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Community Day 2012 is on its way!

The third-annual Community Day will be held April 28 at the OTC Springfield campus from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The first 500 visitors will receive an OTC goodie bad. Highlights include the annual car show, free welding repairs, plant sale along with tables and booths offering demonstrations, health screenings, hands-on projects and other information. Plenty of activities for kids. The Springfield-Greene County Library's Bookmobile will on site. Here are some of the other programs, activities and demonstrations scheduled for Community Day:

Here are some the programs, demonstrations and presentations you’ll find at Saturday’s Community Day:

• Kids can get their face painted or portrait drawn at the Fine Arts tent.

• Scenes from the Neil Simon play “The Good Doctor” will be performed on the Fine Arts stage along with musical performances by Fine Arts music students.

• Robots will be operating in the Computer Information Science booth. See them perform tricks that will amaze you like sorting colors and responding to voice commands.

• The OTC Bookstore will have College items for sale as well as lots of giveaways. Spin to win Cardinals tickets, movie passes, Zoo vouchers. Take something home today.

• The annual Turf and Landscape Plant Sale will be held. Get yourself a great plant to put in your garden or get some planting advice from our Turf and landscape students. Kids can make a papercrete planter to take home.

• You can enter to win a rain barrel at the OTC Greenhouse.

• Students in the Certified Nurses Assistant program will be on hand to check your vital signs including your blood pressure and pulse.

• There will be lots of giveaways at the Dental Hygiene booth along with good oral hygiene tips and instructions.

• If you’ve ever wondered if your child’s backpack is overloaded with books? You can find out at the Physical Therapist Assistant booth. While you’re there, register for one of the backpacks they’ll be giving away today.

• The Fire science program is here today with the new OTC Fire Engine and a Fire Safety House that demonstrates how to react in case of a fire in your home.

• Community Enrichment will be offering demonstrations in stained glass ornament making, singing Spanish songs, cupcake decorating and sign language.

The Springfield-Greene County Library's Mobile Library coming to Community Day.

The Mobile Library is a state-of-the-art bookmobile that delivers books, music, movies and more to 24 neighborhoods in Springfield and Greene County each week. It was unveiled in summer 2011 through a grant from the Friends of the Library, replacing a 20-year-old model. Patrons of the Mobile Library may request delivery of materials from other branch libraries and return materials checked out at other libraries. Patrons may also register to vote on the Mobile Library.