Metro Parent Magazine August 2014 | Page 43

PHOTOS COURTESY CITY OF PORTLAND. Night Owls: Go meet your neighbors, plus local emergency responders, at parks and schools all over the metro area. It’s National Night Out, when kids and their grown-ups make like Mr. Rogers and mingle with the people in their neighborhood, be it the family next door, the local police officer or the fire chief. SE Portland’s Piccolo Park does this one in style, with the members of the Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood association scooping up free ice cream, plus a bubble machine, chalk for kids to draw to their heart’s content and police motorcycles to clamber on (stationary ones, of course). Or head to Beaverton City Park Fountain, where you can watch the police K-9s in action. Check your local police department web page for NNO events in your backyard. Tuesday, August 5. FREE. metro-parent.com | August 2014 43