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KIWANIS EGG HUNT IN THE PARK | | Saturday, April 3, 2010 10am Join the B-E Kiwanis at Maiben Park for the Annual Kiwanis Egg Hunt at 10am SHARP. Special areas are designated by age: Kiwanis Club members hide over 4000 eggs in the park for the kids. Eggs are filled with candy and toys, and there's one special golden egg for each age group! Rain or Shine. | Maiben Park-1011 Greenleaf Ave 
| | This is a FREE event thanks to the B-E Kiwanis Morning Club. | New date for: BURLINGTON'S YOUTH APPRECIATION DAY
| | Tuesday, March 30, 2010 11am-2pm 
| Lucille Umbarger Elementary School 820 S. Skagit St A FUN day for children and their families is held each year on the Thursday during Spring Break. With cooperation from the B-ESD, we're able to host this event inside at Lucille Umbarger Elementary School. FREE entertainment, bounce houses, arts & crafts, activity booths, face painting, educational information, prize drawings and more! Wow! | | This event is organized by Burlington Parks & Recreation in cooperation with the Burlington Healthy Communities Coalition, B-ESD, Burlington Fire and Police Departments. Many local museums, children's groups, businesses and service groups add to the mix to create a really fun day for our kids! We hope you can join us! |
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| May |
New Date for: SPRING GARDEN & GIFT SHOW Saturday, May 1, 2010 9am-3pm Burl Comm Ctr-1011 Greenleaf The spring show typically hosts both indoor and outdoor vendors. Specialty vendors include perennial flowers, antique roses, candles, hand crafted jewelry and much, much more! Men's Garden Club and the Lake McMurray Women's Guild provide many species of vegetable starts, perennials, and more! Feel free to phone the Recreation Office at 360-755-9649 or send us an email with any questions.
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 All Comer Track Meets
Six Weeks of FUN, RUN, and SUN! Wednesday Nights at the Burlington-Edison High School Track (Kirkby Field) Registration begins at 5:15pm and Events begin at 6pm 2010 dates coming soon! Sponsored by Burlington Parks and Recreation, Burlington Kiwanis and Rotary Club, and the Burlington Parks Foundation.
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| June |
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| BERRY DAIRY DAYS FESTIVAL School's out, join us as we kick off the summer with Burlington's oldest and sweetest festival! | 2010 dates: Friday, June 18th through Sunday, June 20th B-E Cheer Strawberry Shortcake Booths open Thursday, June 17th
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| This family-friendly festival was established in 1937 by the Burlington Fire Dept. to celebrate our farming heritage. Now organized by the Burlington Chamber of Commerce with assistance from the City of Burlington. Visit the Chamber's website for more information about the festival's events or phone the Chamber at 360-757-0994. | |
Friday, June 18th 5pm Kiwanis Salmon BBQ at Skagit River Park 7:30pm Haggen's Tractor Parade View the Tractor Parade, old and new, starting at Haggen's and heading down Fairhaven Ave to Skagit River Park where you'll find the B-E Kiwanis serving up delicious salmon BBQ, Lions Club's tasty burgers, plus snow cones, kettle corn and much more! 7pm Live Music and Food at Skagit River Park Listen and dance to the family friendly band-Buckaroo Blues , dine on delicious food, and then get ready for the first fireworks show of the summer. Grab your lawn chairs and blankets and head to the park. Dusk City of Burlington Fire Works Show at Skagit River Park |  | |
Saturday, June 19th 9am 2M and 10K Road Run* starting line at Oak St, Check in at Burlington's Railroad Park, start time is 9:00 AM. *Road Run registration is available at www.berrydairyruns.com The best point of contact for any questions you might have is the Event Director at 360-510-4288 or FootwoRx at 360-336-2475. 11am Costco Grand Parade down Fairhaven Ave 11am Festival at Maiben Park. Featuring B-E Kiwanis Salmon BBQ, B-EHS Cheerleaders' strawberry shortcake booths, vendors, pony rides, inflatables, live music, and free children's area. |  | |
Sunday, June 20 10am-3pm Berry Cool Car Show -You'll find between 150-200 decked out automobiles lined up and down Fairhaven Avenue. This is an open show where the first 200 entrants sign up the day of event at the intersection of Fairhaven Ave and Burlington Blvd. Winners receive trophies sponsored by Les Schwab Tire Center for various contests. Contact Event Director Garnor Bensen for further details at (360)-755-6680. |  |
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| September |
BURLINGTON HARVEST FESTIVAL AND PUMPKIN PITCH | | 
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Kick off the fall with this FREE event for all ages hosted annually on the last weekend of September! |
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| September 25, 2010 |
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Join us on September 25, 2010 for Saturday's MUST-SEE Event…the great Pumpkin Pitch! The ORIGINAL Washington State Pumpkin Hurling Competition. This unique event is hosted annually at Burlington's Skagit River Park. Competitors use a medieval style catapult called "trebuchet" (its literal meaning is "stone-hurler") to launch pumpkins at targets erected throughout the park. All Pumpkin Pitch machines are constructed solely by the participating teams and their accomplishment is truly an incredible sight to behold. 2003-2007 Distance Competition: The Burlington Pumpkin Pitch has hosted the two-time "distance-hurling" world champion, TreBarbaric. The TreBarbaric team established a new World Record in 2007 with a hurl of 1866.8 feet – within mere inches of the Skagit River Park boundary! Visit www.thehurl.org for great links to the medieval world of catapults and trebuchets. Learn how to build your own! Questions about entering a machine? Contact event coordinator, Christi Kinney at christik@ci.burlington.wa.us
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2009 Pumpkin Pitch Team Results
Captain's Award: We Barbaric, Sedro Woolley, WA People's Choice Award: We Barbaric, Sedro Woolley, WA Sportsmanship Award: Individual Award goes to Bob Peterson (2008 Captain of MiXeD NuTS) for assisting on the 2009 Safety Team and for sharing his mini treb with the Children! Thanks Bob P! Machine Engineering Award Division A and B Dragon Strike/ Spring It On Robert Maitland, Langley BC
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| Meet the 2008 Competitors! |
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| Many thanks to the sponsors of the 2009 Pumpkin Pitch. We couldn't do it without you! | |
Frazier Farms Garrison Engineering
Skagit Surveyors
Barnett Implement
Sakuma Farms
Wagons West Country Carriages
City of Burlington Police~Public Works Dept~Parks and Rec
Burlington Parks Foundation |
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|  (as pictured, formerly Team "Ally-Oop) |  | | Team "Pendragon", Langley BC | Team "Trebasaurus", Burlington WA | | Sponsor: Blue Max Canada, 2nd year | 4th year competitor | | | | |  |  | | Team "Gourdinator", Sedro-Woolley WA | Team "J-Buchet", Sedro-Woolley WA | | Sponsor: NW Machine, 5th year | Sponsor: Janicki Industries, 2nd year | | | | |  (as pictured, formerly team "Pumpkin-on-a-Stick") |  | | Team "Onagenater 2", Seattle WA | Team "Mixed Nuts", Everett WA | | 2nd year competitor | 5th year competitor |
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| November |
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Saturday, November 21, 2009 9am-3pm Burlington Community Center-1011 Greenleaf Ave ~ Door Prizes ~ Free Coffee ~ 26+ Booths ~ Download a Craft Show Application if you're an interested vendor. Must be recieved by November 6th.
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| Year Round |
RECREATION PROGRAMS For the latest information on our programs, please visit us on our Recreation Programs page (see link on the left hand side) You'll find information on our classes, day trips, youth camps and special events. | 
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