Accokeek Foundation Announces Activities for Children's Day 2008

Contact: Kathy Talbot
Phone: 301.283.2113 ext. 32
Email: ktalbot@accokeek.org

Children's Day
Saturday, April 19, 2008
11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Rain or Shine
$2 Per Person, Ages 3 and Over
Children under 2 are Free, Members Free
First 25 Visitors Receive Free Membership to the Accokeek Foundation

Calling all families! Join us for a day of fun at the Accokeek Foundation at Piscataway Park. Children will receive "passports" to be stamped on the day's journey. "Passport" stations will be set up throughout the park where children will have a chance to learn about the environment, colonial history, farm animals, and more. Children can have their passport photo taken before beginning the day's adventures.

New this Children's Day, the Accokeek Foundation has partnered with two national museums: Representatives from the National Museum of the American Indian will be performing a Native American dance and story, and educating visitors about tanning hides. The National Children's Museum is a partner in the day's performance of a colonial play, and will be our passport photographers. "We are thrilled to have such wonderful organizations to work with. Both bring a wealth of knowledge and will allow us to expand and diversify the kinds of activities we offer our visitors," says Kathy Talbot, Manager of Special Events and Training at the Accokeek Foundation.

Children's Day activities will also include:

A picturesque, guided-hike

A musical performance from the Irish Jam Session

A lesson in organic farming

A look into colonial life through school lessons, food, three different games, crafts, medicines, and more

Corn planting for the Colonial Day harvest in October

Heritage breed animals

Hands-on activities for all ages

Seed and plant sale

Refreshments will be available for purchase, and the Museum Gift Shop will be open.

Wear closed-toe shoes and clothing appropriate for hiking on various terrains.

The first 25 visitors on Children's Day will receive a free Membership to the Accokeek Foundation. Members can visit the site for free, receive invitations to "Friends Only" events, receive quarterly newsletters with the latest information about the Foundation, discounted fees on training, and a 10% discount at our gift shop, where we have many unique items.

The Foundation is pleased to partner with the National Children's Museum and the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institute. The mission of the National Children's Museum is to inspire children to care about and improve our world. To learn more please click here. Established in 1989, through an Act of Congress, the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian is an institution of living cultures dedicated to advancing knowledge and understanding of the life, languages, literature, history and arts of the Native peoples of the Western Hemisphere. To learn more please click here.