College Holds Earth Day Celebration with Live Reptile Show

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: February 19, 2009

CONTACT: Lisa Saunders

(845) 574 - 4244

lsaunde2@sunyrockland.edu

SUNY Rockland Community College Holds Earth Day
Celebration with Live Reptile Show

Free and open to the public

Suffern, NY— SUNY Rockland Community College is holding an Earth Day celebration on Thursday, April 23, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on the main campus in Suffern.

Earth Day events:

9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Amphitheater Courtyard

Live music, Earth Day Raffle, composting demonstration, and a variety of green and environmental groups/vendors will distribute information and answer questions (including automakers and their cars).

9:30 - 10:30 a.m. and 10:30 – 11:30 a.m., Student Union, Rm 3214

Recycling Roundup, by Kerri Scales, Education Coordinator, Rockland County Solid Waste Management Authority

Recycling roundup—just when you thought you knew all about recycling.  Test your knowledge about what goes where.  Find out what really happens to it after it leaves your bin.  Learn just how good zero can be!

11:15 - 11:45 a.m., Promenade between Student Union Building and Cultural Arts Center            

Interactive Web of Life

Mosquitoes, bees, annoying little buggers.  What do we need them for anyway?  So what if there are no frogs.  It doesn’t affect me.  And it’s not like people eat thistle, or rhododendrons, or worms.  There’s really no direct effect on me if these and other species disappear--GUESS AGAIN! Participate in a demonstration of connectivity, of the interdependence of all life on Earth.

Noon - 1:00 p.m., Amphitheater Courtyard

Food available for purchase prepared by the RCC Hospitality Program ($5/plate). Reusable RCC Earth Day water bottles ($2 each) also available. All proceeds will go to an environmental scholarship and a local environmental organization.

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. and 1:00 - 2:00 Student Union, Room 3214

Rizzo’s Reptile Show

Reptiles--you love ‘em or hate ‘em but most don’t understand them or their importance to the environment.  Come experience the rapture of the reptile up close and personal.

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Rockland Community College, a unit of the State University of New York, is located 25 miles northwest of NYC. The majority of its students transfer to four-year colleges, and many find immediate employment upon earning their associate's degree or certificate. The College also offers others, from preschoolers to senior citizens, the opportunity to simply learn something new. Quality education...at a price you can afford.