Play It Forward 2026 Brings Households, Enjoyable, and Neighborhood Together at Knowlton Park

Thank you, Ellsworth!

An estimated 300 individuals joined us at Knowlton Park on Saturday, June 13, 2026, for the second annual Play It Forward occasion, a day full of household enjoyable, neighborhood connections, and pleasure about the way forward for the park and playground.

One of the largest points of interest of the day was the favored “Touch a Truck” expertise. The City’s Highway Department introduced heavy gear, together with an excavator, front-end loader, and its state-of-the-art vacuum truck, giving youngsters the chance to climb aboard and discover. The Ellsworth Police Department was additionally readily available, welcoming guests right into a police cruiser and exhibiting off the car’s lights and gear.

Throughout the occasion, City employees linked with residents concerning the Knowlton Playground alternative challenge and welcomed neighborhood members serious about serving to with public outreach and fundraising efforts.

The day wouldn’t have been attainable with out the assist of our neighborhood companions. A particular thanks to Hannaford for generously donating fruit, bottled water, ice cream bars, popsicles, and different frozen treats for attendees to get pleasure from. Thank you as nicely to The Grand for bringing popcorn and members of the forged of SpongeBob SquarePants, who saved smiles on faces all through the afternoon.

And then there was the splashpad!

The splashpad was simply the preferred vacation spot of the day. Thanks to current repairs and enhancements accomplished by the Parks, Recreation & Facilities workforce, three beforehand non-functioning water options are actually again in service, and guests loved stronger water stress and extra methods to chill off on a heat June day.

Most importantly, Play It Forward introduced households collectively. Children performed, neighbors linked, and neighborhood members frolicked having fun with one in every of Ellsworth’s most-loved parks.

Thank you to everybody who attended, volunteered, donated, and helped make the occasion so successful. Together, we’re serving to guarantee Knowlton Park stays a spot the place recollections are made for generations to come back.