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Family Edition – Pints on the Preserve
November 9, 2024 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
This is part of our Pints on the Preserve event from 2:00 – 5:30 pm.
2:00 – 4:00pm: Natural Lands’ Next Gen Council invites families to meet up for a few hours of fun and exploration. All activities are free, but registration is requested.
Activities at the pavilion
- Make crafts to take home.
- Roast some marshmallows. (cancelled due to fire ban)
- Enjoy lounging, lawn games, and outdoor fun.
- Small snacks will be available for CASH-ONLY purchase.
- Pints for the grown-ups! (cash or credit card).
Activities in Ollie Owl’s NaturePlayGround
- Search for clues for the Ollie Owl Scavenger Hunt
- Climb logs, build stick teepees, hunt for bugs, explore small streams, and get a little dirty, tired, and inspired.
- Free play is encouraged and is a great way for kids to gain an appreciation for nature.
- Ollie Owl’s NaturePlayGround is designed for children ages 4 to 12 years old, but older kids and adults have fun too. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
- Kiddos are encouraged to explore at their own pace, so stay and play as little or long as you like in this drop-in event.
ChesLen Preserve is the largest privately owned nature preserve open to the public in Chester County. Miles of marked hiking trails lead visitors through shady woodlands, flower-filled meadows, farm fields, and stream valleys.
Visitors can also explore Ollie Owl’s NaturePlayGround, where young explorers can climb logs, build stick tee-pees, hunt for bugs, explore small streams, and get a little dirty, tired, and inspired. Free play is encouraged and is a great way for kids to gain an appreciation for nature.
- Seating options may be limited so be sure to bring a chair or blanket.
- Light snacks will be available for cash-only purchase.
- No outside alcohol permitted.
- Well-behaved, leashed dogs are welcome.
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By registering for this event, I, as the participant, and/or parent or legal guardian of a minor participant, do hereby understand and acknowledge that by participating, in this, or any, Natural Lands’ event or activity, I am agreeing to indemnify and hold harmless Natural Lands, their respective administrators, directors, agents, officers, members, volunteers, employees, other participants, any sponsors, advertisers, and, if applicable, owners and lessors of premises on which the Activity takes place, (each considered one of the “RELEASEES” herein).
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I fully understand that: (a) the Program and related Activities involve risks and dangers of damage to personal property and serious bodily injury, including permanent disability, paralysis, and death (“risks”); (b) these Risks and dangers may be caused by my and/or the Minor’s own actions or inactions, the actions or inactions of others participating in the Activity, the condition in which the Activity takes place, or the negligence of the “releasees” as aforementioned; (c) there may be other risks and social and economic losses either not known to me or not readily foreseeable at this time; and I fully accept and assume all such risks and all responsibility for losses, costs, and damages I and/or the minor incur as a result of my participation or that of the Minor in the Activity.
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