Freedom Day at Mylan Park offered families with kids a wide range of indoor and outdoor activities on Saturday.
“After COVID we really wanted to give the community a big event and Fourth of July seemed like a perfect holiday to rally around,” said Bryn Harding, facility and events manager at Mylan Park.
Morgantown throws its festivities on the 4th, so Mylan Park decided to hold Freedom Day on the July 3, Harding said. It featured pickleball, basketball hoops, a water balloon fight, inflatable slides, arts and crafts, a bounce house, and more.
“We’re really excited about giving the community something outside that’s safe and organized and all in one area,” she said.
2021 is the first year for Freedom Day, but Harding said she hopes to make it an annual event and work with park and community partners to grow.
Tara Dalton, who brought her two girls, ages 10 and 4, said she’s glad Mylan Park decided to host Freedom Day.
“We haven’t been able to do much (because of COVID), and Morgantown’s not big on having kid’s activities, so there’s not a ton of stuff,” she said. “So this is really nice. I’m glad they threw this.”
Ginger Dalton brought her 11-year-old son Jay and was also glad for the chance to get out for a bit.
“We welcomed the opportunity to come out of the house,” she said. “It’s been so hard with the pandemic, you know the kids being quarantined for so long. So, any opportunity to get the kids out of the house, interacting with each other, we were so excited.”
Harding said while Mylan Park started as a sports facility it has activities for kids of all ages, including a summer camp.
Sebastian Braud, 11, said he really enjoyed shooting at the basketball hoop that returned the ball and playing pickleball.
“A lot of it, all of it pretty much was fun,” he said.
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