Corpus Christi CLEAN AIR TAIL GATE FAIR - SATURDAY, AUGUST 26 10am. – 2pm.

Under the Big Top next to Champion Toyota--Between Nile & Airline on SPID

The Pollution Prevention Partnership at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi is hosting the Clean Air Tail Gate Fair, 2006. The purpose of the event is to engage community members about the important role their vehicles play in good air quality and the environment. Over 30% of the air pollutants generated in Corpus Christi comes from our vehicles. You CAN make a difference - and we make it convenient!

Get ready for a Clean Air Tail Gate party – Corpus Christi style. The event will take place at Champion Toyota and the lot adjacent to Champion Toyota under the “big top”. As participants drive to the “tail gate” party, they will get their “tail gates” read by AutoCheck, (a vehicle emission sensing system). Polluting vehicles will receive free mechanical service to bring them up to clean machines! Keeping with our Clean Machine theme, there will be LOTS of hybrid cars and SUVs available on site to test drive. Driscoll Children’s Hospital staff will be on site to provide child safety seat information. And what would a tail gate party be without barbeque? Under the Big Top will be barbeque and cold drinks. All FREE. Lots of giveaways too!

•FREE vehicle emission screenings – they are easy! You just drive past the computer and it reads your vehicle emissions. It takes only seconds and you never have to get out of your car!

•FREE repairs to bring polluting vehicles up to clean machines to qualifying vehicles

•FREE test drives of LOTS of hybrid vehicles including SUVs

• FREE vehicle maintenance logs for everyone!

•FREE car care kits including a tire pressure gauge for everyone!

•FREE lung function tests (are you a sensitive population?) courtesy of Driscoll Children’s Hospital

•FREE Information and appointments for inspection of child safety seats.

•FREE hibachi grills to the first 100 participants

•FREE vehicle anti-theft window etchings courtesy of the Corpus Christi Police Department

Questions? Contact: Gretchen Arnold, 825-3070 (office), 244-1633 (cell), getchen.arnold@tamucc.edu