Earth Day 2025 Citywide Clean-Up and Community Fair
Join the City of Hayward for a special Earth Day and help the City with its Annual Citywide Clean-Up and Community Fair on April 26th, 2025, at Weekes Park. The community will come together to pick-up litter throughout the City and visit sustainability themed booths with family-friendly activities at the community fair. Make sure to sign up to be a volunteer to receive a free lunch!
The 42nd Annual Earth Day Poster & Writing Contest invited Hayward students K-12 to create a poster or write a poem/essay about Earth Day and its environmental principles. It gave students an opportunity to draw or write their thoughts on water and energy conservation, renewable energy, sustainable transportation and meals, recycling and composting, a litter-free environment, and environmental justice. The winners are to be presented at the City Council meeting on April 22nd.
While submissions have been closed for the City’s contest, all are welcome to make another art piece for submission in the county competition. Stopwaste has their We Are the (Re) Generation contest and invites everyone to submit a storytelling medium to showcase sustainability in their community. It is a great opportunity to show how participates practice their use of the 4 R’s (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Rot) and win up to $300 dollars while spreading the message of sustainability! All age groups are encouraged to participate; Deadline to submit an art piece is May 9th, 2025.
About Earth Day
Every year Earth Day is celebrated on the 22nd of April, beginning in 1970, its purpose was to raise awareness about environmental issues and encourage sustainability. It is a day for people and communities all over the world to take action for the planet. Whether this be tackling environmental issues, cleaning their communities, or simply just raising awareness for environmental protection.
