Farmingville Rocks!

First, check out some photos from our last Family Fun Day &  Saturday’s Farmer’s Market.  The last Family Fun day was karate & drumming and the kids & adults had a blast!  The Farmer’s Market this Saturday was a great success and we also had our Songwriter’s Workshop team perform for us!  There’s one more market this Saturday, August 13th from 8AM-11AM.  Otherwise, you’ll need to wait til next year.  We have very FRESH & LOCAL tomatoes, squash (spaghetti, yellow, pampan, etc..), basil, zucchini, cucumbers, peppers, and much more! All these veggies come from Hobbs Farm in Centereach – a local, all-volunteer farm that gives most of its produce to local food pantries!   Also check out Patty’s Berries & Bunchies with delicious blueberries and blackberries, honey, & beautiful flowers.  Cupcake Girlz has an assortment of fresh-baked, delicious cupcakes & Briermere Farms peaches and pies are irresistable!

August 13th is also COMMUNITY DAY from 4-8PM in the Farmingville Hills County Park!!  Bring a blanket or chairs and join us to listen to 3 awesome bands, visit the 1850 Historic Schoolhouse and learn about what it was like to go to school at that time, and meet some local craft artisans! Come out this Saturday evening with the family and have some fun in Farmingville!

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Join us on Tuesday, August 2 at 6:30PM @ Farmingville Hills County Park for our LAST Farmingville Family Fun Series Event with Gerard from Ryu Shu Kan Japanese Arts Center in Farmingville!  He will show us some basic karate moves and we’ll do some drumming. And don’t forget to get your stamp so you can get a FREE kids italian ice at Ralph’s Ices in Farmingville.

We have 2 more Farmingville Farmer’s Markets left – Saturday, August 6 and 13 from 8AM-11AM in the KK Parking Lot.  Fresh veggies from Hobbs Farm, pies, fruits & veggies from Briermere, cupcakes from the new CupCakeGirlz store, berries, flowers and honey from Patty’s Berries & Bunches.

Community Day is Saturday, August 13 from 4-8PM in Farmingville Hills County Park. Join us for music in the Park, Food, Italian Ices, & Tours of the Historic Schoolhouse – find out what it was like to go to school in the 1850′s!

Tonight is our last ‘Summer Fun Evening for Kids’. Bring the kids down to Farmingville Hills Park on Tuesday, August 17th at 6:30PM for a Treasure Trove of Tales – storytelling, songs, and rhymes hosted by Sachem Public Library! Don’t forget to get the kids stamped and enjoy a free slice of Village Pizza & a free Ralph’s italian ice.

Experience School in the 1850s at the Bald Hill Historic Schoolhouse, Dunce Caps & All

After over 80 years of being closed, the Bald Hills Historic Schoolhouse is being opened to the public for tours and an opportunity to experience what it was like to go to school in the 1850s.  The re-enactment will take place at a Community Event on Sunday, August 22, 2010 from 12PM-5PM (rain date Sunday, August 29^th) at Farmingville Hills County Park, 501 Horseblock Road, Farmingville, NY 11738.

The day opens with the local VFW Post 400 raising the 1850s American Flag and opening remarks by Tom Muratore, Suffolk County Legislator.  All day family-fun activities include Historic Schoolhouse tours, guided hikes by local scout troops through the recently blazed Farmingville Hills County Park, nature projects, letterboxing adventures, storytelling with Sachem Public Library, face painting, toddler crafts, and more.

Special activities include Portuguese American Center folk dancing, family yoga, Farmingville Residents Association beach ball challenge for kids, cheerleading and lacrosse demonstrations with Sachem Sports Club and Sachem East High School, music and dance with Helping Hands Outreach Ministries and well-known tunes performed by Something – Long Island’s Only 4 Piece Acoustic Beatles Tribute Band.

We spent a few hours this morning cleaning the inside and outside of the Historic Schoolhouse, getting ready for Community Day!  On Community Day, in addition to several other fun, active, musical, nature-oriented, & kid-friendly activities, you and your family will be able to enter the 1850′s Schoolhouse and learn a bit about its history.  Spread the word about Community Day!

A very special shout-out and thanks goes out to the following people for helping with our Schoolhouse Cleanup:  Tom Muratore, (Suffolk County Legislator) Jessica, Mike (FRA), BJ (and BJ’s husband), Marisa, Pam, Alexis, & Bob (VFW).  Check out the pictures below!

What a terrific sight -over 20 kids circling the big old tree at Farmingville Hills Park – in full yoga pose! A special thank you to Mary Beth Dark from Yoga for Everyone in Farmingville!  Mary Beth engaged both adults and small children with several fun yoga poses, adding some cool sound effects to keep the children entertained!  It was another beautiful, fun night for families at Farmingville Hills Park! And the kids definitely enjoyed the pizza and ices afterwards!

This Saturday, July 31 at 8:30AM, we are doing our Historic Schoolhouse clean-up to get ready for the Aug 22nd Community Day.   If you would like to help with this clean-up, please come down to the Schoolhouse Saturday morning. And mark your calendars for Aug. 22, from 12-5PM!

Our next Farmingville Hills event is on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 6:30PM.  We will be doing Poi Arts with the kids!  This will be a great night for kids to make some colorful art and enjoy some music to go along with it.  Please pass on this blog post to your friends and family to sign-up and join the fun!  Check out these terrific pictures below – more pictures will be added to our website slideshow shortly!