The Evansville Promise Neighborhood (EPN) will host its inaugural community event on Saturday, Sept. 7, at Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library East Branch.
This event will link families with children under age 5 to helpful services.
Evansville Promise Neighborhood Director Derek McKillop said such an event is part of the implementation strategy of the recently-formed Promise Neighborhood.
“The hope would be that if we have a family that comes and they are looking to sign up for a certain type of program or service … they wouldn't be able to just sign up for one program and service, but they might be able to sign up for three or four all at the one time,” McKillop said.
These services will focus on early childhood health and education through multiple partnering organizations.
Examples include Dream Center and Ronald McDonald House, the United Way of Southwestern Indiana and the Vanderburgh County Health Department.
The services range from prenatal care to kindergarten readiness. This program is being driven by those service agencies, McKillop said.
“They wanted to put on an event which really would increase their ability to meet with and engage residents and provide almost a one-stop shop for all the programs and services that would be available to families that have small children in that pre kindergarten age.”
McKillop said the frequency of such events are being discussed, but he hopes this is one of many to come.
The EPN is a strategic partnership with 23 community-based organizations, focused on populations and schools within the city's urban core.
Their stated goal is to build a “sustainable framework” of collaboration to expand high-quality services and support in the Evansville community.
More on the Evansville Promise Neighborhood here
The semi-annual Tox-Away Day is also Saturday September 7th. Vanderburgh County residents can dispose of hazardous household chemicals at no charge. Tire recycling is also available.
The dual event is Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Civic Center parking lot in Evansville.
Automobile and light truck tires are accepted. Semi or tractor tires are not — nor are tires from businesses.
Civic groups who collected publicly discarded tires are accepted.
Regarding those chemicals — oil-based paint is allowed, as is automotive fluids like gas, oil and antifreeze.
Pharmaceuticals and pesticides are allowed and e-cigarettes and propane tanks.
Don’t bring your radioactive waste though.
Full program information from Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District
The Spring 2024 Tox-Away Day is scheduled for Saturday, March 23. It will be held from 8:00 am - 12:00 pm. in the Civic Center parking lot (9th & Walnut Streets).
The Fall 2024 Tox-Away Day is scheduled for Saturday, September 7. It will be held from 8:00 am - 12:00 pm in the Civic Center parking lot (9th & Walnut Streets).
Please load your items into your trunk or truck bed for safe unloading by workers.
This program is for Vanderburgh County Households only. No businesses please.
For more information call 812-436-7800.
The Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District's annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program, or "Tox Away" Day, offers residents a safe disposal option for household hazardous chemicals. Please see the list of accepted items below.
ITEMS ACCEPTED:
- Motor Oil & Filters
- Oil Based Paint
- Automotive Batteries & Fluids
- Solvents & Thinners
- Gasoline
- Antifreeze
- Rechargeable Batteries
- Pesticides & Herbicides
- Thermometers/Mercury
- Aerosol Cans
- Household Cleaners
- Glues & Adhesives
- Photographic Chemicals
- Pool Chemicals
- Fluorescent Bulbs
- Pharmaceuticals
- Propane Tanks
- Smoke Detectors
- Fire Extinguishers
ITEMS NOT ACCEPTED:
- Commercial Waste
- Infectious Waste
- Industrial Waste
- Radioactive Waste
- Explosives/Ammunitions
- Appliances
- Electronics
- Latex Paint (can be thrown away in regular trash when it is hard - air dry or add kitty litter or sawdust to solidify)
HOUSEHOLDS ONLY - NO BUSINESSES PLEASE
DO YOU WONDER WHERE YOUR HAZARDOUS WASTE GOES FOR DISPOSAL?
Our contractor, Environmental Enterprises, Inc (EEI), transports all the materials collected at Tox-Away Day back to their facility in Cincinnati. There many items are recycled and sent back to manufacturers to be used again. Some materials such as bulk fuels, oils, solvents, liquid pesticides and some paint have BTU value and can be used as an energy source in manufacturing. Other materials such as corrosives, oxidizers and poisons must be neutralized chemically to non-hazardous levels when possible, and then they can be reused for their intended purpose. Precious metals contained in these materials can be captured and reused. When chemical destruction isn't possible, some materials require incineration. EEI follows strict USEPA, state and local guidelines in the disposal of all materials collected at our Tox-Away Day.