This year, with COVID still at the forefront of our planning, we are shifting from large clean-ups and major projects to encouraging community members to play, relax and explore our parks. We are inviting individuals, families, pods and bubbles to accept a series of challenges to explore different parks or participate in a new activity in an old favorite at their convenience.
Your 2021 Earth Day Committee has compiled so many fun ways to get out and celebrate our green spaces into a Bingo Game!
Complete an Earth Day Bingo, send it in and win prizes like Roger Williams Zoo passes, seeds for your garden and more!
Download the Earth Day Bingo Card
Bingo rules – SO EASY TO PLAY AND WIN!
- Complete 4 Earth Day ‘calls to action’ (Bingo Squares) in a row the week of 4/22 – 4/30.
- Many of the Bingo spaces are hyperlinked for info on how to complete them, click away!
- Send a pic of your completed Bingo to Christy Clausen with your address by May 3rd to receive your prize via mail!
- Free Space – use this space for your own ideas, how do you celebrate Earth Day?
- If you are participating in an organized clean-up/event, make sure to register as crowd size and all recommended safety precautions are being adhered to.
- Click some links listed below! We have included many educational opportunities for you, sign up for an energy audit or learn about storm water filtration works.
Activities that require registration & informational links:
- Sign up for an energy audit
- Join a Park Friend/Member Group
- Providence Libraries
- Attend Fairy Garden Days
- Visit the Museum of Natural History and Planetarium in Roger Williams Park
- Plan a trip to a new Park with the Park Finder
- What reusable bags are acceptable now?
- Take the Pesticide Free Pledge
- Find a wildlife critter along the river! Use this guide
- Visit one of our 13 parks with adult fitness equipment for your next workout!
- Recycle your clothes with Big Brothers Big Sisters of RI
- Storm Water Education and Resources
- Self Guided Tour to see Art in Roger Williams Park
- Walk, bike, or skate instead of driving from place to place in a car
- Participate in Arbor Day Tree Planting
- Compost! Bring Food Scraps to Groundwork RI locations
Thank you to the 2021 Earth Day Committee:
Allie Barry – Partnership for Providence Parks
April Alix – Providence Parks Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership
Ben Smith – City of Providence, Director of Communications
Christy Clausen – Providence Parks, Programming Supervisor
Doug Still – Providence Parks, Director of Forestry
Emily Koo – City of Providence, Office of Sustainability
Helene Miller – Partnership for Providence Parks
Joseph Wojtanowski – Providence Parks, Director of Neighborhood Park Services
Leah Bamberger – City of Providence, Office of Sustainability
Lisa Aurecchia – Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council
SJ Chin – Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council
Wendy Nilsson – Providence Parks, Superintendent of Parks
Special shout out to the Partnership for Providence Parks’ Teen Clean & Green Team for their work on the Bingo Card design!