Earth Celebration Day at Pine Hill Recreation Area set for April 27

The Record Herald

WAYNESBORO, Pa. — Buttonwood Nature Center, home of The Institute, will hold its 33rd Earth Celebration Day on Saturday, April 27, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Pine Hill Recreation Area, 12684 Mentzer Gap Road, Waynesboro.

Admission is free.

The Recycle-Reuse Yard Sale fundraiser will be held in conjunction with the event from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

“We are thrilled to welcome back our eco-friendly exhibitors and a full slate of activities,” said Jessica Watson, Buttonwood assistant director and event organizer. “We have live music, a guided StoryWalk adventure, environmental artists and artisans, a student art show and so much more.”

An interactive display by the Antietam Watershed Association drew an audience during a previous Earth Celebration Day. The event returns this year on Saturday, April 27, at Pine Hill Recreation Area in Waynesboro, Pa.
An interactive display by the Antietam Watershed Association drew an audience during a previous Earth Celebration Day. The event returns this year on Saturday, April 27, at Pine Hill Recreation Area in Waynesboro, Pa.

Live music will include Emily Martin & Friends. Based in the Washington, D.C. region. Martin carries on her family tradition of playing, teaching and performing Old Time Appalachian traditional music and Irish music on the mandolin, mountain dulcimer, tenor banjo and voice, according to their website. The band also will perform interactive children’s music during the Earth Day event.

Paper shredding by OSI will be available from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Franklin County Commissioner Bob Ziobrowski will present an Earth Day Proclamation, and the annual Environmental Artistry Award will be presented to a local artist whose work celebrates nature.

The Recycle-Reuse Yard Sale fundraiser includes a silent auction for decorative and functional bird houses, hand-painted by Waynesboro Area Senior High School Community Art program students.

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“Attendees should bring some cash — in addition to the bird houses, we have great raffle items, a bake sale and a yard sale,” Watson said.

Have lunch in the park with food trucks, Grillbilly’s Smoke Wagon and J&M BBQ.

For more information, go to www.buttonwoodnaturecenter.org, send an email to jessica@buttonwoodnaturecenter.org or call 717-762-0373.

This article originally appeared on The Herald-Mail: Earth Celebration Day at Pine Hill Recreation Area set for April 27

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