Monday, August 27, 2012

Postponed New Date: Richmond City Council invites families to attend the 2012 Richmond Northside WE CARE Festival

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

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Monday, 27 August 2012



Postponed New Date: Richmond City Council invites families to attend the 2012 Richmond Northside WE CARE Festival



Postponed due to weather - Event to be held Saturday, September 1, 2012: Event will be held Richmond Northside and Northern Gateway neighborhood residents are invited and encouraged to attend



WHAT (Richmond, Virginia U.S.A.) -- Postponed due to weather, the 2012 Richmond Northside WE CARE Festival, originally scheduled for Saturday, August 25, 2012, has been rescheduled to be held Saturday, September 1, 2012.



Richmond City Council invites Richmond's Northside and Northern Gateway residents to attend the 2012 Richmond Northside WE CARE Festival. Celebrating its sixth successful year, the 2012 Richmond Northside WE CARE Festival will include the following:



• Health, wellness and educational information

• Community exhibits

• Food vendors

• Carnival games

• Inflatable moonwalks

• Basketball

• Free school supplies

• Free prizes

• Music

• Entertainment

• Car raffle



WE CARE is an acronym for Wellness, Education, Community Awareness and Resident Empowerment. This event is free and open to the public and all residents of Richmond's Northside and Northern Gateway neighborhoods are invited and encouraged to attend.



WHEN Rescheduled: To be held Saturday, 1 September 2012

Saturday, 25 August 2012

10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.



WHERE Richmond Department of Parks Recreation and Community Facilities

Hotchkiss Community Center

701 East Brookland Park Boulevard

Richmond, Virginia 23222



CONTACT For more information, please contact Craig Watson, 2011 Richmond Northside WE CARE Festival, at 904.321.5115 (tel) or 804.502.1828 (mobile) or Cybelle O’Sullivan-McDaniels, Richmond City Council, Gateway 6th District, at 804.646.7964 (office) or cybelle.o’sullivan@richmondgov.com



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Steven R. Skinner, APR

Council Public Information Manager

RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL

OFFICE OF THE COUNCIL CHIEF OF STAFF

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)

steven.skinner@richmondgov.com (email)

www.council.richmondva.gov(website)

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