Kingsport celebrates National Parks and Recreation Month
The Kingsport Parks and Recreation Department is celebrating National Parks and Recreation month the entire month of July by hosting special giveaways, a community cleanup event and a variety of activities during the week of Fun Fest.
This year’s theme — “Where Community Grows” —celebrates the vital role park and recreation professionals play in bringing people together, providing essential services and fostering the growth of our communities.
To help bring attention to the importance of National Parks and Recreation Month, the department is hosting these events in July:
Wellness Wednesday
Submit a video to Instagram of you and your family engaging in a healthy physical activity, such as walking, biking, basketball, pickleball or tennis. The winner will be chosen based on three criteria – number of family members in the video, location and creativity.
The giveaway begins at 9 a.m. on July 10 and ends at midnight on July 11. The winner will be posted to the Kingsport Parks & Recreation Facebook page at 4 p.m. on Wellness Wednesday (July 12).
Please use the following hashtags – #WhereCommunityGrows or #KingsportParksandRecreation. The winner will get a FREE three-hour shelterrental at one of the city’s many park shelters.
Fun Fest Family Photo Giveaway
Submit a photo of you and your family celebrating and participating in a Fun Fest event. It could be the concerts, fireworks, hot air balloons or any of the many Fun Fest events of 2023. The winner will be based on two criteria – it must be at a Fun Fest event and creativity.
The giveaway begins at 9 a.m. on July 21 and ends at midnight on July 22. The winner will be posted on the Kingsport Parks and Recreation Facebook page at 4 p.m. July 24.
Please use the following hashtags – #WhereCommunityGrows, #KingsportParksand Recreation and #FunFest. Winners will get a FREE three-hour shelterrental at one of the city’s many park shelters.
Family Kickball Event
Kingsport Parks and Recreation is hosting a Family Kickball event from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on July 29 at the Kingsport Miracle Field. This end-of-summer event is open for people and families of all ages.
Fun Fest Events
Kingsport is offering a variety of outdoor and sporting events during the week of Fun Fest (July 14-22), including tournaments for wiffleball, outdoor volleyball, disc golf, adult one-pitch softball and a gellyball event at Allandale Mansion. For more information about these events visit www.funfest.net.
Park and Recreation Month is an initiative of the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) – the leading non-profit organization dedicated to building strong, vibrant and resilient communities through the power of parks and recreation.
According to a study conducted by the Center for Regional Analysis at George Mason University and NRPA, local park and recreation agencies in the U.S. generated more than $166 billion in economic activity and supported more than 1 million jobs from their operations and capital spending alone in 2017.
The more than 10,000 local park and recreation agencies across the U.S. employ more than 165,000 full-time and hundreds of thousands part-time and seasonal park and recreation professionals.
For more information about Kingsport’s Parks and Recreation Department, visit www.kingsportparksandrecreation.org.
