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Mud Day Challenge with 5 Mud Day Mayhem tickets
Mud Day Mayhem In person Event Only!
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TWO WAYS TO PLAY! a month long Mud Day Challenge and/or a muddy and messy In Person Event!
1. TAKE THE MUD DAY CHALLENGE, a month full of Muddy activities and outdoor adventures at your own pace! includes 5 tickets to the in person event.
Discover the Mud Monster in all of us by celebrating International Mud Day with a month-long challenge you can do anywhere and at your own pace. Complete a series of challenges and activities and collect this year's pack of amazing mystical creatures. Every 5 minutes you play outdoors can be logged as “Muddy Minutes.” on the RESULTS page. Collect at least 250 Muddy Minutes between June 1st and 29th and win a prize. Use our calendar of suggested muddy adventures (or choose your own) and help us reach our goal of raising $20,000, logging 20,000 Muddy Minutes and tracking a mess of mystical Mud Monster! Logging Muddy Minutes will earn you virtual badges of our mess of Mud Monster friends. Go for a Trail Run, take a Nature Hike, visit your local farmers market, dig in your garden, dive into a mud pit, make a mud pie or create a muddy work of art. One price registers you or your whole family and includes 5 tickets to our in person Mud Day Mayhem event. Don't forget to invite friends and family to join in the fun and donate to Apple Playschools' Scholarship Fund!
2. Mud Day Mayhem In-Person Event! June 22nd at Leslie Science and Nature Center
Join us for a day full of muddy and messy play at Mud Day Mayhem! June 22nd from 10am-12pm at Leslie Science & Nature Center. Discover the Mud Monster in you as you and your family dive into the wonders of mud with hands-on activities. Make mud pies, paintings and sculptures, try out your skills at mud throwing, dip your feet or your whole body into the giant mud zone, listen to muddy stories and join the Mud Monster Parade. There will be a raffle for amazing local goods and adventures. Shirts and other Mud Day related swag will be on sale. All proceeds benefit our Scholarship fund.
There are two ways to purchase tickets for this event.
1. Click on the Sign up button under the Mud Day Mayhem Event Only.$5/person
2. Sign up for the Mud Day Challenge and get 5 tickets free. (additional tickets can be purchased as adds on during your registration) Attending the event helps you collect 120 minutes worth of Muddy Minutes at Mud Day Mayhem with nature hikes and muddy activities.
3. BONUS EVENTS: Hike on June 9th and Gardening day on June 15th
This year to give even more options for outdoor exploration, we are offering two events for all ages. Join our Executive Director for a Nature Hike at County Farm Park on June 9th or join a group of Apple Playschools supporters teaming up with GIVE365 to do some gardening at Fuller Park on June 15th. You can log these minutes and you would be more than halfway to 250 minutes and a great prize!
How to Participate in the Mud Day Challenge!
- Press the Sign Up Button to Register!
- During Registration: Check out our add-ons: Register for additional Mud Day Mayhem (in person muddy event) or Buy a t-shirt.
- Once you are registered you can invite others to join using your special URL in your confirmation email.
- DONATE TO OUR SCHOLARSHIP FUND! We try to keep participation pricing low so that it is accessible to anyone who wants to join. Please consider donating to our scholarship fund to help make muddy play more accessible to all families and keep this amazing event going.
- Set up your GOALS. Starting June 1st you can start tracking your results and set up your goals. Click on the Results tab and then Submit Virtual Results to get started.
- Download your passport below and have fun hiking, running, gardening and playing! Submit your photos by clicking on the photos tab.
- Don't forget to spread the word about the event for people to join or donate!
Mud Day Challenges! How to earn your muddy minutes
Complete the challenges below. Then log your muddy minutes on the RESULTS page and add any photos you would like to share on the Photos page. For each 50 minutes you log, you will collect a virtual badge of one of this year's Mud Monster friends. Log 250 minutes minutes to earn a prize.
Mud Day Challenge Activity Calendar coming soon!
Give the gift of Muddy and Messy Play - Donate to the Scholarship Fund!
"I really want my kid to play in the mud and chew on sticks, but watching him do it gives me hives. I'm so glad he can come to Apple Playschools and have a place to do this." - Apple Playschools Parent
Do you want to nurture muddy and messy play but aren't sure exactly how to do it? Mud Day is the place for you and your family.
Each year we celebrate International Mud Day with the entire community by rolling in mud, painting with mud, building with mud and generally enjoying everything that mud has to offer. This year get down and dirty with us while also supporting our scholarship program to give the gift of muddy and messy play to more children in our community.
Help us reach our $20,000 fundraising goal! Donate to the Apple Playschools Scholarship Fund to give the gift of muddy, messy play!
Muddy Rewards!
Playing in the mud helps boost your immune system and elevates mood! We know that is reward enough but we have a few others up our sleeves.
1. Participation Patch: First 10 families to register for this year's challenge will receive 1 one "I ♥ Mud Day" participation patch! If you would like to buy additional patches, you can do so as an add-on.
2. Virtual Milestone badges: Need some extra encouragement or fun? As you play, you will receive virtual milestone badges.
3. Muddy Goal Getter: Collect 250 Muddy Minutes and receive a prize.
4. Refer a Friend Rewards: Invite your friends to join the challenge using the code you receive after registration. If 5 of your friends join the challenge, you will receive an I love Mud Day bag. See the section below on how to Refer A Friend for more details
ORDER YOUR MUD DAY T-SHIRT!
Your Mud Day experience is not complete without a Mud Day T-shirt.
Mud Day Shirts are in! Wear a collection of this year's mud monster friends on our annual Mud Day t-shirt. Its a great way to kick off your Mud Day celebration! You can order your shirts through the Sign up process or under the STORE tab! This year's shirts come in Pink and Blue! For more amazing Mud Day Swag including bags, towels and waterbottle stickers, check out the STORE
Take a selfie playing, running, hiking, or gardening in your Mud Day T-shirt and post it to our Mud Day Challenge Photo Album!
Refer a Friend!
Multiply your muddy play by inviting your friends to join in the fun!
- Sign up for Apple Playschools Mud Day Challenge
- Once your registration is complete, you will receive a unique referral link to share with your friends, family or post on social media
- Get 5 friends to sign up using your unique referral link and win a I Love Mud Day bag!
- Keep sharing and promoting your link.
About Apple Playschools
At Apple Playschools, we embody inclusion, innovation, and environmental stewardship in entrepreneurship AND education in order to make a more equitable world. We facilitate innovative, play-based early childhood education promoting interpersonal relationships, equity and inclusion, and nature exploration. We envision a world where all people are respected as capable, competent and empowered citizens of the planet. In short, we transform our community through work and play.
Our organization is distinct from other early childhood programs because of our deep belief that adults in our organization deserve the same opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive as the students they teach. Our management practices support a feminist work environment driven by coaching and an anti-bias lens, and we carry the principles of our social justice branches through all levels of our work, supporting collaboration, innovation, diversity, and inclusion.
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