Go Green at the Bowie Green Expo

Bowie Lions Club, Bowie’s Green Team, and Bowie’s Chamber of Commerce will host the fifth annual Bowie Green Expo on April 11, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Kenhill Center.

Event attendees can learn how to go green, see wild animals and Electric Vehicle Sports Racers, and children are invited to participate in this year’s expo poster contest.

The poster contest is open to public, private, and homeschooled Bowie students from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade. The contest theme is “Making Bowie a Green City.” Entries must be submitted on poster board (dimensions: 14 x 22 inches) using any medium (markers, crayons, paints, pencil, ink, watercolors, or acrylics) or combination, however, no collages, glued art, printed pictures, or computer art will be accepted.

Entries must be submitted on Thursday, April 9, at the Kenhill Center between the hours of 3 and 8 p.m. This is the only time that entries will be accepted. All posters will be judged on April 10 and then be put on display on April 11 during the Bowie Green Expo. Winners will be announced at the Expo as well.

Click here for full contest rules and for an application.

Sponsors of the event include Belair Engineering, Ecoasis Garden Center, Maryland Energy Administration, Mom’s Organic Market, SolarCity, NaturaLawn Of America - Prince George’s County, and The Gazette.