Friends of Choate Park

For more information about this event that is run by The Christmas Parade Committee please open the following link:

http://www.townofmedway.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=65R92NDN04c%3d&tabid=63&mid=564

The Parade runs from the Middle School on Holliston Street and ends at Choate Park in Medway.  The Friends of Choate Park will be selling light sticks and hot chocolate, warm cider, cookies and popcorn at the concession building to help support our efforts to continue revitalizing historic Choate Park.  Fireworks by The Christmas Parade Committee will take place over Choate Pond after the parade.

WE ARE GOING WITH THE RAIN DATE OF SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25th for both events.  Hope to see you at Choate!

Join us on Saturday, October 24th from 10:00-1:00 (Rain date October 25th) for our 5th annual Touch-A-Truck event. Children come in costume to explore and climb aboard a variety of trucks from around town.  Halloween Costume parade starts at 11:00 in front of the beach.  Please email us at choatefriends@yahoo.com if you’d like to showcase your vehicle in this year’s event.  $5 per child

Come back that night October 24th from 6:00-8:00 (Rain date October 25th) for our 4th annual Pumpkin Walk and Fires Afloat on Choate.  Join us for this free event and follow the trail around Choate Pond as it is lit up with beautiful and festive Jack-O-Lanterns.  Fires will also be afloat on Choate.  If you would like to contribute a carved pumpkin to this years event the more the merrier!  Please bring your carved pumpkins to the park during Touch-A-Truck or that afternoon.   Let’s try to make this the biggest year yet!

Emily, of Troop 4908 in Medway, as her Gold Award, has dug out the old slide at Choate Park! With the help of friends and many shovels, the slide has been lifted out, and a new roller slide will be put in its place.

See the photos on “The Dream” for the new roller slide.

Thank you Emily, and thank you Friends of Choate Park for raising the money for new equipment!

Here are some pictures of Emily’s work:

Here’s a video of the last day of digging:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYm0nV05gNI&feature=email

On July 19th we are also having a “Dough Raiser” at UNO Chicago Grill in the Home Depot plaza in Bellingham. This event will run all day from the time the restaurant opens at 11:30 a.m. until it closes at midnight and up to 20% of your check for dine-in or take- out will be given to Choate park. Please pass this information on to your local friends that enjoy using and supporting the park or who just enjoy a nice lunch or dinner out! If you would like your check included please remember to print out and bring your coupon with you!

Tickets:

UNO’s tickets

The Friends of Choate Park have started a Drink Pouch and Nabisco & Mars/Wrigley Wrapper Brigade in an effort to purchase new playground equipment for Choate Park.

For every drink pouch, Nabisco cookie wrapper and Mars candy wrappers The Friends of Choate Park collect they will receive .02/for each item when sent to TerraCycle.

Here are the pouches and wrappers we are collecting:

This is the new, permanent site for Friends of Choate Park, located in Medway, MA. It is  a work in progress.