City of Miami Parks
Launches Dive In Movies
Join Black Beard and all his pirates for our
outdoor movies at Grapeland Water Park.
Every third Saturday of the month at 8pm, for $5
admission into the park you can enjoy a
movie under the stars.
*** Our September movie Madagascar has been cancelled.
The summer is upon us and that means beach and
pool time! Are you and your children water safe?
In the event of an accident could your child
swim to a pool edge? If not then you might want
to consider taking our eight week Learn-To-Swim
classes. Find out about locations at
pool sites,
just a few are listed below.Grapeland Water Park - 1550 NW 37 Avenue -
305.960.2951
Range Pool - 525 NW 62 Street - 305.757.7961
Jose Marti Pool - 351 SW 4
Street - 305.575.5265
City
of Miami Commissioner Richard P. Dunn II, The
Phillip Randolph Institute, Overtown NET Office
and Keep It 100 Records Presents Back 2 School
Health Fair and Book Bag Giveaway on Saturday,
August 14th, 2010 at Gibson Park, 350 NW 13
Street, Miami, FL. From 10am -3pm participants
can receive free blood pressure and glucose
screenings, HIV testing, back to school
giveaways, finger printings, live music and
children's activities.
Many of our parks offer after school programs, this includes homework assistance,
sport league participation, arts and crafts and more.
One of our newest programs includes a youth dance program at Hadley Park,
visit this link to see a video on the program
http://www.miamigov.com/evideo/pages/default.asp
We have seven parks that run Children's Trust funded after school programs,
these are: Armbrister Park, African Square Park, Juan Pablo Duarte Park, Shenandoah Park,
Williams Park and Jose Marti Parks, also our Sand Delucca Developmental Center offers
after school programs for children with disabilities. As part of the Children's Trust
program students get extra assistance with reading, math and science skills to help
them to improve their performance in school.
At Grapeland Park, Shenandoah Park and Fern Isle Park young ladies interested in
playing softball can sign up for our Girl's Softball League, they will get trained in
key softball skills and have the opportunity to play in inter-city and inter-county tournaments.
Contact your local park to find out what sports leagues are available for your child,
flag football starts in a few weeks, we also offer t-ball, basketball, swim teams and
more throughout the year. Visit out community parks page for listing of all our parks.
Year Round - Kayak at Morningside Park - Grab a paddle and kayak in Biscayne Bay,
$5 an hour you can rent a two person or single kayak at Morningside Park, 750 NE 55 Terrace.
For the summer time only kayak rentals are available from 7am - 4pm Friday, Saturday
and Sunday, the last rental is at 3pm. Life vests are included in the rental.
For more information call (305) 751-2143.
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