Dear Subscriber
This email newsletter is sent on behalf of Jennifer Johnson-Calari and Cat Island United.
Please join us on Saturday, April 21st, 2018 for the 6th Annual Cat Island Earth Day celebration at the Arthur’s Town Square Park. The program for this amazing event is included at the bottom of this email, which features activities sure to appeal to everyone. The Cat Island Earth Day website can be viewed at CatIslandUnited.com.
If you won’t be on Cat for Earth Day you can still support this wonderful event by bidding here for the 2018 Earth Day on line auction.
Please help us spread the word by sharing our website and auction with your friends, guests, renters, etc., who are repeat visitors to Cat by forwarding this email to them, and posting on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
The Cat Island United membership drive is also underway and interested persons can fill out a form on the CatIslandUnited – Take Action website. You can also download the membership form and pay either by cash at BOB or by credit card at the auction site. So please, consider becoming a part of Cat Island United.
Warm Regards,
Jennifer Johnson-Calari
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6TH ANNUAL CAT ISLAND EARTH DAY FESTIVAL
Saturday, April 21, 2018
Arthur’s Town Park, 11 am to 6 pm
PROGRAM
11 am–Cat IslandEarth Day Festival opens
12:30 pm–WELCOME CEREMONY AND KEYNOTE
- Welcome, Administrator Campbell
- Opening Prayer, Rev. Pratt
- National Anthem, North Cat Island Community Band
- Keynote Speaker, the Hon. Renard Ricardo Wells (TBC)
- The Conch-servation Dance, OBPS Discovery Club
1-4 PM –ACTIVITIES
- Workshops
- Junkanoo Commandos–Cardboard manipulation
- Master Drummer Authentic Goat Skin Drum Building Demonstration
- Presentations and Films: ATHS Auditorium
- The Kirtland Warbler, Ms. Heather Skeen, U of Chicago and the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Project
- Photography Workshop and Slideshow
- Films
- Islands of Life, introduced by Ms. Pamela Poitier
- This Blue Planet II
- Plastic Ocean
- Bahamas Plastic Movement
- Music and Dance: Stage
- Rake n’ Scrape
- ATHS Quadrille Performers
- Children’s Corner: Crafts, Face Painting, “Found objects” craft competition
- Games: Bean bag toss, water balloon toss, tug of war
- Educational Booths
- Protecting our Seas and Marine Life
- CIU Waste Management Project: Recycle, Reduce, Reuse
- Bahamas National Trust/Audubon Society Kirtland Warbler
- Cat Island Young Entrepreneurs and Cultural Exchange
- Mark Keasler’s Eco-booth/Bahamian Boas
- Health and Wellness: First aid training, Smith Bay Clinic
- Crafts and Artist Booths
- Food and Drink Booths
5 PM—YOUTH COMPETITION WINNERS
- Closing Remarks and Granting of Awards: The Hon. Michael Pintard (TBC)
- Primary School Poetry and Art
- Middle School: Protected Species
- Shark Tank Competition—Best Business Plan
- Bell Multi-Cultural High School, Washington DC Youth Cultural Exchange
5:30 PM—RAFFLES WINNERS AND CLOSING, Ms. Kenrica Hepburn