City of Lodi-Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services

CONCERT SERIES UPDATE: We are working to reschedule our concerts for Steep Canyon Rangers, John Waite and Femmes of Rock for when the State allows for live, indoor concerts. We will provide more information as it becomes available. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Lodi Boosters of Boys/Girls Sports have begun baseball/softball registration! They are following all the recent Youth Sports announcements from the State and will play based on current guidelines when we take the field.

Looking for childcare during Spring Break? Lodi Kids Camp has a great program during the 2-week break to provide childcare and activities that your child will enjoy! Register today: https://www.lodi.gov/867/Fall-Spring-Break-Camps

YOU can inspire others to take care of their hearts. On #SelfieSaturday, share how you're boosting your heart health. #OurHearts #HeartMonth www.nhlbi.nih.gov/ourhearts

It’s American #HeartMonth and this #FollowFriday we want to hear from you! Who inspires you to care for your heart health? Share using #OurHearts! www.nhlbi.nih.gov/ourhearts You could save a life! We have multiple Red Cross Certification Courses available this spring to prepare you to recognize and care for breathing and cardiac emergencies in adults, children and infants. View all the courses here: https://issuu.com/lodiprcs/docs/winter_spring_2021/10

Tree Lodi planted 27 trees at Lodi Lake on Saturday with the help of 73 volunteers (350 man hours)! Thank you to Tree Lodi and all the volunteers who help to keep Lodi’s parks beautiful for the community.

Calling all turkeys! Register TODAY for the Free Range Turkey Trot! https://runsignup.com/Race/CA/Lodi/LodiFreeRangeTurkeyTrot Start an annual Thanksgiving tradition with your family, friends and neighbors. ... Take to Lodi’s streets, park trails, or walking paths; socially distanced, of course. The Free Range Turkey Trot takes place between November 22 and 29. Register online; $30 adults, $15 youth. Shout out to our sponsors: Zen Running Company, Sierra Tango Fitness, JS7 Fitness Solution and Robinson's Taekwondo Lodi Group

Thanksgiving... Turkey or Ham? Comment below Don't stuff your face, until you run your race! Sign up TODAY for Parks and Rec's first Free Range Turkey Trot. You pick your distance, submit your miles, and let's get Lodi moving over 1000 miles during Thanksgiving week. ... https://runsignup.com/Race/CA/Lodi/LodiFreeRangeTurkeyTrot

Run your race, then stuff your face! Register by Nov. 10 to get your Free Range Turkey Trot tee! Get your flock together and get outside this Thanksgiving. Let's see if Lodi can beat the group challenge of 1000 miles! ... https://runsignup.com/Race/CA/Lodi/LodiFreeRangeTurkeyTrot

Congrats to Tawny who WON $50 to Cut the Mustard for sharing her #LodiParkPicnic photo on social media! This is our FINAL week and one winner will be selected to win a $40 gift card to Porters Pub in Downtown Lodi. Just post a picture of your park picnic with #LodiParkPicnic and you're entered to WIN!... Which local restaurant will you carry-out for your picnic? Have fun and enjoy! We can't wait to see your photos. The event is in partnership with Lodi Chamber of Commerce

Gather Your Flock Lodi's Free Range Turkey Trot is the family-friendly Thanksgiving Week virtual event you've been looking for! Register today and receive: Stylish, cooling performance tee for adults Adorable Trot Squad tee for the kids... Custom digital bib Register Here https://runsignup.com/Race/CA/Lodi/LodiFreeRangeTurkeyTrot

And the winner of the City of Lodi department scarecrow contest is... Lodi PD Records! Congrats! And thanks to our fabulous judges! Lodi Police Department

Drumroll please.... And the winners of the 2020 Scarecrow Stroll are: 1st place: La Catrina (145 likes) ... 2nd place: Martinez Family - Zoom (121 likes) 3rd place: Sam Strong (66 likes) All winners will be contacted by Parks and Rec on Monday. Thank you to all who participated to make this event an amazing success. The scarecrows were all unbelievably creative. High fives to all! Happy Halloween! Next Parks and Rec event: Free Range Turkey Trot https://runsignup.com//Info/CA/Lodi/LodiFreeRangeTurkeyTrot

The Scarecrow Stroll is almost over, but Parks and Rec has more events on the horizon! Sign up today for the Free Range Turkey Trot virtual challenge before November 11 to guarantee you get an awesome race tee. We can’t wait to see you on the trails Thanksgiving week sporting that swag and earning those miles. https://runsignup.com/Race/CA/Lodi/LodiFreeRangeTurkeyTrot

City Staff scarecrows! Check out these amazing scarecrows from some of our City employees/departments. A special voting group will come and vote for their favorite from this groups and we will post later today.

Let the voting begin! Vote by liking your favorite Scarecrow photo. The 3 photos with the most likes at 5pm tonight will be our winners! Stop by any time from 10am-5pm at Lodi Lake to see the Scarecrows and take some Scarecrow Selfies!

Head on down to Lodi Lake from 10am to 5pm for the Scarecrow Stroll! Thanks to Sign Dreamers Lodi for the fantastic decor outside the lake! Thank you to Michael David Winery for donating the pumpkins and to Lodi Boosters of Boys/Girls Sports for the hay bales!