School's Out Science Camps

Want a fun, hands-on experience for your kids? School's Out Science Camps offer exciting educational experiences for little scientists! Join us for unique topics designed to inform, engage and entertain!

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Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company are further growing solar power in Kentucky — establishing a new service for business and industrial customers interested in solar energy.  
The company selected Kentucky-based Solar Energy Solutions, LLC as its business partner for its new business solar offering, which was first announced in November 2015.
Through this new business solar service, LG&E and KU will build, own and operate individual solar facilities for interested business and industrial customers on their properties. The solar systems may include ground or rooftop solar arrays and can range in size from 30 kilowatts to 5 megawatts, and each customized project will be subject to approval by the Kentucky Public Service Commission.
This new customer offering expands LG&E and KU’s solar initiatives; the first of which came in April as the company unveiled Kentucky’s largest universal solar facility at its E.W. Brown Generating Station in Mercer County. The 10-megawatt solar facility is expected to produce 19,000 megawatt-hours of energy annually, enough to power 1,500 homes — based on a usage of 1,000 kilowatt hours per month and considering all available hours of sunlight.
Visit lge-ku.com/solar to learn more about LG&E and KU’s efforts to grow solar energy in Kentucky for customers and the nation’s power grid. 

Develop Louisville Office of Housing and Community Development will host a Down Payment Assistance Homeownership Forum on Thursday, June 30 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the Southwest Public Library Community Room, 9725 Dixie Highway.  The Down Payment Assistance Program is available to homebuyers who are looking to purchase an existing or newly constructed home in the Louisville Metro area. You do not have to be a first time homebuyer to qualify. However, all homebuyers must be credit and income qualified. 
This meeting is free and open to the public. Lenders, realtors and counselors are also welcome to set-up a vendor table. All participants must register by 5:00 pm on Friday, June 24. Space is limited, go to www.louisvilleky.gov to sign up or call 574-4016.

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Are you retired and/or a senior with time on your hands and a desire to give back? The Louisville Metro Community Services’ Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) has received urgent requests from RSVP-partnered agencies, to find and do initial screening of volunteers, age 55 and above, for the following service opportunities:

• Catholic Charities Refugee Ministries/Sister Visitor (Portland area) – Volunteers needed to assist with sorting and redisplay of donations for distribution to needy families and individuals. Mentors are also needed to assist legal refugees in sewing classes, in learning about Louisville social services, attractions, in practicing English and in pursuing their citizenship.

• Kids’ Cafes – Several locations still in need of volunteers to provide summer lunch and dinner food service, opportunities for children to practice reading skills and limited recreational activities

• Louisville Metro Parks’ Community Centers – New pilot programs targeting California and Portland areas are partnering local residents/seniors/businesses in efforts to “adopt” neighborhood parks to increase multi-generational usages (games, gardening, walking and book clubs), safety and cleanliness. Volunteers are also needed in many Community Centers as greeters/receptionists.

• Lunchtime meal deliveries: Both the Louisville Metro Senior Nutrition Program (LMSNP) and SeniorCare Experts, Inc. have openings for deliverers to serve homebound (in daily route program) with a nutritionally-balanced meal. LMSNP is also in need of volunteers for a pilot program of delivering a weeks’ worth of pre-packaged lunches for those not yet on a daily delivery schedule.

• Sitio Ministries (St. John Vianney Catholic Church) - Volunteers are needed to help sort, do light sewing repairs and display donated clothing for redistribution to needy families and individuals in SW Jefferson County.

• Robley Rex Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC) – Volunteers are needed to provide transportation for US service veteran patients to and from the VAMC for medical appointments.  Shuttle drivers are also needed for parking lot routes.

• Supplies Over Seas – Volunteers needed to sort and repackage donated sterile medical supplies for shipments to US and international poverty areas.   “No obligation” tours welcome.

The Louisville RSVP is a federally-funded, locally sponsored program of the Community Services Department and provides members with free benefits while serving one or more of the 40+ RSVP-partner agencies.  Call today at (502) 574-1530 for details and to make your interview appointment. 

For more information about RSVP, visit https://louisvilleky.gov/government/community-services/retired-and-senior-volunteer-program-rsvp. 

Councilman Mulvihill is continuing the Neighborhood Walks with  LMPD in the 4th and 6th Divisions. Above,Thanks to Officers McElroy and Phillips of the 6th division, Shirley Hill and neighbors for walking with us in Buechel Terrace on Monday morning. Councilman Mulvihill had a chance to talk with some neighbors about issues and one neighbor was kind enough to offer bottled water to the group. pictured to the left and below are the folks that walked on Wednesday evening in the Schnitzelburg Area. Thanks to Major Bates, Officer Washington, Officer Conner and the neighbors that showed up to walk the area between Eastern Parkway and Clarks Ln. We encountered a young man that had the opportunity to sit on the LMPD four wheeler and turn on the siren.....made his day.

Come to the Louisville Nature Center and walk our gardens while reading some great children's literature. No registration is required and the walk is free. In the case of inclement weather the walk will be postponed.
The StoryWalk project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and developed in collaboration with the Vermont Bicycle & Pedestrian Coalition and the Kellogg-Hubbard Library to promote literacy, physical activity, and family time in nature.
The StoryWalk® Project combines wonderful children’s picture books with all the joys and benefits of a walk outdoors.
WHERE: 3745 Illinois Ave. Louisville KY 40213 (near the zoo)
Self directed Story Walks for the summer are:
Saturday July 16 10:30 2:30 Lost In the Woods by Carl R Sams II & Jean Stoick
Saturday August 20 10:30 2:30 Clayton’s Birding Adventure by Linda M Penn (a local author!)

Serving on a board or commission is a great way to utilize your talents. We hope you will consider volunteering your time with us and encourage you to browse the openings regularly for opportunities that would best utilize your experience and knowledge. We have approximately 100 boards and commissions with many areas of interest, including business and economic development, land planning, parks and recreation, public health and public safety. It is important that these boards have adequate representation from all areas of town, including District 25 and Southwest Louisville, as they are responsible for evaluating many important decisions that impact our city and its citizens.

The following Boards and Commissions will have vacancies needing to be filled between now and June. Metro Louisville is actively seeking nominations and applications to fill these boards. Please consider applying for one or more of the following:

• Metropolitan Business Development Corporation
• Affordable Housing Trust Fund Board
• Bardstown Road Overlay District
• Building Code Board of Appeals
• Cemetery Board
• Civil Service Board
• Code Enforcement Board
• Community Action Partnership
• Jefferson County Public Law Library
• Deputy Sheriff Merit Board
• Downtown Development Review Overlay Board
• Downtown Management District
• Ethics Commission
• Fire Protection Districts (Fairdale, Harrods Creek, Highview, Lake Dreamland, Lyndon, Middletown, Okolona, St. Matthews & Worthington)
• Hazard Materials Ordinance Appeals & Overseers Board
• Housing Authority Board
• Human Relations Commission
• Advocacy Board
• Human Relations Commission Enforcement Board
• Kentuckiana Works
• Landmarks
• Library Advisory Commission
• Louisville Arena Authority, Inc.
• Louisville Public Media
• Merit Board
• Medical Center Commission of Jefferson County
• PARC Board of Commissioners
• Police Merit Board
• Redevelopment Authority
• Science Center
• Urban Renewal Commission
• Vacant Property Review Commission
• Waterworks
• Zoo Foundation Board 

Please click here for more information. Be sure to alert the District 10 office once you have applied. Thank you for your interest! 

Getting to jobs, the movies, recreational activities and fun events around Louisville is affordable and easy for young people with the TARC Summer Youth Pass, which goes on sale Mon.May 23.
The pass costs $30 and is available to anyone 6-19 years old.  With the pass, youths can take unlimited TARC rides on all routes from June 1-Aug. 31.
The pass can be ordered from TARC’s website, www.ridetarc.org, or purchased at the following locations:

• Union Station, 1000 W. Broadway

• Nia Center, 2900 W. Broadway

• All Fifth Third Banks

• Louisville Free Public Library, 3rd & York

To order by mail, send a check or money order for $30, with your name, address and phone number, to SUMMER YOUTH PASS; c/o TARC cashier; 1000 W. Broadway; Louisville, KY  40203.