(PHOTOS) Community Day at Legacy Park
Musicians play in the Frank Hamilton School folk music open jam during Legacy Park’s Community Day on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.
By Dean Hesse, contributor
Decatur, GA — Legacy Park spotlighted its non-profit tenants during a Community Day event on Sunday, Feb. 27.
The damp weather moved most of the activities indoors to Cochran Hall where Paint Love, The Wylde Center, Decatur Education Foundation, The Object Group and Decatur Fire Rescue hosted family-friendly activities and handed out information while musicians strummed at Frank Hamilton School’s folk music open jam.
Food was available from members of Refugee Women’s Network Chefs Club who served up Afghan, Ethiopian, Eritian and Egyptian dishes. Wild Nest Bird Rehab held a pine cone feeder demonstration and led a bird walk down to the lake, while aspiring playwrights had their manuscripts read by professional actors during the Essential Theatre Introduction to Playwriting Workshop Showcase.
A group of bird-lovers show their technique for spotting their feathered friends at a bird walk with Wild Nest Bird Rehab during Legacy Park’s Community Day on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.
Carrie Martin scans the treetops with her binoculars on a bird walk with Wild Nest Bird Rehab during Legacy Park’s Community Day on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.
Joy Carter with Wild Nest Bird Rehab, on left, leads a bird walk during Legacy Park’s Community Day on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.
Vivian Martin, 4, shows the self-portrait she made at the Paint Love collaborative project during Legacy Park’s Community Day on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.
Mandy Noa, Program Director of Paint Love, a non-profit that provides arts programming to empower youth and strengthen community, led a collaborative art project during Legacy Park’s Community Day on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.
Marina B., Education Staff member for The Wylde Center shows how to make a Seed Bomb during Legacy Park’s Community Day on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.
Britt Ivey talks with Decatur Fire-Rescue Captain Gary Menard during Legacy Park’s Community Day on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.
Michael Haverty, Artistic Director of The Object Group demonstrates how to make paper puppets during Legacy Park’s Community Day on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.
Refugee Women’s Network Chefs Club members serve up Afghan dumplings during Legacy Park’s Community Day on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.
Semira Abdu from Refugee Women’s Network Chefs Club serves up Ethiopian-Eritrean food during Legacy Park’s Community Day on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.
Sahar Alkemawy from Refugee Women’s Network Chefs Club prepared authentic Egyptian food including Basabusa, a sweet cake she is holding during Legacy Park’s Community Day on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.
Community Events Coordinator Becca Van Galder, on left, and Megan Denton, Director of Communications at the L’Arche Atlanta table during Legacy Park’s Community Day on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.
Musicians play in the Frank Hamilton School folk music open jam during Legacy Park’s Community Day on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.
From left, Essential Theatre Playwriting Workshop instructors Elisabeth Cooper, Rachel Graf Evans, Emily McClain and Artistic Director Peter Hardy at the Introduction to Playwriting Showcase during Legacy Park’s Community Day on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.
Thirteen- year-old Maya West, on left, with support from sibling Madison and her parents, said she was excited to have her play read by professional actors at the Essential Theatre Introduction to Playwriting Showcase during Legacy Park’s Community Day on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.
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