MUSCATINE, Iowa — Muscatine-area residents can help keep Muscatine beautiful and have fun, too, on Saturday, Sept. 26.

That’s the evening the non-profit organization,  Keep Muscatine Beautiful, will host Good Things Keep Happening, a riverfront fundraiser in the spirit of Muscatine Mayor Dick O’Brien’s familiar call, “Good things are happening in Muscatine.”

The event is designed to raise public awareness about beautification projects, litter prevention and getting the community involved in cleaning up  Muscatine.

Keep Muscatine Beautiful treasurer Chris Boar said the evening will include musical entertainment with a DJ from T’zeer Entertainment, horse-drawn carriage rides, paddlewheel boat rides door prizes, and food and drinks, all included with the admission price.

“A lot of people want to go to the riverfront for the boat and carriage rides,” said Keep Muscatine Beautiful president Brenda Christensen. “So we decided to roll it all into one.”

Christensen said there will also be a silent auction and door prizes with more than $5,000 in merchandise and prize packages donated by area businesses.

The MuscaBus will be available to transport people from the Riverview Center to the Red Brick Building where they can board the Pearl Button paddlewheel boat.

The money raised will go toward projects such as a youth educational programs and a yard of the month program.

Past projects include the collection of more than 4 tons of trash during an Earth Day cleanup  event in May and providing hanging flower baskets in the downtown area.

A large percentage of the proceeds will go toward Keep Muscatine Beautiful projects, said Christensen, because area business and industry and the city of Muscatine are donating food, prizes, riverfront transportation and time.

“We barely have any overhead,” she said.

Details

What: Good Things Keep Happening A riverfront celebration and fundraiser hosted by the non-profit group, Keep Muscatine Beautiful.

When: 6-9:30 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 26.

Where: Riverview Center, on the Muscatine riverfront

Admission: Ages 17 and older, $25 per person or $45 per couple; ages 12-16, $10 per person; children 12 and under, free.

Purchase tickets at Carriage House Carpet One, 121 E. Second St., Muscatine, or from Keep Muscatine Beautiful members. 

Donations to Keep Muscatine Beautiful, including those that go toward the tickets, are tax deductible and can be made through the Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine.

Contact: Chris Boar — 262-7533 or Brenda Christensen — 262-3307