Party for the Planet’s Virtual Earth Day Celebration Airs Tonight

Surrey, BC – Presented by TD Bank Group, the City of Surrey will host the tenth annual Party for the Planet event tonight at 5:00 p.m. hosted on Facebook and YouTube Live.

The broadcast will feature environmental education for all ages through virtual workshops and videos from the City’s Parks, Sustainability, Environmental Engineering, Solid Waste, Transportation and Culture departments.

The broadcast will be headlined by local rock group The Zolas, and will also feature performances by Andrea Menard, Luca Fogale, Wild Moccasin Dancers, EnviroMOTION and Ndidi O.

“We are thrilled to celebrating Earth Day with you tonight, virtually,” said Mayor Doug McCallum. “Tune in on Facebook and YouTube live to experience educational videos about Surrey’s sustainable initiatives, music, dance performances and much more. See you there!”

The livestream will include kids yoga, a native plant gardening workshop, a spill response video, and information on the Mud Bay Living Dyke project, created in collaboration with the City of Delta. The virtual event will also kick off the Surrey Love Where You Live initiative encouraging residents to take part in neighbourhood cleanups and other activities to help keep Surrey city clean and beautiful.

"We are very proud to be celebrating Party for the Planet’s 10th anniversary tonight," said Councillor Allison Patton, "Staff have been working hard across the City to create a show that educates residents on Surrey’s environmental programs and services, and empowers all of us to be more sustainable. We hope you’ll join us."

Party for Planet will also mark the launch of another Surrey Tree Sale. Held from April 23 to May 8, the sale will offer discounted $20 trees, which can be paid online through the City’s MySurrey account and later picked up at the Surrey Operations Centre.

For more information visit:

• surrey.ca/partyfortheplanet
• facebook.com/partyfortheplanet
• instagram.com/surreybcevents