Stony Point Residents are cordially invited to attend the

Stony Point Ruritan's 

Friend-Raising Picnic

 

Featuring a FREE dinner, music by the Tara Mills Trio, a bounce house, Stony Point history, yard and group games, a swap table for books, puzzles, and plant seedlings, an obstacle course for kids, a scavenger hunt for youth, local businesses displaying their wares, a glass working demonstration, local first responders, and, if there’s not a job for them to attend to, the emergency helicopter, Pegasus, back again! Come and make new friends!

Saturday, April 25,2026      3:00 to 7:00pm      April 26 – Rain Date

Schedule for Picnic Day

3:00 pm - Festivities begin! 

Face Painting

Bounce House

Kickball

volleyball

Cornhole

scavenger hunt for older kids

obstacle Course for Kids

Stony Point History Display

Fire Trucks

Police with McGruff

Businesses Display and sales

Glass-working Display

SWap Table - bring used books, Puzzles, and extra plant seedlings

3:30 pm - Group Games

Water Balloon Toss

Prize walk

Egg Race

Squirt gun tag

4:00 pm- Tara Mills Trio sings

Dinner available - Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, BBQ, baked Beans, mac and Cheese, and Cole Slaw

We start watching for possible Pegasus Helicopter Landing

We are scheduled for them, but if they have an emergency call, they may not make it

6:00 pm - Drawing for Friend-Raising Prizes

If you participate in getting to know people and fill out a contestant slip, you can enter the drawings

Dinner Ends, S'More Making Starts

7:00 pm - Festivities Conclude

 

 

 

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Links of Interest

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Preddy Creek Park | Parks | Albemarle County, VA

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