S.A.V.E. hosts Earth Day celebration in the park
April 19, 2006
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Charles Harmon Director of University Relations, Sementha Mathews Manager of Public Information and Media Relations, Edtwon A. Myree Student Assistant
S.A.V.E. hosts Earth Day celebration in the park
NOTE: The City of Valdosta is holding a ribbon cutting
ceremony during the first hour of this event to commemorate the
opening of the new Azalea City Trail. The 2.7-mile multi-use trail
stretches across the city from the Craig Center, through the VSU
campus, to the Vallotton Youth Complex, providing a safe pedestrian
route past schools, parks, recreation facilities and residential
areas.
Students Against Violating the Environment (S.A.V.E.), a student
activist organization at Valdosta State University, will celebrate
Earth Day on Friday, April 21, 2006, at Drexel Park, from 11 a.m.
until 11 p.m.
Booths from organizations such as the Valdosta Sierra Club, Keep
Lowndes/Valdosta Beautiful, The Georgia Forestry Department, United
Nation's Children Fund (UNICEF), the Valdosta Tree Commission,
Ducks Unlimited, and others, will display information on their
earth-friendly products throughout the park. The event will be
powered by "green energy" provided by Georgia Power that results in
less air pollution and other environmental impacts, and
representatives of Honda will demonstrate the earth-friendly
technology of their hybrid vehicles. Food will be provided free by
Hildegard's and UNICEF, and the entertainment will be provided by
VSU student-led bands.
Earth Day events are being celebrated at VSU a day early this year
so that S.A.V.E. can also participate in The Great American
Clean-Up Day, also nationally observed on April 22, when VSU
students plan to clean One-Mile Branch (the creek between the Odum
Library and the Fine Arts Building).
S.A.V.E. was started by three biology majors at VSU in 1988 and was
designed to help raise awareness among the student body about
environmental issues on campus, in the community, and around the
world. Earth Day initiative is to educate people and governments
around the globe on the urgent need to take steps to controlling
climate change. For more information, visit the S.A.V.E. webpage at
http://www.valdosta.edu/save/
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