Day of Play set for several Port Angeles locations on Saturday

PORT ANGELES — The Day of Play, sponsored by the Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department, is set for multiple venues on Saturday.

Day of Play, which coincides with National Parks and Recreation Month, is a chance to explore local parks, engage in fun, try new activities and connect with the community.

Activities include pickleball lessons, disc golf, live music, planting stations, scavenger hunts, sailing and knot-tying lessons, recycled material art projects, a BMX open house, a bouncy house and open swimming at Shore Aquatic Center.

Passports include a map of where events are located and can be stamped by each participating activity and turned in by July 19 to enter for prizes.

Some of the prizes include a $25 Swains gift card, a three-hour rental of the Loomis cabin, tokens for free Welly’s ice cream, a three-month membership to the Olympic Peninsula YMCA, a gift bag from the Port Angeles Farmers Market, a BMX bike and 12-month membership to Lincoln Park BMX, a family pass to “String and Shadow” at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center and a 20-seat box at a Port Angeles Lefties baseball game.

The passports are available at Parks and Recreation, 308 E. Fourth St., or online at www.cityofpa.us/DayofPlay.

For more information, call Parks and Recreation at 360-417-4550 or email parksandrecreation@cityofpa.us.

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