RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL
Richmond City Council – Richmond City Hall - 900 E. Broad Street, Suite 200 - Richmond, VA 23219 - www.council.richmondva.gov
COUNCIL PUBLIC INFORMATION NEWS ADVISORY
IMMEDIATE RELEASE TO BE FORWARDED AND SHARED
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Councilman Doug Conner to hold meeting in South Central 9th District: To include G. H. Reid Elementary School 2nd Annual Health and Harvest Festival
Free Food, Games and Prizes: All South Central 9th District citizens are invited and encouraged to attend.
WHAT
The Honorable Doug Conner, Councilman, Richmond City Council, South Central 9th District, will hold a meeting in Richmond’s South Central 9th District. Councilman Conner typically holds monthly meetings that include information on his goals and accomplishments, a thematic agenda of current interest, special guests, free parking and dinner. (Meetings are typically held on the on the third Tuesday of the month.) The meetings, which typically include a free dinner are free and all South Central 9th District citizens are invited and encouraged to attend.
The event will include the following:
• The Honorable Doug Conner, Councilman, Richmond City Council, South Central 9th District - District Meeting
• Richmond Public Schools G. H. Reid Elementary School 2nd Annual Health and Harvest Festival
Promoting health education in schools and communities
• Announcement of a Richmond Public Schools 5th Grade Snack Donation
• Free Food provided by Richmond Public Schools G. H. Reid Elementary School Greenhouse and Fall Line Farms (Local Farm Coop)
• Cooking Demonstrations from Chef’s Move to School
• Student-Run Farmer’s Market provided by Shalom Farms and Richmond Public Schools G. H. Reid Elementary School “Green Team” Garden/ Greenhouse
• Fun activities
Garden/Greenhouse Tours
Games for kids
Pumpkin Picking Patch
• Nutrition/Health Information:
Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
VCU Nurses
Virginia Department of Health
CARMA (Asthma)
• FREE Blood Pressure Screenings:
Richmond High Blood Pressure
• FREE Prize Raffles
The Richmond Public Schools G. H. Reid Elementary School 2nd Annual Health and Harvest Festival is sponsored by G. H. Reid Elementary School administrators, teachers, parents, students, community members and other partners to promote health education in schools and the community.
Richmond Public Schools G. H. Reid Elementary School has partnered with the following: The Honorable Doug Conner, Councilman, Richmond City Council, South Central 9th District; Richmond Behavioral Health Authority; Communities in Schools of Richmond; An Access in Foods; Shalom Farms; Fall Line Farms; New Richmond; Replenish Richmond; Center for High Blood Pressure; CARMA; United States Department of Agriculture Virginia Cooperative Extension Office; and, Virginia Department of Health.
WHEN Tuesday, 25 October 2011
5:00 p.m-7:00 p.m.
WHERE Richmond Public Schools
G. H. Reid Elementary School
1301 Whitehead Road
Richmond, Virginia 23225
WHO The Honorable Doug Conner, Councilman, Richmond City Council, South Central 9th District
CONTACT For more information, please contact The Honorable Doug Conner, Councilman, Richmond City Council, South Central 9th District, at 804.233.8288, or doug.conner@richmondgov.com
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Steven R. Skinner, APR
Council Public Information Manager
Office of the Chief of Staff
RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL
Richmond City Hall
900 E. Broad Street, Suite 305
Richmond, Virginia 23219
804.646.6052 (office)
804.335.4054 (mobile)
804.937.1386 (home/mobile)
804.646.5468 (fax)
skinnesr@ci.richmond.va.us (email)
www.council.richmondva.gov(website)
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