Holiday

Memorial Day Commemorative Ceremony

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Remember those who fought and were lost during their active military duty this Memorial Day at the Boca Raton Cemetary.  Honor living veterans and expose the kids to their saacrifice for the United States.  The City of Boca Raton will be hosting this wonderful respectful event on May 30th.  Featuring Veteran Groups, City Officials, music by Ft. Lauderdale Highlanders, Boca Raton Community High School Band, drills by Boca Raton Community High School NJROTC and the Boca Raton Police & Fire Honor Guard.  This is a free event.

Lake Worth Earth Day

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Join the City of Lake Worth and the Florida District Kiwanis Club in celebrating Earth Day this year.  This event will take place at the Lake Worth Cultural Plaza downtown on April 25th.  Though the event officially starts at noon, the schedule indicates that there will be some events going on as early as 10am.  

Below is the 2015 schedule for the event--NOTE it ends at 6pm this year!:

10:45 Earth Blessing

11:00 Arts for Everyone

11:30 Noam Brown-- Kid's Music Circle

12:00 Barry Silver--Eco Music

The Amazing Mom & Son Challenge

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MOMS AND SONS will go on an AMAZING CHALLENGE COURSE throughout downtown Delray Beach.

Timing is everything! Teams must work together to perform an assigned task at designated locations before moving on to the next site.

First team in each age division to complete all challenges and cross the finish line wins!

Fabulous lunch and prizes following completion of the race.

Moms may bring all of their sons of any age to compete. Divisions start at 5 years old, up to adults.

Times:

Check in begins at 8:30 am.

Annual Miami Riverday

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The Miami River Commission presents the free 20th Annual Miami Riverday features free boat tours, historic re-enactments, environmental education, live music, children activities, and much more.  All activities are FREE at this great event.  Cheer on the kayak and paddleboard races or take a FREE riverboat ride!  Live entertainment includes:  Elastic Bond & Spam All-Stars.  Historic tours of the Lummus Historic District will take place as well as historic Miami reenactments.

Celebrate Earth Eco-Fair

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City of Doral celebrates their 7th annual earth day Eco-Fair at the Downtown Doral Park. Free and fun-filled family event featuring hurricane preparedness resources, recycling, water & energy conservation as well as promoting City of Doral initiatives to ensure the community is prepared for the hurricane season.

Party for the Planet at the Palm Beach Zoo

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This year the Palm Beach Zoo will celebrate Earth Day by focusing on the "One Thing" you can do EVERYDAY that can help the planet.  That one thing is...reduce the use of plastic shopping bags!  We will showcase some of the steps guests can take that will truly make a difference for animals across the globe. 

Take the #EarthDay pledge to use eco-friendly bags by signing a banner at Palm Beach Zoo on April 22. Plus, bring any grocery store plastic shopping bags you have to stuff a lifesize Florida Panther wire-frame sculpture. 

Party for the Planet

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Zoo Miami's Earth Day celebration Party for the Planet will be held Saturday & Sunday April 16 & 17 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. The Tropical Flowering Tree Society will be hosting the world's largest flowering tree annual plant show and sale.  There will also be fun “green” activities and entertainment for the entire family as well as animal enrichment with recycled items and/or natural materials like newspapers, cardboard tubes, bamboo, old tires, fire hoses, and more.   

Baynanza

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Do your part to keep beautiful BISCAYNE BAY clean at this annual Miami Dade event.  Baynanza runs for several weeks across the county and includes family-friendly activities that involve workshops, presentations, special exhibits, nature kies & tours as well as the big clean up day on April 16th.  In the past, over 40 TONS of trash and recyclable materials were collected at Baynanza with over 6000 volunteers participating.  What better way to celebrate Earth Day than giving back to our local environment with your time and care!?