Join us at Playing for the Planet

Cool Planet's Playing for the Planet, a unique family festival and candidate forum, is this Sunday, August 24 from 2:00 pm - 7:00 pm at Weber Park in Edina - and Oxfam Action Corps - Minnesota will be there! The festival includes:

• Family Frisbee Festival from 2 pm - 5 pm;
• No Waste Potluck Picnic from 5 pm - 7pm;
• and concludes with a Candidate Forum on the Environment.

Click here for a flier with complete details. We'll have an outreach table at Playing for the Planet with information on how climate change is already threatening lives and livelihoods in the world's poorest communities. The candidate forum will be an excellent opportunity to raise this issue with those running for office. The event is guaranteed to be enjoyable, so please consider helping Oxfam Action Corps make connect with those attending by volunteering with us on Sunday. Contact us at minnesota@oxfamactioncorps.org for more information.

And don't forget, Ripple Effect 2008 at the Republican National Convention is now only two weeks away! We'll need your help to make this exciting festival a success for the cause of lasting solutions to poverty and injustice. Learn more about the event and how you can make a difference in our August 11 blog entry.