July is National

Parks and Recreation Month and in an effort to promote it the Fayette

County Recreation Department will offer Pack The Park Saturday, July 21.

The all-day

event will take place at McCurry Park in Fayetteville and will offer a

day of free activities for children and adults of all ages. There will

be recreation demonstrations, informational booths, arts and crafts, storytelling

bingo and refreshments, as well as dozens of more activities.

For the athletes

in the family there will be a volleyball tournament, a GRPA adult softball

tournament, a 5K race, a senior walk, and an inflatable jump. There will

be silly games and water activities, limbo contests, a karaoke contest,

a chalk it up contest and food eating contests as well as a big wheel

rally and a scooter skills competition.

There is plenty

to do once you get tired of running around. There will be a Touch a Truck

exhibition, children's fingerprinting, Operation Lifesaver, exhibits and

a fish pond. The day will conclude with a movie in the park at dark. Operation

Lifesaver is a 45-foot tractor-trailer containing a locomotive simulator.

The exhibit contains videos, exhibits and a chance to simulate driving

a locomotive.

The day begins

at 10 a.m. with the Big Wheel Rally for children 2-12, the 5K run for

teens and adults and the one-mile walk for seniors. These events are followed

lessons will also be offered from 11 a.m. to noon. Silly games will last

from noon to 1 p.m. and food contests will follow from 1-2 p.m. Water

games will be offered from 2-4 p.m. and karaoke and limbo contests will

be offered from 7-9 p.m. The movie will run from 9-11 p.m.

Pack The Park

runs from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. at the McCurry Park Softball Complex. Phone

770-461-9714.

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