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EARTH DAY CELEBRATED LIKE NO OTHER

ArtBerkeley Hosts Earth Day Festival at War Memorial Park

On Saturday, April 18, 2009, ArtBerkeley Inc., a non-profit 501c3 organization, is hosting its inaugural Earth Day Festival from 10am to 4pm. War Memorial Park, located at 500 North Tennessee Avenue in Martinsburg WV, will be transformed into a true community celebration of our Earth. The festival is open to the public and is FREE; All kids activities are FREE; And many demonstrations and other events are FREE for adults too!

There will be regional business vendors, food vendors, artists, farmers, and many organizations in attendance. A highlight of the entertainment will be the Wildlife Center of Virginia's Animal Habitat Presentations with Live Animals. There will also be many recycling opportunities. The public is encouraged to bring the following items to reuse and recycle throughout the park:

• Outdated or Unwanted Phone Directories
  

• Catalogs
  

• Aluminum Cans
  

• Glass
  

• Newspaper (bundled)
  

• Soda Cans
  

• Used Cell Phones
  

• Plastic Lids
  

• Gently Used Books, Magazines, Toys and Canvas Bags
  

• Any Personal Documents to Shred
  

We have a full schedule of entertainment throughout the day. Entertainment is for both adults and children of all ages. A schedule of events for the Main Stage area is as follows:

10:00am - Opening Welcome by Judy Jeffares, ArtBerkeley Inc. President and a Reading of The Lorax by Dr. Seuss

10:30-11:00 - Mary & Melvin Edwards, Bluegrass band

11:00-11:15 - Door Prize drawing & announcements

11:15-12:15pm - Wildlife Center of Virginia Presentation with Live Animals

12:15-12:45 - Martinsburg Woman's Choir

12:45- 1:10 - Berkeley County Wildcats, Dance and Tumbling and Prize Drawing & Announcements

1:15-2:15 - Second Wildlife Center of Virginia Presentation with Live Animals

2:15- 2:45 - Belles of Berkeley Chorus - A Sweet Adeline’s Chorus

2:45 -3:00 - Boomtown Hoops, Hula hoops demonstration

3:00 -3:45 - Wonderment Puppets Performance

3:45-4:00 - Door Prize Drawing & Final Announcements

Other events that are scheduled around the park are:

10:00am – Free Yoga Class

11:00am & 1:30pm - Rain Barrel demonstration of use and installation

All Day Events - Artwork Displays and Sales; Document Shredding Truck, Nature Scavenger Hunt; Put A Lid On It Project; Exchange Table of Books, Magazines, Toys, Canvas Bags; Sale of Eco-friendly Merchandise; Plant a Seed Activity; Bird Seed Bingo; Multiple Raffles; Sale of Natural and Organic Foods; Door Prizes; Musical Instruments Activity; Demonstrations of Guide Dogs & Braille; Reenactment of Medieval Sword Fights; Face Painting; Coloring; Mosaic Activity; Worms Eat My Garbage! Activity; Demonstration Making Rag Rugs and much more!

We have many participants as vendors and who are providing many activities.

Regional Organizations that will be joining us are: Apollo Civic Theatre, The Arts Centre, Berkeley Jefferson Master Gardeners, Berkeley Community Pride, Berkeley County CEOS, Berkeley County Solid Waste Authority, Berkeley County Wildcats, CARE (Citizens Alliance for a Responsible Environment), CCAP – Loaves and Fishes, Citizens Conservation Corps of West Virginia, City Club, Freecycle.org, Girl Scouts: Daisy Troop #751, Girl Scout Troop #462, Harpers Ferry Job Corps Center, Heritage Craft Center, Mainstreet Martinsburg, Martinsburg City (Recycling Trucks), Mountain State Council of the Blind Tri-state Chapter, Potomac Valley Audubon, Opequon Radio Society, OCPT (Opequon Creek Project Team), Region 9 Air Quality Program, Rotary of Martinsburg, Shire of Sylvan Glen (SCA), TAC (Transcendental Arts Council), Telamon Corporation, Wildflower Club of Campfire USA, WVDEP- Youth Environmental Program

Regional Businesses and Farmers that will be joining us are: Apple Valley Toyota, A Rare Breed, LLC, Boomtown Hoops, Boomtown Tattoo, Common Ground, Culligan Water Conditioning, Good Natured, Hau Ink, LLC, H & H Technologies, Idearc Media, Final Finish Construction Company, M&T concession, Not Right Minded?, Orsini’s Appliances, Sun Yoga, Tastefully Simple, Walls Nursery

Regional Artists that will be joining us for the day are: Sarah Amendola, Myria Brown, S.J. Brown, Rick Lowman, Don Maiden, Darlene and Lewis Riley, Sharon Smith, Sharon Sowa, Jay Tabor, Kathy Thomas, Leia Wood

This day is in part due to our sponsors. Thank you to: Berkeley County Parks and Recreation for allowing us to use the park, IdeaArc Media for many recycling opportunities, Martinsburg-Berkeley County Convention and Visitor's Bureau for advertising grants, and D & M DJ Service who is our emcee for the day. Also, thank you to many local business for prize donations.

Documents included in this release: ArtBerkeley, Inc. Brochure, Virginia Wildlife Center Brochure