The Park Avenue Playground Program will be raising money for its first annual Walk-A-Thon. The Walk-A-Thon will be held on Monday, July 30.
On the day of the event, the children will meet at the Park Avenue Playground at 8:45 a.m. They will then walk to Reservoir Park. The Children will get a chance to play for a while and receive a snack when they are at Reservoir Park. Afterward, they will walk back to the Park Avenue Playground.
Program leaders discussed the Walk-A-Thon with the children participating in the Park Avenue Program and the children wanted to give half of the money they raised to a children’s organization in Tyrone. The other half will go to the playground program. The children are currently asking for donations and will continue to do so until Wednesday, July 25.
The children’s organization that they have chosen to give half of the money raised was the Children’s Room at the Tyrone-Snyder Public Library. Whatever the library chooses to purchase with the money that the playground donates will include some type of indication as to who donated the item.
Everyone involved with the program is excited for this event held for the first time ever.
The Park Avenue Playground Program is held Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to noon and will run until Friday, August 24.
The program is once again under the direction of Bree Gurekovich, who is assisted by Stacy Shaffer.
The goal of the program is to provide a safe, healthy and fun environment for children to play. Programs offered are designated for elementary-age children.
Daily activities in July include water fun on July 13, dinosaur hats on July 16, pinwheels on July 17, chain caterpillars on July 18, Easter on July 19, car wash on July 20, handprint flowers on July 23, flowers on July 24, Christmas in July on July 25, pick your own craft on July 26, water fun on July 27, walk-a-thon on July 30 and paper scraps on July 31.
Daily activities in August include Valentine’s Day on August 1, shamrock magnets on August 2, car wash, on August 3, happy birthday on August 6, marble painting on August 7, door knob hangers on August 8, planting flowers on August 9, water fun on August 10, shoe laces on August 13, pig puppets on August 14, pick your own craft day on August 15, Bree’s craft day on August 16, car wash on August 17, bunny masks on August 20, rainbow hats on August 21, tie-dying on August 22 and 23, and an end of program party on the last day, August 24.
There will also be special guests scheduled to appear this summer at the program.
This program is free of charge and sponsored by the Borough of Tyrone.
