Name: Community Park Day
Start: 2024-09-21T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-09-21T15:30:00-04:00
Location: 8848 Jonestown Road, Grantville, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 17028

Bring your family and friends out to our beautiful Community Park on Saturday, September 21st for a full day of fall activities for young and old. Festival hours are 11 am to 3:30 pm, and the rain date is Sunday, September 22nd.
Bring your lawn chairs and blankets to enjoy entertainment at our new Amphitheater. Kids and families will enjoy an interactive Storytime on the stage with Miss Brenda. And in the afternoon, Ironwood Drive, a bluegrass and gospel band from Lancaster will be our first musical performance at the amphitheater. At 1:15 pm, join us for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially welcome our new park facility.
Enjoy delicious festival food at the pavilion, benefitting local organizations like the East Hanover Lions Club, St. John’s UMC United Women in Faith, Grantville Nursery School, and Faith United Church of Christ.
Kids activities include a bounce house, barrel train rides, face painting, large yard games, ‘Find the Needle in the Haystack’, making scarecrows and more!
Take a hayride around the park or a tour of the Gingrich One-Room School House which will be open to the public on Park Day.
Stop by and visit with local organizations with informational displays around the park trail. Learn how to play a new sport, with Pickleball demos on the Tennis/Pickleball courts or Disc Golf in the field near the School House.
The GVFC will have some fire trucks on display near the pavilion. And check out some of the important vehicles our Public Works Department uses to maintain Township roads and facilities.
Consider bringing a donation of a non-perishable food item or personal care item for the Grantville Area Food Pantry. Their van will be parked near the pavilion.
Handicapped parking will be available in the main lot, and overflow parking will be set up in the field off Jonestown Road.
Community groups and organizations are welcome to participate with a fundraising food stand or activity. For more information call the Parks and Rec office at 717-469-0833 x 202. Community Park is located at 8848 Jonestown Road, Grantville with the park entrance off Manada Gap Road.