Hammond Earth Day Saturday, April 23, 2022

Kennedy Avenue near 173rd St & Orchard Drive, Hammond IN

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:   🌍 Hammond Earth Day 🌏 Saturday, April 23, 2022 EVENT:  An Earth Day Celebration in Hessville Park, Hammond, IN For More information: Linda Anguiano    C:  Connie Wachala   H: HAMMOND EARTH DAY 2022 Hammond, IN -- On Saturday, April 23, 2022, community members and friends from Northwest Indiana who are dedicated to the environment, will host the first Earth Day Celebration in Hessville Park.   WHERE:  Hessville Park Shelter, facing Kennedy Avenue, between173rd Street and Orchard Drive, Hammond, IN, 46323 (a half mile south from the 80/94 Kennedy Avenue NORTH exit) WHEN:     Saturday, April 23, 12-2pm COSTS:    FREE WHAT:      Activities Include: + Native Indiana Tree Giveaway + Art Contest for Grades 1-8  +Children's Activities Tent +Environmental Book Reading for Children +Native Plants + Seeds Giveaways + Music and Poetry + A Variety of Speakers The schedule for the educational and entertainment presentations: 11:50-12:00    Opening Music performed by John Wachala 12:00-12:10    Welcome by Barb Hargrove & Elizabeth Palacio 12:10-12:20    Billie Warren, Land Acknowledgment 12:20-12-30    Shawn Manner, Community Gardens 12:30-12:40    Dominique Edwards, Food/Environmental Justice 12:40-12:50    Janine Harrison, former Highland Poet Laureate, Poetry Reading 12:50-1:00      Music:  MicOver 12:50-1:00      Anne & Teagan Massie, Local Farms/Food Security  1:00-1:10       Break  1:10-1:20       Dolly Foster, Native Plants/Pollinators  1:20-1:30       Dominga Cortes Olan, Cosecha  1:30-1:40       Thomas Blejski, Poetry  1:40-1:50       Diane and Dan McKern, Recycling  1:50-2:00       Drew Hart, CommuniTree For More Information, please contact:   Linda Anguiano    C:  Connie Wachala   H: