Park Service – Upper Delaware V
• Northeast PA Audubon Society V
• Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
• PPL Lake Wallenpaupack Environmental Preserve
• Pike County Conservation District 
• Pike County Penn DOT V
• Pike-Wayne Conservation Partnership
• Pocono Environmental Education Center V
• Promised Land State Park V
• SEEDS V
• Sugar Creek Maple Farm
• U.S. Forest Service: Grey Towers V
• Wallenpaupack Area High School 
• Wallenpaupack Historical Society 
• Wayne Conservation District 
• Wayne County Recycling Center