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ELKINS Several local groups will be coming together for an Earth Day celebration Thursday at the Elkins City Park.
“We have about 14 groups that are helping out with the Earth Day celebration,” Jane Birdsong, one of the organizers for the event, told the Randolph County Commission at last week’s regular meeting. “The Arts Center is setting up a sound system for us and the Elkins Parks and Recreation has donated the City Park for two hours. The Emma Scott Garden Club and the Elkins Tree Board will both have tables there with giveaways.”
The festivities, which will run from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., are in conjunction with the annual Earth Day celebration that was first observed in 1970 and is held each year to demonstrate support for environmental protection.
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The MonPower Forestry Division donated muscle power and funds to purchase three trees for the project.
ELKINS Already in 2021, the Elkins Tree Board and Friends of Trees has helped organize a spate of beatification activities for the benefit of the community.
In March, the organizations spearhead the planting of 14 trees in the new Outdoor Education Groves at Glendale Park.
The Elkins Tree Board procured the trees with funds awarded through the West Virginia Division of Forgery’s Demonstration City Grant Program. This is the second consecutive year the tree board was awarded this grant. The City of Elkins Street Department provided services to meet the required in-kind match.
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