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­From Ann Smith-Tate:

 

Greetings from the City of Leawood’s Sustainability Advisory Board (SAB):

 

As a member of your Association’s leadership, we thank you for your service to your community…and with Earth Day a week away, we wish to update you with local events that will be of interest to you and your neighbors.  

 

Prairie Village Earth Day Fair (Sat, 4/22; 10 AM - 3 PM)  Shawnee Mission East High School

The event’s goal is to enhance understanding of, and familiarity with, services, information and products that will help sustain a green and healthy renewable world.  The event includes eco-friendly businesses, E-cars, food trucks, animal exhibits, and a used book fair. More information available at: http://earth-fair.org

Recycling Extravaganza (Sat, 4/22; 8 AM - 2 PM)  Black & Veatch, 11401 Lamar Ave., Overland Park, KS 6621

This annual event offers a great opportunity to recycle and dispose of various items and the ability to shred personal, confidential documents on-site.  This well established and organized is sponsored by the Cities of Overland Park, Prairie Village and Leawood.   We highly recommend it. More information: https://www.opkansas.org/events/recycling-extravaganza/

Spring Tomahawk Trail Clean-Up (Sun, 4/23; 2 - 5 PM)  Tomahawk Park, 119th and Mission Road

Help clean-up your park along Tomahawk Creek in this “feel good” service event.  We will provide trash bags, gloves and snacks/drinks for this volunteer effort. To Participate: Meet at Tomahawk Park, 119th and Mission Road (south side of 119th St). You will be assigned a starting time from 2:00 - 4:00 pm and an area from City Park south to I-Lan Park along Tomahawk Creek for your group. Adults must provide adequate supervision for the children you bring. Pre-registration is required for this event. You may register online at https://webtrac.leawood.org or call 913.696.7771 to register.  

Event website: https://www.leawood.org/news_item.aspx?NewsID=5883

Prescription Drug ’Take Back Event’ (Sat, 4/29; 10 AM - 2 PM)  Leawood Justice Center

Sponsored by City of Leawood’s Police Department, the goal of the event is to help with the orderly disposal of prescription medication to keep away from children and drug abusers.  Note: The plastic Rx containers are not recycled if the turned in with the medication. The event will take place at the Police Department inside the lobby of the Leawood Justice Center.  And as guidance, the following is being communicated to residents:

Do:
- Dispose of unwanted prescription drugs
- Empty plastic containers into one plastic bag to dispose

Don’t:
- Dispose of needles in the take back box
- Dispose of creams or liquids
- Dispose of illegal drugs
- Dispose of inhalers

At the event, you can inquire about access to periodic drop-off of prescription medication at the Police Department.  

  

Follow-Up: Annual Sustainability Summit

Thanks to those that attended Leawood SAB’s Annual Sustainability Summit on February 21st.  We hope the event provided informative and practical information to apply to your everyday life.  To access the presentation materials, please visit the Leawood SAB homepage: https://www.leawood.org/committees/sab/default.aspx

Participation in Friends of SAB 

The Annual Summit provided another opportunity to gain new participants in our Friends of SAB program.  The goal of Friends of SAB is to share news surrounding events (like those above) in our community and to provide feedback to the City and SAB regarding existing (or potential) programs / initiatives. Email communication with Friends of SAB membership is selective (not junk mail)…and your email address is not shared. Please contact friendsableawood@gmail.com for more information or to join this group. 

 

Thank you for reading and do share with your neighbors…and enjoy the spring season in Leawood!