October 22, 2022
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Saturday, October 22nd:
8:00 AM - Bird Walk with Oconee Rivers Audubon Society (Please pre-register below)
8:30 AM - Festival Begins - Family Activities, Informational Tables, Food, Live Animals
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM - Winged Ambassadors: Birds of Prey Program Presentation (#1)
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM - Guided Tour of ACC Composting Operations
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM - Guided Tour of ACC Landfill Operations
11:00 AM Announcement of Costume Contest Winner!
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM - Winged Ambassadors: Birds of Prey Program Presentation (#2)
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM - Festival Wrap-Up, Final Announcements, and Activities!
Join us for the 9th Annual Athens Vulture Festival, LIVE! Saturday, October 22nd!
The ACC Vulture Festival is a celebration of "nature's clean-up crew," the vulture! Vultures are key to a healthy ecosystem. Just like the Solid Waste Department, they help keep the environment safe and clean by picking up the "leftovers." Vultures are often under-appreciated or even cast as villain or outcasts in cartoons and stories. Every year, during this week, we shine a spotlight on this amazing creature, which includes a wide variety of species from all over the world. We also shine a spotlight on our landfill property, which serves to do more than just bury your trash - we strive for waste reduction in all that we do, including composting organics such as food scraps, leaf & limb, and biosolids, as well as recycling materials and reclaiming landfill gasses to convert into electricity. Join us this week for a series of educational and fun activities, programming, and community!
WHEN?
Saturday, October 22nd from 8 AM - 12 PM (see schedule on website)
WHERE?
ACC Landfill Outdoor Classroom, 5700 Lexington Rd. Winterville, GA
Interested in Volunteering? Please register here: https://www.givepulse.com/event/313850
5700 Lexington Rd
Winterville, GA 30683
9th Annual Athens Vulture Festival
Saturday, October 22, 2022