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Posted on 26 May 2022 by admin

Philly Launching Free COVID Test Program for Special Events

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Philadelphia is looking to stop super spreader events before they start by giving out COVID-19 tests in bulk to anyone planning a special event.

The city is now offering free rapid test kits to organizers of all sorts of events: from proms and graduations to funerals and weddings. They’ll get two at-home tests for each guest if they’re approved: one test to take before attending the event and the other to take afterward.

Organizers are urged to apply as soon as possible because it may take up to two weeks to review applications and distribute tests, the health department noted. If applications are approved, organizers will need to distribute the tests in the manner described in their application.

The department said it has at least 20,000 tests available for the program and may allocate more depending on how successful the program is.

Test distribution will be prioritized for events that are either in areas of Philadelphia that have suffered disproportionately from COVID, have a high number of people who are at higher risk for severe infection, or present a high risk for COVID-19 transmission, the department said.

Event organizers are asked to apply online. You can find the application here.

Posted on 25 May 2022 by admin

Union County Free Shredding Events – New Providence

Union County residents can bring their personal documents and sensitive papers to the next free paper shredding events sponsored by the Union County Board of County Commissioners during the month of June.

“The free shredding service makes it easy and convenient for Union County residents to dispose of sensitive documents while also supporting our countywide recycling efforts, and we encourage everyone to participate in our 2022 recycling programs,” said Commissioner Board Chair Rebecca Williams.

Each shredding event begins at 9:00 a.m. and concludes at 1:00 p.m., rain or shine, but may finish earlier if the shredding trucks fill up to capacity.

The locations for June are:

Wednesday, June 1: Clark Public Works Facility (behind the Police Station), 315 Westfield Avenue, Clark
Saturday, June 11: Union County College, Parking Lots 5A and 5B, 1033 Springfield Avenue, Cranford
Saturday, June 25: Union County Vo-Tech, West Hall/Police Academy Parking Lot, 1776 Raritan Road, Scotch Plains

Participants are reminded pre-shredded, damp, or wet paper will not be accepted. Bindings, large plastic or metal clips, and other paraphernalia should be removed.

These events are drive-up only and contact-free. Drivers must remain in their cars while staff unloads their papers, which are shredded on site in a mobile shredding truck.

Union County’s free shedding events are intended for personal, sensitive documents only. Residents can recycle magazines, junk mail and other waste paper with their municipal recycling program. For information, contact the municipal recycling coordinator.

For the complete 2022 paper shredding schedule and information on all recycling programs hosted by Union County, visit ucnj.org/recycle or call the Union County Recycling Hotline at 908-654-9889.

For the latest news and updates on all municipal and countywide recycling programs in Union County, download the free Recycle Coach app. More information is available at ucnj.org/recycling/recycle-coach-app.

Quick links to all Union County environmental programs and activities are available at ucnj.org/green-connection.

The mobile paper shredding program is paid for through Recycling Enhancement Act Grant funds, which are applied for by Union County and received from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

For more information and updates on all Union County services during the COVID-19 outbreak, including free vaccination, free testing, emergency food distribution and other support services, visit ucnj.org/covid19. General information about COVID-19 is available through the New Jersey Department of Health at nj.gov/health.

Posted on 24 May 2022 by admin

Here’s what Vancouver’s free floral ‘Femme’ event dedicated to ‘significant women’ will look like

Say it with flowers: This free Vancouver event will celebrate fierce, famous females in floral form

There’ll be 15 mannequins along with other displays.

Fleur de Villes is returning to Vancouver for a female-focused floral function.

For 10 days starting June 3 public spaces in Vancouver’s downtown will be blooming brilliantly with 15 mannequins placed about the core with features familiar to many. The show, dubbed FEMMES, celebrates remarkable women with mannequins decorated like them.

That means famed locals like Sarah MacLachlan, Shaylan Stone Child, and Emily Carr will be featured. Former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson will also be featured. For those looking to learn more about each of the women, a QR code and images will provide a profile on each woman.

Along with the 15 mannequins, the show will have several other components, like a “flower-bombed” 1957 MGA Roadster, a floral swing and a pop-up flower market. Some restaurants, like 1931 Gallery Bistro, will be serving related foods and drinks, as well.

“Each of our shows is an entirely different experience, celebrating the local community and made possible by local partners like the DVBIA which support Fleurs de Villes events being freely and most beautifully open to the public,” says co-founder Karen Marshall in a press release.

While Fleur de Villes is based in Vancouver, they’ve held shows around the world; versions of FEMME have popped up in Miami, Chicago and Toronto.

Posted on 15 May 2022 by admin

‘Really exciting’: Event gifts free outfits to make grad special

Grad dresses and suits, at one point priced for hundreds of dollars, were up for grabs for free this weekend for those who needed them.

The Sherwood Park Elks partnered with the Castle Downs Family YMCA to host the free event on Friday and Saturday.

Lacia Iron, a Grade 12 student graduating this year, travelled from northern Saskatchewan to get a dress.

“They are really expensive,” Iron said. “You are only wearing it for an hour or a couple of hours.”

“(It’s) the first time I can feel girly,” Iron added as she laughed.

For Cardinal Collins Millwoods student Jessica, the event represented an opportunity to get a grad dress and have some fun while searching the clothing racks.

“I think this is really exciting,” she said. “It’s a great opportunity to get something.”

Leonard Shain, a Sherwood Park Elks member, told CTV News Edmonton the organization started hosting the event in 2015 with 80 donated dresses.

They received more than 1,000 donations this year and expect to gift 100 suits and 200 dresses.

“We were hearing that there were some students not going to their graduation because they couldn’t afford the dress or suit, and they didn’t feel comfortable going to the event,” Shain said.

“We’ve had one student come in and said it was one less student loan she had to take by getting a dress donated to her,” he added. “It puts a smile on my face knowing that we are helping put a smile on someone else’s face.”

Karen Neff, Castle Downs Family YMCA manager, said participating in the volunteer-driven event is rewarding as it ensures the leaders of tomorrow receive a proper graduation.

“The confidence I see in some of the youth walking out of the facility with their phenomenal event attire has just been amazing,” she said.

For more information or to donate gently used grad wear, visit the Sherwood Park Elks’ Facebook page.

Posted on 11 May 2022 by admin

Make Music La Crosse to feature variety of free musical events on summer solstice

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Posted on 8 May 2022 by admin

DOERKSON: Welcoming spring and the return of community events – 100 Mile House Free Press

The arrival of spring couldn’t come soon enough this year.

After a long winter, and the stress of the last few years, it has been so encouraging to see our community come alive again. Not just in the literal sense of flowers blooming and snow melting, but also with the return of community events – the things that really make our region such a wonderful place to live.

Over the last number of weeks, we have seen festivities like the Shriners’ fundraiser in 100 Mile House return as a packed success. I also had the opportunity to attend the Forest Grove Legion Ladies Auxiliary fundraiser for Ukraine. They sold a delicious spaghetti dinner and put the proceeds towards the Ukrainian Red Cross.

We also saw the creation of the Easter “Whats Hoppening“ event. Hundreds of people attended the various festivities hosted around 100 Mile House, including Easter chocolate for the kids. It brought a smile to my face to see so many of my constituents in one place, enjoying our community and engaging with one another. I could see just how much people were excited to get out and about and feel some sort of return to normalcy.

It has made me look toward the future in anticipation, and I can’t wait for the many other wonderful events that we have on the horizon. I am grateful to all those who are eagerly planning them. One of those events is the BC Trappers convention, coming up May 5-8 with a full schedule of public demonstrations.

The South Cariboo Chamber of Commerce is also accepting applications for its 2021 Citizen of the Year. People are encouraged to nominate community members they think are deserving of the title by May 16, and it will be awarded at the Chamber’s Community Appreciation Event on June 4. In addition to awarding Citizen of the Year, the event will include a parade for our fire departments, paramedics, police, Search and Rescue, and Emergency Social Services. I am sure it will be a wonderful time to honour those who have made invaluable contributions to our region.

From farmers’ markets to fundraisers, car shows, the Harvest Fair, auctions, and other community events, we have so much to look forward to this spring. We have learned we cannot take these moments for granted, and after a challenging few years, I am so excited to meet you in person around our community.

See you soon, Cariboo-Chilcotin!

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Posted on 7 May 2022 by admin

Greeley Historic Preservation to host 2 free events, calls for speakers

Greeley’s Historic Preservation Commission will celebrate the city’s agricultural past with two free public events this month, which is celebrated as Historic Preservation Month.

The first event is a tour of the historic White-Plumb Farm Learning Center, 955 39th Ave. One of Colorado’s Centennial Farms, the site was run by the same family for more than 100 years. Civil War Veteran Charles White settled the farm in 1881, and the city’s first female architect, Bessie Smith, designed the house in 1907.

The tour is 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesday at the center. Inclement weather may shift the event to the Greeley History Museum, 714 8th St.

The second event is a special History Brown Bag presentation at the museum regarding Dearfield and its connection to early Greeley. Historian Bob Brunswig will present “The Conjoined Histories of the African American Dearfield Townsite and Colony and the Union Colony Greeley.”

Nathan Meeker established Greeley in 1870 on the idea agricultural endeavors could provide a superior quality of life. In 1911, during the Jim Crow era, Oliver Toussaint Jackson founded Dearfield about 30 miles east of Greeley. Jackson was inspired by Booker T. Washington’s philosophy of attaining social and economic security through hard work on the land.

The presentation begins noon Thursday, May 19 at the museum.

The commission is seeking speakers to resume its regular schedule of Brown Bag series events. Anyone with expertise in history or historic preservation-related topics and anyone interested in speaking at a Brown Bag event is asked to contact planner Elizabeth Kellums at Elizabeth.kellums@greeleygov.com or (970) 350-9222.

Posted on 6 May 2022 by admin

Celebrate Colorado Weekend: Free Events This Weekend Showcase The State’s Culture

DENVER (CBS4) – Celebrate Colorado starts Friday, May 6! It’s a three-day weekend of free and discounted events across the state.

There are more than 200 events planned to showcase Colorado’s arts, culture and businesses in all parts of the state.

The Celebrate Colorado weekend is also meant to thank Coloradans for their resiliency during the pandemic.

“We wanted to make sure that we were getting this out to all four corners of the state and making sure that all cities, counties and communities can participate,” said Danielle Oliveto, Deputy Chief of Staff for the governor’s office. “You may be here in Denver and thinking, ‘I want to go down to Colorado Springs for the weekend,’ or you know, ‘I might wanna go to Lamar.’ They’re doing a kickoff down in Lamar. We’ve got main streets across the whole state. … Maybe you are thinking you want to get somewhere different and see what Colorado has to offer.”

All nine of History Colorado’s community museums will be free for the weekend.

The History Colorado Center on Broadway in Denver will also be hosting an AAPI wellness day Saturday for a fee, with acupuncture, reiki healing and sound baths.

There will be a food truck fest at the Pueblo fairgrounds, the Aurora Reservoir will be free for the weekend and all the Denver recreation centers will be open free to Coloradans as well.

Here’s a sampling of some of the other ways to celebrate Colorado:

Museums:
Museo de las Americas – Denver
Center For Colorado Women’s History – Denver
Museum of Art – Fort Collins
History Colorado – Denver
Denver Art Museum
Golda Meir House Museum
Colorado Governor’s Art Show – Loveland
Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising at Colorado State University – Fort Collins
Gregory Allicar Museum of Art – Fort Collins
Aurora History Museum
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
El Pueblo History Museum – Pueblo

Performances:
Harmony: A Colorado Chorale – Denver
Estes Park Rotary Duck Festival

Freebies:
Aurora Libraries – Saturday is Free Comic Book Day
Denver Recreation Centers
Aurora Reservoir
AFA Spring Volksmarch Hikes

Discounted Admissions
Pikes Peak
Space Foundation Discovery Center – Colorado Springs
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

See a full list of things to do and explore the map at celebrate.colorado.gov.

(credit: CBS)

“You’re going to see a really cool interactive Google Map, and you can scroll into any part of the state in your neighborhood to see what events are happening,” said Oliveto. “So you scroll in Palisade, you might see a winery that’s doing a discount for the weekend, in Fort Collins you might see the trail gardens at CSU or even the governor’s art show in Loveland, so there really is something for everyone indoors and outdoors.”

LINK: Celebrate Colorado

Posted on 6 May 2022 by admin

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Posted on 1 May 2022 by admin

Ann Arbor Summer Festival’s Kidzone to feature nightly events, activities in June

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Known for its month-long celebration of all things summer, Ann Arbor Summer Festival has activities for the whole family.

The annual festival offers adults concerts and activities but Tree Town’s littlest residents get their own Kidzone with family-friendly storytime, face painting, karate and more.

Between June 10 and July 3, the Kidzone tent will have free, nightly hands-on activities with community partners, including Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, Annie’s Children’s Center and Booksweet.

The 2022 series is sponsored by C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, said Ann Arbor Summer Festival.

Check out the lineup:

Every summer, Ann Arbor Summer Festival hosts more than 200 free and ticketed events around the city with many taking place in the University of Michigan Ingalls Mall.

More than 80,000 people attend the events and activities, a press release said.

Read: Ann Arbor Summer Festival announces 2022 wellness series