Winter Park hosting Ward & Wellbeing Earth Day Block Party

Mark Your Calendars!  The City of Winter Park is hosting the Ward & Wellbeing Earth Day Block Party on Saturday, April 27.

The City of Winter Park’s Natural Resources & Sustainability Department, Keep Winter Park Beautiful & Sustainable (KWPB&S) Advisory Board, and the Center for Health & Wellbeing are once again hosting a Ward & Wellbeing Earth Day Block Party on Saturday, April 27.

Kick off the block party at 7:3 am by participating in the 31st Run for the Trees Jeannette

Genius McKean Memorial 5k presented by Center for Health & Wellbeing, hosted by the city

and Track Shack.

Register to run where peacocks roam on Genius Drive by heading to trackshack.com. Don’t forget to bring your old running shoes to recycle with Track Shack through the Sneaker Seekers Program.

The Earth Day Block Party will be held from 8 am to 11:30 am, in Ward Park located at 250 Perth

Lane and directly across the street, inside the Center for Health & Wellbeing located at 2005 Mizell

Ave.

The event will provide fun for all ages including numerous activities, award presentations, live

music, sustainable vendors and giveaways.

In honor of Earth Day, certified arborists from the city’s Urban Forestry Division will be on-site to answer questions and give away an assortment of one-gallon containerized trees to participants of Run for the Trees.

The Center for Health & Wellbeing is a partnership between the Winter Park Health Foundation and AdventHealth that provides a public hub for wholeness, fitness and medicine programs and services.

Visit the Center during the Block Party for family-friendly activities, including a family picnic cooking demonstration and sampling, family yoga classes, an Earth Day art project, face painting, giveaways and more.

For a full list of Earth Day Block Party activities hosted by the Center for Health &

Wellbeing, visit yourhealthandwellbeing.org.

For parking information, road closure details, visit cityofwinterpark.org/earthday or call 407-599-3364.

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