Coming Soon...
The 2024 Staunton Parks and Recreation Winter/Spring Activity Guide will be arriving soon in your Staunton mailbox.
Handprints
Handprints is a child-centered art program where our youngest artists are free to explore and be creative. Children will enjoy a variety of materials and techniques at their own pace: play dough, easel painting, and a special project each week. Emphasis will be on the imaginative process and not the final product, building essential cognitive skills along the way. Best of all we supply everything you and your child need and take care of all the cleanup. Ages 2-5 (with adult). Instructor: Samantha Campbell of “Hey-Ho-Lets Grow”. NSC, 9:30am-10:30am, Price: $37. Six Tuesdays beginning January 16. Register by: January 12
Toddler/Pre-K Open Gym
As the weather cools down and the snow begins to fall, we find ourselves cooped up with not many options to run and play. Join us Wednesday mornings at the Gypsy Hill Park Gymnasium. We will have balls, toys, and games available for little ones, as well as plenty of open space for running and being silly. Parent/guardian must remain present with their children. Ages 5 and under. GHPG, 9:30am-11:30am, Wednesdays November through March. Price: $3/child each visit. *Please note: this program will be unavailable on the fourth Wednesday of every month.
Smart Cookies
Join us in making some delicious, healthy cookies for Valentine’s Day. In this program, we will learn how to make and decorate a strawberry oat cookie for our loved ones (this recipe does include peanut butter). As we are waiting for the cookies to bake, we will discuss the history of Valentine’s Day and create our own, unique cards. We ask that adults stay with their child/children during this program. Instructor: Ana Fugate. MHPA, February 12, 4:30-5:30pm. Ages 4-11. Price: $10. Register by: February 5
The Recreation Office is Closed January 15th in Observance of Martin Luther King Jr Day.
The Gypsy Yard Sale
Saturday, February 3, 8am-12pm, Gypsy Hill Park Gym
Thirty-five 10’x10’ spaces are available for rent. Price: $15 per space, tables $5 each. Set up for vendors will be 2pm-7pm on Friday, February 2. No items brought in Saturday morning. Pre-registration and pre-payment for tables required. No online registration available. Registration at the Recreation Department ONLY. For more information, call us at: (540) 332-3945
Morning Warmups
This class is great for seniors with tired muscles and as a follow up for physical therapy. Bring hand weights, exercise mats, and resistance bands. Learn chair exercises, healthy eating, and diet tips. Men and women invited! Ages 50+. Instructor: Brenda Powell. GHPG, Tuesday and Thursday, 9am-10am. Price: $28.80 per 12 classes. Register a week in advance! Winter Session begins January 16
Puppy Preschool
Layer up and bring your new bundle of joy to the small dog-park and agility ring for a 6-week training series in Gypsy Hill Park! During these sessions, your puppy (5 months and under) will learn the fundamentals of socialization with people, children, and other puppies. This course allows your pup to build confidence through basic training. Please arrive 10 minutes early. Instructor: Melissa Hays of Virginia Company Dog Training. GHP, 1pm-2pm, six Saturdays beginning February 3. Price: $188. Register by: January 27
Kendo and Iaido
Choose between different two styles of Japanese sword arts. Kendo is a modern form of Japanese fencing. It comes from the sword arts of ancient Japan. Kendo is more than just learning to fence. It is also about proper discipline and spirit. Iaido is the Japanese sword art of drawing and cutting in one motion. This is a great martial art for mental concentration. We teach Seiteigata Iaido. Instructor: John Smitka. GHPGC, Iaido 6:30pm-7:30pm, Kendo 7:30pm-9:15pm, Wednesday. Join monthly sessions beginning 1st Wednesday of each month. Price: $65/month January Session begins Jan. 3
Kung Fu
Adult Kung Fu
Come improve your health, learn self-defense, and have fun learning the techniques, applications, history and culture of traditional martial arts. Training will be in the Hung Gar and Northern Shaolin Longfist Kung Fu discipline. Benefits of Kung Fu include improved strength, agility, flexibility, self-defense skills and multiple mental health benefits. Instructor: Brian Weaver. GHPGC, 6:15pm-7:30pm, Join new Monthly sessions beginning on the first Tuesday of each month. Price: $60/month
Youth Kung Fu
Let your child learn the fundamentals and discipline of Kung Fu. Classes will consist of a rigorous warm-up, stretching and the practice of various Kung Fu techniques and their applications. Exercise will include basic conditioning, drills to improve fundamentals, partner and self-defense drills and the practice of traditional Kung Fu forms and extended sets of movement. Instructor: Brian Weaver. GHPGC, 5:15pm-6pm, Join new Monthly sessions beginning on the first Tuesday of each month. Price: $50/mo
VEGAS BABY! 2024
Las Vegas, NV, April 2-April 6
Fly to Las Vegas on April 2nd to enjoy 5 days and 4 nights of nonstop excitement on the world’s most famous strip! Take in a show, go see the Grand Canyon, play some desert golf, or gamble 24 hours a day, you choose what you would like to do once you arrive in Vegas. This trip includes shuttle to and from airport, roundtrip airfare, and hotel accommodations at Excalibur Hotel and Casino. $775 per person/ based on double occupancy. Reserve your spot with $400 deposit, final balance due by March 1.
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