Spring Fling
- Saturday, at 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.
- It takes place at the East Point Common
Downtown East Point will be buzzing with activity Saturday with the first "Spring Clean Fling."
Part "green" festival and part "swap meet," the day's activities are sure to attract a lot of people.
It can also be a fundraiser for neighborhood groups selling brownie's, cake, muffins, cookies.
Here are some of the activities:
- Councilman Lance Rhodes and Republic Services are inviting the community to bring any unwanted paper documents they want destroyed out to the event. There will be a mobile shredding truck ready to collect, shred and recycle the documents on site from 9am-2pm.
- Displays/Booths about what can be recycled at the collection center on Norman Berry
- Displays/Booths about where larger items can be recycled in East Point
- Booths with information about various “green” ideas and programs or informaion about how to donate items all year long.
- Representatives from groups like the Salvation Army, Goodwill, Habitat for Humanity, Kamileon’s Kloset and more will be invited to come out and accept donations on the day of the event.
- Representatives from American Kidney Services will be there to accept donations and issue tax receipts!
- Hand out "blue recycle bins" to EP residents
- Have a truck for electronics recycling on site
- Fun "green" activities for kids that do not require electricity/other resources like: face painting, ball toss games, etc.
