The tenth annual Lake Hopatcong Block Get together is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Could 20 at Hopatcong State Park in Touchdown.
The rain-or-shine occasion, which gives a singular Foremost Avenue-style expertise with a lakeside twist, is hosted by the Lake Hopatcong Basis, with Dwell the Lake NJ as the highest sponsor.
“The Lake Hopatcong Block Get together isn’t just an occasion, it’s an annual custom that brings folks collectively to rejoice New Jersey’s largest lake and the communities that encompass it,” mentioned Lee Moreau, occasion co-planner.
This 12 months’s occasion will characteristic almost 200 companies, nonprofit organizations, group teams, crafters and meals distributors in addition to leisure, raffles and giveaways.
Many favorites will likely be returning, together with a 50/50 raffle, free boat rides on Lake Hopatcong Cruises’ “Miss Lotta,” and photograph alternatives with Chewbacca, R2D2, Storm Troopers and extra from the 501st Legion.
The New Jersey Motor Car Fee “Company-on-Wheels” will likely be out there for residents to resume a ship registration or get a REAL ID (pre-registration required).
Leisure contains animal reveals, together with alpacas and unique animals; exact footwork from the An Clar Faculty of Irish Dance; fishing and fireboat demonstrations; and an opportunity for pet house owners to “ask a vet tech” on the pet cease.
There will likely be kids’s exercise space, crafts, a scavenger hunt, touch-a-truck alternatives and outsized video games. Adults might be part of within the Passport Journey by checking in at sponsors’ cubicles to gather stamps to qualify for prizes, similar to enamel whitening, limitless yoga and reward playing cards.
“There actually is one thing for everybody on the Block Get together,” mentioned Beth BaRoss, occasion co-planner. “Whether or not you’re a foodie, an animal lover, a boater or simply in search of a enjoyable time out with the household, this occasion has all of it!”
Entrance to the Block Get together is free. On-site parking at Hopatcong State Park will likely be supplied on a space-available foundation for a $10 money donation.
Free parking, with shuttle service, will likely be offered on the Touchdown Park Recreation Advanced; Lake Hopatcong Basis Environmental & Cultural Heart, 12 Orben Drive advanced; Touchdown purchasing heart; Hopatcong Senior Heart; and the Wayne L. Threlkeld Hilltop Sports activities Advanced, up the hill from the Senior Heart.
A particular “Barking Lot” will likely be out there solely for visitors bringing their canine to the occasion. It’s inside strolling distance of the park at Full Life Christian Fellowship Church however will solely be open if the Hopatcong State Park Lot has crammed to capability.
For details about the Block Get together, together with a parking and shuttle map, go browsing to lakehopatcongfoundation.org/blockparty
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