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Fun on the Run brings FREE Outdoor Youth Activities to Neighborhood Parks, Starting June 15

Via a June 12 e-newsletter from the Minneapolis Park and Rec Board:

Join friends and neighbors for games, sports and other recreation. Sanitizing and social distancing included!

On Monday June 15, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board's (MPRB) launches Fun on the Run, bringing outdoor recreational games, sports, and other activities for youth to 12 neighborhood parks throughout the city, on a rotating schedule.

All youth and teens are welcome to come by between 1 pm and 4 pm for fun and games at a safe – and social! - distance. All activities are FREE (no registration is necessary) - see the list of activities below. 

MPRB staff sanitize equipment after each use and help ensure participants follow social distancing guidelines. 

soccer drills

Fun on the Run games and activities include:

 

• soccer drills

• cornhole/beanbag toss

• badminton

• football punt, pass and kick

 

 


• jump rope

• spike ball

• agility challenges

• fly ball 

 

  JUMP ROPE

disc golf  

• disc golf

• lawn bowling

• potato sack races

 


football pass

Fun on the Run details

Who? 

Youth and teens

When? 

Mondays - Thursdays
June 15 to August 31
1 pm to 4 pm

Where?

12 neighborhood parks throughout the city:  

North Minneapolis 

  • Creekview Park - Mondays
  • Farview Park – Tuesdays 
  • Folwell Park - Wednesdays

Northeast/Southeast Minneapolis 

  • Bottineau Park - Thursdays 
  • Logan Park - Mondays 
  • Windom NE Park - Wednesdays

South Minneapolis  

  • Elliott Park - Mondays 
  • Sibley Park - Thursdays 
  • Stewart Park - Tuesdays

Southwest Minneapolis

  • Kenny Park - Wednesdays  
  • Painter Park - Tuesdays  
  • Pershing Park - Thursdays

 

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