Environmental Family Fun Day Sets Return To Ocean City

OCEAN CITY, NJ — Families that are down for President's Day Weekend and are looking for something fun to do are invited to the Fifth Annual Ocean City Nature & The Environment Family Fun Day.

Sponsored by Ocean City's Environmental Commission and held in partnership with the Ocean City Free Public Library and the Cape May County Park & Zoo, The Wetlands Institute and Rutgers University Agricultural Extension, this event "is a great chance to get the kids out to do something educational, interactive and have loads of fun this President's Day weekend," the commission said in a news release.

It's set for Feb. 17 from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Ocean City High School cafeteria.

Last year's event drew more than 800 parents and kids.

This year's event will include a wide range of nature and environmentally focused hands-on, interactive, fun and educational experiences for both children and adults.

Hands on Activities

• Small Zoo Animal Interaction
• Marine Life Interaction
• Recycling Arts & Crafts
• Nature & Environmental Take-A-Ways

Demonstrations, Exhibits, Experts and Take-A-Ways for the Whole Family

• Bringing Back The Original Jersey Tomato – lecture & seed give away (Rutgers Univ.)
• Environmentally Friendly Shellfish Replenishing–Demonstration (ACT Engineers)
• Protecting the Watershed & Cleaning Up The Bay – Demonstration (Americorp)
• Trash Decomposition & the Environment (Ocean City Environmental Commission)
• The Ins and Outs of Recycling ((Cape May Municipal Utilities Authority)
• How to Compost (Ocean City Environmental Commission)
• Native Plants Exhibit (Ocean City Environmental Commission)
• Energy Efficiency (South Jersey Gas)
• Energy Efficiency (AC Electric)
• Water Efficiency (New Jersey American Water)
• Solid Waste and Wastewater Management (Cape May Municipal Utilities Authority)
• Electric Vehicle Charging