Kids & Family

Project Play Offers Free 'Play Series' Beginning Tuesday

Events are designed to attract families to playgrounds they might be unfamiliar with or that have recently undergone renovations.

Project Play, an initiative of the Alexandria Childhood Obesity Action Network and ACTion Alexandria, has put together a "Community at Play" series with two play events scheduled in Arlandria and Upper King Street.

The Community at Play series is designed to attract families with young children to neighborhood playgrounds and playspaces that they may not have known about earlier or that have been improved recently.

The first event, on Tuesday, will kick off in Arlandria behind the Community Lodgings Family Resource Center at 607 Notabene Dr. Children will participate in fun activity stations and play at the new Chirilagua Cooperative playground. Activities will include a ball station, bubble blowing and sprinklers. Play activities will last from 5 p.m. until 6:30 p.m.

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The second event will be held on Aug. 29 at Sunset Park, 4 Sunset Dr., north of the . The Sunset Park play series event will highlight playground improvements made as a result of the Project Play Spruce Up Grants Contest.

Funding for the contest was provided by a Kaiser Permanente HEAL (Healthy Eating Active Living) grant. Children at Sunset Park will explore the new playground equipment and have fun with bubbles and other activities. The event will last from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m.

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Both events are free and refreshments will be provided.

Future Community at Play events are planned in Arlandria and the West End.


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