Duvall will mark the International Day of Peace with a free, family-friendly Picnic for Peace at Depot Park on September 20 from 4 to 7 p.m. The event is hosted by the Rotary Club of Duvall.
Picnic for Peace will bring together families, neighbors, local organizations and businesses for an afternoon of live music, art, games, children’s activities and community booths, along with opportunities to consider how each person can cultivate peace where they live.
“Peace can feel like an enormous global idea, but it is also built through very small things — how we treat our neighbors, how we listen to one another and how we show up for our community,” said Danielle Rank, cochair of the Rotary Club of Duvall Peace Committee. “Picnic for Peace is an opportunity to bring that idea home and celebrate it together.”
The event will include Cultivate Peace, a collaborative community art installation incorporating metal peace signs, painted Peace Rocks, plants and messages about peace created by members of the community.
Youth from elementary schools in Carnation and Duvall are creating messages about peace that will be displayed at the event, and community members are also invited to share what peace means to them.
During the afternoon, music and activities will briefly stop for a community-wide Pause for Peace. Attendees will be invited to share a silent moment of reflection on peace globally, within the community and in their own lives.
Other activities will include live music, a bubble station, a balloon artist, face painting, yard games, peace-themed crafts, a pie-eating contest, community partner booths, a bake sale, drinks and snacks.
The event is free and open to the entire community. The first forty-five children who stop by the bubble station will receive a free bubble toy to take home.
