Leesylvania Elementary school children are invited to get outside and experience Northern Virginia nature at this weekend’s Turkey Trot. At Leesylvania State Park we are raring with excitement over the first ever Leesylvania Elementary Turkey Trot! This event is the result of a wonderful, past employee, current volunteer and all around star, Erin. Erin was a Junior Ranger leader for the park for several summers. After Erin left the park she started working in the Leesylvania Elementary P. E. Department. Erin works every day to make being active and fit fun for all of the school’s students. She’s also an avid outdoors person and I often see her riding her bike or hiking Leesylvania’s trails and doing her best to keep them clean and well maintained.
Knowing all of this it only seems natural that Erin would think about how much her students would enjoy getting outside and running through the park, especially at this time of year. So, the Leesylvania Turkey Trot was born. This Saturday November 21 at 9:00 AM families will gather at Shelter 2 for the activities to begin.
The Turkey Trot will actually consist of a series of races of varying distances on the trails and gravel parking lots around the picnic ground. The 4th -5th graders will run a mile, the 2nd-3rd graders will run a half mile, the K-1st will run a quarter mile, and for younger brothers and sisters there will be an Itty Bitty Kiddy Dash.
Erin measured the courses and made sure all of them are very spectator friendly so families will be able to watch and cheer for their student. All of the children that participate will be given a goodie bag and trophies will be awarded to the first and second place boys and girls in grades K-5.
As I mentioned at the beginning of this post we are very excited about the event at the park and look forward to welcoming our young visitors.
We are also very thankful to have a wonderful volunteer like Erin whose caring commitment to children in nature helped make this special event possible.
On June 6th and 7th we’ll be very busy here on the Mason Neck peninsula. On Saturday, June 6th, Mason Neck State Park will be hosting the American Hiking Society’s and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s official kickoff for National Trails Day. We are joining forces with the AHS and the Fish & Wildlife Service for a fun event that will encourage stewardship and enjoyment of the land. Then on Sunday, June 7th, we’ll be hosting a shoreline cleanup event for Clean The Bay Day in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
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