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Main Street CRA
Upcoming Events
Easter Egg Hunt in
Donaldson Park
Friday, April 3rd
The Avon Park Jaycees are sponsoring the 8th annual Community Easter Egg Hunt in Donaldson Park. The event will be held Friday, April 3rd, from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. The theme this year is Glow in the Dark and there will be a best dressed contest for those in glow attire! The Easter Egg Hunt, which is sectioned off according to age, will begin at approximately 7:30 pm as the sun sets so kids can hunt glow in the dark eggs. Please bring your own bag or basket to collect eggs and goodies. Directly after the Easter Egg Hunt there will be a kids Easter movie on the beach so bring lawn chairs and blankets to enjoy the movie. There will be raffle prizes, crafts, and games during the Easter Egg Hunt and the movie. The Easter Bunny will also be making an appearance for photos so bring your cameras! This event is free to the community.
 Avon Park Bluegrass Blueberry Festival
Saturday, April 25th
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
The 5th Annual Rotary Bluegrass Blueberry Festival will be held in Donaldson Park on Saturday, April 25th. A BBQ Chicken Dinner will be available, along with blueberry pie, blueberry lemonade, fresh blueberries by the pint or flat (6 pints), and blueberry plants. There will also be a Kid's Zone, Bluegrass Bands, and original arts and crafts vendors. Don't forget to enter your favorite recipe in the Blueberry Bake-Off Contest. For more information, visit their website at blueberryfestival.
April is Keep America Beautiful month.
Keep America Beautiful was organized in 1953 to bring corporate and private individuals together to promote the importance of keeping America's public spaces clean and beautiful. The Keep America Beautiful foundation has three core missions: preventing litter, reducing waste, and beautifying communities.
April 6 is the official day for the Great American Cleanup, but communities hold events throughout the entire year. Great American Cleanup events and education programs help to renew parks, trails and recreation areas, clean shorelines and waterways, remove litter and debris, reduce waste and increase recycling, and plant trees, flowers and community gardens, among other activities, to inspire a new generation of community stewards.  World Health Day is April 7. The theme this year is Improving food safety, from farm to plate. World Health Day 2015 is an opportunity to alert people working in different government sectors, farmers, manufacturers, retailers, health practitioners - as well as consumers - about the importance of food safety, and the part each can play in ensuring that everyone can feel confident that the food on their plate is safe to eat.  Earth Day is April 22 and focuses on the environment and our planet. The first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 activated 20 million Americans from all walks of life to share their concerns about each citizen's critical role in the environment. Now over one billion people in 192 countries participate in Earth Day activities, making it the largest civic observance in the world.
 Arbor Day is April 27 and focuses on planting trees to improve the environment and beautify the world. The Arbor Day Foundation works with the U.S. Forest Service to plant trees in America's national forests and the National Association of State Foresters to plant trees in state forests. Through the generous donations of their members and partners, the Foundation has helped the Forest Service plant more than 20 million forestland trees since 1990.
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