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EarthFair in Balboa Park T
his year’s 24th annual EarthFair in Balboa Park—the heart of the park in the heart of San Diego—will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 21. The Children’s Earth Day Parade marches down El Prado beginning at 10:30 a.m. Each year, the EarthFair draws around 60,000 visitors. It is the largest free, annual environmental
fair in the world. Produced by 400 volunteers, EarthFair 2013 will feature more than 300 exhibitors, special theme areas, a food pavilion, a special children’s activity area, five entertainment venues, the eARTh Gallery art show, and the Cleaner Car Concourse.
“While Earth Day is part celebration, the focus for organizers and exhibitors is on taking action the rest of the year on what you learn during Earth Day,” says Carolyn Chase, founder of San Diego EarthWorks, the non-profit organizers of the annual Earth Day Fair. This year’s theme: “Add Your Voice” was created in response to the biggest
threat ever to the existence of EarthFair—the denial of the permits required by the City of San Diego. “Hundreds of support letters from volunteers, businesses and attendees, added to the calls to keep Earth Day in the heart of Balboa Park,” says Chase. “Challenges already exist to issuing permits in 2014 and 2015. To add your voice, send your email with your name and zipcode to
info13@earthdayweb.org.” According to Chase, Earth Day is particularly inclusive, “because it is about
universal ideas that we hope can inspire anyone who wants to make a difference by offering them hundreds of ways to do so.” Do you an individual or a group making a difference? Are they “under-rec- ognized”? Nominate them to receive an EARTH Award from San Diego Earth- Works. EARTH stands for Environmental Action or Restoration that Helps. Nomi- nations are made online at
http://www.earthdayweb.org/VIP/EAwardOnlineReg. html and are due by April 21, with the awards event being held on May 29th.
To learn how you can help, visit
EarthDayWeb.org.
Paddling to Fight Breast Cancer
T
he SUP Chicks will be holding a fundraising party/raffle/auction at
6 p.m. on April 20, at the California Surf Museum in Oceanside to raise funds to fight breast cancer. The SUP Chicks is an enthusiastic club of over 400 women and men stand up paddle- boarders (SUP). The SUP Chicks’ mis- sion is to provide fun, educational and supportive opportunities for people to get together and paddle. Their mission also includes caring and giving back to the community. Last year, the SUP Chicks raised
over $10,000 (out of a total $60,000) for Stand Up for the Cure. This year’s event will be bigger and better. The event will include raffle opportunities for custom SUP Chicks limited-edition carbon-fiber SUP raceboards. In addi- tion, there will be many auction items including several ocean excursions, a wakeboard excursion, SUP board bags, paddles, ocean art and much, much more. The proceeds from the event sup- port Standup for the Cure, which is a Susan G. Komen affiliate. Standup for the Cure was awarded the Top Philan- thropic Effort of the Year Award by SUP MAGAZINE. Every $125 raised enables a local
woman to have a mammogram (through the Susan G. Komen organization).
Location: California Surf Museum, 312 Pier View Way, Oceanside, CA. For information on attending the event or to donate, contact info@supchicksso-
cal.com or visit
SupChicks.org.
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