GreenFest

**Coming Soon** 

GreenFest 2013 

Official Date 

Howard Community College 

GreenFest 2012  

Saving the Environment One Yard at a Time 

April 14th, 2012 from 10am - 4pm
Howard Community College  

Check out the fun that took place all day long: SCHEDULE OF EVENTS.

Our 5th Annual GreenFest included:

- Bikes for the World (used bike and sewing machine collection for developing countries)

- Nike ReUse-A-Shoe (worn out shoe collection for recycling)

- Aveda Salon Marielle Cut-A-Thon for a Cause  (get your hair cut and proceeds will be donated to a watershed organization)

- Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake Collection Truck for donation of new and reusable household items

- Goodwill Industries donation collection truck

- Children's nature play space

- Children's craft and nature activity 

- Tree planting on-site

- Live reptiles and birds

- Mini farmers' market

- Solar telescopes for viewing on the Quad

- Rain barrel workshops (free barrel registration is now full, however the workshops are open to the public)

- Compost and gardening/landscaping workshops and speakers

- Free document shredding (up to 3 bags or boxes) and electronics recycling event from 10am until 2pm

- Free compost bin giveaway 

- Local green businesses and information on sustainable products, inlcuding nearly two dozen new vendors in 2012!

 ** Sign language interpreters available all day for workshops and vendor discussions courtesy of Birnbaum Interpreting Services.**

A huge thank you to all of our generous sponsors: 

AeroMist; AgroLawn, Inc; Allen & Shariff Engineering; Aurora Energy, Inc.; Bath Fitter; Birnbaum Interpreting Services; Central Maryland Regional Transit; Clean Currents; Climate Change Initiative of Howard County; Lauren's Garden Service; Master Gardeners of Howard County; MOM's Organic Market; NaturaLawn of America; Renewal by Andersen; Repax, Inc.; Salon Marielle; Solar City; Straughan Environmental, Inc.; Summit Insulation; TerraLogos Energy Group; The James and Anne Robinson Foundation; The Marketing Showcase; Waste Management; You've Got Maids.

And another HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers: 

Centennial High School students; Energy Solutions employees; several local Sororities; Woodstock Job Corps students; and all of our other many outstanding community volunteers.  All of whom helped the day run smoothly and kept smiling, even as some dug rock, hard dirt to successfully plant trees.  Thank you all!

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Please contact Lindsay DeMarzo at 410-313-4374 for more information.  

Check out all the fun we've had during past GreenFests, including themes, attendance, photos and more:

GreenFest 2011 

GreenFest 2010 

GreenFest 2009 

GreenFest 2008