Kids' Day Highlights Taste of Orland Park

The Village of Orland Park’s tenth annual Taste of Orland Park celebration includes a weekend filled with live entertainment, activities for all ages, community groups, Bingo inside of the Civic Center, a car show on Sunday and food, food and more food. Admission and parking are free for the Taste, held at the Orland Park Village Center, 14700 South Ravinia Avenue.

Full schedules and menus can be found at http://www.orland-park.il.us/index.aspx?NID=919

A highlight of the weekend is Kids’ Day, held Saturday, August 3 at the John Humphrey Sports Comple, adjacent to the Taste grounds and accessible via 147th and West Avenue. The free event, held from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., includes a number of kid oriented events and organizations.

Kids’ Day participants and activities include the Bulls/Sox Academy, face painting, Game Truck, Giant Chair Photos, Grand Slam Batting, the ISU Quidditch Firebirds, Joon Lee’s Tae Kwon Do, Micro-Reality Stock Car Racing, Moon Jump, Inc, the Orland Fire Protection District, Orland Park Pioneer Football & Cheerleading, and the Orland Park Police Department.

Kids’ Day at the Taste of Orland Park also includes the Orland Park Soccer Club Soccer Combine, Sarah’s Pony Rides & Petting Zoo, South Suburban Tennis Academy, spin art craft, Team USA Martial Arts, Touch A Truck, Victory Martial Arts, the Village of Orland Park Fencing Program and the Village of Orland Park Moon Jump.

The annual Family Water Balloon Toss will be held at 2:30 p.m. and pairs may include an adult and child duo or two siblings. Registration is not required. The Family Egg Drop Competition will follow at 3:30 p.m. Each of the teams must use a created device that is no wider than two feet in diameter to catch the eggs. Catching with hands or pillows is not permitted.

For more information, call the Village of Orland Park Recreation Department at 708/403-PARK.