Winter Break Daycamp Offers Daily Field Trips!

Need some entertainment for the kids during winter break? Send them to Green Ridge for fun and daily field trips! Camp will meet in two sessions, December 20 to 23 and December 27 to 30. Just announced,here are the fantastic field trips your kids will get to experience:

WEEK 1: Science Museum, Skate Center, Movie trip to see "Tangled", and Chuck E Cheese.

WEEK 2: Skate Center, Hilltop Lanes Bowling, Movie trip to see "Yogi Bear", and Chuck E Cheese.

Join the fun by calling 777-6300 or register online here.

Internet Registration Upgrade on Monday, Dec. 13

Internet registration for Roanoke County Parks, Recreation and Tourism programs will be unavailable from 8:00am to 2:00pm next Monday due to an upgrade to our internet registration system. We apologize for the inconvenience to users during this time. This upgrade will provide increased functionality for our users in advance of the Winter 2011 registration period. Please contact Scott with questions at 387-6078 ext. 230.

New Year's Family Day at Green Ridge, Jan. 1

Come to Green Ridge on New Year's day and help us celebrate our first fill year of operation with a birthday bash. There will be activities for the kids, snacks, door prizes, giant inflatables and a health an wellness expo to start your new year off right Visit between 1:00pm and 4:00pm for all the fun.

Daily admission rates apply for non-members.
Call 777-6300 for more information.

Winter 2011 Recreation Magazine Posted Online

Get a sneak peak at winter programs from Roanoke County Parks! Our Winter program guide has been posted online and is available for viewing here. Look for a paper copy of the publication in mailboxes the week after Christmas. Registraton will beging January 1.

Greenways Receive $50,000 from Novozymes

This week Roanoke Valley Greenways accepted a generous dontaion from Novozymes Biologicals toward the completion of the Roanoke River Greenway. The gift was the first to be recieved as part of the "Bridging the Gap" campaign, aimed at completing the Greenway segment between the City of Roanoke's Vic Thomas Park and Roanoke County's Green Hill Park by 2013. Greenways Coordinator Liz Belcher said, "This is a great start, and we hope it will encourage other corporations to follow their lead as we work to complete the Roanoke River Greenway". Belcher accepted the donation from Novozymes employee Bob Blankenship on behalf of company president Pat Patterson. Blankenship also serves as Chairman of the Roanoke Valley Greenways Commission as a representative from Roanoke County. For more information, please contact Liz Belcher lbelcher@roanokecountyva.gov