Hello Spring!
More Outdoors
Family Gardening Workshop:
Grow Together!
Date: April 27
Address: Lake Erie Arboretum at
Frontier Park, 1501 West 6th Street, Erie
Contact: leaferie.org, or 814.453.5323
(Pre-registration is required.)
Join Penn State Master Gardeners Maria
Blakeslee and Patty Dicks for a fun, hands-
on family gardening workshop designed
to encourage both kids and adults to roll
up their sleeves and get planting together!
Each child will plant a garden starter kit
to take home! Cost: $15 per child ($13
for LEAF Plus Household/Grandparent
Members). Pre-registration required as
space is limited. Designed for ages 6 &
up (with adult accompaniment). Visit
the website to pre-register and for more
information. Walk MS
Freedom Challenge Little Mates Easter
Egg-travaganza
Date: May 27
Address: The course starts at Walnut
Creek Baptist Church, 6015 West Ridge
Road, Erie, and runs through Millcreek
and Fairview Townships.
Contact: erie15k.com, or facebook.com/
erie15k
Celebrate freedom with a special
Memorial Day race! Great giveaways with
an unforgettable opening ceremony that
recognizes and honors a veteran for his/
her military service. Three exciting races
to choose from—5k, 15k and 3-man 15k
Team Relay. Visit the website for more
information on registration and other
details.
LEAF/Cascade Creek Cleanup
Date: April 6
Time: 9 a.m.
Address: Lake Erie Arboretum at
Frontier Park, 1501 West 6th Street,
Erie
Contact: leaferie.org, or
814.453.5323
Calling all nature lovers!
If you have an hour or two
to spare, bundle up and help
LEAF clean up the arboretum!
As part of the SONS of Lake
Erie’s commitment to the adopt-
a-stream project on Cascade
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Creek, every year volunteers gather in
Frontier Park on the Saturday before the
first day of trout season. They enter the
park and remove trash and debris from the
Cascade Creek streambed in and around
Frontier Park. The SONS of Lake Erie will
provide a hot dog lunch for all volunteers
in the LEAF Education Center following
the cleanup. Visit the website for more
information.
Date: April 28
Address: Presque Isle State Park,
Cookhouse Pavilion,
1 Peninsula Drive, Erie
Contact: nationalmssociety.org
Walk MS brings together a community
of passionate people for one powerful
cause: to end MS forever. And with every
step taken and dollar raised... we’re that
much closer. Together, we are stronger
than MS. Visit the website for more
information on registration and other
details.
More Fun
Date: April 19
Time: 10 a.m. to Noon
Address: 150 East Front Street, Erie
Contact: flagshipniagara.org/visitor-
information, or 814.452.2744
Gather the family and have fun at an
Easter egg hunt at the Erie Maritime
Museum and U.S. Brig Niagara! You may
even get a glimpse of the Easter Bunny!
FNL members: free; non-members: $5.
Visit the website for more information.
Lady Royals Softball Casino
Night
Date: March 2
Address: Rainbow Gardens,
220 Waldameer Park Drive, Erie
Contact: facebook.com/
events/1846027342369085, or
814.504.8133
Support the Lady Royals softball
team by attending the Casino Night
fundraiser! This is an age 21 and
older event. Tickets are $10 each
(available for presale and at the
door). Each ticket purchased gets
you admission, plus food and
beer. Early-bird drawings, 50/50
tickets (1 for $1 or 15 for $10) plus
a Chinese auction, raffles, tip boards,
games of chance, music, food, beverages,