2nd Annual Wells River Picnic will feature Story-telling, Live Animals, and Free Ice Cream
Wells River Action Program, the Baldwin Memorial Library and the Newbury Historical Society are teaming up to make the 2nd Annual Wells River Picnic and Ice Cream Social a day to remember with story-telling, animals, and ice cream.
The picnic is June 27th and events will occur between 11:00AM and 2:00PM just south of Wells River Village at the Berry Field at 143 Main Street North.
Baldwin Memorial Library has 2 programs on tap, the first beginning at 11:00AM when local storytellers will entertain families with three short stories. At 1:00 PM, Vermont Institute of Nature Science (VINS) will present the program “Superheroes of Survival”, accompanied by two live birds, a reptile, and other animal artifacts to demonstrate the amazing ways animals adapt to their environment.
The Newbury Historical Society will open a “story corps” tent at 11:00 AM to record remembrances about Wells River or Newbury. Historical Society members will be on hand until 1:00 PM to record short personal stories about events or life experiences that occurred in Newbury, involved Newbury residents, or include a Newbury connection. Stories could be memories from long ago or of more recent events. These stories will be archived and may be made available to the public at a later time by the Historical Society.
WRAP will serve free ice cream at the conclusion of the VINS Program at about 1:45pm.
The Berry Field has plenty of space for family picnics as well as playground equipment. In addition to a picnic lunch, attendees may wish to bring their own chairs, blankets, canopies, non-alcoholic beverages, sunscreen and insect repellent.
The wider Wells River community is invited to come enjoy our wonderful park, visit with some of your neighbors, enjoy your own picnic, hear some stories or tell a story, get close to some wild birds and animals, and have some ice cream.
Handicapped parking will be provided but the general public is encouraged to park in Wells River and walk or bike to Berry Field. The event will be held at the Wells River Congregation Church starting at 11:00 in case of rain. The Church is handicapped accessible.
For more information contact Richard M Roderick at 802 757 2708 or by email - wrapwr@gmail.com or Peggy Hewes at the Library at 802 757 2693 or by email - wells_river@vals.state.vt.us.
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