Keep Brownwood Beautiful and the Brownwood Community Garden will host their 1st Annual Brownwood Environmental Fair on October 11th at Riverside Park in Brownwood.
“We envision this event as a fun way to inform and inspire everyone to take better care of this home we all share, Planet Earth,” said organizer Cary Perrin of Keep Brownwood Beautiful.
The fair will include short classes and demonstrations, products and services, a fundraising raffle as well as kids’ activities and refreshments.
Perrin and Brownwood Community Garden Coordinator Daniel Graham explained that their organizations have overlapping missions, which make their partnership in organizing the event a natural one.
Keep Brownwood Beautiful (KBB) is a non-profit organization that empowers local citizens, through education and participation, to take responsibility for their community environment. KBB programs include litter prevention, recycling, community clean-ups, environmental education and maintenance of several demonstration greenspaces.The Brownwood Area Community Garden (BACG) is a non-profit organization that grows produce for direct donation to local charities, leases garden space to individuals and families, and provides education and training in organic gardening. The Garden also manages and supports the Brown County Farmers Market.
Booth spaces and sponsorships are available as follows:
Premier Sponsorship: $500 Includes top billing on event posters with logo and in pre and post media exposure (newspaper, radio and television) and web presence on webpage and Facebook, and a booth space.
Patron Sponsorship: $250 Billing on event posters, pre and post media exposure, and booth space.
Friends Sponsorship: $100 Billing on event program and post event media exposure, and booth space.
Booth Spaces are available for retail displays/sales and educational displays. Contact KBB or BACG for details.
For more information or to reserve a booth or become a sponsor, please contact Daniel Graham at Brownwood Area Community Garden at 325-641-9029 or Cary Perrin at Keep Brownwood Beautiful 325-643-0533.
