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Ever wonder where your water comes from? How scientists "test" water to
make sure it's safe to use? What your family can do to help conserve and
protect our precious water and natural resources?
Bring your family and join Acton PIP and many local groups and organizations
in celebrating Earth Day 2006. The Earth Day Festival, sponsored by St.
Matthew's Church and Acton Citizens for Environmental Safety (ACES), will be
held this Saturday, April 29th (rain or shine) from 10am - 3pm at St. Matthew's
Church (Central Street) in Acton. Free Admission and Activities, Food,
Music, Door Prizes and more. Check out a hybrid car, learn how to design a
greenhouse, conduct energy check-ups for your home...and more. A show by Animal
Adventures of Bolton will take place from 12:30 to 1:30pm.
Acton PIP will feature H2O kit testing (bring a sample from home!) and
special "water wise" placemat* "give-a-way" thanks to PIP's very own science
experts, Cynthia Calcagni, Nancy Young, and Julia Miles, who are spearheading
PIP's Earth Day activities...
Special Note: We need volunteers to help facilitate PIP's Earth Day
activities including water testing and local watershed activities. *** If you
can help out with the PIP Earth Day activities (adult or student volunteers -
will train - no experience required), please contact Acton PIP by e-mail at
actonpip@yahoo.com or call Carlie Krakoff at
263-9071 or Karen Herther at 263-6742 asap ***
" In the end we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we
understand. We will understand only what we are taught (Baba Dioum)."
Hope that you can participate in the Acton Earth Day Festival on April
29th... and also visit Acton PIP's "Virtual" Earth Day* at www.actonpip.org after April 29 for tips, games and puzzles, resources
and more ...!
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Karen Herther and Carlie Krakoff for Acton PIP
actonpip@yahoo.com
*Special thanks to ACES (Acton Citizen's for Environmental Safety), the
Acton Stream Team, the Acton H2O District, the Acton Area League of Women Voters
and Tom Tidman for sharing resources used to create Acton PIP's "Water Wise"
placemat and Virtual Earth Day.
PS Save the date - Friday evening, June 16 - Family Water Wise night at the
Acton Science Discovery Museum - complimentary admission - generously
sponsored by a grant from the MA Environmental Trust. PIP will be participating
featuring local water wise activities. More details to follow...
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