{"id":35422,"date":"2026-04-02T17:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T21:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=35422"},"modified":"2026-04-02T17:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T21:03:09","slug":"why-not-adopt-a-park-for-earth-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/why-not-adopt-a-park-for-earth-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Why not adopt a park for Earth Day?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking for a project for your organization, school group or business?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How about adopting one of Decatur&#8217;s parks for a day \u2013 a special day, Earth Day?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Decatur park board says it is seeking partnerships with local businesses or schools \u201cto prepare our parks for the enjoyment of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Earth-Day-logo.jpg?resize=640%2C534&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Earth-Day-logo.jpg?w=892&amp;ssl=1 892w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Earth-Day-logo.jpg?resize=300%2C250&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Earth-Day-logo.jpg?resize=768%2C641&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Duties will include cleaning up trash, leaves and branches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 11 city parks will be up for a cleanup on Wednesday, April 22, when Earth Day observances are annually held around the world, the park board says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If interested, call Riverside Center, 724-2520.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FIRST TIME: Earth Day was first celebrated in the U.S. In 1970, demonstrating support for environmental protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was founded by American politician and conservationist Gaylord Anton Nelson and quickly grew into an international event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earth Day is held annually on April 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year&#8217;s theme is Our Power, Our Planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event&nbsp;calls on communities worldwide to take action during Earth Week to support clean air, clean water, clean energy, protected natural resources, and climate stability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BOB SHRALUKA WZBD.com Looking for a project for your organization, school group or business? How about adopting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[17,14],"class_list":["post-35422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-community","tag-decatur"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Earth-Day-logo.jpg?fit=892%2C744&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35422"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35432,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35422\/revisions\/35432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}