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Updated: Friday, 20 Apr 2012, 9:23 AM EDT
Published : Friday, 20 Apr 2012, 5:26 AM EDT
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) - Earth Day is Sunday, April 22, and 2 NEWS Today has compiled a list of local events and volunteer opportunities.
Adopt-A-Park
Volunteers pick up trash and clean-up Five Rivers Metro Parks
Saturday, 8:30 a.m.
Visit metroparks.org/adopt for more information.
Darke County's Trash Bash
Saturday & Sunday
More than 1,100 volunteers will be cleaning up 600 miles of Darke County roads
Dawn- Dusk
Dayton's Garden Station kickoff
Wayne Avenue and Fourth Street, Dayton
Sunday: 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Local farmers market and garden gathering space
Environmental Film Series
Sunday, 4 p.m. Free admission
Documentary "Home" at Little Art Theatre in Yellow Springs
Global Youth Service Day Celebration
Sunday, 4- 5:30 p.m.
Stivers School for the Arts in Dayton
Great Cloth Diaper Change
Garden Station at 509 Fourth St., Dayton
Saturday
The Great Cloth Diaper Change event will attempt to break last year's Guinness World Record of 5,026 cloth diapers changed simultaneously.
National Parks Week
Free admission to all National Parks from April 21-29
Neighborhood Cleanup
Volunteers will pick up litter and remove overgrown vegetation Saturday along the North Main Street corridor, from Redwood Avenue to Riverview Avenue in Dayton. Volunteers should report to United Foods (2141 N. Main) by 8:30 a.m.
Gloves, brooms, bags and other tools will be provided.
Planting native plants
Landscape Aullwood's new Farm Discovery Center
9101 Frederick Pike
Saturday, 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Participants will discover first-hand how to transform their home yards into a healthy place for both their families and wildlife
Wittenberg Celebrates Service
Saturday
For the 11th straight year, Wittenberg University students, faculty and staff members are teaming up with Springfield community members on an innovative annual event called Celebrate Service at sites throughout the city.
Zumba
8949 Anneliese Way, Clayton
Saturday, 10 a.m. $7, 11:30 a.m. Zumba for Kids $5
Proceeds to Sierra Club to help keep Ohio's lakes and river clean
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