Do you have a broken household item you would like fixed?Don't throw it away- bring your broken item to us and let's give it a second life. We are partnering with Repair Cafe CNY to bring you Lysander's very first Repair Cafe! Our Repair Coaches can help you fix your item for free! This helps you to reduce waste, share skills, save money, and build community.
BEE WELL: Mental Health Awareness Window Paint-a-thon
| 10:00am to 1:00pm
Want to spread positive vibes throughout our hive? π Registration is now open for the annual "Bee Well Mental Health Awareness Window Paint-a-thon" in the village of Baldwinsville. Come help us paint the windows throughout the village to raise awareness for mental health. ποΈπ¨This event takes place rain or shine, so please come dressed appropriately! βThis is a FREE PROGRAM. Please submit your registration form by Friday, April 24th, 2026, to ensure your spot. Space is limited, so please register ahead of time.
Do you have items in your home that you're not using anymore? Come do a little spring cleaning and get rid of all your βjunkβ by selling it out of your trunk (of your car β of course). Lysander Parks and Recreation is bringing back the Junk in Your Trunk Sale on May 9th, from 8:00am to 2:00pm. This is a community event, and anyone is welcome to come and shop!FOR SHOPPERS:The event will take place from 8am to 2pm. Admission into the event is free.FOR VENDORS:
May 10th, 17th, 31st, June 7th, and 14th | 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
We are so excited to welcome participants back for another season of learning, socializing, and having fun! Our coaching staff has the following objectives in mind for your child:We will introduce the sport of running and many field events.We will provide a safe and social environment for your child to explore something new.We will encourage our participants to BEE KIND, BEE BRAVE, and BEE THEIR BEST! Who: Children ages 3 years to 5th grade.
Join us each Tuesday during the summer for a FREE arts and crafts program! This program is a great way to get out of the house, get outside, and encourage your children to express their creativity! You can usually find us at one of the pavilions, but in case of bad weather, we'll be in the community room. Kick off this summer's Arts and Crafts Club with us and make a beaded suncatcher craft! We'll use beads, strings, and items we find in nature to create a suncatcher that will brighten any space!
Thursdays, June 25 - August 27 | 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Join us weekly throughout the summer for our FREE Kids Board Game Club!We'll have a variety of board games set out each week on Thursdays from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. You can play our games, or you can bring your own! This program is the perfect opportunity to make new friends or have a family board game night!We'll see you there!
June 29 - July 3 | 9:00am to 12:00pm OR 9:00am to 4:00pm
Rev up your RV for a cross-country STEAM adventure! You and your STEAM team will engineer your way from sea to shining sea, from the Statue of Liberty to the Golden Gate Bridge, from the Hawaiian Volcanoes to the Floridian Theme Parks, to an exciting world of pit stops in between. This imagination fueled excursion across the USA promises to have camper smiling from coast to coast! π΄π Challenge Island is hosting Road Trip USA STEAM camp at Lysander Town Park for the week of June 29th! Join us for a full or half day camp! Half Day: $150Full Day: $300
Join us each Tuesday during the summer for a FREE arts and crafts program! This program is a great way to get out of the house, get outside, and encourage your children to express their creativity! You can usually find us at one of the pavilions, but in case of bad weather, we'll be in the community room. This week, we're making hanging fish windsocks! This craft is perfect to run around and play with, or to hang up as decoration in your home. We'll use paper, watercolors, tissue paper, and string to make this colorful masterpiece!
Thursdays, June 25 - August 27 | 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Join us weekly throughout the summer for our FREE Kids Board Game Club!We'll have a variety of board games set out each week on Thursdays from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. You can play our games, or you can bring your own! This program is the perfect opportunity to make new friends or have a family board game night!We'll see you there!
Join us for the 10th anniversary year of GEMS+ Summer Camp!GEMS stands for "Girls Engaged in Math and Science" and was designed in 2016 with the purpose of exposing female middle school students to STEAM practices and careers in science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math. In addition to camp activities, female guest speakers in STEAM careers will meet with and engage student participants with activities related to their fields.
July 6- July 10 | 9:00am to 12:00pm OR 9:00am to 4:00pm
Get ready for a journey through time and space as we meet the great explorers! From Copernicus to Galileo, from the Wright Brothers to Amelia Earhart, from Neil Armstrong to Mae Jemison, from Elon Musk to wherever your imagination will take you. This camp is guaranteed to be an out of this world experience! π΄π Challenge Island is hosting Space Explorer camp at Lysander Town Park for the week of July 6th! Join us for a full or half day camp! Half Day: $150Full Day: $300
Join us each Tuesday during the summer for a FREE arts and crafts program! This program is a great way to get out of the house, get outside, and encourage your children to express their creativity! You can usually find us at one of the pavilions, but in case of bad weather, we'll be in the community room. This week, we're painting rocks with positive messages and pictures! The goal is to spread kindness throughout your community and home. Join us for this simple craft. Upcoming Arts and Crafts Club Dates:
Thursdays, June 25 - August 27 | 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Join us weekly throughout the summer for our FREE Kids Board Game Club!We'll have a variety of board games set out each week on Thursdays from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. You can play our games, or you can bring your own! This program is the perfect opportunity to make new friends or have a family board game night!We'll see you there!
July 13- July 17 | 9:00am to 12:00pm OR 9:00am to 4:00pm
Calling all budding paleontologists! Set up camp on Jurassic Island, uncover a land forgotten by time, and unearth the incredible secrets of dinosaurs and their ancient ecosystem. Walk in the footprints of the gentle brachiosaurus, race against the velociraptors, soar through the skies with the pterodactyl, and battle the might tyrannosaurus rex! This STEAM-fueled camp is sure to be the best learning adventure of all time! π΄π Challenge Island is hosting Jurassic Island camp at Lysander Town Park for the week of July 13th! Join us for a full or half day camp!
Join us each Tuesday during the summer for a FREE arts and crafts program! This program is a great way to get out of the house, get outside, and encourage your children to express their creativity! You can usually find us at one of the pavilions, but in case of bad weather, we'll be in the community room. We're making perler bead art this week! We'll use small pegboards and perler beads to create images that are simple or complex as you'd like them to be, and then we'll fuse the beads together to make a work of art!
Thursdays, June 25 - August 27 | 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Join us weekly throughout the summer for our FREE Kids Board Game Club!We'll have a variety of board games set out each week on Thursdays from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. You can play our games, or you can bring your own! This program is the perfect opportunity to make new friends or have a family board game night!We'll see you there!
Join us each Tuesday during the summer for a FREE arts and crafts program! This program is a great way to get out of the house, get outside, and encourage your children to express their creativity! You can usually find us at one of the pavilions, but in case of bad weather, we'll be in the community room. This week, we'll use crayons and paper to make detailed images of leaves and tree bark on paper! Join us to learn more about the trees at Lysander Park! Upcoming Arts and Crafts Club Dates:July 28th: Sun Prints
Thursdays, June 25 - August 27 | 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Join us weekly throughout the summer for our FREE Kids Board Game Club!We'll have a variety of board games set out each week on Thursdays from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. You can play our games, or you can bring your own! This program is the perfect opportunity to make new friends or have a family board game night!We'll see you there!
Challenge Island Summer Camp: Islandmon STEAM Quest
July 27 - July 31 | 9:00am to 12:00pm OR 9:00am to 4:00pm
Join us for a mini-monstrous journey into the Challenge Island wild! Our adventurous STEAM teams are on a quest to catch, collect, and train all of the island's mini monsters. They'll visit gyms, earn badges, go on treasure hunts, and even engage in a battle or two! With the help of their Islandmon ally, STEAMaroo, and her adorable joey, STEAMpuff, our STEAM teams will tackle an island-full of engineering challenges as they evolve into true STEAM champions! Ready? Let's go! π΄π
Join us each Tuesday during the summer for a FREE arts and crafts program! This program is a great way to get out of the house, get outside, and encourage your children to express their creativity! You can usually find us at one of the pavilions, but in case of bad weather, we'll be in the community room. Have you ever heard of a cyanotype? Join us for this week's Arts and Crafts Club as we use a special type of paper and the sun to create images of items we find in nature! Upcoming Arts and Crafts Club Dates:
Thursdays, June 25 - August 27 | 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Join us weekly throughout the summer for our FREE Kids Board Game Club!We'll have a variety of board games set out each week on Thursdays from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. You can play our games, or you can bring your own! This program is the perfect opportunity to make new friends or have a family board game night!We'll see you there!
Come experience a hands-on world of fun as you conduct a variety of scientific experiments! You will work on and take home your very own Chemistry Lab Kit, enabling you to complete many activities! Learn and discover many different scientific concepts in an entertaining and innovative approach. You will be trained to work like a real scientist in the lab. You will also make and take home some cool chemical creations! Learn all about energy and molecules, create a crazy bouncy glob from glue, and some scary green slime! Make your very own UV bracelet and watch it react to the sun.
Dive into the exciting world of robotics by building and taking home your very own AI SmartCore 4 Robot! This remarkable kit features 4 separate modular smart vehicles that are powered by cutting-edge AI SmartCore technology! Whether navigating tricky terrain, zooming at top speeds, or exploring new territories, every day promises hands-on fun and learning. With 42, easy to snap together parts, a remote control, and a rechargeable LiPO battery, it's perfect for new robot builders eager to master robotic engineering! Ready to build the future? Join us and let your imagination take flight!
Join us each Tuesday during the summer for a FREE arts and crafts program! This program is a great way to get out of the house, get outside, and encourage your children to express their creativity! You can usually find us at one of the pavilions, but in case of bad weather, we'll be in the community room. Have you ever heard of a Gelli Plate? We're going to use a gelatin plate to create images with items we find in nature this week! Join us to learn how! Upcoming Arts and Crafts Club Dates:
Thursdays, June 25 - August 27 | 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Join us weekly throughout the summer for our FREE Kids Board Game Club!We'll have a variety of board games set out each week on Thursdays from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. You can play our games, or you can bring your own! This program is the perfect opportunity to make new friends or have a family board game night!We'll see you there!
Join us each Tuesday during the summer for a FREE arts and crafts program! This program is a great way to get out of the house, get outside, and encourage your children to express their creativity! You can usually find us at one of the pavilions, but in case of bad weather, we'll be in the community room. This week, we're going to learn to weave with a DIY loom and some yarn! Join us as we create a simple weaving project. Upcoming Arts and Crafts Club Dates:August 18th: Stamp Making
Thursdays, June 25 - August 27 | 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Join us weekly throughout the summer for our FREE Kids Board Game Club!We'll have a variety of board games set out each week on Thursdays from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. You can play our games, or you can bring your own! This program is the perfect opportunity to make new friends or have a family board game night!We'll see you there!
Join us each Tuesday during the summer for a FREE arts and crafts program! This program is a great way to get out of the house, get outside, and encourage your children to express their creativity! You can usually find us at one of the pavilions, but in case of bad weather, we'll be in the community room. Have you ever made your own stamp before? This week, we're using foam, cardboard, and ink to create our very own stamps! Upcoming Arts and Crafts Club Dates:August 25th: Construction Paper Portraits
Thursdays, June 25 - August 27 | 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Join us weekly throughout the summer for our FREE Kids Board Game Club!We'll have a variety of board games set out each week on Thursdays from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. You can play our games, or you can bring your own! This program is the perfect opportunity to make new friends or have a family board game night!We'll see you there!
Arts and Crafts Club: Construction Paper Portraits
| 10:30am to 11:30am
Join us each Tuesday during the summer for a FREE arts and crafts program! This program is a great way to get out of the house, get outside, and encourage your children to express their creativity! You can usually find us at one of the pavilions, but in case of bad weather, we'll be in the community room. For our FINAL Arts and Crafts Club of the season, we'll be making self-portraits out of construction paper! Join us for this simple and silly craft.
Thursdays, June 25 - August 27 | 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Join us weekly throughout the summer for our FREE Kids Board Game Club!We'll have a variety of board games set out each week on Thursdays from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. You can play our games, or you can bring your own! This program is the perfect opportunity to make new friends or have a family board game night!We'll see you there!
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