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Wildlife Volunteer of the Year Award was presented on Saturday, September 8 at the 55th Annual Governor’s Conservation Achievement Awards Banquet. The following statement was read to introduce Beth Heile – Valdese, North Carolina is a small town of 5,000 folks,…

January 1, 2019 – 9:00 am Tackle the Trails at Valdese Lakeside Park (5K & 10K) Hosted by Friends of the Valdese Rec Valdese Parks and Rec Dept Draughn High School Proceeds go to Amenities at Valdese Lakeside Park Register:…

FVR sold beer as a fundraiser during the Waldensian Festival. Volunteers were at the Town’s Beer Garden in the Wells Fargo Parking Lot Friday (5-11 pm) and Saturday (Noon-11 pm). They sold $3 – Bud Light, Catawba Brewing White Zombie, Olde…

The summer has brought 2 new energetic employees to the Valdese Parks and Recreation Department. They each have exciting ideas for the department and will report to Director Doug Knight. They are looking at some programs that Friends of the…

Once the Town of Valdese took ownership of the 300 acres on Lake Rhodhiss, Friends of the Valdese Rec has been caring for the property. First was the Cove Cleanup, then marking trails with colored ribbon and now trail maintenance.…

About 20 Valdese area girl scouts (daisies, brownies and juniors) spent the afternoon at McGalliard Falls Park learning about being good stewards of the enviroment. Leaders Kate Carter and Kendall Anne organized the event with Friends of the Valdese Rec…

Friends of the Valdese Rec members and Valdese Lakeside Park donors were invited to meet with Director Doug Knight to go over the strategy for building amenities at Valdese Lakeside Park and ask any other questions. The information from Growing Amenities…

For his Eagle Scout Project, Luke Blalock with Boy Scout Troop 224 built 2 Scorer’s Tables at Fletcher Ball Park in Valdese. The project filled a huge need, as there were no scoring tables for the 2 fields. The Athletic…

A new mapping system is available to help in your exploration of Valdese Lakeside Park. At this address –  – you will find the colored trails – names and mileages. You will have the choice of showing trails on a…

Four major trails at Valdese Lakeside Park have been flagged by FVR members. Green Way 1.3 mi Blue Point 0.5 mi Red Outer 1.6 mi Yellow Connector 0.35 mi Directions to VLP