Hi Folks! Here’s the lastest listing of Free-Range potluck picnics coming up this Saturday, June 23, with the newest ones on top. If you’d like to host one, just put the who/what/when/where/RSVP info in the comments and I’ll post one last blast before Saturday. – L.
TORONTO – GTA
WHERE: Oriole Park, Yonge & Davisville in Toronto
DATE: Saturday June 23
TIME: Noonish until mid afternoon
BRING: Kids ready to meet new friends, a picnic lunch for your family, bathing suits for anyone who wants to use the wading pool/splash pad.
INFO/RSVP: Folks can email ebardon@gmail.com for questions and more details.
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MT PROSPECT, IL
DATE: Sat., June 23
TIME: 10am-1pm.
PLACE: Melas Park, 1326 W. Central Road, Mt. Prospect
EVITE: http://new.evite.com/l/K4R26D2XHZ).
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LOGAN SQUARE, CHICAGO — THIS ONE IS ON SUNDAY!!!!
DATE: Sunday, June 24
TIME: 1:00 PM until the kids wear out
HOST: Christina Matthews
WHERE: Palmer Square Park – Logan Square (corner of Palmer Blvd. & Kedzie Blvd.), Chicago, IL 60647
BRING: Your family, a picnic lunch and any balls/games of interest to your kids. We’ll be on the west side of the park near the “bunny hill.” We are a family of four with identical twin (almost 5 years old) boys, so we’re usually pretty easy to spot. I’ll try to be organized enough to string a sign or some balloons to mark our spot 🙂
RSVP: christinamatthews42@gmail.com
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NASHVILLE, TN
No specific time or place set, but this Free-Ranger writes:
Free Range parents in Nashville TN (I’m in south Nashville/North Franklin area) email me suznericward@gmail.com. Would love to meet like-minded parents in my area!
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AND LAST WEEK’S LISTINGS AGAIN:
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LENORE’S POTLUCK PICNIC!
GET THERE BY CAR OR BUS, ABOUT AN HOUR OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK CITY (in MONROE, NY 10950)
Date: Sat., June 23 (rain date: Sunday, June 24)
Time: 2- 10 p.m.
Place: Rosmarins Cottages, 12 School Road, Monroe, NY 10950
Directions by car (and pix of the place!): Bungalowsummer.com.
By bus: Take the Short Line bus from Port Authority to Monroe, NY at 1:15 or 3:10 (an hour and 20 min ride). We’ll pick you up from the bus (a 5 min ride).
Bring: Something yummy and bathingsuits!
RSVP and questions: heylenore3@gmail.com
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TACOMA, WASHINGTON
Date: Sat, June 23 (rain date: Sun. June 24)
Time: 2 — 5 p.m.
Place: Titlow Beach
Bring: A dish to share, shoes and towels for the kids who go crabbing on the rocky beach.
RSVP: soulemarilyn@yahoo.com
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SAMMAMISH, WASHINGTON
Date: Sat., June 23 (rain date: Sun, June 24)
Time: 11 a.m . — 1 p.m.
Place: Ebright Creek Park (1317 212th Ave SE, Sammamish, WA 98074)
Bring: Kids ready to play and have fun with new friends AND a picnic lunch for your family.
Hosts: Adam and Melanie
RSVP and questions: adamel@comcast.net
Official online invite, click here.
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ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
TIME: Anytime after 3 p.m. and stay for the potluck.
BRING: Food and other balls and game equipment. Also, your own eating-ware (plates, utensils), as this will be a no-waste event, too. Here’s the Facebook page. (5 families already coming!)
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Concordia Turners is hosting a Campout on Saturday, June 23 as part of the Great American Backyard Campout. $10 per tent. Each family receives a plot of land and a table. Activities include swimming, campfire and stargazing. Families must supply their own food. Quiet hours from 11pm to 7am so we don’t make our neighbors angry. Please bring some donuts to share for breakfast. You do not need to be a member to attend but you might like it so much that you join before you leave!
We will host two more campouts in the city this summer:
July 21st
and
August TBA
You can use the map below to help locate our building near the intersection of Gravois & Holly Hills in South Saint Louis, MO. If you need detailed driving directions, click the link below and you will be taken to a Google page where you can get driving directions.
Concordia Turners
6432 Gravois
Saint Louis, MO 63116
Find Concordia Turners on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Concordia-Turners/150649161668931
| http://www.concordiaturners.org/ The purpose of our organization is to promote the health and well-being of our members and our society. While we have a strong emphasis on gymnastics, we also support a wide variety of athletic and social activities to meet the changing needs of our members.Concordia is a member of a national organization called the American Turners. It is composed of similar organizations located throughout the United States. The first Turner societies in the United States were organized toward the close of the year 1848. Trace the history of physical education in the United States and you trace the history of the American Turners. The American Turners spent much of the first half of the 20th Century promoting the addition of physical education to U.S. schools. They also created the first College of Physical Education. The school still operates today as a division of the Indiana University in Indianapolis. The American Turners is among the oldest continuously operating athletic organizations in the world. Best Regards, |
8 Comments
I just posted. A better link for my evite for the Berkeley picnic is here: http://new.evite.com/l/DUVJMWXE7V Thank you!
Cool! Hope it doesn’t rain and that the attendees enjoy themselves 🙂
Lenore, I thought you might enjoy seeing some pictures of the Phoenix, AZ free range picnic this afternoon. We all had a blast and started a local Free Range facebook group so we can keep in touch and plan more things. Thank you for organizing this!
This is such a great idea! We did have my step daughter this weekend, but would have been so fun to join every one in the Sammamish area!
Sorry, I meant to post a link to the pictures too! What a comment fail!
http://winenaptime.wordpress.com/2012/06/23/let-the-children-out-of-the-cage/
I had a few people come to our picnic, although I already knew all of them. (I did have a local parent introduce herself over email to me though, and she lets her kid who just finished 2nd grade go to the park by himself!! We are going to try to get our kids together soon. 🙂
Lenore, let’s please do this again soon. I’d like to try to plan my picnic earlier and to advertise it heavily. (Mine was put together last minute.) I really want to find more like-minded parents. Thanks!