Earth Day is Wednesday, April 22, and some businesses are honoring the planet with eco-deals.
>>Make a purchase at a Disney Store on Earth Day and you’ll get a free “Monkey Kingdom” reusable tote bag.
>>Make a purchase at Origins any time from April 17 through 26, and you’ll get a free Origins eco-friendly recycled tote. For every limited edition tote gifted, Origins will plant a tree. There is an Origins in Westfarms Mall. Information: origins.com.
>>Return any six empty MAC containers to a MAC store for a free lipstick of your choice. This promotion is ongoing. (Details at maccosmetics.com)
>>In honor of National Parks Week and just in time for Earth Day, the National Park Service will waive entrance fees to all national parks Saturday and Sunday, April 18 and 19. Information: nationalparks.org/national-park-week.
>>Send free Earth Day love and save trees with e-cards at 123Greetings.com.
Spring Sales
>>The Eliza B/Leather Man Ltd Outlet store celebrates sandal weather with a Burn Your Socks sale Saturday, April 18, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bring in a sock for the fire and you’ll get $10 off a pair of sandals. (One discount per person.) The store, at 55 Plains Road in Essex, features trendy sandals for women, leather goods and accessories, including headbands, watchbands and totes, along with men’s leather goods, fashionable pet leashes and collars, fabrics, ribbons and trims. Store hours 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays. Information: elizab.com.
>>The annual Handcrafts Around the World Sale featuring imported crafts and home furnishings is Friday, Saturday and Sunday in New Hartford. Sales are final, and payment is by cash, check or credit card. The sale is at the Pine Meadow Fire Station, 366 Main St., New Hartford. Hours are Friday, April 17, from 1 to 6 p.m.; Saturday, April 18, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, April 19, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
>>If you brake for rummage sales, head to the Avon Congregational Church, 6 West Main St., in Avon this weekend. The sale takes place Friday, April 17, from 6 to 9 p.m. (From 6 to 7 p.m., admission $5; from 7 to 9 p.m., admission is $2.) On Saturday, April 18, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., admission is $2 and items are half-price. Information: 860-678-0488 or avon-church.org.
>>The Child & Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut holds its 61st annual sale Friday and Saturday, April 17 and 18, at Ella T. Grasso Tech, 189 Fort Hill Road, Groton. The event will feature gently used clothing, toys, sporting goods and more. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Information: 860-443-2896, ext. 1406.
>>Designers Circus, a Boston-based creative fashion and accessories event, holds a pop-up fashion and accessories sale in Guilford Art Center’s Mill Gallery on Friday and Saturday, April 17 and 18. Hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. Savings are as much as 90 percent off retail. All sales are final.
Book Sales
>>The Levi E Coe Library, 414 Main St. in Middlefield, holds its annual book sale on Friday and Saturday, April 17 and 18. Admission is $5 on Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free on Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
>>The Friends of Ellington Library will hold a book sale at Hall Memorial Library, 93 Main St., Ellington, from 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, April 17 and 18, and from 1 to 4:45 p.m. on Sunday, April 19.
>>The Friends of the Wethersfield Library, 515 Silas Deane Highway, Wethersfield, will hold its spring book sale on Saturday, April 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Sunday, April 19, from 1 to 4 p.m., when books are $5 a bag. Information: 860-257-2811 or wethersfieldlibrary.org.
