Lowe's Build and Grow Workshop, June 11th at 10 AM

Lowe's Build and Grow Workshop will be held June 11th at 10:00 AM.  Bring your child to build his/her very own Captain America.  Please register as space is limited.

Hands on Nutrition on April 7th

Come hear Josh and Beth Hornsby from Hornsby Farms discuss how to get started with growing your own vegetables, how to use them in cooking and the health benefits of growing your own produce. A representative from an area restaurant will do a cooking demonstration using some locally grown produce. Tia Gonzalez, Manager of the AU Medicinal Gardens on campus will also talk about how to grow herbs, how to incorporate them into cooking and the health benefits of using herbs. 

Discussion will take place on 425 Perry Street, Auburn Alabama from 5:30 until 7:00 pm.

Bark in the Park on Saturday, April 2nd

Bark in the Park is celebrating responsible dog ownership at Kiesel Park from 9-12 on Saturday, April 2, 2016.  This FREE community event is open to all dog owners and their favorite four-legged friends. Visit a variety of educational booths, shop with local pet vendors, take advantage of low-cost rabies vaccinations, and enjoy door prizes and dog-friendly activities and crafts all morning. Looking to expand your canine family? Rescue dogs will be available for adoption as well! Join us for a morning of dog-gone good fun at the park!

Flashlight Egg Hunt set for March 24th

The Great Flashlight Egg Hunt

Thursday, March 24, 2016

7:30 p.m.

Moore Stadium

3rd-5th graders

Hunt for eggs in the dark! Bring a flashlight and a basket. Look for special prizes and "rock eggs".

Auburn Easter Egg Hunt set for March 26th

Auburn's 35th Annual Easter Egg Hunt is set for Saturday, March 26th at Kiesel Park.  Festivities start at 10 am. Egg hunt is for kids 12 and under. 

The Easter Bunny and Aubie will available for pictures.  For all the details, go here or visit their Facebook page: www.facebook.com/CityofAuburnAL.

Walk the Duck on Saturday, March 12 at 8 am

Join the Opelika Wood Duck Heritage Preserve & Siddique Nature Park for Walk the Duck on March 12 at 8 am! Meet at the Homestead entrance to the park on Waverly Parkway. We’ll walk to the holding pond and into the duck blind for some great viewing of the resident and visiting Wood Duck families. The site is a favorite spot for other bird species as well.

The Opelika Wood Duck Heritage Preserve & Siddique Nature Park is an active wastewater treatment facility and as such may occasionally seem less than pristine. Barry Fleming will be guiding us along and will have a spotting scope handy, giving us all the opportunity to see these beautiful ducks.

Please wear appropriate and comfortable shoes; the trail is primarily unpaved. Binoculars, water and sunscreen will enhance your enjoyment! This is a free event and no registration is required.

Dietician Guided Publix Tour

Dietitians from the Lee County Area will be on site at Publix on East University to lead tours throughout the grocery store on Saturday, February 27. The tours will teach participants how to choose healthy foods, including fruits and vegetables, but also demonstrate how to properly read food and nutrition labels, and provide suggestions for more nutritious substitutions in recipes that can be found throughout the store.  Tour begins at 10 am.

Read Across the Preserve on March 1st from 3:30 until 6 pm

Stop by the Preserve anytime Saturday February 27th – Tuesday March 1st and celebrate Read Across America with us. The celebration starts in the Nature Playground at the Little Free Library. You can pick out a book that looks fun to read from the Little Free Library in the Tree-house. Then grab a preserve map and see if you can find the perfect reading spot! We’ll have specially marked maps that show great spots for reading all over the Preserve. If you aren’t up for a hike, that’s OK. There are lots of places to sit and read in the Nature Playground. Got a little one that can’t sit still? Look for the Story Walk for our younger readers, where you walk to find the next page in the story!

Oh, and if you have any books of your own that you are finished reading you can bring them to leave at the Little Free Library for others to find!

Campfire and Story time begins at the Amphitheater at 3:30 pm March 1st.

Lowe's Build and Grow Clinic on Feb. 27th

Lowe's is offering its monthly kids' Build and Grow clinic on Feb. 27th at 10 am.  This month they are featuring a Monster Jam truck clinic featuring Dragon.
Please register because space is limited.  As of today, there are only 20 seats left. 

 

Peter Pan at the Preserve on February 20th

Auburn Area Community Theater’s Young Performers and the Kreher Preserve & Nature Center Present “Peter Pan at the Preserve,” Saturday, February 20th, from 2:00-3:00 p.m.

Everyone, the young and the young at heart, are invited to come to “Neverland” where you will interact with Peter, Wendy, the Lost Boys and of course Captain Hook and his devious pirates. As you arrive, you will be asked to choose a side…Lost Boys or Pirates. After a brief introduction to Neverland, you will have a chance to prepare for battle! You will face off at the playground in an epic game of capture tag.

For those that don’t want to join the melee, Wendy will be telling stories by the fire. There will be marshmallows for roasting, hot cocoa and spiced cider. Canceled if severe rain. The KPNC is located at 2222 North College Street, Auburn. For more information contact Melanie Brown: supersugarmel@gmail.com. This a FREE event. 

K-12 Art Club at Jule Collins Smith Museum on February 21

On February 21, the art club will be painting in water colors.  Please register before hand because space is limited. 

Art clubs at JCSM are held on Sundays from 1:30-3 pm.  Parents or guardians are asked to stay with their child.  Admission is free, but space is limited.