Yes, There Is A Halloween Parade This Year

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While the Richmond Folk Festival is this weekend, some folks were asking about the Halloween parade.

Richmond’s 14th Annual Halloween Parade presented by ALL THE SAINTS THEATER COMPANY and friends is right around the corner!

Join us on October 31st in this all inclusive Richmond tradition!

Dress up in a costume, make your own giant puppets or flags, and/or volunteer to assist withour giant puppets, flags, props and more!

We are so excited to continue this yearly Richmond Halloween tradition!

Join us as we take the streets in celebratation of our 14th year with costumes, live music, dancing, creativity, puppetry, and comraderie!

*The 14th Annual Halloween Parade is also “A Funeral March for Life as We Wished It”!

Every year we include a funeral march in the parade!

We will mourn the burning amazon rainforest, parade against the break down of our planet, and celebrate all indigenous peoples, people of color, and trans and queer peoples. We will celebrate the death of Immigration & Customs Enforcement because the ICE is melting! We will reign in the aftermath of the ICE storm, in a lush sea of the Amazon, Pollinators, Skeletons, Extinction Rebellion, and much more! This year’s theme is based on the climate crisis and humanity crisis, specifically referencing the fact that scientists say humanity has a 50% chance of making it 81 more years.

Thursday Oct 31st
7pm sharp
meet at Monroe Park!

-DO NOT BRING FIREWORKS!
-DO NOT LITTER! HELP US KEEP OUR STREETS AND PARKS CLEAN!
-ALWAYS BE CONSCIOUS AND AWARE OF YOURSELF AND CONSIDERATE OF THOSE AROUND YOU.

Trash/Recycling Pickup Tomorrow

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This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which means trash and recycling pickup. Ideally, rolling recycling containers are stored and deployed in the back alleys along with trash cans. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup tomorrow night.

If you have not done so already, don’t forget to sign up for your Recycling Perks.
In order to take your recycling to the next level, read this: 10 ways to improve your recycling.
In recycling news, the recycling industry is facing many challenges in trying to incorporate higher amounts of recycled content into packaging materials. In order to help address them, Charlottesville, Virginia-based GreenBlue, the parent nonprofit to the Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC), How2Recycle and other programs, has selected NSF International, from Ann arbor, Michigan, to facilitate the development of its Recycled Material Standard (RMS). This global standard will help advance adoption of certified material for common packing materials, beginning with plastic.

Also, here’s a quick reminder that the RVA Environment Film Festival is running its annual Virginia Film contest with a $1000.00 grand prize. Please tell your filmmaker friends and family.

Next Week’s OHNA Meeting Will Include A ‘Know Your River’ Workshop

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Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association president Todd Woodson sent an email reminder that next week’s OHNA meeting at 7pm on October 22nd at St Andrews Church will primarily consist of a presentation by the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay concerning ways we can help waterways and especially our precious James River. The community is welcome to attend.

Congratulations to Trent and Lil’ Sprouts!

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This site has mentioned Holly Street neighbor Trent Jackson and his Lil’ Sprouts business before, but this morning, at RealLocalRVA‘s October meeting, he won a semi-finalist position for Help To The Shelf. As part of a partnership with Hatch Kitchen and the Apple Cart Co., Help To The Shelf is an exciting food/beverage pitch competition aimed at helping businesses launch a product and gain recognition with a larger audience. Here’s hoping that Lil’ Sprouts microgreens brings it all home!

Help To The Shelf semi-finalists, Trent Jackson is on left.