Upcoming Events – Latest Facebook Details
Friday, Nov 1, 5:30 Celebration Among Friends – Celebrate the Success of Valdese Lakeside Park (grants, donors, volunteers), Hear updates from Mayor Chip Black and Parks and Recreation Director Doug Knight, Socialize with those who love Valdese and it’s Parks
Wednesday, Jan 1, 2020 9:00 am New Year’s Resolution Run (5K & 10K). Tackle the Trails at Valdese Lakeside Park – Need to Register
Past Events
Monday, Oct 7, Noon Young at Heart – Covered Dish Lunch at Valdese Lakeside Park
Saturday, Sept 28, 9:00 am Clean up the River – By Boat
Saturday, Sept 24, 6:00 pm Valdese Lakeside Park Workday –
Saturday, September 14, 11:00 am Fun at the Falls, McGalliard Falls Park- Hot Dog lunch, crafts, nature activities
September 1, 2:00 pm Valdese Lakeside Park Group Walk
Aug 31, 9:00 am Valdese Lakeside Park Work Day
Friday, August 30, 7:00-10:00 pm Valdese Family Friday Nights Summer Concert Series Finale Celebration – FVR will work the Snack Shack as a Fundraiser – stop by for soda, water, beer and snacks.
Friday, August 16, 8:30 am Workday at McGalliard Falls Park – Hauling branches
Friday & Saturday, August 9-10, 9:00 am Waldensian Festival, FVR selling beer as fundraiser
Aug 3 & 4 Valdese Lakeside Park Work Day and Group Walk
Sunday, July 7, 2:00 pm Group Walk on the VLP Greenway, meet at the end of Lake Rhodhiss Dr
Saturday, July 6, 9:00 am Valdese Lakeside Park Work Day
Friday, June 28, 9:00 am Valdese Independence Day Celebration, FVR selling beer as fundraiser
Sunday, June 2, 2:00 pm Group Walk on the VLP Greenway, meet at the end of Lake Rhodhiss Dr
Saturday, June 1, 9:00 am Valdese Lakeside Park Work Day (that is what we are doing for Nat’l Trail Day this year)
Friday, May 24, 7:00-10:00 pm Valdese Family Friday Nights Summer Concert Series Kickoff Celebration – FVR will work the Snack Shack as a Fundraiser – stop by for soda, water, beer and snacks.
Wednesday, May 22, 10:30 pm Trail Building/Maintenance Class for FVR Board
Sunday, May 5, 2:00 pm Group Walk on the VLP Greenway, meet at the end of Lake Rhodhiss Dr
Saturday, May 4, 9:00 am Valdese Lakeside Park Work Day
Sunday, April 7, 2:00 pm Group Walk on the VLP Greenway, meet at the end of Lake Rhodhiss Dr
Saturday, April 6, 9:00 am Valdese Lakeside Park Work Day
Wednesday, March 13, 6:30 pm FVR Annual Meeting at Town Hall plus Public Input Meeting about PARTF grant led by Doug Knight
Sunday, March 3, 2:00 pm Group Walk on the VLP Greenway, meet at the end of Lake Rhodhiss Dr
Saturday, March 2, 9:00 am Clean up the Streets of Valdese, meet at McGalliard Falls Park
Sunday, February 3, 2:00 pm Group Walk on the VLP Greenway, meet at the end of Lake Rhodhiss Dr
Tuesday, Jan 1, 9:00 am New Year’s Resolution Run (5K & 10K). Tackle the Trails at Valdese Lakeside Park – Need to Register $25
Saturday, December 22, 10:00 am Valdese Lakeside Park – Clean main cove and water’s edge near chain link fence. Cut small pines that fell onto the trails during ice and snow. Pick up trash and loose branches from trail. Bring hand saw if you have it. Wear gloves and old clothes. May need tall boots/waders. Explore the park and trails as you work! Park in the grassy field at the end of Lake Rhodhiss Dr.
Thursdays through Christmas, 4:30 pm Group Training Runs and Walks at Valdese Lakeside Park
Saturday, November 17, 2:00 pm Tails & Trails – Take a group hike with your dog (or not) at Valdese Lakeside Park
Saturday, Sept 29, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm – Grand Re-Opening of Children’s Park by Bimbo Bakeries
Friday, Sept 28, 8:00 am – Spread Pine Straw at Splash Park
Thursday, August 23, 3-4 pm – Memory Cafe – Free for Caregivers and their Dementia/Alzheimer’s Patient.
Friday, August 10, 5:00-11:00 pm – Fundraiser – Beer Garden at Waldensian Festival – Wells Fargo Parking Lot
Saturday, August 11, 12:00-11:00 pm – Fundraiser – Beer Garden at Waldensian Festival – Wells Fargo Parking Lot
Thursday, June 26, 3-4 pm – Memory Cafe – Free for Caregivers and their Dementia/Alzheimer’s Patient.
June 15, 9:00-2:00 – Bimbo Bakeries Workday at Children’s Park
June 2, 8:30 – 11:00 am – National Trails Day Event at Valdese Lakeside Park – Join us for exploring the trails of Valdese Lakeside Park. We will have trash bags available if you want to cleanup the trails as you go! Bike, Hike, Run, Disc Golf.
Thursday, May 24, 3-4 pm – Memory Cafe – Free for Caregivers and their Dementia/Alzheimer’s Patient.
May 1, 6:00pm – Review of Master Park Plan at Special Council Workshop. At Town Hall. Public Welcome – but no public input.
Sunday, April 22, 2-4pm Clean up Valdese with Old World Baking Co
Saturday, April 21, 8-11am – Booth at WPC Earth Day 5K – make pine cone bird feeders with FVR
April 4, 8am – Lovelady Road Cleanup with WPC Young Adults
April 3, 6:30pm – Review of Master Park Plan for our members and donors, Waldensian Room at Old Rock School.
March 29, 1pm – Ribbon Cutting Ceremony – Valdese Lakeside Park Property – Bottled Water, Trail Mix and Trail Tours provided by FVR.
Thursday, Mar 22, 3-4 pm – Memory Cafe
March 26, 3pm – Valdese Lakeside Park Cleanup
Saturday, March 3 – 10 am – Plastic Cove Cleanup
Saturday, March 3 – 9:30 am – Annual Meeting of the Membership before cleanup
Tues, Dec 5, 6pm – Public Input Meeting – Join us for a brainstorming session regarding amenities at Valdese Lakeside Park. We will have the maps, you bring the dreams. Ideas will be shared with the park planner. Do you want a paved or natural greenway? What amenity should be added first? Is fishing important to you? Meeting will be in the small room of the Splash Pad Building – accessible via Hill Street. Facebook RSVP
Wed, Nov 29, 1pm – Volunteers Needed to Paint Children’s Park – In advance of getting new gutters, the fascia boards need to be painted. Bring supplies (ladder, paint brush, etc) or bring nothing. When FVR painted the main building in 2016, we did not paint the boards. So, don’t think our hard work of before has gone to waste – it still looks great. Facebook RSVP
Tues, Nov 14, 6:00pm – Disc Golf Input – Members from BAD (Burke Area Disc Golfers) and U.F.O. of Hickory make up the Disc Golf Advisory Team for Valdese Lakeside Park.
Fri, Nov 3, 5:30pm – FVR Member and Pledger Celebration – We are excited about raising the money to purchase the 300 acres and what is yet to come.