Penn Waste - Yard Waste Pick Up

Penn Waste - Yard Waste Pick Up

Penn Waste - Yard Waste Pick Up

Penn Waste - Yard Waste Pick Up

Penn Waste - Yard Waste Pick Up

Penn Waste - Yard Waste Pick Up

Penn Waste - Yard Waste Pick Up

Penn Waste - Yard Waste Pick Up

Penn Waste - Yard Waste Pick Up

Penn Waste - Yard Waste Pick Up

Penn Waste - Yard Waste Pick Up

Penn Waste - Yard Waste Pick Up

Penn Waste - Yard Waste Pick Up

Penn Waste - Yard Waste Pick Up

Penn Waste - Yard Waste Pick Up

Arbor Day Festival

LEMOYNE ARBOR DAY FESTIVAL Lemoyne Borough is hosting our 2nd annual free community outreach educational event for children and adults of all ages on Saturday 4/27/2023 from 10 am – 2 pm at Memorial Park in Lemoyne.  This event is being held rain or shine with all activ......More

LEMOYNE ARBOR DAY FESTIVAL Lemoyne Borough is hosting our 2nd annual free community outreach educational event for children and adults of all ages on Saturday 4/27/2023 from 10 am – 2 pm at Memorial Park in Lemoyne.  This event is being held rain or shine with all activities held under tents & pavilions!See how native trees and plants clean water mitigate stormwater pollution reduce erosion and balance the ecosystem.Learn how to make changes at home to help native birds pollinator insects and wildlife.There will be presentations with time in between to visit tables of local organizations as well as art stations craft projects fun hands-on STEM activities giveaways and more.  Some of the events will provide interactive education about how to help butterflies birds and animals that live in our community and depend on clean water and air. Meet live animals from Red Creek Wildlife Rescue that depend on our trees and clean water!Touch or hold reptiles amphibians and small mammals from Critter Connections!Event Name:             Lemoyne Arbor Day Festival Date of Event:           04/27/24 10:00 am – 2:00 pmLocation:                    Memorial Park 30 Peach St Lemoyne PA 17043Contact:                     [email protected] / 717-317-1412Discover all the amazing things that trees and native plants do!Plan your garden with the Master Gardeners. Pick up a free native tree shrub and seeds to start your garden!Dig in the dirt practice planting and check out a composting bin with worms!Learn how to fish!Discover local water bugs at the Stream in the Bucket experiment.Meet Wally the Emotional Support Alligator!See a hawk an owl and vulture up close!Touch bugs snakes turtles rabbits and more!Grab a free book!  Donate your old bike!  Get free minor bike repairs on site.  Learn how to ride a bike!Create art and do craft projects at many of our vendor tables!Play interactive environmental games!Learn about rain barrels and how to conserve water.Check out our pop-up Story Walk in the park!    Enter raffles and win prizes!  We look forward to seeing you at the festival!  Here are some of the organizations joining our Festival:   Barlett Tree Experts – Bartlett Tree Experts: Tree ServicesCreate a tree and shrub care plan with experts!  Learn how to promote the best health of your trees.  Pick up a free tree to plant at home while supplies last!   Blue Moon Games – Blue Moon Games (bluemoongamer.com)Play an interactive environmental game!  Check out their supply of trading card games board games dice miniatures and more!Bird Town Pennsylvania – Home - Bird Town Pennsylvania (birdtownpa.org)Discover Backyard Habitat Programs and learn how to naturally reduce stormwater runoff greenhouse gases and use of pesticides to create a healthier more sustainable environment for birds wildlife and people!Chesapeake Bay Foundation – Homepage - Chesapeake Bay Foundation (cbf.org)Free native tree and shrub giveaway while supplies last at the Conodoguinet Creek Watershed booth.Critter Connection  – Critter Connections - Critter Connections (critterprograms.com)Hold snakes geckos turtles a tortoise bearded dragons rabbits guinea pigs and a toad!The Cumberland County Team including:Clean Water Cumberland – Clean Water Cumberland | Cumberland County PA - Official Website (cumberlandcountypa.gov)Conservation District –  Conservation District | Cumberland County PA - Official Website (cumberlandcountypa.gov)Keep Cumberland County Beautiful – Keep Cumberland County Beautiful | Cumberland County PA - Official Website (cumberlandcountypa.gov)Planning Department – Planning Department | Cumberland County PA - Official Website (cumberlandcountypa.gov)Vector Control Weights & Measures – Vector Control | Cumberland County PA - Official Website (cumberlandcountypa.gov)Waste & Recycling – Recycling & Waste | Cumberland County PA - Official Website (cumberlandcountypa.gov)Watershed Program – Watershed Program | Cumberland County PA - Official Website (cumberlandcountypa.gov)Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Association – Home - Pennsylvania Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Association (conocreek.org)Meet Freddy the Fish and learn about pollution impacts and how to clean our streams.  Pick up a free tree while supplies last!  Learn about clean up efforts on the Conodoguinet Creek and how to help!Fairhaven Healing –  Fairhaven Healing | Reiki | Camp Hill PA USA (fairhaven-healing.com)Making changes at home in your garden can make a big impact in helping save Monarch Butterflies!  XXX a craft and grab wildflower seeds to help pollinators at your home!Monarch Butterfly Conservation | My Site (fairhaven-healing.com)Wildlife Rescue | My Site (fairhaven-healing.com)Fredricksen Library – FRE | Cumberland County LibrariesBrowse great books and participate in STEAM activities from the Kunkel Creation Station and our Jane Goodall Roots to Shoots educator!  Dig in the dirt and learn to plant!  Experience a composting bin in action!Lemoyne Borough Shade Tree Commission – Shade Tree Commission | Lemoyne PAVisit this table for raffles and prizes from our sponsors!Lemoyne Borough Stormwater / MS4 – Stormwater | Lemoyne PADiscover stormwater best management practices including our rain gardens and learn how to plant pollinator-friendly gardens at home!Members 1st Federal Credit Union – Members 1st Federal Credit Union | PA Credit UnionPlay games make a craft and enter to win prizes!PA Dept of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry  – Plant Industry (pa.gov)Learn about new fertilizer laws enacted in July 2022 and best practices to reduce stormwater runoff.PA Dept of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Protection  – Plant Protection (pa.gov)Discover how to identify and control plant pests including insects nematodes fungi bacteria and viruses that impact PA’s natural resources. PA Department of Agriculture Hardwood Development Council PA WoodMobile – WoodMobile (pa.gov)The WoodMobile is a traveling museum providing interactive experiences to help our visitors understand our forests the sustainable forest products industry how products are made and threats to our forests such as invasive plants and insects diseases and white-tailed deer.PA Fish & Boat Commission – Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission - Homepage (fishandboat.com)Connect with our local waters and learn how to fish!PA American Water – Pennsylvania American Water | We Keep Life Flowing (amwater.com)Join the Environmental Educator team from the Splash Lab for hands on crafts or STEM activities and giveaways!Our Story (amwater.com)Penn State Master Gardeners – Master Gardener (psu.edu)Create leaf paintings and learn all about native trees and plants invasive plants and insects rain gardens pollinator-friendly gardens and more!Penn State Master Watershed Stewards – Master Watershed Steward Program (psu.edu)Participate in hands on Watershed experiments and see the creatures that live in our creeks and streams!  Learn about Lawn Conversion Watershed Property Certification and more.Red Creek Wildlife Center –  redcreekwildlifecenter.comMeet live animals including a mammal a reptile a hawk a vulture and an owl that were all rescued here in Pennsylvania!Recycle Bicycle – Recycle Bicycle Harrisburg - Recycle Bicycle Harrisburg (rbhburg.org)Learn how to ride a bike!  Discover helmet safety.  Receive free minor bike repairs onsite.  Donate your old bikes!  Receive information about how to obtain a free bike.Susquehanna River Basin Commission – Susquehanna River Basin Commission: Coordinating Water Resource Efforts (srbc.gov)Stop by for information about native Pennsylvania species that depend on a clean river stormwater best management practices PFAS water rights the Susquehannock and a fun activity for kids!Wally the Emotional Support Alligator – Wally The Alligator Just Wants To Cuddle With You (youtube.com)Meet the world-famous Wally, the Emotional Support Alligator and his dad Joie Henney! Optional:  photos standing next to Wally cost $5 photos holding Wally cost $10.Wally Gator (@wallygatornjoie) • Instagram photos and videosWest Shore Historical Society – West Shore Historical SocietyLearn about the history of Central Pennsylvania through books artifacts and photos.  See how historic flooding has changed our towns. West Shore School District Bookmobile – Bookmobile (wssd.k12.pa.us)Meet Beatrice the Bookmobile and Mr. Bishop our 4th Grade Teacher (and 2024 Bookmobile Driver)!  Help Drive Literacy Home!  Children are welcome to select a free book.Whitaker Center – Whitaker CenterExperience the Whitaker on Wheels Van and perform hands-on STEM activities with the Whitaker educators!Wildlife In Need – Wildlife In Need Emergency Response of Pennsylvania - Home (winemergencyresponse.com)Meet a Wildlife Rescue Volunteer and learn how to safely help sick orphaned or injured wild animals.Yellow Breeches Watershed Association – Home | Yellow Breeches Watershed Association (ybwatershed.org)Learn about clean up efforts on the Yellow Breeches and how you can help!Food truck will have items available for purchase