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Mark your calendar now for the 2009 Outdoor Fun Festival on Saturday, June 20, 2009. Below are details about this this year's festival.

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Kick off your summer at VMNH - join us for the first ever Outdoor Fun Festival on June 14, 2008. Learn about the many outdoor activities available in the region, with exciting hands-on activities and resources for all ages. There is an outdoor activity for everyone at the VMNH Outdoor Fun Festival.

Click to EnlargeActivities include a climbing wall, a LaserShot simulator provided by the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Outdoor Education Department, which simulates target, as well as hunting scenarios, and a kids' casting program presented by the Bass Federation Nation.  Boat and safety information, will also be available to festival-goers.  Blue Ridge Grotto has recently agreed to participate, giving festival-goers the chance to learn about cave conservation and safety.

Austin Caviness of WXII, Channel 12 in Winston-Salem, will be on hand at the festival to highlight this one-of-a-kind event.

 

Participating organizations include:

    

Blue Ridge Aquaculture

National Wild Turkey Federation

Dan River Basin Association

Department of Conservation & Recreation

Virginia Department of Game & Inland FisheriesBASS Federation Nation of VirginiaBlue Ridge GrottoTrout Unlimited
Activate Martinsville & Henry CountyDucks UnlimitedFriends of PhilpottMartinsville Henry County Chamber of Commerce
 
Henry County Bike ClubMartinsville Rivers & TrailsFairystone State ParkEndeavor Ballooning

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