THE City of Surrey’s Park Play program is back this summer encouraging families to get outdoors and enjoy a range of free park-based activities.

City staff will be stationed at various parks throughout the summer offering staff-led activities and self-guided kits for families to enjoy while visiting the park. The play kits include equipment like balls, skipping ropes and catchers with some locations also offering spray park items like sprayers, bubbles and sponge balls.

City staff will lead two scheduled group games at each site. Park games such as bocce and Spike Ball will also be available to borrow to play with family and friends.

Park Play times and locations are as follows:

* Mondays from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Hjorth Road Park and Fleetwood Park and from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Francis Park
* Tuesdays from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Cloverdale Athletic Park and Beaver Creek Heights Park and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Hazelgrove Park and Royal Kwantlen Park
* Wednesdays from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Unwin Park and Bakerview Park and from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Evershine Park and Edgewood Park
* Thursdays from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Redwood Park and Holly Park and from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Clayton Park and Hawthorne Rotary Park
* Fridays from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Forsyth Park and Erma Stephenson Park and from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Bear Creek Park

Parent participation is required. Staff are not responsible for participants. Park Play runs until August 26.

Park Play is one of the many programs, activities and events offered by Surrey Parks to encourage residents and visitors to connect with the outdoors and celebrate our parks throughout the year as part of supporting an engaged and healthy community.

For more information visit www.surrey.ca/parkplay.