📚💦Read & Make a Splash Kickoff @Westerville Library
Challenge yourself to a summer of reading & earn a prize when you meet your goal!
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
9AM-6PM
Enjoy an ocean-themed scavenger hunt, seaworthy crafts, and more. Great for the entire family. (Some activities may not be available if it’s raining.)
12-2:30PM
Sign up for the challenge and get a free $3 coupon to redeem at Little Ladies Soft Serve food truck. (While supplies last.
5:30-8PM
Enjoy a preview of songs and readings from the upcoming performance of Junie B. Jones the Musical. Then make a family-friendly craft inspired by the popular Junie B. Jones. Held on the library’s front lawn during 4th Friday. Presented by Westerville Parks and Recreation’s Civic Theater. (Library building and restrooms will be closed. In the case of inclement weather, this event will be cancelled.)
Details available @ https://westervillelibrary.org/read
🇺🇸The #FieldofHeroes returns this #MemorialDay weekend to a full event.
After two years, our complete Field of Heroes experience is back! Joining our field of over 3,000 full size American Flags, flag dedications, and our 5K race, will be our traditional Tribute Area, Education Tent, a Saturday evening performance by the Westerville Concert Band, a Sunday evening program “Voices of Westerville” to honor Westerville’s Military History and Veterans, a Flag Retirement ceremony and our Closing Ceremony on Monday.
🌳Stories in the Park – Lower Sycamore Creek Park
Saturday, May 28: 10:00am – 11:00am
Lower Sycamore Creek Park: Pickering Shelter
AGE GROUP: KIDS FAMILIES
EVENT TYPE: OUTREACH/COMMUNITY EVENTS, EARLY LITERACY CLASSES
Join us at Sycamore Creek Park for stories and songs.
Venue details
300 Covered Bridge Lane, Pickerington, Ohio 43147
🦆For the Love of Birds” Public Opening
Start time:
Saturday 05/28/2022 10:00 AM
End time:
Saturday 05/28/2022 4:00 PM
Where:
Saturday, May 28, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. DHP, All Ages Enjoy themed activities for the whole family throughout the day and meet the artists behind the exhibit between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Then join us from 9 – 11 p.m. for a relaxing nighttime stroll along a beautiful luminary-lit trail.
Saturday, May 28: 10:30am – 11:00am
Tremont Road Library – Youth Activity Space
AGE GROUP: KIDS
EVENT TYPE: STORYTIME
Visit the library every Saturday for fun for the whole family. Each week brings a new surprise – you could discover a storytime, some great new toys, or a fantastic guest presenter waiting for you.
https://ualibrary.libnet.info/event/6048134
💦Scioto Mile
BIG NEWS! Mark your calendars because the Scioto Mile Fountain is opening Friday, May 27! We’ll be hosting a celebration from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Bicentennial Park with games on the grass, music and an extra-festive atmosphere.
If you can’t make the celebration, don’t worry because we’ll be hosting fun activities all summer long! The fountain will be open daily (starting May 27) from 11a.m.-6 p.m. through Monday, Sept. 5 (Labor Day). Columbus Recreation and Parks Department
Note: Schedule subject to change based on severe weather conditions.
🦉Avian Avatars
9 am-8 pm
All weekend!
The Avian Avatars exhibit at The Dawes Arboretum opens to the public on May 27! Don’t miss your opportunity to see the six monumental sculptures. The bamboo birds— some standing more than 20 feet tall—are currently being built for The Dawes Arboretum by The Myth Makers, Donna Dodson and Andy Moerlein.
Find your favorite bird and experience the tallest art pieces ever shown at The Arboretum!
This exhibit will be on display through March 2023.
https://facebook.com/events/s/avian-avatars-at-the-dawes-arb/1457699951349234/
📖Storytime with SRD Harris @ Easton
Saturday, May 28
11 – 11:30 AM
The Yard
Join us on The Yard for an all-ages book reading with Columbus-based children’s author, SRD Harris. Her mission is to write and publish high-quality, uplifting, empowering, and Diverse Children’s Books that will inspire a love of reading in all children. Harris co-writes with her youngest daughter, Camryn, and they currently have 5 Children’s books published and 3 more in production. Harris will be reading her books “Teddy Only Wants Spaghetti” and “Gracie’s Grace,” which are in partnership with CHA Animal Shelter to benefit their mission to help homeless dogs and cats find loving homes.
https://facebook.com/events/s/story-time-with-srd-harris/3076491925900573/
🌱Weed em and Eat em @ Battelle Darby
Saturday, 1 pm
Join the Naturalist for a walk and discover what wild plants are edible. Many of these may be growing in your own backyard! Food samples will be available for tasting.
https://facebook.com/events/s/weed-em-and-eat/5371671266232140/
💧For Families:Creeking
Saturday, 2 pm
Explore the Olentangy River to look for some of the animals that live there. Be prepared to get wet! Shoes required in the river for your safety. Buckets and nets provided.
Program meets in Big Meadows picnic area. Follow the program signs to the back of the park. We will meet in the lot with the playground equipment. Gather near the restroom.
https://facebook.com/events/s/for-families-creeking/261965026081308/
🎠FAMILY FUN DAY @Columbus Commons
4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
THE CAROUSEL
11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
All free!
https://columbuscommons.org/events/calendar/
Start time:
Saturday 05/28/2022 9:00 PM
End time:
Saturday 05/28/2022 11:00 PM
Where:
Saturday, May 28 DHP, All ages Join us from 9 – 11 p.m. for a relaxing nighttime stroll along a beautiful luminary-lit trail.
☀️Climate Connection Exhibit Opening Day
Start time:
Sunday 05/29/2022 10:00 AM
End time:
Sunday 05/29/2022 4:00 PM
Where:
Shale Hollow Park meeting room
Sunday, May 29, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. SHP, All Ages Enjoy entertaining exhibit opening activities, a special visit from our friends at Ohio Nature Education presenting “Wildlife as Meteorologists”, and much more fun throughout the day.
🦆Deer Haven Park – “For the Love of Birds”
Start time:
Sunday 05/29/2022 10:00 AM
End time:
Sunday 05/29/2022 4:00 PM
Where:
Monday – Closed Tuesday – Sunday – 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Enjoy a summer art installation entitled “For the Love of Birds” by artists Julie Turrentine and Caroline Blizzard inside the Deer Haven Park Visitor Center. The exhibit is borne out of the artists combined love of nature and, more specifically, birding. Pairing with the recently released Audubon Society climate report “Survival by Degrees”, the exhibit features the artists’ beautiful melted glass birds along with stunning photography throughout the space. The visitor will be taken on a visual journey, showing how Ohio’s resident and migratory birds will be affected by climate change.
🚣🏻♂️Pleasant Valley Paddle
Sunday, 12-3 pm
Enjoy a paddle on the lake! Equipment and instruction provided. Life jackets must be worn at all times, visitors are welcome to bring their own Type III life jacket.
Canoes are open to all ages with a minimum of one adult per canoe. Solo, sit-in kayaks open to ages 10+. Kayaks have a manufacturer max. weight of 275lbs.
https://facebook.com/events/s/pleasant-valley-paddle/5054239244611433/
🍗Plain City Bluegrass and BBQ
Sunday, 12 pm
Bluegrass and BBQ is back for 2022. Plain City is excited to host some great bands in Pastime Park at the stage. More details to come soon! Multiple food trucks, bouncy house for the kids and more. Stay tuned for more information.
Food Trucks/Bouncy House Start at Noon.
Music Starts at 2pm goes till 9pm
Current band line up:
Crossing Over – Mechanicsburg, OH
Echo Valley – Enon Valley, PA
Bill Purk & The Muleskinner Band, Mechanicsburg, OH
Lonesome Lost & Foggy – PC & Pittsburgh, PA
State Route 33 – Marysville, OH
https://facebook.com/events/s/plain-city-oh-bluegrass-bbq-3r/691251742092742/
🇺🇸The #FieldofHeroes returns this #MemorialDay weekend to a full event.
After two years, our complete Field of Heroes experience is back! Joining our field of over 3,000 full size American Flags, flag dedications, and our 5K race, will be our traditional Tribute Area, Education Tent, a Saturday evening performance by the Westerville Concert Band, a Sunday evening program “Voices of Westerville” to honor Westerville’s Military History and Veterans, a Flag Retirement ceremony and our Closing Ceremony on Monday.
📪Welcome to Summer Letterbox Adventure, which runs Saturday, May 28 – Monday, September 5. Registration opens Friday, May 27.
Are you ready to win a fun prize pack and explore your local parks?
There are letterboxes hidden in 8 Preservation Parks’ and 4 more parks
within the city of Delaware; find at least 4 letterboxes at any park to win
a prize, while supplies last.
What is a letterbox? Great question! A letterbox is another form of
geocaching and scavenger hunting using clues instead of coordinates.
Once you find the hidden letterbox, there’s a small activity to show
you’ve found it and a notebook to leave a message for the next person
who finds it.
This booklet is filled with clues that will help you find the letterboxes
hidden in the parks, and help you learn about oceanography and our
local contribution to the water cycle. A map with all the parks is in the
booklet, and detailed trail maps are available online. Good luck and have a good time exploring the parks!
We are back to normal this year and you can register and pick up a booklet one of three ways:
1. Stop in at any Delaware County Library branch, the Wornstaff Library in
Ashley, or the Community Library in Sunbury;
2. Visit the Deer Haven Park Visitor Center (10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Tues. – Sun.); or
3. Register here through RecDesk.
HOWEVER YOU DECIDE TO DO IT, YOU ONLY NEED TO REGISTER ONCE!
If you register here on RecDesk please follow the directions below. If you have questions about the RecDesk process, please email Letterbox Questions or call 740-524-8600 x103.
1.) Create a free account by setting up everyone in your household who will be participating.
2.) Click on ‘Programs’ to register for the Summer Letterbox program. This is a free program!
3. You are encouraged to opt-in to text messages to receive updates on possible park closures and other program updates. (For example, with a heavy rain event, Blues Creek often closes for a day or two due to flooding.)
4. You will have access to the Letterbox booklet PDF during the registration process and after you are done registering by going into your RecDesk profile.
5. You can print a copy of the Letterbox PDF as individual pages (it prints easily double-sided if your printer allows to save paper). It is not set up to print booklet style nor designed to be folded into a booklet. Lay pages flat on top of each other and staple in upper corner.
Take a pencil, marker, etc. with you on each letterbox hunt.
Visit each park during the summer and follow the clues to find the letterbox. Once you find the letterbox, there will be symbol inside it this year. Participants can trace, draw, or write what the symbol is in the designated space on each park page. Then, you can write a note to other letterboxers on the notepad inside the box.
After you’ve found 4 or more boxes, bring the booklet to the one of
the Delaware County libraries or Deer Haven Park to pick up your prize
starting June 15 through Sept. 12, while supplies last.
Parent Tips: Read each set of park clues before heading out to the park so you can be prepared! Some parks have limited hours, may not be stroller-friendly, or allow dogs on trails.
Visit the Parks & Trails page for location and directions to each park.