Community Earth Day Celebration This Saturday, April 27, 2019

WHAT MATTERS Warren Announcement–the community is invited to celebrate Earth Day this Saturday! Special thanks to Kara Lewallen, Environmental Science/Ecology Teacher/Green Team Sponsor at Skyline High for her leadership in putting together an amazing day to celebrate and learn about our environment!

Check out the amazing schedule below:

“Joining Together in Love to Care for Our Earth”

Bring your plastic films for TREX recycling.

Bring your electronics to recycle… small fee applies for certain TVs/Monitors

9 am = Front Royal/Warren County Tree Stewards: Arbor Day/Earth Day Tree Planting, Plaque Presentation

9:30 = Tree Stewards Greenway Walk & Community ‘Plogging’ Kickoff

10 am – 2 pm Participating Groups Include:

AMP Public Power Partners: Front Royal Solar Site Display
FR/WC Anti-Litter Council – Promotional Items
‘Buy One/Give One’ (Bag/Book) Fundraiser Sales (SHS Environmental Action Project)
Warren County Solid Waste Management
Student Environmental projects
Lord Fairfax Soil & Water Conservation District
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative and their electric car
Front Royal United Methodist Church Creation Care Committee
Friends of the North Fork
Beekeepers of the Northern Shenandoah
Form & Function (Forest to Furniture)
Native Seed Planting – supplies provided by Warren County FFA
Northern Shenandoah Valley Master Gardener Association
Forrest Environmental Services – Geology Lessons
Samuels Public Library – Story Time
Art Displays Contact: Kara Lewallen
SHS FCCLA – Crafts for kids klewallen@wcps.k12.va.us

Life Music – 10 = SHS Choir, 10:30-11:00 = Rich Follett, 11 = John Kovac,

Outdoor Recreation: SHS Football & G. Basketball Teams on Practice field (behind the building) w/ Corn Hole all day,10-10:45 Kickball, 10:45-11:30 Ultimate Frisbee, 11:30-12:15 Soccer, 12:15-1:00 Football Frenzy, 1:00-2:00 Lacrosse

Yoga & Mindfulness
Mary’s Creative Health – Make & Take a Green Cleaner
Salamander lessons with a Virginia Master Naturalist – showcase of vernal pool research
Front Royal Grotto – Information to share (Caves, Bats, Isopods)
Blue Birds – Roxie Leonard
eMammal display w/ Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute ID Game
Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation: Wildlife Monitoring w/ radio collars and antennae activity
C & C Frozen Treats
Warren County Culinary Arts – Lunch

Raffle to raise $ for recycle bins on Town/County Walking Trails – Donations from: Mountain Trails (2-$25 gift cards), Blue Ridge Shadows GC (4-Free Greens & Cart Fees), Thunwa Thai (2-$25 gift cards), Mountain Mystic (1-$25 gift card), Jalisco (1-$20 gift card), Shaklee Green Cleaning Gift Basket, Action for Cheetahs in Kenya soccer ball…

7 pm = Skyline High School presents: “Grease” (The School Version – Suitable for ALL ages) @ 7:00 PM
Tickets at the door $10.00 Adults $7.00 Students/Staff/Senior Citizens/Kids

I’m thrilled to share this WHAT MATTERS Warren Announcement that is especially close to my heart since the very first video I ever made was in 6th grade for a recycling project. I remember it like it was yesterday. I stood in front of the RT 340 refuse collection site as my dad recorded me with the huge old school video camera he borrowed from his work. To this day I’m an avid recycler, largely thanks to that project in Mr. Evan’s science class at Warren County Middle School. And obviously I’m an avid video maker as well. It all started on the side of the road talking about trash when I was 12!

Now’s your chance to expose children of all ages to the many ways we can embrace our responsibility to recycle and protect our environment. Thanks to all who are participating in the event who are helping to leave this world a better place for our future generations!

WHAT MATTERS:
Are you or your group in need of a free video that could be created to help market your cause or event? Beth’s WHAT MATTERS Warren videos post on Facebook and Youtube. They are also shared with the Royal Examiner online (most are distributed in their daily email blast to thousands of local residents). Sign up for the Royal Examiner at www.royalexaminer.com and check out the “WHAT MATTERS Warren” tab under “Features.”

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About WHAT MATTERS:

WHAT MATTERS is a 501(c)(3) that focuses on local and global outreach to help spread the word, support and raise funds for causes that matter (primarily through Facebook). WHAT MATTERS has ZERO overhead as 100% of the expenses are funded by Beth’s real estate business thanks to her clients and supporters. Every cent raised goes to the cause she’s promoting and most are matched by Beth. If you’d like to get involved with her local or international nonprofit work, or travel to Africa with her on a future trip to work with the children of Light up Life Foundations, please visit www.whatmattersw2.com.