14 Independent & Free Press,Thursday, April 15, 2010 EARTH WEEK CELEBRATION April 17th, 2010 - April 24th, 2010 COMMUNITY WIDE CLEAN UP DAY SATURDAY, APRIL 17th, 2010 The 10th Annual Halton Hills Community Wide Clean up Day is taking place Saturday, April 17th, 2010. Hundreds of volunteers will scour our parks, ravines and roadsides in both urban and rural areas to collect litter. 22 MINUTE MAKEOVER THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010 The 6th Annual Halton Hills 20 Minute Makeover, now called the "22 Minute Makeover", is scheduled for Thursday, April 22, 2010. Everyone is encouraged to participate by picking up litter in their immediate neighbourhoods. Lion-hearted effort Following this past weekend's highly successful food drive by Georgetown Lions, the happy crew delivered a truckload of food to Georgetown Bread Basket. The service club collected 3,400 lbs of food, and donated $1,072 after feeding more then 500 people breakfast Saturday and Sunday morning at the Lions' Hall. On hand to deliver the food were (clockwise, from front left) Georgetown Bread Basket directors David Clayton and Susan Tupling, and Lions members Betty Dixon, Al Watt, Tom Colton, Linda Dilks, Anna Howells and Jack Ruck. Photo by Ted Brown HALTON HILLS EARTH DAY APRIL 24th, 2010 8:00 am to 2:00 pm The Town of Halton Hills is celebrating its 10th Annual Earth Day event on Saturday, April 24th, 2010. The event takes place at the Robert C. Austin Operations Centre located at 11620 Trafalgar Road. The Town is offering trees to residents at a subsidized rate of $5.00 per tree (incl. tax). Cash only please. Trees are available in limited quantities. Nine varieties of trees available; Red Maple, Alternative Leave Dogwood, White Birch, White Spruce, Common Choke Cherry, Downy Serviceberry, Red Oak, Eastern White Pine and Black Cherry. There is a limit of four trees per household until 10:00 am. In addition to the annual tree sale, residents will also be able to pick up compost and wood chips for FREE! Please bring along a shovel and container. A non-perishable food donation or cash donation to the Georgetown Bread Basket or Acton Foodshare is requested. Residents can also drop off their Household Hazardous Wastes (HHW) and Electronic Wastes. Please refer to Region of Halton's website at www.halton.ca/waste for acceptable and non-acceptable items. Please note there will be NO tires collected at this event. Also, take time to enjoy a community barbeque. The Mayor and Councilors will be toasting waffles and barbequing hamburgers, hotdogs and sausages for you at a low price of $1.00. New this year! Various pieces of Public Works Equipment and Vehicles will be on display, along with interactive and fun activities for children with prizes. 41 For further information on these events, please contact Public Works at 905-873-2601 ext. 2609, or visit our website at: www.haltonhills.ca/earthday.