Celebrate Earth Day Sunday at Jungle Jym festivities
In celebration of Earth Day, the city’s Department of Urban Forestry and Parks and Recreation Department will sponsor events scheduled for Sunday at the Jungle Jym at 2:30 p.m.
The departments, along with representatives from the McMinnville Water Department, Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency and the Natural Resource Conservation Service will be there to inform the public of what can be done to help the earth.
Urban forester Nick Kuhn said the event is designed to provide an educational activity for children and said this is the first year in recent history the city has hosted such an event.
“This year we wanted to do something for the city,” he said. “The recreation department is trying to provide something for the kids to do and I’m doing it from my point of view, which is resource protection.”
Organizers plan to provide information, complimentary bookmarks, suckers, wildflower seeds and a tree seedling, which Kuhn said would be a green ash tree, for each family.
There is no charge for attending. In case of rain, the event will be held in the Civic Center gym. For more information, contact the Civic Center at 473-1212 or urban forestry at 474-TREE.