Earth Week 2005 - April 22nd-29th

"Do Your Part to Help the Environment"

   
    At the March 21st, 2005 Village Board Meeting, a proclamation was signed by the board members to recognize April 22nd through April 29th as Earth Week 2005 here in the Village of Turtle Lake. The week begins on Earth Day, April 22nd, and will end on Arbor Day, April 29th.

    The Village has held Spring and Fall Clean-Up days for many years, and in the past numerous residents have participated in this event.  The success and anticipation of this day led to expanding on an already established movement to beautify and consciously take care of our surrounding environment.  2005 will mark the first of what will be an annual event of Earth Week in Turtle Lake.  It is a time to recognize and celebrate the international holiday of Earth Day and doing our part in preserving our forests and landscape with Arbor Day.

2005 Earth Week Events:

• Lions Club and TLES 5th Graders Highway Clean-Up

• 4th Graders Decorate Grocery Bags for distribution to promote Earth Week   

• Environmental Story Hour at the Library

• Earth Day!- Do your part to Help the Environment

• Village Pride Day - Landscaping and Clean-Up with Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts

• New Flower Beds in Village Park

• New Trial at Skinaway Recreational Park

• Spring Clean-Up Village-wide for all residents

• Arbor Day Tree Planting with DNR Forester and 5th & 6th Graders

• Turtle Lake on its way to becoming a Tree City USA!

Below are images from Village Pride Day of the 1st Annual Earth Week program.  Community groups came together on this day and throughout the week to bring awareness of environmental issues and concerns while providing public service.

Thank You, Volunteers!

New Flower Bed behind Village Hall	Clean-Up in Railway Park	Boy Scouts blaze trail in Skinway Park		New Trail
Cleared Trail	Girl Scouts break ground for new Flower Bed in Village Park		Girl Scouts finish with Flower Bed prep work	Cleaned Village Park	Girl Scouts and Leaders
Garden Club completes planting New Flower Bed in Park		Warming House Landscaping Preparation	Warming House Landscaping Completed		New Retaining Wall
	Girl Scout's Create Displays	Barron Co. Recycling Donates Display	Environmental Information Provided		Lions Club help grill lunch
Hungry Workers	Donated Lunch Served	Lioness Club help serve

If you would like to become involved or support the upcoming Earth Week events,
please contact us at (715) 986-2241 or asst@turtlelakewi.com

Did you know?

• If every household replaced one light bulb with a compact fluorescent bulb, it would be the equivalent of eliminating the pollution from one million cars!
• If every plastic bottle were recycled, landfills would be 2 billion tons lighter!
• Used motor oil from a single oil change can ruin a million gallons of fresh water—a year’s supply for 50 people! (You dump it, you drink it.)
• Planting 100 million trees could reduce the amount of carbon by an estimated 18 million tons per year and at the same time, save American consumers $4 billion each year on utility bills.

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