Walton County to Celebrate Earth Day
Friday, April 15 - Earth Day 5k Race
6:00pm
Saturday, April 16 - Third Annual Walton County Earth Day Festival
10:00am-3:00pm
see schedule of events / attachment below.
This weekend the Friends of Topsail Hill Preserve State Park and the University of Florida-IFAS Extension of Walton County will host the Third Annual Walton County Earth Day Festival and 5k Race. Both events will occur at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park on Scenic Highway 30A in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.
On Friday, April 15, runners and walkers are invited to participate in the annual Earth Day 5k Race at Topsail. The race will begin at 6 p.m. Racers can preregister for $20 or register the day of the race for $25. Participants will receive a complementary reusable bag and festival shirt for participating in the race. For more information about the 5k race, please call (850) 267-8330.
The Third Annual Walton County Earth Day Festival will take place the next day, Saturday, April 16 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The festival is free and open to the public. The festival will feature interactive educational displays from local businesses, as well as hands-on cooking demonstrations. Guests have the opportunity to participate in three different cooking demonstrations. Come learn how to make healthy smoothies at 10:30 a.m., sushi at 12:30 p.m. and vegetarian meals at 2 p.m.
Throughout the day, the festival will offer two guided hiking tours of the coastal systems in Topsail Hill Preserve State Park at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Nonie?s Ark will also join the festival at 12:30, providing animals encounters for festival participants. The festival will have a special children?s activity area where children can learn information about the environment through storytelling and other fun activities.
Guests will also have the opportunity to participate in a sand castle sculpture building demo on the beaches of Topsail at 11:15 a.m., followed by a sand-castle building contest at noon. Door prizes will be awarded hourly and guests can place bids on items like local artwork, jewelry and gift baskets at the festivals silent auction.
Please join us and celebrate our local environment at the Walton County Earth Day 5k Race and Festival. For more information call the Walton County Extension office at (850) 892-8172 or Topsail Hill Preserve State Park at (850) 267-8330.
