[Archived] City of Alexandria Hosts Its Annual Earth Day Celebration on April 21

City Press Release


	For Immediate Release	For More Information, Contact
	April 6, 2007 PIO# 087-07/rdo	Steve Mason, Director of Communications, at 703.838.4300 Raynard Owens, Communications Officer, at 703.838.4300

City of Alexandria Hosts Its Annual Earth Day Celebration on April 21

The City of Alexandria will host its annual Earth Day Celebration on Saturday, April 21, from 9 am to noon at the Ben Brenman Park, located at 4800 Duke St. The event will feature family-oriented environmental activities, open-space cleanup, Arbor Day tree planting, environmental exhibits and displays, live-animal exhibits, an insect safari, lessons on composting, the Blue Sky Puppet Show, and live music and food. Admission is free.

The City’s Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities and Department of Transportation and Environmental Services, the Alexandria Environmental Policy Commission, and the Alexandria Volunteer Bureau are sponsoring the Earth Day Celebration.

In case of inclement weather, the event will be relocated to the Samuel W. Tucker Elementary School, located at 435 Ferdinand Day Drive.

For additional information, call the City’s Special Events Hotline at 703-883-4686 or visit www.alexearthday.org.

Ben Brenman Park is served by DASH transit bus lines AT #5 and #8. For DASH schedule information, call 703-370-DASH or visit www.dashbus.com. For Metrobus schedule information, call 202-637-7000 or visit www.wmata.com.

The City of Alexandria is committed to compliance with the City’s Human Rights Code and the Americans with Disabilities Act. To request a reasonable accommodation or to request materials in an alternative format, call Cheryl Lawrence, Special Events Supervisor, of the Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities at 703-838-4844 (TTY 703-838-4902) or e-mail cheryl.lawrence@alexandriava.gov.

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