Summer Fun in The 419 Showcase Pass
Expiration: Jun 26th 2025
Summer Fun in the 419 Showcase
Welcome to the 2025 City of Toledo Fun in the 419 Showcase Pass. The City of Toledo Parks and Youth Services is excited to bring you an interactive experience at this year's showcase.
We have created this pass to allow you to learn and earn (Points for Prizes). You will learn more about the programs and our excellent partners, who will bring various programming throughout the summer and year.
The pass is geared toward families and youth. You will only have the event day to finish all check-ins.
Feel free to tag any photos along the way with #SummerFunInThe419 so we can see your fantastic time.
You will have only today to redeem points to receive that specific prize.
Prizes are available at the small Parks and Youth Services Tent with the QR Code Signage in front of the shelter house.
https://toledo.oh.gov/departments/parks-youth-services
Included Venues
See locations on an interactive map.
We are dedicated to the effective management of Toledo’s green-spaces, and to providing programs, facilities, and opportunities to enhance the quality of life for all of our residents and visitors to Toledo.
Department Activities
Operate 125 City of Toledo parks and rental facilities for public gatherings.
Maintenance over 25 miles of walking paths and trails
Maintenance of 65 playgrounds.
Maintenance of more than 50 athletic fields and facilities, which include baseball and softball diamonds and tennis courts.
Maintenance and operation of 6 city pools.
Facilitate and fund youth programming.
The mission of the TJ Carrie Foundation is to provide a social-emotionally supportive community for children and families living with heart conditions, while educating the greater community on heart health. In addition to inspiring youth to Dream Big through education and physical activity.
"Believin' In Summer" is the Believe Center’s dynamic six-week summer camp designed for youth ages 8-14. This engaging program blends fun and learning through arts, STEM, and sports activities, fostering creativity, critical thinking, and teamwork. With daily literacy and prevention programming, the camp combats summer learning loss while promoting healthy decision-making.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Operation Engage initiative is a comprehensive community-level approach that bridges public health and public safety to address the drug epidemic through prevention strategies, facilitating conversations and collaboration with local partners. Each field division office identifies its most challenging area within their region based on current drug threat data, designates a city or region, and focuses evidence-informed substance use prevention and community outreach efforts to make a true and measurable difference.
We will be providing mentoring & safe activities such as journal, t-shirt making , rug tufting , dancing & exercising , board game.
Students will have fun podcasting, video and digital media
The Education Project addresses socioeconomic disparities in education by providing personalized tutoring to nearly 200 students annually. Our four-week summer program in Toledo serves 30 students, offering individualized math and ELA support using IXL. Each tutor works with three students, balancing personalized instruction with collaborative learning. Sessions include Kumon Workbook practice in the first hour and personalized IXL skill plans in the second. Last year, students showed nearly two months of academic growth in both subjects. Our support continues year-round with weekly one-on-one virtual tutoring. The Toledo academic year program mirrors the summer model, featuring one hour of IXL practice per session. In Fall 2023, students demonstrated 0.78 and 0.65 grade-level growth in math and ELA, respectively, underscoring our program’s impact.
Explore engineering and innovation with Kool Kat Science at the public library! No kits or bricks here, just 100% kid-designed projects! Each child keeps their creations to proudly showcase their creativity and new skills! Following our Rookie Maker series, we will dive into Scratch, a free coding platform from M.I.T., to explore web animation and coding by harnessing your child's natural curiosity. The children will build a new game each week to gain important coding skills such as data and variables, loops and conditions, and events and multi-threading. To conclude their STEM exploration, students use the Quarky robot to tackle a different challenge with each activity as they begin to explore the possibilities that robotics presents in the world today.
Empower through Esthetics is an 8-week mentorship program for youth ages 14-18 who are currently enrolled in or planning to attend cosmetology school for esthetics. Participants will gain hands-on experience in lash artistry, skincare basics, and beauty entrepreneurship. With guidance from licensed professionals, students will build confidence, explore career paths, and develop real-world skills in a supportive, creative environment. Perfect for teens serious about he future in the beauty and wellness industry.
The proposed outcome of the "Speak Up" youth program by the Madd Poets Society is to empower city youth to unlock their creative potential, build self-confidence, and develop essential life skills through artistic expression. By providing a nurturing environment and access to diverse art forms, such as poetry, spoken word, music, visual arts, and performance, the program aims to inspire participants to discover and cultivate their unique voices.
Making A Difference Summer Leadership Development and Mentoring Program will provide successful relationships for all youth who need and want them, contributing to brighter futures, better education, and stronger communities for all. The program is designed to build and develop the self-confidence and leadership skills of the youth through interactive learning, in-class discussions, presentations, and exploratory field trips.
We offer a Summer Basketball Camp, June 9-13 and July 7-11 from 9:30-2 pm, M-F both weeks. Teaching and enhancing the skills of skilled basketball players while helping beginners with an educational component. We will also serve breakfast and lunch; they will receive a gift at the end of the week's attendance.
Promotes positive self-esteem for tween and teen female youth, ages 11 to 17.
VISION Camp offers a structured and empowering program to help participants explore their dreams, set goals, and create and utilize tools to encourage different ways of thinking and doing things. Our program also provides a supportive and creative environment where participants gain clarity, build self-confidence, and take actionable steps toward their future.
Party On A Truck will provide a unique video gaming experience by engaging our youth in an esports tournament, allowing community engagement and relationship building!