Check out these opportunities for children and, for adults, a disk golf competition in the snow (if we get any)
Keep boredom from setting in by having your kids learn tennis or express their artistic creativity.
And get out there and compete with frisbees in the snow!
Keep boredom from setting in by having your kids learn tennis or express their artistic creativity.
And get out there and compete with frisbees in the snow!
Art Programs
Your Charlestown Parks and Recreation Department is offering two new Art Programs starting in January for ages 9 through 13.
Indoor Tennis will begin on Friday evenings from 6 to 7 pm at the Charlestown Elementary School gym for ages 6 through 16. The instructors are Don Fair and Anna Overend and the cost is $95 for eight weeks. The program runs from January 9th through February 27th.
Register for indoor tennis by visiting the Parks and Recreation Department in Charlestown Town Hall or online here. Call 364-1222 for further information.
Disc Golf Ice Bowl 2015
The 20th Rhode Island Frostbite Classic / Ice Bowl 2015 will be held on Saturday, February 14, 2015 at the Disc Golf Course in Ninigret Park. Weather or Not! No Wimps! No Whiners! No Cancellations!
The competition will be three Rounds of Singles, 54 Holes with one round each on the short, medium and long tees.
Entry Fee: $25 - Open, Advanced, Novice and Juniors (16 & under) plus a donation of at least 2 cans for the RI Food Bank - $3 will be given to the food bank for each pound collected.
Tee Sponsorship: $25 - Name on tee and listed in the map/scoreboard/program. 54 different tees.
Registration/Check-in: 8:00 am at the Frosty Drew Nature Center.
Players meeting: 8:45 am.
Tee off: 9:15 am
For more information, contact T.M Dyer at: dyer_tm@yahoo.com.
1. A Youth Paint Night for ages 9 through 13 will be held on two Friday evenings, January 9 and February 6, from 6 to 7:30 pm at the Charlestown Community/Senior Center. This will be a fun group instructional art class using acrylic paints. The cost for each Friday evening class is $20 which includes pizza, water and art supplies. Children may attend one or both.
2. An Art “101” Six Week Art Lesson program. This is offered for ages 8 through 13 on Saturday Mornings at the Charlestown Community/Senior Center, from January 10th through February 14th from 10:30 am until noon. The cost for the 6-week program is $60 and includes water and art supplies. During these lessons a sketchbook can be created from recycled materials to use for all of your artwork designed during fun classes. Each week a different art project, with an art show at the end of the program.
Julia Heinzmann, Charlestown's Summer Camp Director and an enthusiastic senior majoring in Art at URI, will instruct the two Art Programs.
Register for the art programs by visiting the Parks and Recreation Department in Charlestown Town Hall or online here. Call 364-1222 for further information.
Register for the art programs by visiting the Parks and Recreation Department in Charlestown Town Hall or online here. Call 364-1222 for further information.
Indoor Tennis
Indoor Tennis will begin on Friday evenings from 6 to 7 pm at the Charlestown Elementary School gym for ages 6 through 16. The instructors are Don Fair and Anna Overend and the cost is $95 for eight weeks. The program runs from January 9th through February 27th.
Register for indoor tennis by visiting the Parks and Recreation Department in Charlestown Town Hall or online here. Call 364-1222 for further information.
Disc Golf Ice Bowl 2015
The 20th Rhode Island Frostbite Classic / Ice Bowl 2015 will be held on Saturday, February 14, 2015 at the Disc Golf Course in Ninigret Park. Weather or Not! No Wimps! No Whiners! No Cancellations!
The competition will be three Rounds of Singles, 54 Holes with one round each on the short, medium and long tees.
Entry Fee: $25 - Open, Advanced, Novice and Juniors (16 & under) plus a donation of at least 2 cans for the RI Food Bank - $3 will be given to the food bank for each pound collected.
Tee Sponsorship: $25 - Name on tee and listed in the map/scoreboard/program. 54 different tees.
Registration/Check-in: 8:00 am at the Frosty Drew Nature Center.
Players meeting: 8:45 am.
Tee off: 9:15 am
For more information, contact T.M Dyer at: dyer_tm@yahoo.com.