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
Thursday, 30 August 2012
Richmond City Council invites families to attend the 2012 Richmond Northside WE CARE Festival on Saturday
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.) -- Previously postponed due to weather, the 2012 Richmond Northside WE CARE Festival, will be held Saturday, September 1, 2012. (The event was originally scheduled for Saturday, August 25, 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 Saturday, September 1, 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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oversight, and approving the city budget.
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