The City of St. Cloud’s Parks and Recreation department is proud to present our annual Earth/Arbor Day event! Join us for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day; Saturday, April 25, 2019 from 10am to 2pm at the Peghorn Nature Park - located at 2101 Peghorn Way in St. Cloud, FL. There will be music, food, native plants available, up-cycling crafts, E-cycling drop off, face painting, … [Read more...]
Reduce, Recycle, Reuse: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day
Earth Day was established following more than a century of increasing production, mass consumption, and pollution in the aftermath of the second industrial revolution. Americans were largely unaware of the harm this was doing to the environment until several key moments in the 1960s, including the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, which revealed the monumental … [Read more...]
Eagle Creek Elementary Updates
SGA Visits Ronald McDonald House After Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser Our students have been so driven this year to help the families at the Ronald McDonald House. They came up with an idea to host a spaghetti dinner with all of the proceeds going to the Ronald McDonald House! They were able to raise $500. Our students recently visited the Ronald McDonald House to present them … [Read more...]
Drive Shack’s Drive 4 Change Campaign
Drive Shack has partnered with the First Tee of Central Florida and 2nd Swing to bring in the Drive 4 Change campaign. Beginning on Earth Day, April 22, your used golf clubs can be donated to benefit the First Tee. In return for donating your golf clubs, you can earn free BayPlay and more from Drive Shack. Dan Kirby, popularly known as Danno, is the General Manager of Drive … [Read more...]
Today is About the Earth, But it All Starts at Home
The human race is just one species of an estimated 8.7 million species. It’s a complex group of people that can think on complex levels compared to other species. With that ability to think, comes a large responsibility to preserve, to protect, but simply put, to act. That number alone may be difficult to visualize. First, consider the different types of trees just within … [Read more...]