Come enjoy games, rides, animals, and a wide selection of tasty fair food while viewing many of our free entertainment acts and attractions. Fair hours: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. For information contact the Fair office at (253)847-4754 or www.piercecountyfair.com. Welcome What’s Inside Page # Summer Fun Thank you for picking up Pierce County Parks and Recreation’s Summer program guide full of outdoor adventures, summer Community Events _____________________ 2, 4-7 camps, and free family events. Let us help you play, connect and Outdoor Adventures _____________________ 8-10 discover a diverse selection of programs and activities at a park Summer Camps ________________________ 10-18 site near you. Our summer camps will give you the flexibility to put together half or full day camps with time to create family Sports _________________________________ 18-19 memories at our special events including Movies in the Park, Golf __________________________________ 20-23 Mobile Food Fest, Gross Out Olympics, Kite Festival, Touch a Truck, and more. Tennis ________________________________ 24-25 Adult and Youth Programs Youth Classes __________________________ 27-32 Cinema on the Sound Returns! Adult Classes __________________________ 29-33 page 5 Ice Skating ____________________________ 34-37 Hockey ________________________________ 38-39 Special Interest Companionship ________________________ 13, 26 Cooperative Play __________________________ 40 Party Packages ______________________ 35, 41, 45 Cinema on the Sound is back this summer at Facilities Chambers Creek Regional Park with two great Facility Key ________________________________ 3 family-friendly movies, food trucks, and fun Facility Rentals ________________________ 41-45 pre-show activities. General Information Registration Form _________________________ 46 Administration ___________________________ 47 Stay Connected! • Discover more with up-to-the minute news. Facility Key: • Receive announcements about special events, classes, Chambers = Chambers Creek Regional Park sports, and volunteer opportunities. 9850 - 64th Street West, University Place 98467 • Enter contests, find photos and get the latest updates. Frontier = Frontier Park 21718 Meridian South, Graham, 98338 Explore us Lakewood = Lakewood Community Center piercecountywa.org/parks 9112 Lakewood Drive SW, Lakewood, 98499 ‘Like’ us Gonyea = Gonyea Playfield th www.facebook.com/PierceCountyParks.Recreation 13422 - 10 Avenue South, Tacoma, 98445 Heritage = Heritage Recreation Center Subscribe us 9010 - 128th Street East, Puyallup, 98373 www.piercecountywa.org/parksnewsletter Meridian = Meridian Habitat Park & Community Center 14422 Meridian East, Puyallup, 98375 Follow us South Hill = South Hill Park twitter.com/pierceco 14201 - 86th Avenue East, Puyallup, 98373 Join us Sprinker = Sprinker Recreation Center 14824 “C” Street South, Tacoma, 98444 Instagram@piercecountyparks www.piercecountywa.org/parks Summer 2017 3 Community Events 4 Summer 2017 www.piercecountywa.org/parks Community Events Grab a blanket and your favorite lawn chair for Movies in the Park series. All the movies are FREE, family friendly, and start at dusk. Come early for preshow activities and games at 7 p.m. Concessions will also be on site. Friday, July 14 Friday, July 28 Friday, August 18 Friday, August 25 Homeward Bound 2 (G) Sing (PG) Storks (PG) Surf’s Up 2 (PG) Meridian Habitat Park Meridian Habitat Park Sprinker Recreation Center Meridian Habitat Park 14422 Meridian E.in Puyallup 14422 Meridian E.in Puyallup 14824 “C” St. S in Tacoma 14422 Meridian E.in Puyallup The July 14th movie is a Special Concert The July 28th movie features a special concert and dog friendly movie and Funadicts Arnold’s Happy Days Food Truck. Come hear the non-aggressive dogs Funadicts starting at 7 p.m. and enjoy yummy eats. are welcome. Friday, July 28 - 7-8:30 pm www.piercecountywa.org/parks Summer 2017 5 Community Events 6 Summer 2017 www.piercecountywa.org/parks Community Events www.piercecountywa.org/parks Summer 2017 7 Outdoor Adventures Our popular trips for adults 50+ offer fun, exercise, sightseeing, photo opportunities and a chance to meet new friends. Departure location will be from the Lakewood Community Center at 9112 Lakewood DR SW in Lakewood. For special requests please call 253-798-4141. Deadline to register is one week prior to each trip unless otherwise noted. Wings Over Washington and the Seattle Aquarium River Valley Cheese Making #11164 Thursday, June 8 9:30 am - 5 pm #11167 Tuesday, August 15 7 am - 5 pm Fee: $51 + money for food/gifts Fee: $95 + money for gifts Take a ride in the state-of-the-art flying theater and be transported Enjoy a visit and meet the cheese makers of River Valley Cheeses. on an aerial adventure above our beautiful state, Washington! This cheese is handmade in small batches, with 100% Jersey Using 5k cameras, innovate laser art projection, and a ground milk. Never made cheese before? Not to worry your cheese breaking surround sound system experience an eagle sweeping extraordinaire will teach you everything you need to know upward flying across Washington, see the seaside cliffs of the during this two hour experience. Each person will take home a Olympic National Forest, and soar over the top of Mt. Rainier to Burrata/Mozzarella you made ready to eat while enjoying an the wild whitewater’s of the Tieton Rive.! unlimited cheese buffet. Come see and taste the difference. The day will finish at the Seattle Aquarium, the ninth largest Make sure to bring money aquarium in the Unites States and the region’s primer resource of for memorabilia. Price hands-on marine experiences and conservation education. Lunch includes trip management, will be at the café inside the aquarium. Bring money for food and transportation, and cheese memorabilia. Price includes trip management, transportation, making. and tickets. Sol Duc Hot Springs Vashon Island #11175 Thursday, August 24 8 am - 7 pm #11165 Saturday, July 15 9 am - 5 pm Fee: $51 + money for food/gifts Fee: $45 + money for food/gifts Join us as we head into the heart of the Olympic Mountains to We are taking the ferry to the quaint island of Vashon Island. A experience Sol Duck Hot Springs. Discover the pure outdoor day of adventure and fun as we explore the entire island with a mineral hot water pools. Melt away tension while surrounded stop for lunch at the famous Hardware Store. Our journey begins by forested peaks and the sound of the Sol Duck River as it in Port Orchard and returns home through Point Defiance. Bring ripples by. Be sure to pack your swimsuit and towel. Bring a sack money for lunch and memorabilia. Price includes trip lunch or money for lunch at the onsite Deli Café; plus money for management, transportation, and ferry. memorabilia. On the way back we will stop by the Lake Crescent Annual Sequim Lavender Festival Lodge for a look around. Price includes trip management, transportation, park admission, and hot springs. #11166 Friday, July 21 7 am - 5 pm Fee: $45 + money for food/gifts Emerald Downs - A Day at the Races Don’t miss this opportunity as we head #11168 Saturday, September 9 12 noon -7 pm to Sequim for the Annual Lavender Fee: $51 + money for gifts Festival. The festival includes free farm tours of the lavender fields, We are off to the races! Enjoy an afternoon at Emerald Downs demonstrations, street fair, Lavender- whether interested in betting or just looking to take in the stock with music filling the air and surroundings with Mount Rainier in the background. People much more! We will visit three farms watching, horses, stables and much more for a day you won’t for a closer look. Bring money for food soon forget. Bring money for memorabilia. Price includes trip and memorabilia. Price includes trip management, transportation, admission, box lunch, official tip management and transportation. sheet, official program, and reserved seating in the grandstands. 8 Summer 2017 www.piercecountywa.org/parks Outdoor Adventures Get ready to “Pitch in for Parks”, a volunteer based program offered through a partnership between Pierce County Parks and Capital Building Tour and Governor’s Mansion Recreation and McLendon Hardware. Pitch in for Parks is a great opportunity for all ages and abilities, (ages 15 and under with #11169 Wednesday, September 13 9 am - 4 pm guardian) to pitch in and help your community. Fee: $45 + money for food/gifts Supplies will be available for use plus a snack and water. Join us We are heading to Olympia for a tour of the Capital building and “rain or shine” with appropriate clothing for the weather and home of the Governor. The Legislative Building is the crowing work gloves. Pitch in for an hour or for the entire time from piece of our State Capital and home to our Governor, Lieutenant 10 a.m. to 12 noon on the following Saturdays: Governor, Secretary of State, and Treasurer. After our tour we will grab bite to eat at Falls Terrace overlooking the incredible May 13 – Parkland Prairie Tumwater Falls. Our day will end with a tour of the Governor’s Mansion; ID is required for this tour. Price includes trip Its spring and the prairie is in full bloom! Join us to admire the management, transportation, and group tours. wildflowers planted by Pitch-In-for-Parks volunteers, and help us prepare the site for summer by inspecting our new tree and shrub seedlings and performing site maintenance. Above the Trees - TreeHouse Point Tour #11170 Wednesday, September 20 9:30 am - 5 pm June 3 – Bresemann Forest Fee: $61 + money for food/gifts We love hiking trails, but they also become conduits for invasive species into our natural areas. Parks and Recreation is inviting the Come along as we venture to Fall City where peace and community to learn about invasive species along our trails and tranquility await. TreeHouse Point Retreat Center is nestled aquatic weeds in our creeks, their control, and how you can along the Raging River with eight different tree houses high prevent their spread.