Mendon Ponds ParkA National Natural Historic Landmark

See below for events at circled locationsMendon Ponds

21 STWinterfest2016

Sunday, January 1711:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Brought to you by

Cheryl DinolfoCounty Executive

www.mendonpondswinterfest.orgWebsite hosted by Rochester Nordic Ski Club

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Welcome to Winterfest 20161: Nature Center Wild Wings (Cottage) 11:00 – 4:00 Genesee Valley Audubon Society: info. table 11:00 – 4:00 Genesee Valley Audubon Society: Chickadee &

nature walks on Birdsong TrailNoon – 3:00

MC Dept. of Environmental Services 11:00 – 4:00 MC Sheriff's Mounted Patrol, Canine, Special

Service Units and Horse Barn Tour11:00 – 4:00

Genesee Valley Hiking Club 11:00 – 4:00 Refreshments – Chef’s Catering 11:00 - 4:00

2: South Meadow Trail Seneca Siberian Husky Club Sled Dog Race and

Meet and Greet10:00 – 2:00

3: Cavalry Lodge Snowshoe Races - NE Region National Snowshoe

Qualifier and Empire State Game Qualifier10:00 - 12:00

4: Stewart Lodge Area Rochester Nordic Ski Club: information, display,

lessons: 10:00, noon, 2:0011:00 – 4:00

Park Avenue Bicycle Shop: winter sports 11:00 – 4:00 National Nordic Ski Patrol: info. table 11:00 – 4:00 Honeoye Falls/Mendon Volunteer Ambulance Corps

Display and on site EMS11:00 - 4:00

MS Society: Off season cycle training 11:00 – 4:00 Mercy Flight Central Helicopter Landing/Flyover Mercy Flight Central Display

2:00 pm11:00 – 4:00

NYS Federation of Search and Rescue Teams -Massasaugua Search and Rescue: display

11:00 – 4:00

Monroe County Park Reservation and RecreationalOpportunities

11:00 – 4:00

Youth Cross-Country, RXCSF, Info 11:00 – 4:00 Refreshments – Lisa’s Catering 11:00 – 4:00

4: Canfield Shelter and Parking Area Girl Scouts of Western New York 11:00 – 4:00 New York State Department of Environmental

Conservation (NYS DEC Police)11:00 – 4:00

Chain saw carving 11:00 – 4:00

4: Hundred Acre Pond Kite Boarding/Skiing on Ice: demonstrations Ice Master Elite - Ice Fishing Demonstrations

11:00 – 4:0011:00 – 4:00

5: North Meadow Trail Open XC Skiing on Groomed Trails 10:00 - till

5: Cobblestone House Spinning, Weaving and Sock Making

Demonstrations - GVHG11:00 – 4:00

Monroe County Library System Outreach 11:00 – 4:00 Glacial Formation Poster Display, Dr. Richard

Young, Prof. Emeritus, SUNY Geneseo11:00 – 4:00

Astronomy Section – Rochester Adademy ofScience Young Astronomers

11:00 – 4:00

Mineral Section – Rochester Academy of Science 11:00 – 4:00

Fossil Section – Rochester Academy of Science 11:00 – 4:00

6: Evergreen Shelter ADK Snowshoe demo and hikes 11:00 – 4:00 Springwater Trails - traction devices and hike 11:00 – 4:00

6: West Lodge Kids Winter Crafts – Winter Bird Feeder Noon – 3:30 The Animal Teachers – Anne Meade 11:00 - 4:00 Face Painting, Balloons, Games: Pittsford Rotary

Interact Club11:00 - 3:30

Special Olympics Info. Table 11:00 – 4:00 Hay rides (Glad Acres) along Hopkins Point Road 11:30 – 3:30 Kids Out and About 11:00 – 4:00 AFS Finger Lakes "Student Cultural Exchange" 11:00 – 4:00

Kettle Korn 11:00 – 4:00

6: East Lodge Astronomy Section – Rochester Academy of

Science: Telescope display and Solar viewing11:00 – 4:00

Wegmans ZooMobile from the Monroe CountySeneca Park Zoo

Noon – 2:00

Geocachers of the Rochester Area (GeoRoc) 11:00 – 4:00 CoCoRaS and NOAA 11:00 – 4:00 Sonnenberg Mansion display 11:00 – 4:00 Sledding at East Lodge Slopes All Day Refreshments – Chef’s Catering 11:00 – 4:00

7: Hopkins Point Lodge Rochester Orienteering Club – Ski and snow shoe

orienteering courses.11:00 – 2:00

Each lodge has a warming fire. Bathrooms are convenientlylocated.

Special Funding provided by: Rotary Club of Pittsford,Lisa’s Catering, Forsythe Jewelers, Rochester Nordic SkiClub, Park Avenue Bicycle Shop, Chef’s Catering, andFriends of Mendon Ponds Park, Del Smith Accounting

Coming next January 15, - Winterfest 2017KEH, 2016