Porter County Expo Center215 E. Division Rd., Valparaiso

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RECYCLING & WASTE REDUCTION DISTRICT OF PORTER COUNTY.

Supported by:

Ninth Annual

Featuring:

live animal shows

FREE! Admission & Parking

Saturday, April 19, 9 a.m. — 4 p.m.Gather Today for a Greener Tomorrow!

www.ItMeansTheWorld.org

Celebration

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✹ 9:30 a.m. “Renewable Energy Basics- How does it work?” provided by Midwest Wind and Solar. Learn the basics of renewable energy and if it’s right for you. Presentation will cover solar electric, solar thermal, and wind.

✹ 10:30 a.m. Learn about Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and the role it plays in protecting the environment. Families and children will learn about the park’s Fire Management program, and how fire is used as a tool to help protect, preserve and restore the Indiana Dunes. Kids will get started on earning their Ju-nior Firefighter badge and learn about being a firefighter in the National Parks. A special visit from Smokey Bear is also expected.

✹ 11:30 a.m. Silly Safaris live animal show returns for an experience everyone will remember! Learn more about reptiles, mammals, birds and bugs during this exciting educational and fun perfor-mance. You might be called up to go on stage with the critters!

✹ 12:30 p.m. Recycle Cycle - Join in the hysterical antics of a garbage man and his crazy contraptions. This family-friendly show has plenty of opportunities for audience involve-ment. Don’t be shy!

✹ 1:30 p.m. Reduce-Reuse-Recycle! Lake County Solid Waste Management District’s award-winning Green Team will return for a second year! Catch a snipit of the original 3Rs-themed assembly-style show they perform in Lake County schools! You just might catch a prize, and you’re sure to catch yourself and your family having fun being GREEN!

✹ 2:30 p.m. Silly Safaris show #2

11:30 a.m. & 2:30 p.m.

AlternativeFuel Vehicle Display

Children should not be left unattended

www.ItMeansTheWorld.org

RecycleCycle family show

12:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 19, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Porter County Expo Center -

215 E. Division Rd., Valparaiso

Family Activities

✹ Build your own birdhouse with the help

of the Porter County Chapter of Ducks

Unlimited. (SUPPLIES LIMITED)

✹ Silent auction

✹ Complete a survey for a free tree seedling.

✹ Play bingo for your

chance to win a bike.

First 300 families receive FREE reusable bags.

Participate in the Great

Cloth Diaper Change

Great Cloth Diaper Change 11 a.m.

Register by 10:30 a.m. More info at

www.motheringbynaturecenter.com

www.sweetpeazds.com

Photo Policy: Recycling & Waste Reduction District Staff will be taking photos and/or videos of participants of Northwest Indiana Earth Day Celebration. Please be aware that these may be used by the District in future publications and advertising media.

Confidential Paper Shredding

From 9 a.m. to Noon

• Staff from Opportunity Enterprises’ shredding service, Secure

Shred, will be on site to provide document destruction and

recycling free of charge.

• Each attendee is asked to limit their material to be shredded to

approximately two boxes.

Rain Barrel ContestWhich school has the best designed rain barrel? You decide: •Barker Middle School•Chesterton High School•Discovery Charter School•Duneland Montessori Academy•Hayes Leonard Elementary School•Hebron High School•Joy Elementary-after school program•Kesling Middle School•Kouts Elementary•Lake Hills STEM Magnet Elementary•Michigan City High School•Nativity of Our Savior•Northview Elementary•Pine Elementary after-school program•Portage High School•Rolling Prairie Elementary•Saint Paul Catholic School•SELF School•St. Patrick Catholic School•Union Center Elementary School•Union Township Middle School•Valparaiso High School•Victory Christian Academy•Washington Township Middle/HS•Westchester Intermediate School

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