The Crookston Alliance for Literacy and Learning (C.A.L.L.) Committee is teaming up with eight other organizations at Castle Park on Tuesday, May 10, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m., for the final event of the Celebrate the Young Child Collaborative’s “Imagine If You Were……” series, with the theme this time being “Imagine If You Were…… Going on a Bear Hunt” and to celebrate 20 years of existence.
This is the final event with this theme done by the Committee, with the first one happening back in September at Wildwood Park with the theme “Imagine If You Were…… Where the Wild Things Are” and the second one happening back at the beginning of March in the Crookston Public Library with the theme “Imagine If You Were…… The Very Hungry Caterpillar,”
The Celeberate the Young Child Collaborative is a group of people who work with children and families that plan events to bring children together to participate in various activities of creativity and education based on different famous media sources aimed to help kids learn and grow. “We gear these events to children that age birth to age 8. Older children are invited, but most of the activities are geared for that age group. We have lots of really fun outside events scheduled for this one because we’re looking for a bear,” C.A.L.L. Committee Chairperson Francine Olson explained.
Olson then went through some of the main event stations that will be at the park for the children to participate in at the event. “We’ll be having a scavenger hunt, an obstacle course, and the actual Bear Hunt. We’re going to have some yoga and dance areas for the kids,” Francine Olson explained. “We’re going to have lots of activities to choose from, five, six, or seven things for kids to do between 5:30 and 7:00 p.m.,” she added. The event will also provide a light dinner for families that will be given out, consisting of a turkey sandwich, fruit, trail mix, and a Green Bean provided by the One Vegetable, One Community organization. The children will also receive a map to guide them to each of the activities around the Park to make sure they do not miss any of them. “We’re having a map made up of Castle Park, so people will not miss any of the activities,” Olson explained. “Whether we’ll be able to walk through the woods depends on the weather and whether it’s dry or not, but there is a map that will tell you where things are located, so you know where things are located during that hour and a half time period,” she added. At the end of the event, the children will receive a free copy of the book Going on a Bear Hunt that they can take home with them. Seven other organizations will join the C.A.L.L. Committee to help work the event. The organizations are the Crookston Public Schools, Early Childhood Family Education, Polk County Public Health, Crookston Public Library, RiverView Health, Head Start Child and Family Programs, and the One Vegetable, One Community organizations.
The Celebrate the Young Child Collaborative is planning to repeat these three events next year with hopes of potentially adding a fourth event starting in November but is currently keeping the theme of the events secret. The “Imagine If You Were……Going on a Bear Hunt” event will take place in Castle Park on Tuesday, May 10, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m., with a rain date planned for Wednesday, May 18.
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