NAP- Neighborhood Alliance of Pawtucket

National Rivers Day
Saturday, June 21st 10am - 12noon
 
Enjoy a day on the Central Falls Landing at Madeira Avenue & Broad Street (Route 114) in Central Falls where guests can participate in free walking tours, kayaking trips, award presentations, and exhibits.  The schedule of activities is listed below.
 10:00am:  Walk at Valley Falls Heritage Park, Cumberland, RI with a National Park Service Ranger 10:00am-2:00pm:  Free guided kayak trips through Valley Falls Marsh with Blackstone Valley Outfitters 11:00am:  Welcome and Presentation of the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council's John H. Chafee Rivers Day Award and the Blackstone River Watershed Council/Friends of the Blackstone Watershed Excellence Award and Student Youth Volunteer Award 12:00pm-2:00pm: The John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission and Blackstone River Watershed Council/Friends of the Blackstone are sponsoring Free Public Tours aboard the 49-passenger riverboat Blackstone Valley Explorer. 
Environmental Exhibitors for Rivers Day will include:  Audubon Society of Rhode Island, Bill's Auto Parts, Blackstone River Coalition, Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, Blackstone Valley Watershed Council/Friends of the Blackstone, Broad Street Fish Ladder Exhibit with Alden Labs & EA Engineering, John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission, Narragansett Bay Estuary Program and Save the Bay.  
 Broad Street Food Court:  La Sorpresa (Columbian), Serra Da Estrela (Portuguese), Colonial Bakery (Portuguese) Scoops at the Falls will all also be offering discount coupons for the event.
 
This event is presented by the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, hosted by the City of Central Falls, and sponsored by The John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission and Blackstone River Watershed Council/ Friends of the Blackstone

This looks cool...may wander up there for the awards on the good stuff and boat around too...Thanks and hope others join us on our Blackstone.