Hello Spring!
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.
Freedom Challenge
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 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.
Walk MS
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.
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More Fun
Little Mates Easter Egg-travaganza
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, and fun! Call or visit the
Facebook page for more information.
Natural Impressions 8th Annual Mixed Media
Student Art Competition
Dates: April 28–May 28
Address: Tom Ridge Environmental Center,
301 Peninsula Drive, Erie
Contact: trecpi.org, or 814.833.7424
Check out photography, mixed media, paper and canvas,
clay and tabletop sculptures submitted by students, first
grade through college, who created their interpretation of
the theme “All Things Forest” in a student art competition
sponsored by the Presque Isle Advisory Board. Visit the
website for more information. n
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