It's all about outdoors at Saturday festival in Cary
Celebrate the fall season with McHenry County Conservation District during "Outdoor Fest! - A Celebration of Green Healthy Living" from 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at Fel-Pro RRR Conservation Area, 1520 Crystal Lake Road, Cary.
Come out for a pickup game of basketball or bags, take a disc golf lesson or a fly fishing clinic, search out a geocache or two, and stay for the food and enjoy live music. Visit with exhibitors for the latest in outdoor recreation equipment to ways to live a more environmentally-friendly life.
The music stage will feature local musician Jeff Trudell playing acoustic rock favorites from 3 to 4:30 p.m., and the headliner Miles Over Mountains, an acoustic bluegrass/roots/Americana band from McHenry, from 5 to 7 p.m.
Kapital Electric, a solar energy company for residential use, will display a solar panel and an electric vehicle charger. Other participating exhibitors include: Crystal Lake's Akasha Yoga (yoga and meditation); Lake in the Hills' Alpine Accessories; Environmental Defenders of McHenry County; Woodstock's Food Shed Co-op; Friends of Moraine Hills State Park; Friends of the Fox River; Friends of Volo Bog; Richmond's Green Earth Farm; LL Bean; McHenry County College Sustainability Center; McHenry County Bicycle Advocates; Algonquin's Paper or Plastic Sports (disc golf); Lake in the Hills' Tom's Rain Barrels; Chicago's Working Bikes; and the Wildflower Preservation and Propagation Committee. Food and beverages provided by MJ's Coffee Bar of McHenry.
Do a "green thing" and donate your old bike in the Bike Drive. Working Bikes is a 501(c) 3, nonprofit that donates 6,000 used bicycles each year to humanitarian organizations around the world. Bicycles are life-changing tools. With a bicycle, people in underserved communities gain access to education, jobs, and health care that might otherwise be inaccessible. Donate your old bikes, parts and accessories in any condition at this bike drive. All donations are tax deductible. For more information, visit workingbikes.org or call (773) 847-5440.