The community is invited to Mills Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, Saturday, for the 8th annual Kids to Parks Day event here in Carson City. The celebration includes music, food, outdoor activities from local organizations, educational booths and the Junior Park Ranger Olympics.
All kids and families are invited to join in for the fun day of outdoor play. See the video above and photos below. As of the time of this writing, Olympic activities were underway.
Schedule of Events:
10:30 a.m. – Jr Park Ranger Olympics Official Start
1:15 p.m. – Jr Park Ranger Olympics wraps up
2 p.m. – Kids to Parks Day event ends, kids encouraged to visit other parks and keep celebrating the day.
The Junior Ranger Olympics will be a fun obstacle course consisting of 5 stages that’ll test Carson City Junior Park Rangers on the skills they need to become a future Park Ranger. Skills that will be tested include Packing a backpack, trail maintenance, physical agility, map and brochure sorting, first aid, and navigation.
The course will kick off at 10:30am and wrap up at 1:15 p.m. It’s open to kids in grade levels 1st – 3rd and 4th – 6th. Prizes will be given to all 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in the two age groups.
