Natick Earth Day Festival -- Sunday, April 21, 2013

 Press Release

         Only two months before more than Eighty Eco-conscience Groups crowd onto the Natick Common.  After a fifteen year hiatus, yes, the Natick Earth Day Festival is back: round two.  11 am - 3 pm, Sunday, April 21^st (rain date: Sunday, April 28^th).  Not only organizations like The Natick Community Organic Farm, Lake Cochituate Watershed Council - Big Heart Little Feet, Next Step Living, Natick Grows, the Natick Trails Maintenance Committee, the Natick Open Space Committee, The Natick Farmers Market, the Natick Town Forest Committee, Wayland and Framingham Transitions, and Pax Christi – MetroWest, will be at this event, but also the Natick HS Speech Team, the Natick HS Earth Club, the Natick HS Robotics Club, and the Walnut Hill Singers.

         Elementary school masterpieces will be displayed in downtown windows for a good old fashion “art walk”.  Several of our faith organizations are getting involved this year (Common Street Community Church, the Congregational Church, The Hartford Street Presbyterian Church, The Eliot Church, Temple Israel and The Episcopal Church), just to name a few.   As you can see, it’s going to be a lot larger than last year. 

         Even our Animal Show is expanding, with snakes, turtles, ground hogs, foxes, even a fisher cat.  Still, The Natick DPW is returning to demonstrate some of their large equipment that helps keep our rivers, streams and ponds clean – its Vactor Truck and Street Sweeper as well as a new “Brush Cutter.”  A few of our coveted downtown shops and merchants will join in as well.

         Of course, we can’t write this article properly without mentioning the food:  Boloco will again donate burritos to be sold, and Polar Seltzer from Worcester might even make an appearance (ever try there orange-vanilla?).  Whole Foods will contribute fresh fruit.  The Charles River Rotary will be “steaming” their famous hot dogs for sale, and for the piece de résistance: a whole crate of Peggy Lawton Chocolate Chip Cookies (who knew they were a local company!).  So come check it out, and we’ll save a cookie for you.  

Lucie Robert, gr. 7,  (Natick Earth Day News Correspondent)

Contact Pat: bpconaway@gmail.com, or 508-740-9949