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How to Celebrate, Learn, Grow - 5th Cherry Hill Art Blooms Earth Festival

Historic Croft Farm in Cherry Hill will be filled with activity at the 5th  Cherry Hill Art Blooms Earth Festival, Saturday, April 26, 2014 – rain or shine. More than 90 displays, vendors, and activities along with an e-waste recycling collection will be part of the family-friendly event that includes bike rides, entertainment, healthy food choices, a Phillie Phanatic appearance and more. Admission is free. The rain-or-shine annual event is a collaboration between Cherry Hill Township and Sustainable Cherry Hill, a 501c3 non-profit organization. The event marks the start of the annual Art Blooms in Cherry Hill event April 26-May 10.

Here are five ways to get ready to engage and enjoy this year’s Earth Festival:

1. Register & Ride- Bring family, friends and neighbors ages 8+ for the 2 & 9-mile Family Fun Bike Ride. Pre-register here or register 8 a.m. across from Croft Farm @ Challenge Grove. Everyone must wear a helmet.

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2. Recycle E-Waste: electronics recycling by E-Force on Bortons Mill Road. (No TVs, glass monitors, smoke detectors) + recycle: wire hangers; plastic shopping bags, sneakers, shoes, batteries AND bring non-perishable food for the Cherry Hill Food Pantry. 

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3. Move to the Music: Entertainment on two stages starts at 9:40 a.m. + all-day -Little Stevie & His Electric Mojo near the Croft Farm sculpture & The Phillie Phanatic at 12:45 p.m.

 

4. Plant & grow: several displays with free or low-cost plants; plant exchange-bring your extra garden plants and take new ones home; pick up free township compost.

 

5. Visit the Earth Festival sponsors & all displays: enjoy all-things green; Sign up for a discounted home energy check-up with Hutchinson; get a LourdesCare chair massage and health tips; Learn about Ravitz ShopRite's green  & organic programs. 

 

A team of creative volunteers will fan out during the festival to encourage visitors to express their thoughts about protecting the Earth. The festival’s ‘artist in residence,’ Caley Vickerman, a leader of “Guerilla Haiku” will lead the students in creating an Earth Festival haiku clothesline display and  a black-top area for chalk haiku art.

Entertainment takes place throughout the day featuring students from Mann, Kingston, Rosa, and Carusi schools, and professional performers – The DG Band, Little Stevie and his Electric Mojo, Haley Alexandra, RC Rosell, The Cherry Hill Pine Barons Barbershop Chorus along with groups from Kobukan Karate, Dance Arts Cherry Hill, Kempo Family Fitness and Happy Feet Dance Studio. The Phillie Phanatic goes “green” on the festival grounds about 1 p.m. Cherry Hill Schools entertain and share their eco-friendly displays at more than a dozen sites on the grounds.

Event updates are available at www.sustainablecherryhill.org. The festival is made possible in part by generous presenting sponsors: Hutchinson Plumbing, Heating and Cooling, LourdesCare of Cherry Hill and Ravitz Family Foundation; Leadership sponsors include: Sustainable Camden County, Investors Bank, M. Rosenblatt Roofing and Flaster Greenberg. For more Earth Festival information, contact Brenda Jorett, Brenda@brendajorett.com.




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