Aspen Celebrates Mother Earth

After a record breaking season of snowfall, it's safe to say that Mother Nature has been very good to Aspen. Now it's our turn to give back, join Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) for an Earth Day celebration April 26. The day kicks off with a Community Park cleanup at 9 a.m, bring your overalls because participates will be getting down and dirty cleaning up the winter's debris. Afterwards, get your heart pumping with the Earth Day 5k road race ($10 registration at Paepcke Park) at 10 a.m. If you're not up for the race but still want to be part of the action stick around Paepcke and join the Family Eco-Edventure Walk (it's free) at 11 a.m. Following the workouts, soak up the sun at the Earth Day Fair at Hallam Lake from 12 to 2 p.m. This family friendly event with be chuck full fun and games complete with eco-friendly prizes. At the end of the day toast to cleaner Aspen, 5:30-7:30 p.m., at Cantina with a specialty Earth Day concoction.