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Busy Fall Wildlife

With the St. Joseph County Parks

2025-10-25 11:00:00 2025-10-25 12:00:00 America/New_York Busy Fall Wildlife Join a naturalist from St. Joseph County Parks to discover how animals get ready for winter. Make discoveries and experience how animals keep warm with the blubber glove experiment! Ages 6-11. River Park Branch - River Park Meeting Room

Saturday, October 25
11:00am - 12:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-10-25 11:00:00 2025-10-25 12:00:00 America/New_York Busy Fall Wildlife Join a naturalist from St. Joseph County Parks to discover how animals get ready for winter. Make discoveries and experience how animals keep warm with the blubber glove experiment! Ages 6-11. River Park Branch - River Park Meeting Room

River Park Branch

River Park Meeting Room

Join a naturalist from St. Joseph County Parks to discover how animals get ready for winter. Make discoveries and experience how animals keep warm with the blubber glove experiment! Ages 6-11.

Warm fur, cozy dens, and stored-up food – cold weather is coming and wild animals are getting ready! Examine animal furs, migrate like a bird, and experience how fat keeps animals warm with a science experiment.

AGE GROUP: | Children (6-11) |

EVENT TYPE: | Science & Technology | Animals & Nature |

River Park Branch
j.sipocz@sjcpl.org
Phone: 574-282-4635
Branch manager
Joe Sipocz
Hours
Mon, Sep 08 9:00AM to 7:00PM
Tue, Sep 09 9:00AM to 7:00PM
Wed, Sep 10 9:00AM to 7:00PM
Thu, Sep 11 9:00AM to 7:00PM
Fri, Sep 12 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Sep 13 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Sep 14 Closed
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Features: public meeting room, public computers, wireless laptops for in-house use, vending area

Upcoming events

Fiber Chat and Craft
Wed, Sep 17, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
River Park Meeting Room
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You are invited to meet up with fellow fiber artists. Work on your own projects and be inspired by others and their creations. Knit, crochet, sew, spin, weave, embroider, and needlepoint.
Eviction and Housing Legal Clinic - Presented by the Volunteer Lawyer Network
Thu, Sep 18, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
River Park Meeting Room
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Free legal advice for evictions and housing issues provided to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.
Monster Movie Mixer & Writing Workshop - with Special Guest Grace Downey, Readers' Services Librarian
Thu, Sep 18, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
River Park Meeting Room
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What makes a monster… monstrous? Through discussion and short writing exercises, you’ll analyze iconic monsters and start crafting your own unforgettable creature characters.
Fiber Chat & Craft
Wed, Oct 01, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
River Park Meeting Room
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You are invited to meet up with fellow fiber artists. Work on your own projects and be inspired by others and their creations. Knit, crochet, sew, spin, weave, embroider, and needlepoint.
Fluffy Flapjack Phenomenon - STEAM Lab
Tue, Oct 07, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
River Park Meeting Room
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Learn about math, temperature, measurements and chemical reactions in this STEAM lab by cooking up some pancakes! Enjoy the flapjacks at the end of the lab and take home a recipe card. Ages 8-12.
Fiber Chat and Craft
Wed, Oct 15, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
River Park Meeting Room
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You are invited to meet up with fellow fiber artists. Work on your own projects and be inspired by others and their creations. Knit, crochet, sew, spin, weave, embroider, and needlepoint.
Busy Fall Wildlife - With the St. Joseph County Parks
Sat, Oct 25, 11:00am - 12:00pm
River Park Meeting Room
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Join a naturalist from St. Joseph County Parks to discover how animals get ready for winter. Make discoveries and experience how animals keep warm with the blubber glove experiment! Ages 6-11.
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