March 31, 2025 

Media Contacts:  
Marlene Farrell, Executive Director, Sustainable NCW, marlene@sustainablencw.org 
Dr. Joan Qazi, Sustainability Coordinator, jqazi@wvc.edu    
Marcine Miller, Executive Director, Public Information Office, 509-682-6582, mmiller2@wvc.edu 

Sustainable NCW’s Earth Day Fair will be held at Wenatchee Valley College on Saturday, April 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event will feature hands-on activities and learning opportunities to celebrate the Earth with our interconnected community. The public is invited to this free event. 

The event will feature over 50 vendors and local organizations, including Cascadia Conservation District, Chelan Douglas Land Trust, Master Gardeners, NCW Audubon Society, WA Native Bee Society, Wenatchee Outdoors, WVC’s Sustainability Club, YMCA, YWCA NCW, and more. The day will begin with an Earth Day 5K or 1K Fun Run on WVC’s Wenatchee campus at 9:30 a.m. (register at Sustainable NCW’s website). Activities will continue with Sustainable NCW’s bike co-op where participants can learn about bike maintenance, an e-cycling center for people to drop off approved older electronics, and a tree campus tour with WVC Professor Jennifer Hadersberger. 

A series of Eco-Talks will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and will cover a wide variety of topics, including Helion fusion plans, innovative construction materials, Eastside Rebuild, and more. Each talk will include a Q&A session. 

The Wenatchee Valley Youth Symphony, along with musical groups from Wenatchee High School, Pinnacles Prep, and Eastmont High School, will perform at the fair throughout the day. 

Kids activities will be available, and children and families can take part in a TEAMS Learning Center, get creative with chalk art, enjoy a wildlife experience, and more. There will be a variety of food trucks with vendors making use of Towards Zero Waste practices, which includes using compostable serving ware. A Towards Zero Waste station will be available for participants to deposit recyclable and compostable items. 

The fair will also feature a silent auction of sustainable experiences and items, with proceeds benefiting Sustainable NCW. A variety of electric vehicles, a hydrogen vehicle, an all-electric tractor, and a Link Transit electric bus will be on display during the fair.  

Wenatchee Valley College is a bike-friendly campus, and attendees are encouraged to travel via Link Transit or alternative modes of transportation if they are able to. Parking will be free for the Earth Day Fair. For more information, visit www.sustainablencw.org/earth-day-fair. 

Sustainable NCW is grateful for the support of sponsors who make the community’s Earth Day Fair possible, especially their Grove Sponsor, Cascade Auto Center, and Thriving Together for their event grant to increase equitable access. 

“I’m delighted that this year’s Sustainable NCW Earth Day Fair will be held on our beautiful Wenatchee campus. Our community will have the opportunity to see the amazing work our college and local organizations do every day to create a more sustainable environment across North Central Washington,” said WVC President Faimous Harrison. “Sustainable NCW’s Earth Day Fair is a landmark event that brings our community together to celebrate the stewardship of our planet and Wenatchee Valley College is honored to welcome you onto our campus for the next chapter of this event!” 

WVC will continue the celebrations of nature on Earth Day itself on Tuesday, April 22 and Zero Waste Wednesday on April 23 with poetry readings, nature hikes, a clothing swap, and more. The poetry reading will be held on Tuesday, April 22 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the Grove Recital Hall in the Music and Art Center on the Wenatchee campus and will feature WVC faculty Ana Maria Spagna and writers Jarret Ziemer and Susan Sampson. The poets will be joined by WVC Creative Writing students and will hike at Jacobson Preserve with the visiting writers after the reading. For more information on WVC Earth Week events, visit www.wvc.edu/about/sustainability/events.html. 

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Wenatchee Valley College enriches North Central Washington by serving educational and cultural needs of communities and residents throughout the service area. The college is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion for all students and employees and provides high-quality transfer, liberal arts, professional/technical, basic skills and continuing education for students of diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds. Visit our website, wvc.edu. 

Wenatchee Valley College is committed to a policy of equal opportunity in employment and student enrollment. All programs are free from discrimination and harassment against any person because of race, creed, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a service animal by a person with a disability, age, parental status or families with children, marital status, religion, genetic information, honorably discharged veteran or military status or any other prohibited basis per RCW 49.60.030, 040 and other federal and state laws and regulations, or participation in the complaint process. 

The following persons have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies and Title IX compliance for both the Wenatchee and Omak campuses: 

To report discrimination or harassment: Title IX Coordinator, Human Resources, Wenatchi Hall 2322M, (509) 682-6445, title9@wvc.edu. 

To request disability accommodations: Student Access Manager, Wenatchi Hall 2131, (509) 682-6854, TTY/TTD: dial 711, sas@wvc.edu.