By Renee Larr
Whitestown Parks and Recreation recently unveiled a new program: Recreation on Wheels. It is designed to get kids and families outside playing in the summer weather.
“This is the first year we’ve done this,” said Sarah Burns, event coordinator. “With how much growth Whitestown has had as far as young families and looking for things to do, it just made sense for us to launch it.”
Because of sponsorships with TDS and Witham Health, the parks department was able to purchase outdoor activity equipment, including soccer balls, basketballs, kickball bases, ladder golf, a bubble machine and more.
“We will continue to buy equipment as we see what people really like or are requesting,” Burns said.
Each week the department will load up a trailer and take the equipment to a Whitestown park or open green space.
“We’re doing this to encourage people to get outside and enjoy our parks and green spaces,” Burns said. “It’s so easy for kids to get caught up with electronics. We want to encourage them to get outside, play and be active.”
The schedule will change each week to allow busy families times during the day, evening and weekend to take advantage of the free program.
“I made it so that you really have to look at our social media to see where we’re going to be, because I want to cater to different people’s schedules. I decided to make it very scattered throughout the month to make sure that everybody has a chance to come out and enjoy,” Burns said.
The program will run through September. For more, visit twitter.com/WhitestownParks or facebook.com/whitestownparksandrecreation.
