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You are invited to a community picnic and Earth Day celebration at the Jacksonville Center in Floyd, Virginia on Saturday, April 22. This is a free event, and all are welcome!

Please call the Jacksonville Center at (540) 745-2784 for more information on this event. Things to bring: picnic items, music instruments, lawn seating, friends!

Events planned so far for this day include - An open house at the SLEC (Sustainable Living Education Center) - art reception for the spring exhibit at Traces - lawn games - music under the oak tree, featuring Billy Miller at 2 pm and Snake Hollow String Band at 4 pm - faerie house building workshop with Patricia & Cori Woodruff (please see the Jacksonville Center website at http://www.jacksonvillecenter.org for details on this class)

other things to see at the Jacksonville Center on April 22: - a recycled art exhibit in the Hayloft - an exhibit of work by students from the Blacksburg New School and the Blue Mountain School in Floyd - Leon Davis will be leading a work day to help complete the Jacksonville Center's straw bale building - (?) ...please contact the Jacksonville Center if you are interested in helping to add to the April 22 festivities.

Hope to see you there!