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Earth Day was the perfect time to follow the MAC’s Project motto, Help a Child and Save the Planet.  MAC’s Project held their 1st annual Earth Fair recently at the Paseo Club in Valencia.   The carnival-type event brought people together for a day of fun, food, music and games.  MAC’s Project is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of families battling childhood cancer as well as making a difference in the community by recycling.   With this being the first year for Earth Fair, they were really excited about the amount of support that they received from the community.  

SCV Home Sweet Home, Santa Clarita School of the Performing Arts and The Paseo Club came on board as sponsors to help make Earth Fair a success in both generating funds and awareness for their cause.

Friends of the Santa Clara River, California Native Plant Society and REC Solar were on hand to teach the public what we can do to help the environment.  There were great carnival rides and eight amazing bounce houses for the children to enjoy.  Lee Cadena played music to get the crowd started and there were performances from Santa Clarita’s own Bass Player Todd Johnson with vocalist Kristin Korb and The Taylor Made Band.  The event not only generated environmental awareness, it was used to thank all the children who recycle for Mac’s Project through their school.  The kids received ride/game tickets to be used at Earth Fair for every 25 bottles and/or cans they donated during March and April.  There are seven schools in Santa Clarita that recycle for Mac’s Project including Santa Clarita Elementary, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, James Foster Elementary, Legacy, Pinecrest, Rio Vista Elementary and Saugus High School.

MAC’s Project is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Corporation created to benefit children battling cancer while also keeping our planet healthy through recycling.   Named after Mackenzie Maier who went through her battle with cancer from October 2004 to January 2006, it is also an acronym for Make Another Child Smile.  

“When Mackenzie was getting treatment, we met so many families that needed financial support, and we’re trying to work and be with their child during treatment.   Chuck and I realized how fortunate we were and wanted to do something to help families in need,” says Teri Maier, Co-Founder of MAC’s Project.  

MAC’s Project was created with two goals in mind;  to generate funds to help families who have a child being treated for cancer and to promote recycling of bottles and cans.  They provide individuals and/or businesses with an easy and convenient method of recycling bottles and cans, allowing the CRV to help kids with cancer.  They hope to overcome the attitude of, “Oh, it’s too much trouble to recycle,” by providing recycling containers that are picked up on a regular basis.  

For more information on how you can help MAC’s Project please visit www.macsproject.com .

Santa Clarita Magazine

Santa Clarita Magazine