SUMMER-LONG OPPORTUNITIES

Summer Opportunities for Scholars

WEEK OF JUNE 19

• June 21: GRAM Family events: Gallery chat
• June 21 and 23, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm: OnBase baseball with GRPD at Richmond Park
• June 21, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Garfield Park
• June 21, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR MLK Park
• June 21, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn West Side Branch
• June 21, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Rosa Parks Circle Swing Dance
• June 22, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Seymour Branch
• June 22: Animals of Blandford Nature Center with GRPL
• June 23, 10:30am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Yankee Clipper Branch
• June 23 9:00 am – 3:00 pm: MLK Freedom School + Garden
• June 25: GRAM Family events: drop in studio

WEEK OF JUNE 26

• Summer of Success
• June 27-30: WMCAT Session
• June 28 and 30, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm  OnBase baseball with GRPD at Martin Luther King Park
• June 28, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Garfield Park
• June 28, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Lincoln Park
• June 28, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn West Side Branch
• June 28, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Rosa Parks Circle Swing Dance
• June 29, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Seymour Branch
• June 30, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Yankee Clipper Branch
• June 30, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm: Relax and Rosa, Rosa Parks Circle
• July 2: GRAM Drop-In Studio: Monoprints
• July 2: City of Grand Rapids Fireworks Show
• May 28-Sept 3, every Saturday, 10:00 am – 10:45 am: Free Kids Yoga at Pleasant Park

WEEK OF JULY 3

• July 4: Hollyhock Lane Parade
• July 5-8: New City Kids Summer Day Camp
• July 5, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Garfield Park
• July 5, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR MLK Park
• July 5, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Rosa Parks Circle Swing Dance
• July 7, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm: Relax and Rosa, Rosa Parks Circle
• July 7, 4:00 pm -8:00 pm: Park Party at MLK Park
• July 8, 7:30 – 10:00 pm: GRPL Movies on the Lawn, Raya and the Last Dragon, Yankee Clipper Branch
• July 9: GRAM family events: Gallery Chat: Sketching
• May 28-Sept 3, every Saturday, 10:00 am – 10:45 am: Free Kids Yoga at Pleasant Park

WEEK OF JULY 10

• July 11-15: New City Kids Summer Day Camp
• July 11, 11:00 am: Outdoor Storytimes with GRPL Roosevelt Park
• July 12, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Garfield Park
• July 12, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Lincoln Park
• July 12, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn West Side Branch
• July 12, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Rosa Parks Circle Swing Dance
• July 13, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Seymour Branch
• July 14, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Yankee Clipper Branch
• July 14, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm: Relax and Rosa, Rosa Parks Circle
• July 15 9:00 am – 3:00 pm: MLK Freedom School + Garden
• July 16: Comic Geek Out with GRPL
• May 28-Sept 3, every Saturday, 10:00 am – 10:45 am: Free Kids Yoga at Pleasant Park

WEEK OF JULY 17

• July 18-22: New City Kids Summer Day Camp
• July 18 at 11:00 am: Outdoor Storytimes with GRPL, Briggs Park
• Jul 19: GRAM family events: Gallery Chat: An Extraordinary Legacy: The Miner S. and Mary Ann Keeler Collection
• July 19, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Garfield Park
• July 19, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR MLK Park
• July 19, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn West Side Branch
• July 19, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Rosa Parks Circle Swing Dance
• July 20, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Seymour Branch
• July 20-21, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm: Union Football Camp, 3rd-8th grade
• July 21, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Yankee Clipper Branch
• July 21, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm: Relax and Rosa, Rosa Parks Circle
• Jul 23 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm: GRAM family events: Gallery Chat: In A New Light: American Impressionism 1870-1940
• Jul 23 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm GRAM: Drop-in Studio: Monoprints
• May 28-Sept 3, every Saturday, 10:00 am -10:45 am: Free Kids Yoga at Pleasant Park

WEEK OF JULY 24

• July 25: GRPL Breakout Box Challenge
• Jul 26, 1:00 -2:00 pm: GRAM family events: Gallery Chat: Portraits
• July 26, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Garfield Park
• July 26, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Lincoln Park
• July 26, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn West Side Branch
• July 26-July 28 (T-Th), 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.: Public Works Camp for 6th – 9th Graders!
• July 26, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Rosa Parks Circle Swing Dance
• July 27, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Seymour Branch
• July 28, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Yankee Clipper Branch
• July 28, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm: Relax and Rosa, Rosa Parks Circle
• Jul 30, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm: GRAM family events, Drop-In Studio: Monoprints
• May 28-Sept 3, every Saturday, 10:00 am – 10:45 am: Free Kids Yoga at Pleasant Park

WEEK OF JULY 31

• August 2, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Garfield Park
• August 2, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR MLK Park
• August 2, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn West Side Branch
• August 2, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Rosa Parks Circle Swing Dance
• August 3, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Seymour Branch
• August 4, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Yankee Clipper Branch
• August 4 9:00 am – 3:00 pm: MLK Freedom School + Garden
• August 4, 4:00 pm -8:00 pm: Park Party at MLK Park
• August 5, 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm: GRPL Movies on the Lawn, Moana, Yankee Clipper Branch
• May 28-Sept 3, every Saturday, 10:00 am – 10:45 am: Free Kids Yoga at Pleasant Park
• August 5-6: Festival Hispano Calder Plaza

WEEK OF AUG 7

• May 28-Sept 3, every Saturday, 10:00 am -10:45 am: Free Kids Yoga at Pleasant Park
• Monday August 8, 11:00 am: Outdoor Storytimes with GRPL Roosevelt Park
• August 9, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Garfield Park
• August 9, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Lincoln Park
• August 9, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn West Side Branch
• August 9 – 11,  8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.: Public Works Camp for 6th – 9th Graders!
• August 9, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Rosa Parks Circle Swing Dance
• August 10, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Seymour Branch
• August 11, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Yankee Clipper Branch
• August 13, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm: El Informador Backpack Event at City

WEEK OF AUG 14

• August 15 at 11:00 am: Outdoor Storytimes with GRPL, Briggs Park
• August 16, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Garfield Park
• August 16, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR MLK Park
• August 16, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn West Side Branch
• August 16-19, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm: Camp Always Raise Youth Voices (ARYV) for middle schoolers
• August 16, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Rosa Parks Circle Swing Dance
• August 17, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Seymour Branch
• August 17, 5:00 – 6:30 pm: Enrollment Day for Northeast and Southeast quadrants
• August 18, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Yankee Clipper Branch
• August 18, 11:30 am-1:00 pm: Enrollment Day for Northwest and Southwest quadrants
• August 19, 1:00 -4:00: Family Fiesta at Roosevelt Park
• May 28-Sept 3, every Saturday, 10:00 am – 10:45 am: Free Kids Yoga at Pleasant Park

WEEK OF AUG 21

• August 23, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Garfield Park
• August 23, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Lincoln Park
• August 25 9:00 am – 3:00 pm: MLK Freedom School + Garden
• May 28-Sept 3, every Saturday, 10:00 am – 10:45 am: Free Kids Yoga at Pleasant Park

WEEK OF AUGUST 28

• August 30, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Garfield Park

And There’s More…

GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY EVENTS

• Grand Rapids Public Library

KENT ISD

• Kent ISD Summer Brain Gain

CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS PARKS!

• City of Grand Rapids Pools will be open June 10 through August 20.
• Splash pads will be running from June 10 to September 11.

DAY CAMP, ENRICHMENT AND OVERNIGHT CAMPS:

• Summer Opportunities 2022 – assembled by Kent ISD Career Readiness.xlsx