Lethbridge Plays develops kid-friendly city map

By Lethbridge Herald on April 16, 2022.

Next stop: fun and exercise.
A new kid-friendly city map has been designed to help parents and children find their way to playful opportunities in Lethbridge.
The map features fun things to find and do, as well as new places to discover. 
A group of Lethbridge Plays stakeholders worked together to develop and plan the map. 
Ideas were taken from local families as well as from volunteers and staff working at each of the various organizations. 
“More than 50 adults and kids contributed ideas for the Kid’s Map of Lethbridge. Highlighting favourite locations and activities was such a fun project to bring together,” said Coreen Putman, Helen Schuler Nature Centre Manager and Lethbridge Plays co-chair in a statement. 
The maps are available in time for the Easter long weekend and spring break with families able to use the new map to explore locations while the kids are out of school. 
Keeping with the play theme, Lethbridge Plays has put together a fun way to launch the Kid’s Map of Lethbridge.
Starting today and running until Friday, a city-wide treasure hunt of play map locations will provide multiple chances for families to win play activity packs and prizes. 
Five locations on the Kid’s Map of Lethbridge are special sites, with unique opportunities for prizes.
The select locations will have a First Finder prize as well as an opportunity for every finder to enter to win a play prize.
Maps are available at the Helen Schuler Nature Centre, the Lethbridge Public Library Main Branch and Crossings Branch. 
Other participating map pick-up locations can be found on the Lethbridge Plays website. Lethbridge Plays wants to see more families and children outside participating in unstructured, unscheduled play.
“Parents, community organizations and policy-makers simply can’t over-estimate the importance and value of play,” said Vicki Hazelwood, Building Brains Together Coordinator and Lethbridge Plays co-chair. “Ensuring there are accessible, quality resources to assist them in prioritizing that is what Lethbridge Plays is working towards.” 
Families are encouraged to pick up a map and get outside to search for one of the secret prize locations.

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