Natural Resources Committee

Natural Resources Committee A subcommittee of Strategic Plan Advisory Committee Meeting location: Peck Farm Park Geneva, IL 60134 Meeting Date Wednesday, February 3, 2016 Meeting Time: 7:00pm EARTH DAY 2016 HEALTHY COMMUNITY | HEALTHY EARTH 1. Introductions 2. Earth Day location – Peck Farm Park, April 23rd, 11 to 3 3. Activities to Attract Families  Food – by Inglenook, someone else to be selected by GPD, other?  Birds of Prey display  Games i. SciTech from Aurora  Trivia Scavenger Hunt i. Develop scavenger hunt – GPD staff and Jeanine McMillen ii. Hand out Grahams ice cream certificate as prize for completing the hunt – Jen Kelley and Lisa Goewey?  Chalk art i. Art teachers ii. GHS students  Yoga demonstrations i. On the lawn with Karma Child Yoga  Bike check-ups i. Dave Peterson ii. Tom Dickinson  Farm animals with Rustic Road Farms  Anderson Animal Shelter  GRO’s Fun Run 4. Rain barrels for sale by NRC 5. NRC will contact merchants/others to arrange pickups for paper. Will need City truck. 6. Promotion activities  City of Geneva newsletter  Geneva Park District i. E-blasts ii. Signage iii. Catalogues iv. Handouts/pamphlets  NRC i. Earth day flyer ii. City of Geneva web page iii. Merchant windows iv. History Center v. KCC events page  Facebook pages i. NRC ii. Other merchants  City marquee  Kane County Website 7. Do you know someone else to invite? 8. Next Steps  Keep getting the word out 9. Adjournment