🌱 Learn Something New At Earth Day! + Car Show Fundraiser!

Hello, everybody. It's me, Karena Garrity, your host of the Mooresville Patch newsletter — back in your inbox with all the most important things happening in the community. Including updates on...

• Earth Day coming up
• Car show fundraiser
• "Pins for Parenting"

But first, today's weather:

Plenty of sunshine. High: 67 Low: 43.

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Here are the top three stories today in Mooresville:

1. Mooresville’s Earth Day event is set for April 22, at the Selma Burke Community Center. This event is free and full of activities focused on the environment for families such as recycling games and snail races and more. There will also be food! So come, enjoy the day and learn something new! (Town of Mooresville.)
2. The third annual Dancing Davis Shaking Off Cancer Foundation car show fundraiser is scheduled for April 22 at the GoPro Motorplex from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be lots of activities for all ages including raffles, a bounce house, DJ and Willie B’s barbecue. Hope to see you there! (Mooresville Tribune)
3. Sponsoring the fifth annual FUNraising event, "Pins for Parenting" the Evening Exchange Club of Mooresville-Lake Norman will hold the event at Victory Lanes. The event is scheduled for April 23 from 2 to 5 p.m. The proceeds will be going to support local youth projects and Pharos Parenting. The cost is $240 per team, with up to six people on a team and includes casino bowling, shoes, door prizes and lots of fun. For additional information click here. (Mooresville Tribune)

Today in Mooresville:

• Upper School Musical - Pine Lake Preparatory (12:00 AM)

From my notebook:

• Town of Mooresville NC: "Liberty Park Phase II update. The park is starting to come together!" (Town of Mooresville NC via Facebook)
• Mooresville Parks & Recreation: "The Mooresville Parks & Recreation Art Classes Are Moving! Do you love art? Have you taken any art classes at the War Memorial Recreation Center? Well our art classes with Maria Campagna are moving to a new location. Check it out! To view classes and schedules, click link below and view the "programs and services" tab https://secure.rec1.com/.../mooresville.../catalog/index... " (Mooresville Parks & Recreation via Facebook)
• Town of Mooresville NC: "Dispatchers, victim advocates, officers, judges, and social service professionals are invited to attend Mooresville Police Department’s 2023 Symposium on Domestic and Sexual Violence. The one-day training will be held on back-to-back days - April 18 and 19 – at Charles Mack Citizen Center from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. each day. Topics will include sexual assault kit initiatives, N.C. Survivor Act, Pre-Trial release violations, stalking, new laws, cold case investigations, and more. Interested? Sign up online: https://www.eventbrite.com/.../2023-symposium-on-domestic... Questions? Contact Detective Watts at 704-658-9054 or ewatts@mooresvillenc.gov" (Town of Mooresville NC via Facebook)

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— Karena Garrity

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