Recreate with Kirkland Parks and Community Services this winter season!
Registration for winter programs opens December 7 at 7:00 a.m. online at kirklandparks.net. To register over the phone, you can call 425-587-3336 at 7:00 a.m.
Here's a sneak peek of what is to come:
• Adult Partner Dancing
• Watercolor Painting
• Ice Skating
• Art Lab for Preschoolers
• Capoeira
• Pee Wee Basketball
• And more!
For a 2-page pdf listing of all programs, please download our Winter 2022 Recreation Program Grid.
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Walk through and enjoy the following festivities:
• Community food drive collection in partnership with Rairdon's of Kirkland
• Enhanced light displays
• A bonfire with Argosy Christmas ship stop
• Under the lights selfie stations with MorningStar Senior Living, Studio East, and Duffy Electric Boats NW
• Live music from Kamiakin Middle School Jazz Ensemble and Juanita High School orchestra, band, and combined choirs Hot cocoa and cider compliments of MorningStar Senior Living
• Cookies compliments of Duffy Electric Boats NW
• Winter themed goodies bags for children 3+ while supplies last
• Bring a non-perishable food item to support local families. Drop off at the Rairdon’s of Kirkland tent.
Date: December 12
Location: Juanita Beach Park - 9703 NE Juanita Dr, Kirkland, WA 98034
Day: Sunday
Time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Ages: All Ages
As Kirkland continues to carefully reopen park amenities, we remain committed to the safety of our community. We ask you practice physical distancing, wear a face covering or mask, adhere to the phase requirements, and stay home if you are sick. Specifically for the Light Up Kirkland, face coverings are to be worn at all times by all regardless of vaccination status. Find out more about our COVID Safety Plan www.kirklandwa.gov/playitsafe
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Explore ways to lay a solid foundation for self-sufficient meditation practice by introducing proper postures, breathing, and body-scanning techniques. Learn to effectively release stress and better manage physical/ emotional pain. Sight, sound, and taste will be incorporated in the meditation practice to ease the body and mind from anxiety, depression, and personal trauma, bringing our awareness to the present moment and enjoy living.
Date: January 18 - March 8
Location: Peter Kirk Community Center
Day: Tuesdays
Time: 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Ages: 18+
Register online at https://bit.ly/3dmdcLT
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Kirkland Parks and Community Services is looking for Gym Supervisors and Youth Sports Referees!
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Gym Supervisors (Facility Leads) will lead staff and supervise all activities in a gym facility. Gym Supervisors monitor the facility, assist customers and basketball officials, open and close the facility, and make written and verbal reports to the Recreation Coordinator and Supervisor.
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Youth Basketball Referees will officiate the youth basketball games for boys and girls for grades 3rd through 6th. Youth Basketball referees also assist with set up and break down of equipment prior to and following games, provide first aid when necessary and maintain a clean, safe, and orderly facility. Officiating training will be provided in December and no prior experience is necessary!
To learn more about the Youth Basketball program and available employment positions, please use the links on the City’s website by visiting the Parks Jobs page at the link below.
www.kirklandwa.gov/parksjobs
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Northwest University's Holiday Youth Basketball Clinic
$15 registration fee gets you:
1. All participants receive a shirt and basketball
2. All participants get free admission when they wear their clinic shirt to the NU Basketball game on Friday Dec. 31
Space is limited and will fill up fast. Sign up today to reserve a spot!
Date: December 30
Location: Northwest University Gymnasium - 5520 108th Ave NE, Kirkland, WA 98033
Day: Thursday
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ages: 7 - 13 years old
Register online at https://bit.ly/3GkzQAw
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Connect with friends and learn real outdoor skills with expert Guides!
Find your adventure in wilderness survival, archery, and much more. Register for a one-day camp or for multiple days. Discover why so many northwest parents and kids choose Tracker's Earth award-winning camps.
Students are transported by Trackers Earth bus to various parks in the greater area for a variety of experiences and fun.
Register for all days offered or just the ones that fit into your schedule during winter break! Camps are broken down to ages 6-7, 8-9, and 10-12.
Homeschool: Outdoor Adventure Days
Does your homeschooled child love the outdoors?
Award-winning Trackers Earth offers a premier outdoor experience developing awareness, fortitude, and competency in the outdoors.
Staff guide participants to direct their own outdoor adventures and education on the topics of outdoor safety, first aid, mapping, navigation, orienteering, tracking animals, patterns, using deduction, awareness, and empathy. In addition, participants learn wilderness survival skills, economics, service, and caretaking of nature!
Students are transported by the Trackers Earth bus to various parks in the greater area for a variety of experiences and fun.
Date: February 1 - March 15
Location: Pick-up and Drop-off at McAuliffe Park
Day: Tuesdays
Time: 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Ages: 6 - 11 years
Register online at https://bit.ly/3AVGNFd
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Trackers Earth Apprenticeship: Stealth, Archery & Wilderness Survival
Join the Rangers Guild! Train in wilderness survival, tracking and stealth for a full season. Bend in with the forest, learning the ways of the wild. Seek out your Rangers camp, a place where nature reveals the secrets of forest craft.
Dates: January 29 - April 30 (see below for schedule A & B dates)
Location: McAuliffe Park - Atrium
Days: Specific Saturdays (Schedule A: 1/29, 2/19, 3/12 and 4/23; Schedule B: 2/5, 2/26, 4/2, and 4/30)
Time: 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Ages: 6 - 12 years
Register online at https://bit.ly/3l8cW6u
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Join Kirkland Parks and Community Services for our first Annual January Jump! Polar Bear Plunge event.
Take an icy cold splash with friends and family! Enjoy vendor booths, a doughnut food truck, play pre-plunge games like cornhole, best plunge costume contest, and trivia on our new giant LED screen! Warm-up with hot cocoa and coffee!
Want to participate but stay warm? Take a virtual plunge, stay cozy, donate $10 toward the Recreation Scholarship Fund, and provide recreational opportunities for youth, adults, and seniors.
This event is open to spectators for free.
Registration is required to participate in the plunge.
Registration includes event t-shirt and giveaways while supplies last. $20 advance registration and $25 on event day.
Three sessions to choose from:
Session I 1:00-1:20 PM- ADULTS ONLY
Session II 1:20-1:40 PM- ALL AGES
Session III 1:40-2:00 PM- ALL AGES
T-shirt and giveaways while available while supplies last. Advanced registration is highly encouraged. Registration is also open on event day.
Come and join us!
Visit http://www.kirklandwa.gov/parking for parking options.
Date: January 22
Location: Doris Cooper Houghton Beach Park - 5811 Lake Washington Blvd, Kirkland, WA 98033
Day: Saturday
Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Ages: All ages welcome; those under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
Register online at https://bit.ly/3lBRN5K
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