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Join us on Saturday, April 1, for our second annual Spring Egg Hunt at the West Lafayette Wellness Center. Food trucks, crafts, and games will be on-site. The Spring Egg Hunt is rain or shine! Children are only permitted to attend one egg hunt. Registration is required! Registration: Green Community Events Tab
Time and ages:
Doggie Egg Hunt: 12 P.M.
Special Needs: 4:00 PM
2 and under: 4:30 PM
3-5 years: 5:00 PM
6-8 years: 5:30 PM
9-11 years: 6:00 PM
Thank You to Our Sponsors:
Calvary Church
Freckles Graphics
Lafayette Kiwanis
Studio b
Westside Scoops
Wright Flower Shop
Our goal is to raise $10,000 to offset the cost of the event. Click here to learn more!
Email us if you'd like to sponsor a section of the Spring EggHunt: Wellness@westlafayette.in.gov
 Global Fest 2023 Needs Your Help
Global Fest might be seven months away, but we're already booking our musical and performing acts now! If you have not done so, consider donating this year to support local art and help us celebrate our community's beautiful and diverse cultures. For 27 years, this event has been the highlight of West Lafayette, and we're looking forward to the 28th Global Fest on September 16, 2023.
Contact Kevin Noe, Wellness Center Director, for more information.
 Making Memories
Dodgeball: On Friday, February 3, Can't Get Anyone Out won the Dodgeball tournament at the Wellness Center. We will have another match in the fall.
Riverside Skating Center: We appreciate our community's support for the 2022-2023 season. This year, we celebrated 20 years of chilly fun with our community. If you have yet to visit the rink this season, do so soon! The ice is just days from melting away.
STEM & Stories: On Saturday, February 25, our youth development team hosted an event in partnership with the Klondike Library. Children read the Three Little Pigs, made houses, and blew them down with a hair dryer! The next STEM & Stories will be on Saturday, March 18 at 11 A.M. Sign up today with the Klondike Library Portal!
Wibit Night: More than 30 families visited the Wellness Center on Friday, February 24, to enjoy the Wibit, our water obstacle course. The next Wibit night will be on April 21 from 6 P.M. to 8 P.M.
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Volunteer Spotlight:
Clayton Drown
For more than three years, Clayton has been a regular volunteer for the Lilly Nature Center. He loves teaching visitors of the LNC all about birds. He also likes showing kids how to use the microscope at the touch table. Clayton just earned his Eagle scout rank with the Boys Scouts of America and is a senior in high school. He'd like to study electronic design and create user-friendly apps when he graduates later this spring.
The LNC is always seeking volunteers. Reach out to director Dan Dunten if you would like to help! ddunten@westlafayette.in.gov
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 Class Spotlight:
Private Music Lessons
This month, we are focusing on the positive powers of learning to play an instrument! Instructor Douglas Gery has more than 20 years of experience in the music profession as a band member, singer, songwriter, and lead guitarist. He's accepting new students for the March sessions. Students of all ages and abilities can come for lead guitar, acoustic, bass, ukulele, and songwriting lessons. Each session is four weeks. Sessions meet on either Wednesdays or Thursdays.
Contact Brandy Payne, Facilities Admin, with any questions.
Registration: Yellow Program Tab
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 Rentals for All Occasions
No matter your celebration, we have the space you need for your next event! From shelters of all shapes and sizes to indoor classroom space to pools, we can help you pick a perfect package for your gathering. Visit our website for more information.
Contact wellness@westlafayette.in.gov for any questions about rentals at the Wellness Center and wlparks@westlafaeytte.in.gov for Margerum City Hall, the Municipal Pool, Riverside Skating Center, and all local parks.
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Adult 3-on-3 Half-Court Basketball League
Location: Wellness Center
- Nine game season
- Thursday night games between 6-8 P.M.
- Ages 18 and older
Registration is open from February 6 to March 6. The first game will be on Thursday, March 23, and the last game of the season will be on May 18.
Contact Rachel MacDougall, Sports, and Wellness Coordinator, with any questions.
Registration: Orange Sports & Recreation Tab
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Adult Softball
Location: Cumberland Park
The 2023 softball season is just weeks away! Have you registered your team yet? Visit our website to print the registration packets for both the coed and men's leagues.
Contact Kevin Noe, Wellness Center Director, with any questions.
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Dance Classes
Location: Margerum City Hall
We are offering Latin, ballroom, jazz, ballet, tap, and clogging classes at City Hall for various ages and levels. Dancing is a fun way to increase heart-health, flexibility, and coordination while making new friends.
Registration: Yellow Program Tab
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Lifeguard Training Course
Location: Margerum City Hall
If you're 15 or older, join us for our upcoming American Red Cross Lifeguard Training courses.
Click here for the flyer with all the details for dates and times.
Contact Julie Martin, Aquatics Coordinator, with any questions.
Registration: Teal Aquatics Tab
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Mind BOGgling Celebration
Location: Lilly Nature Center & Celery Bog Nature Area
Visit the LNC on May 20 from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M. for our annual Mind BOGgling celebration at the Lilly Nature Center. This family-friendly allows everyone to enjoy special hiking outings, crafts, games, and so much more.
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Postpartum Strength & Mobility
Location: Wellness Center
Join Certified Pregnancy & Postpartum Coach Lauren Mullikin for eight weeks of building foundational strength, improving balance, and feeling better moving in your body through core and pelvic floor-focused movements.
- Must be a Wellness Center member
- Meet other moms in a small group training setting
- $80 for an 8-week program
- April 3-May 24
Contact Rachel MacDougall, Sports & Wellness Coordinator, with any questions.
Registration: Orange Sports and Recreation Tab
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Preschoolers at Play
Location: Wellness Center
Now is a great time to enroll children ages 3 to 5 into our Preschoolers at Play program. Allow Miss Katie and Miss Cammy to help your children bridge the challenging transition from home to kindergarten with age-appropriate and active learning. This program focuses on helping little ones with socialization skills, motor skills, manners, teamwork, and emotional development. New class sessions are open now!
- March 6-24: Silly Shapes
- April 3-21: Numbers & Nature
- May 1-19: Wacky Weather
- May 30-August 4: Summer Sessions
Contact Ashley Conner, Youth Development Coordinator, with any questions.
Registration: Purple Camps & Childcare Tab
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Program Guide & CivicRec
Did you visit our website and see more upcoming programs? That's one place to look. You can also see our program guide, which is updated quarterly. The next program guide will post at the end of March for all Spring and Summer sessions. CivicRec is our point-of-sale software that allows you to see the entire catalog of upcoming programs and events. This is where you'll register and pay for programs and events.
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Spring Break Art Camp
Location: City Hall
Home for Spring Break? Join us at City Hall for Art Camp with Miss Jeanette!
- March 13 to 23 from 9 A.M. to 11 A.M.
- March 27 to 31 from 9 A.M. to 11 A.M.
Classes are $105 per session plus a $30 supply fee. Art camp is for ages 7 to 14.
Contact Brandy Payne, Facilities Administrator, with any questions.
Registration: Purple Camps & Childcare Tab
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Youth Spring Sports
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- March 4: Wellness Center Community Day from Noon to 6 P.M.
- March 13-17: City Hall Spring Break Art Camp
- March 18: STEM & Stories at the Klondike Library
- March 27-31: City Hall Spring Break Art Camp
- March 27-31: Wellness Center Spring Break Camp
- April 1: Wellness Center Community Day moved to April 8 due to Egg Hunt
- April 1: Spring Egg Hunt (No Community Day)
- April 3-May 24: Postpartum Strength and Mobility at Wellness Center
- April 7: City offices closed in observance of Good Friday
- April 8: Wellness Center Community Day from Noon to 6 P.M.
- April 9: Wellness Center closed in observance of Easter
- April 21: Wibit Night at the Wellness Center
- May 3: WL Farmers Market opens for the season
- May 6: Wellness Center Community Day from Noon to 6 P.M.
- May 14: Wellness Center Community Day for mothers in observance of Mother's Day
- May 29: Wellness Center and City Offices closed in observance of Memorial Day
- July 2023: National Parks and Recreation Month
- September 16: Global Fest
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Communication Updates
If you have used the West Lafayette Wellness Center, we would like to know about your experiences. Please take our quick survey by March 6, 2023, and let us know what you want and how we can improve your visits. We appreciate constructive criticism because we genuinely care that our community enjoys the Wellness Center.
We are working on adding digital comment boxes to the Wellness Center and our parks. Again, we want to ensure we allow the public a voice to help us improve. Maintaining the safety and cleanliness of our facilities and parks while keeping our programs innovative is our priority!
The Cumberland Dog Park is well-loved! We're happy to see so many furry friends enjoying the safe space to run and socialize. There are two sides to the park and later this spring, we'll flip usage to other run area. So, if you show up and it's locked, walk around to the other side!
We get asked daily about all of the construction on our roads and trails. Did you know we have an entire website dedicated to keeping you in the loop? Visit wlmoves.com for up-to-date information so you're always in the know! You can also visit our Boards and Commission page on our website for dates and times of meetings. Road construction is a topic at many of our public board meetings.
Speaking of websites...we know ours needs more TLC. We have Google Analytics up and running to help monitor any trends for the betterment of our facilities, with the goal of a polished and easy-to-use website by July 1, 2023. The improvement process will include converting our Parks information into a microsite, which will help streamline many of the pages and organize information.
We are in a hiring crunch. We need more lifeguards and camp staff for this summer. Please help us by sharing our hiring page within your social circles. We need our community's support to offer high-quality childcare and swim lessons all summer. Click here to see all the employment opportunities in the City.
Finally, I encourage you to follow us on social media! This is where you can find information about all our parks and programs. Click on the Staying Connected page and be proactive about the happenings in your local parks.
Thank you for taking the time to read this month's newsletter. If you have any suggestions, photos to share, or stories for the community, contact me! I love seeing so many faces enjoying our parks and facilities.
Heather Wiltse
Membership & Marketing Director WL Parks and Recreation
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222 N Chauncey Ave
West Lafayette, IN 47906
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