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KRC Events April 19^th Great American Clean Up, Blount County Little River Clean up 8-10am Evening Fun Festival and Educational Fair 5-8pm at Maryville Community College Visit http://www.keepblountbeautiful.org/id6.html EarthFest 2008 “small steps to reduce our carbon footprint” April 26 at Pellissippi State Main Campus 11am-7pm This is a free event with live music, many many local organizations, yummy food, a fun children’s learning area, and more! Come check out Knoxville’s biggest Earth Day celebration. For more info visit www.knox-earthfest.org 12 noon is a production of Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax by Belle Morris Elementary Students in the Film Room at the collegez Watch and participate in a discussion of Kilowatt Ours and The Story of Stuff , also in the Film Room. Friday May 2^nd, 5-8pm Krutch Park Downtown Green Power Switch http://www.ci.knoxville.tn.us/Press_Releases/Content/2008/0401c.asp May 10^th 10am-12pm Homeowner’s Secure Paper Collection Middlebrook United Methodist Church Bring your personal documents to be securely recycled and disposed. Cell phones and computers also accepted. Call 525-9694 for more info. Beardsley Community Farm Festival May 10^th, 10am-2pm Call 546-8446 for more info. Touch-A-Truck Day at the Knoxville Zoo May 17^th 10am-4pm The Purple Paper Eater will be there to check out! Visit http://www.knoxville-zoo.org/index.htm May 31^st Children’s Reading Festival at World’s Fair Park Visit http://knoxrooms.sirsi.net/rooms/html/KCPL/calendar.html Past Events Boo at the Zoo 2007 Here is the scarecrow that KRC made and had on display at Knoxville’s Zoo this past October. It is made of all recycled materials. Being creative with old materials can be lots of fun! Children’s Festival of Reading It was a fun day at World’s Fair Park for Knox County children on June 2nd. They were busy listening to stories, watching puppets, making crafts, learning, exploring, and playing in the fountains. They even got to go inside KRC’s replica Purple Paper Eater. When they got tired of the PPE many kids came over to the booth to learn how to make their own little book out of a piece of used paper(one-sided) or guess how many aluninum cans are in our block of crushed cans. Here are some pictures: This picture above is Roger. He is our model Knoxville recycler. He knows it and does it! These three siblings were having fun writing in the books they. Knoxvile Zoo KRC was at the Knoxville Zoo on Earthday, April 22^nd to participant in the American Zoo Association’s Party for the Plant. We made recycled paper with kids visiting the zoo. Please check out the pictures below the EarthFest pictures. EarthFest 2007 We had a great day at EarthFest this year. It was a beautiful, busy, and fun day. We enjoyed talking to all of you that stopped to visit or ask a question. Feel free to email if you have any more questions, comments, or concerns. It is important to us to learn more about what Knoxville is interested in recycling. The three big questions at EarthFest this year for us was: where can I recycle my non-rechargable batteries, why doesn’t Knoxville have curbside recycling for taxpayers, and where can I recycle all plastics 1-7? We are looking into all of these concerns. EarthFest goers also enjoyed playing Mega Chess and disc golf with Pluto Sports. We want to thank Pluto Sports for coming out enjoying the day with us. Contact them if you are interested in playing more disc golf. Thanks again to everyone for showing your support. Here are some pictures: Here is Robin having a conversation about recycling! Go Robin! Here is Bob, the Purple Paper Eater feeder with KRC’s Karen Anderson: [ks1] MEGA CHESS! The guys with Pluto Sports and disc golf were busy all day! Here are a couple of KRC’s newer employees, Traci and Katie (right and middle). Here are pictures from Earthday at the Zoo: Pictures from EarthFest 2006 Robin and Rosa at Earth Fare’s EarthFest fundraiser. Rosa serving some food at Earth Fare. Earth Fest- Saturday, 22^nd: All of our office staff was on hand for this Earth Day celebration at the World’s Fair Park. We distributed information to many people and answered many questions about recycling. KRC Board Member, Melony Jones, and KRC’s Executive Director, Jim Mongold at Earth Fest 2006. Earth Fest 2006 took place on the south lawn at the World’s Fair Park.

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