Saturday is Family Fun Day at Southeast Clarke Park in Athens: activities get underway at 9:30 in the event organized by the Clarke County School District.
From the CCSD website…
Join CCSD for a free event that brings our community together to share resources and information, and highlight the various community organizations that serve our students.
- Date: Saturday, November 13, 2021
- Location: Southeast Clarke Park / 4440 Lexington Rd, Athens, GA 30605 (this is the entrance located between Tractor Supply and Cornerstone Church)
- Parking: Southeast Clarke Park or Cornerstone Church
- Transportation: FREE CCSD buses will run from Gaines Elementary, Stroud Elementary, and Clarke Middle schools. There will be 3 pick-up/ drop-off times: 8:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. (last drop off).
- Rain Plan: Given the nature of the event, there is no contingency plan for rain. If we need to cancel, a decision will be communicated no later than Thursday, November 11.
- Activities: games, costumed characters, face-painting, ACC Leisure Services “Pop-up Park,” touch-a-truck (ACC vehicles), over 40 community organizations, COVID vaccine station.
Participating Organizations
AADM Teen Social Justice, Athens Community Career Academy, Amerigroup Community Care, Athens Area Diaper Bank, Athens Community Council on Aging, Athens Land Trust, Athens Neighborhood Health Center, Athens Regional Library System, Athens Wellbeing Project, Athens-Clarke County Department Vehicles (touch-a-truck and pop-up playground), Athens-Clarke County Unified Government, Office of Inclusion, Athens-Clarke County Water Conservation Office, BEE Club Inc. Becoming Empowered through Education, Books for Keeps, Boy Scouts of America, Casa de Amistad, Castros Martial Arts, CCSD Office of Early Learning, CCSD School Social Work Office, Chess & Community, Clarke County Mentor Program, College Factory, Cultivating a Lifetime of Legacy, Inc., Destined Inc., Dignidad Inmigrante en Athens, Drug-Free Athens, East Athens Little League, Economic Justice Coalition, ESS, Experience UGA, Family Connection - Communities In Schools, First Communities Management/Arbor Ridge Apartment Homes, Food Bank of Northeast Georgia, Georgia Safe Routes to School, Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia, Goodwill of North GA, HEART Music, Joel E. Smilow Boy’s and Girl’s Club, Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful, Linnentown Project, Nuçi’s Space, Peach State Federal Credit Union, Primecare Homecare, Project EITC, Project Safe, Project STAR, Rude Fit Boutique, UGA Center for Family Research, UGA Educational Talent Search, U-Lead Athens, Upward Bound / Upward Bound Math & Science, Women to the World, Inc., Young Designers Sewing Program, Young Urban Moguls, Inc.
Transportation
FREE bus transportation will be provided from these locations:
- Clarke Middle School
- Gaines Elementary
- Stroud Elementary
There will be 3 pick-up/ drop-off times:
- 8:30 a.m.
- 11:30 a.m.
- 2:30 p.m. (last drop off)