Thanks for a great Earth Day Festival!
Found: Nintendo DS Lite and games in the Kid's Park on Earth Day. Call 573-874-0171. Be prepared to name the color of the Nintendo, and the games that are in the case with it.
Join us for the Earth Day Street Fair!
As always, more than 200 booths will fill five blocks with environmental education, non-profits, businesses, artisans, and government agencies. Sample the wares (and ideas) of hundreds of vendors and organizations at the street fair. We have everything from fluorescent light bulbs to fluorescent t-shirts, from saving energy to saving souls. Nothing is too practical or too esoteric for the Annual Earth Day Street Fair in MU's Peace Park.
Spread the word! Download an Earth Day flier: full-page PDF, 4-up PDF
*ALERT: CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS!
Volunteers are greatly needed to help make Earth Day a success! Why not volunteer your time for a couple hours before or after you take in the Festival? Bring your friends or family to volunteer with you and make it one of your commitments to helping to heal our planet this year.
To sign up, please contact:
Eco Avenue— Christine Gardener, (573) 874-3932, cmgardener@centurytel.net
Kid's Park— Jan Weaver, (573) 882-3037, weaverjc@missouri.edu
Street Fair— Mark Haim, (573) 875-0539, mail@midmopeaceworks.org
General Booth Registration Begins Sunday, February 1st
[Click here to download the REGISTRATION FORM (Word Document)]
We welcome your organization, agency or business’ participation in this year’s festival by setting up an exhibitor or vendor booth at the Earth Day Street Fair, held in MU’s Peace Park with booths being set up on adjacent streets.
Earth Day is put on primarily to promote greater environmental awareness. The Earth Day Coalition encourages everyone to incorporate some environmental education effort in their booths, if at all possible. We suggest that displays focus upon the ways we can live in a more eco-friendly, sustainable fashion.
To increase participation we are offering modest incentives: cash prizes to the non-profit groups (1st prize $100, 2nd $50, 3rd $25), and free booth space next year to the businesses (1st prize is a booth for 2 years, 2nd & 3rd a booth for 1 year) with the best educational displays or interactive learning activities.
The Earth Day Festival is also a Community Volunteer Fair, coordinated in conjunction with the Voluntary Action Center. We strongly encourage all community groups in search of volunteers to participate, regardless of whether they work directly on environmental issues.
Basic booth fees are unchanged: $10 for non-profits not taking money, $20 for non-profits raising money, $30 for independent artisans and $50 for businesses. Our fees are much less expensive than comparable events, and any surplus is used to support environmental education in the community.
SOMETHING NEW: To encourage timely registration, we will apply a $10 surcharge to any registrations received after April 12. We will be taking reservations on a first-come-first-served basis, beginning Sunday, February 1.
EARTH FLAGS: This year we’re again encouraging booths to display a 3' x 5' Earth Flag, available via the registration form at a discounted price of just $7.50. We will distribute the flags the morning of Earth Day.
Please read through the details on our booth information page. Especially note that we request that you be attentive to the environmental impact of your booth. Also, please note: All booths selling anything will need to collect sales tax or provid documentation of their exemption. All booths not selling will need to fill out and turn in to the state a form declaring that they are “display only.” (Forms & rate charts will be distributed at Earth Day.) If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at the Peace Nook (573-875-0539). We hope you'll join us in Columbia's Earth Day celebration.
Sincerely,
Mark Haim, Savannah Lacy and Allen Vaught
For the Earth Day Coalition
Criteria for Independent Artisans/Craft Hobbyists Rate:
1. Independent artisans are individuals who make handcrafted items for sale in their own homes or workshops, but do not operate or share in the operation of a shop through which they sell their products. Independent artisans are essentially hobbyists or people who are supplementing their incomes through their crafts. No others shall be charged the reduced rate.
2. Those individuals who set up a booth at the reduced rate as independent artisans cannot sell items other than those they’ve produced. However, two or more independent artisans can share in a booth, provided that each meets the criteria.
3. Those craftspeople who have established themselves in shops or other situations through which they regularly market their crafts commercially as their primary source of income would be considered to be established businesses and pay the regular for-profit rate.
4. In the case of ambiguity those applying for a booth will be asked to provide information about their business and the Earth Day Coalition will determine their status.
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