Watershed Cleanup, Earth Day & Arbor Day Events Announced
Join your fellow community members and help clean up Runnymede Park, Sugarland Run watershed, and various other park and stream locations on Saturday, April 21, 8 a.m.–12 noon. Individuals, students, families, scouts and other groups can choose between doing a stream clean-up and/or native plant garden work. Volunteers should dress for the weather, wear boots with sturdy soles, and bring work gloves and come to Runnymede Park, 195 Herndon Parkway between Elden & Queens Row Streets and Bready Park Pavilion, 814 Ferndale Avenue.
There will be a free secure document shred truck at Runnymede Park from 9 a.m.-Noon. Everyone is welcome to take advantage of this service. There is a five container limit per vehicle and all containers will be returned immediately. The following things are accepted: all grades of office paper, including staples, and paper clips and binder clips. The following items are not accepted: newspaper, magazines, phonebooks, cardboard (overnight envelopes), three-ring binders, electronic media (hard drives, tapes and discs), and plastic or metal objects. For safety’s sake, people should remain in their cars until they reach the shred truck. A special thanks to Stohlman Automotive Family for sponsoring this event.
Earth Day and Arbor Day Ceremony will be held at 9:30 a.m. in the Bready Park Pavilion. There will be a brief ceremony in honor of our Tree City USA designation, followed by a tree planting. All are welcome and no RSVP needed.
Herndon Community Television Hosts Open House
Herndon Community Television will be celebrating National Volunteer Week with an open house on Saturday, April 21, from 2 to 5 p.m. at their studio located at 730 Elden Street, Herndon. This event is free to attend and open to the public. Anyone who wants to learn more about Herndon Community Television or is interested in volunteering is encouraged to stop by. See www.hctv.org/event/openhouse or HCTV’s Facebook Page www.facebook/HerndonCommunityTV
As an organization primarily run by volunteers, HCTV strives to “Keep the Community Connected” through the power of television. HCTV is always looking for new members of the community to help grow the station and its programs. Individuals interested in volunteering can contact HCTV’s Executive Director, Nancy Rose, at hctv23@hctv.org or call 703-689-2323 for more information.
HCTV cans also be watched worldwide from a live stream via their website: www.hctv.org.