Wow! What a GREAT start to the summer! We have instituted several new programs this summer and have served 134 members of our community in new and exciting ways - and we're only halfway through the summer! Read below to see all about our new programs:
Mosaics at Miracle: Participants came 4 weeks in a row to make different themed mosaic creations based on different themes. We had 9 participants each week. They enjoyed making mosaics of animals, beach scenes, Christmas scenes, and one week of free choice mosaics.
Dig and Discover: Eleven participants came to the park to dig and find raw rocks and minerals and then have them tumbled and polished to discover new treasures! They got to make and crack geodes, and dig for dinosaur fossils!
Fun Fridays: A new program for older teens and adults had 22 participants playing bingo in June! For July the plan is to do Music Bingo, and in August, they will have Trivia!
Salad Day with Miracle Park partners Growing Joy: We got together to sing and enjoy some freshly harvested aquaponic lettuce grown fresh by some of our favorite friends in the TR program when they went on a field trip to Growing Joy Farm! A good time was had by all, even in the rain!
Sensory-Friendly Playtime: Perhaps our most needed and most popular new program so far! We had 52 participants at these two sessions! Miracle Park is for ALL, and we like to include everyone, but sometimes inclusion can look differently! In order to include some of our friends, we need to create protected spaces for them. Often times our beloved park is so crowded that it is too overstimulating for some of our friends, so we decided to close the playground for two short periods in order to give them the space they need to be able to enjoy our facilities. Our community was GREAT about this! While we did advertise on our sign and social media, inevitably, some people came to play and did not know that the playground area of the park was closed to the public. These families respected the need for some friends to need a smaller setting to enjoy the playground. THIS is inclusion!
