Events

Celebrate Earth Day with Earth Care Actions!

To Protect Air Quality:

• • • • • Don’t idle your car
        • Plant native trees and plants
        • Don’t use scented products such as plug-ins, air fresheners, Pine-sol
        • Buy fume-free paints
        • Increase the number of indoor plants

To Protect Water Quality:

• • • • • • • Don’t top off the gas when filling your tank
            • Buy a battery powered lawn mower
            • Don’t flush/pour your medication down the toilet
            • Don’t use your garbage disposal
            • Dispose of household hazardous waste responsibly

To Protect Soil:

• • • • • • • Start composting – at church, in your backyard, at the curb, at your job
            • Stop using chemicals on your lawn
            • Plant native plants and trees
            • Use safer alternatives for melting salt in the wintertime

To Protect Resources:

• • • • • • Refuse
          • Reduce
          • Repair
          • Reuse
          • Rot (Compost)
          • Recycle

To Protect Wildlife:

• • • • • • • Plant native plants and trees
            • Use natural alternatives to chemicals (cleaning supplies, herbicides, pesticides, fertilizer, etc.)
            • Be mindful of light pollution
            • Don’t pour/rake anything into storm drains
            • Buy lead-free hoses

Medinah Park District Earth Day Celebration

Saturday, April 20th
10-11:30am
Thorndale Park
Free! No registration required

Thorndale Park Clean-up

Come help beautify your parks and community by assisting park district staff and Scout Troop 95 with trash pick-up around Thorndale Park.

Make Your Own Prairie Seed Bombs!

MPD staff and volunteers will assist you with making your own prairie seed bombs to help spread native prairie grasses and flowers around your community.

Recycling Drive

Come bring your recyclable items to Thorndale Park, where park district staff and volunteers will sort the items and recycle them to the proper organizations.

Items we will accept:

Books, school supplies, clothes, toys, small electronics (no TVs or monitors),
batteries of all sizes, eye glasses, hearing aids, American flags,
vinyl records, keys, inkjet cartridges, dog/cat kennels,
bicycles and bike accessories, small lamps, and sports equipment

630-893-2560 • medinahparkdistrict.org

Medinah PD Earth Day Flyer