The Downtown Mechanicsburg Partnership is sponsoring an Earth Day Festival from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., April 16, on Main and Market Streets, in Mechanicsburg. There will be live music, informative vendors, organic foods and fun activities for all ages.

 

Entertainment and dancing and dancing on the Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union main stage begins at 10 a.m. The Mechanicsburg Area School District Green Team will provide kid-friendly crafts using recycled items. All ages can paint kindness rocks with the Mechanicsburg Woman’s Club or decorate grocery bags with Earth-friendly messages sponsored by the Lion’s Club. Silent auction bids can be made on rain barrels hand painted by local artists and high school students, designed to collect water for recycled use in gardens or house plants.

 

Festival Chairperson, Susanna R. Reppert says, "Our mission is to provide a relaxing setting to acquire knowledge, inspiration and guidance for creative approaches to ecologically sustainable living while promoting the downtown merchants and local community organizations."

 

Admission is free. For more information, call 717-697-5111, email [email protected] or visit MechanicsburgEarthDayFest.com.