Press Release and Calendar Notice

7/15/2024

 Picnic With a Purpose: Join the Fun in the City Park on August 6!

Two local organizations, INYO350 and Friends of the Inyo, are organizing an all-ages “Picnic With a Purpose,” an evening of fun, food, and music in the Bishop City Park on Tuesday, August 6. All are invited to attend and enjoy this family-friendly event – and explore new ways to serve and safeguard our community and the planet.

“It will be an evening of food, music, and time with neighbors, friends, and family,” says INYO350 Chair Harold McDonald. “It’s been too hot – in so many ways – lately. Come cool off in our lovely shady City Park. We can all celebrate our amazing local community and discover ways we can take action for a better future for us all.”

Everyone who attends will receive discount coupons to purchase dinner and dessert from two popular local food truck favorites, Uncle Shyam’s and Sierra Snow.

Great music will be provided by Ghosts of Ferns, a contemporary folk duo of singer-songwriter June McCrory and multi-instrumentalist Caley Kevlin. Their playlist will be filled with harmonies inspired by love, motherhood, and daily life in the majestic Sierra Foothills. Come out and enjoy their upbeat “summer picnic inspired” selections, including covers of popular tunes and their own wonderful original songs.

The evening will also include brief remarks from local community leaders including Meryl Picard, Chair of the Bishop Paiute Tribe; Jeff Griffiths, Inyo County Supervisor; and Chris Bubser, Mammoth Town Councilperson. A variety of local organizations will be present and tabling to share practical actions area residents can take to benefit both our local communities and the planet.

“It will be a great evening in our beautiful City Park, a time to be with neighbors and friends – and a fun way to discover ways to help and benefit our community and shared future,” said Friends of the Inyo Executive Director Wendy Schneider. “There’s so much that can be accomplished when local folks come together for good causes.”

Calendar Notice – Key Details:

What: Picnic With a Purpose, A family-friendly event with food trucks, live music, activities, and games for all ages, and action-oriented opportunities to benefit our local community and the planet.

Where:           Bishop City Park

Date:              Tuesday, August 6

Time:              5:30-8:30PM

For more information contact:   [email protected]

INYO350 is a group of local volunteers dedicated to informing and mobilizing our community on environmental and social justice issues. We aim to implement local change to reduce our carbon footprint as individuals and as a community, and to create a better place to live through our own direct actions and by partnering with others. For more information about INYO350 go to https://inyo350action.org/ and follow us on Facebook or Instagram. 

About Friends of the Inyo: Founded in 1986 as an all-volunteer organization, Friends of the Inyo was originally organized to comment on the Inyo National Forest planning process at the time. It has since evolved into a fully staffed conservation nonprofit whose mission is “To protect and care for the public lands of the Eastern Sierra.” Supported by thousands of generous individual and corporate donors, volunteers and community partners, Friends of the Inyo engages lovers of the Eastern Sierra in the protection of our precious public lands throughout all of Inyo and Mono Counties. Learn more at www.friendsoftheinyo.org.

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