This program is supported in part by a grant from the Haverhill Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
The city is collaborating with organizations, artists and businesses for its inaugural “Earth Month” lineup.
Activities begin next Wednesday, April, 1 and include three Team Haverhill Clean & Green cleanups, a week of Quick Eco Crafts for April school vacation, educational workshops at the library, trail building and “Earth Music” Youth Band Concert, all culminating in the city’s annual Earth Day cleanup Saturday, April 25.
Downtown Events Coordinator Hailey Pearson has pulled together the disparate events into a unified Earth Month calendar.
The Haverhill Public Library, for example, will be hosting events comprising of educational lectures and youth creative activities. In addition, there will be free drop-in “Quick Eco Crafts” sessions at Creative Haverhill, upcycling art with Historic New England, recycled paper making with Mindy Paper and bead and book making throughout the month.
On Earth Day, Saturday April. 25, a citywide clean-up begins at 8:30 a.m., at the Citizens Center, culminating in the city’s annual Earth Day cleanup.
A full list of activities, dates and times appear below.
| Earth Monday Haverhill Activities | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | Organization | Event | When | Where | |
| 1 | Team Haverhill | Clean & Green | 3:30-5 p.m. | Swasey Field | |
| 4 | Conservation Department | Vernal Pools Exploration | 10-11:30 a.m. & 12:30-2 p.m. | Crystal Gorge | |
| 7 | Team Haverhill | Clean & Green and Nature Walk | 5-6:30 p.m. | Pentucket Lake School | |
| 8 | Stone Creations | Stone Creations | 2 p.m. | Haverhill Public Library | |
| 11 | Team Haverhill | Clean & Green | 10 a.m.-12 p.m. | GAR Park | |
| 11 | Greater Haverhill Indivisible | Standout | 2-3 p.m. | Bradford Common | |
| 12 | Conservation Department | Invasive Plant Removal | 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | John's Woods | |
| 12 | Be Imagine Music Studio | "Earth Music" Youth Band Concert | 12-1:30 p.m. | Mac Daddy's | |
| 14 | Haverhill Public Library | Felted Panda Hoop | 6 p.m. | Haverhill Public Library | |
| 17 | Conservation Department | Trail Building Workdays | 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | Myron's Road Trailhead | |
| 18 | Conservation Department | Trail Building Workdays | 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | Myron's Road Trailhead | |
| 18 | Creative Haverhill | Journal Making | 10 a.m.-12 p.m. | Creative Haverhill | |
| 20 | Creative Haverhill | Upcycling Projects | 1-1:45 p.m. | Creative Haverhill | |
| 20 | Creative Haverhill | Recycled Paper Making | 2-2:45 p.m. | Creative Haverhill | |
| 20 | Creative Haverhill | Paper Bead & Book Making | 3-3:45 p.m. | Creative Haverhill | |
| 21 | Creative Haverhill | Upcycling Projects | 1-1:45 p.m. | Creative Haverhill | |
| 21 | Creative Haverhill | Recycled Paper Making | 2-2:45 p.m. | Creative Haverhill | |
| 21 | Creative Haverhill | Paper Bead & Book Making | 3-3:45 p.m. | Creative Haverhill | |
| 22 | Creative Haverhill | Upcycling Projects | 1-1:45 p.m. | Creative Haverhill | |
| 22 | Haverhill Public Library | Earth Day Mochi | 2 p.m. | Haverhill Public Library | |
| 22 | Winnekenni Park Progress Updates | 2 p.m. | |||
| 22 | Creative Haverhill | Recycled Paper Making | 2-2:45 p.m. | Creative Haverhill | |
| 22 | Creative Haverhill | Paper Bead & Book Making | 3-3:45 p.m. | Creative Haverhill | |
| 22 | Haverhill Public Library | Mushroom Talk | 6-7:30 p.m. | Haverhill Public Library | |
| 23 | Creative Haverhill | Upcycling Projects | 1-1:45 p.m. | Creative Haverhill | |
| 23 | Creative Haverhill | Recycled Paper Making | 2-2:45 p.m. | Creative Haverhill | |
| 23 | Creative Haverhill | Paper Bead & Book Making | 3-3:45 p.m. | Creative Haverhill | |
| 24 | Conservation Department | Tree Planting | 10 a.m. | Riverside Park | |
| 24 | Creative Haverhill | Upcycling Projects | 1-1:45 p.m. | Creative Haverhill | |
| 24 | Conservation Department | Brandy Brow Forest Ceremony & Hike | 2 p.m. | Brandy Brow Forest | |
| 24 | Creative Haverhill | Recycled Paper Making | 2-2:45 p.m. | Creative Haverhill | |
| 24 | Creative Haverhill | Paper Bead & Book Making | 3-3:45 p.m. | Creative Haverhill | |
| 25 | Citywide | Earth Day Citywide Clean-Up | 8:30 a.m. | Citizen's Center | |
| 25 | Haverhill Garden Club | Spreading Mulch | 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | Riverside Park | |
| 26 | Team Haverhill | Let's Hike Haverhill | 10 a.m- 12 p.m. | Winnekenni Castle |