Earth Day 2016 Celebration | DonationMatch

Earth Day 2016 Celebration

Other Event Type for Global Paint for Charity
Apr 09, 2016 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Deadline: April 9, 2016

Who's Going
Expected Attendance 2,000
Reach 5,000
Ticket Price $0
Metro Area Atlanta, GA
Exempt Status 501(c)(3) (IRS Form 990 Filed)
Nonprofit Category S - Community Improvement & Capacity Building
Attendee Gender Ratio 50% Male, 50% Female
Potential Item Uses Gift Bag Volunteer Appreciation
How Donors Promoted Event Signage Newsletter Website Email Blast Facebook
Attendee Ages 5-11 Years 12-17 Years 18-24 Years 25-34 Years 35-44 Years 45-54 Years 55-64 Years 65+ Years
Attendees' Children's Ages 0-4 Years 5-11 Years 12-17 Years 18+ Years
Special Populations Moms College Students Eco-Conscious
Description

Please join The Global Paint for Charity and Solid Waste and Recovered Materials Division on Saturday, April 9, 2016, at Coolray Field, home of the Gwinnett Braves (2500 Buford Dr, Lawrenceville, GA 30043) as we celebrate Earth Day by hosting a free recycling event. This event will feature paint collection (no paint thinners, stains, spackle, oil paint cans, rusted paint cans, or dried-up paint), free paper shredding (limit five copier paper boxes), electronics recycling ($10 cash fee per TV and Monitor, $5 cash fee per printer), old sneakers recycling, tire recycling (limit eight tires per vehicle; no dealer tires), toner/printer cartridge collection and more.
Global Paint for Charity performs its services free of charge to charities, organizations or/and individuals who want to donate paint to support our mission. Your corporate or individual financial contributions will allow us to continue to provide paint to those in need while protecting the environment. All your donations are tax deductible.

WE TAKE:
LATEX PAINT
Interior and exterior latex paint
Water based paint
Flat, Gloss, Semi-Gloss, etc
OIL PAINT
New, unopened containers only
Interior & exterior
WE CANNOT TAKE
Paint thinners, stains, dry paint, spackle
Opened oil paint cans
Rusted cans with less than
25% wet paint
For suggestions for your Oil Paint Recycling and Rusted Cans Disposal please visit our website at http://globalpaints.org/suggestions.php

Volunteer Opportunities:
Looking for some community service hours or volunteer to make a difference on Earth Day 2016? Well this is the place to be!! Volunteers will be assigned to serve from 8:00am to 12:00pm to help collect paint donations and 1:00pm to 4:00pm to help unload the collected paint at Global Paint’s Center. To sign up as a volunteer for this event please visit http://globalpaints.org/volunteer.php or http://www.volunteergwinnett.net/.

As usual, bring the whole family out from 9am-12pm to play around in every public and safety vehicle you can imagine will be at the Gwinnett Braves Parking lots, including fire trucks, dump trucks, motorcycles, school buses, there will be face painting and arts, balloon animals, and more for the kids. Parents and Kids of all ages can enjoy learning about Global Paint for Charity, Gwinnett County's solid waste programs and other recycling programs in our community. You will have plenty of time to meet and chat with our Board members, volunteers, students, city officials and supporters of our humble cause.

For other questions please call us toll free 855-853-7772 or Gwinnett County at 770-822-7141.

Thank you
Rony Delgarde

Founder/President
www.globalpaints.org

Gwinnett Braves Stadium
2500 Buford Dr
Lawrenceville, GA 30043