he 4th annual Flurrious! winter festival will be held Saturday, February 1, 2014 in Delaware Park. This FREE family-oriented event will begin at 9 am and continue until 6 pm.  The day celebrates Buffalo winter in a family friendly way that encourages the community to come out and enjoy both spectator and participant sports.

The festival includes kickball, a fun run, a bicycle ride, broomball, tennis, a Quidditch tournament and much, much more. The Lodge is home to childrens activities including face painting, coloring and science demonstrations by our friends at Buffalo State College.  BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York will be returning this year with the popular Snowman Building Challenge as well as the Healthy Zone van.

Some events will require pre-registration  such as the Family Fun Run, Kickball Tournament, Snow Golf, and the newly introduced, Winter Soccer Cup. A more informationt and a complete schedule of the days activities will also be posted closer to the event.

To pre-register for the Winter Soccer Cup visit http://www.buffalosoccercouncil.org/product/winter-cup-team-registration. For details visit 2014 Winter Cup

Park Photo Contest

This Flurrious! year we have added a contest where you can share your best photographs of our Olmsted Parks. If you already have great photos, send them along. If you dont yet, but would like to be in our contest, you can go to any of our parks or parkways between now and January 17th and capture one. There is a $5 entry fee that will be waived for members of the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy. Not a member yet? Join today. Each participating photographer is allowed to submit up to 10 submissions.

A panel of judges will select finalists and notify them by January 24. Finalists will be invited to the kick-off party of Flurrious!, Friday January 31st where celebrity judges will choose the winners. Featured photographs will be on display in the Parkside Lodge both Friday evening and all day Saturday, February 1st.

The grand prize winner will receive a very special prize to be announced soon.

All photos must be captioned detailing which park or parkway it depicts and when it was taken. All submissions must have photographers full name, address, phone number and email address in the cover note. All photos submitted become the property of Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy. We cannot publish any photos of individuals without accompanying consent form.

Submit electronic files only. Images should come in JPEG format, sized at least 1MB and no larger than 10MB. Send your entries to laura@bfloparks.org. Your submission will serve as your authorization for BOPC to publish your photo without additional consent. All photos submitted to this contest become the property of the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy. BOPC may reproduce, distribute, publish, display, edit, modify, create derivative works from and otherwise use the material for any purpose, in any form and on any media. These photos may appear on our website as well as on future merchandising.

Flurrious! Members Kick-off Party, Friday, January 31, 2014.

NEW! This year we will celebrate the start of Flurrious! with an exclusive over-twenty-one cocktail party Friday night 5:30 8:30. Come and unwind from your busy week at the Parkside Lodge with toasty appetizers and a glass of wine. There will be fabulous silent auction items, the official judging of our winter photo contest, music and other special Friday-only attractions.

This event is the first of our new lineup of Members Only events. Admission to attend this exciting preview night is $10 and will include 2 drink tickets and free appetizers and entertainment. Not a member yet? Join here or by calling Olguis Nichols at 838-1249 x31. Memberships can be purchased at the event in addition to the entrance fee. More details will be available on the website and in an upcoming invitation.

We hope to see you at this first ever event.

Our thanks to our other sponsors:  Wegmans, Entercom, Lawley Insurance, and Buffalo Rising

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