Racker Day in the Park

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Even Years We Party, Odd Years We Play! Join Racker on Saturday, August 29th at Stewart Park in Ithaca from 12-3pm for a day filled with fun and community connection. Enjoy live music, free ice cream, food trucks, a sensory pathway complete with DIY crafts, movement activities, lawn games, and appearances from local sports teams including the Big Red Hockey men's and women's teams.

Racker is celebrating 12 successful years of Racker Rivals Big Red, a charity hockey game which will return to Lynah Rink at Cornell University in 2027, and every other year on odd numbered years.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

2 Ways To Play!

Register to be a Day in the Park Fundraiser before the event

When you register to be a Day in the Park Fundraiser, you'll raise funds and earn badges for completion. Once you reach your goal, you'll be entered into winning a Fundraiser Raffle Prize drawn at 2:30pm after a live musical performance by Flame the Band.

Get the chance to win exclusive prizes when you reach your Fundraising Goal!

Complete Your Day in the Park Passport at the event

You can get a passport by registering to be a Fundraiser, or by showing up the day of Racker Day in the Park. Pick up a blank passport at the Large Pavilion and complete the challenges to earn a sticker at each station. Completed passports are entered into winning a Raffle Prize drawn at 2:30pm after a live musical performance by Flame the Band.

Get the chance to win exclusive prizes when you complete your Day in the Park Passport!

Explore The Event!

Things to look forward to...

Live musical performance by Flame the Band
Free Carousel Rides all day thanks to our Carousel Sponsors
Accessible Playground area at Stewart Park
Free Ice Cream from Meg-A-Moo's Ice Cream Truck
Food Trucks Silo and Luna Street Food - Discount meal tickets will be available to purchase
Meet the Cornell Men's and Women's Hockey Teams
Meet Cornell's mascot, Touchdown the Bear
Complete activities along our Sensory Pathway to earn stickers for your Day in the Park Passport to enter into our Prize Raffle

Gold Sponsors

Platinum Sponsors

Bronze Sponsors

Carousel Sponsors

Tompkins County Deputy Sheriff's Association

Media Sponsors

Prize Sponsors

2 Free Family Admission Passes

8 Child Party Certificate + One Large Inflatable

Make Your Own Glass Class Certificate

Aerial Ropes Course Adventure Ticket

Racker Rivals Big Red will return to Lynah Rink at Cornell University Summer 2027!

Look forward to fresh faces and old friends as Team Big Red and Team Racker go head to head in the most exciting game of the summer. Go to racker.org/hockey to learn more!

After 12 years of extraordinary generosity and support, raising more than $1.5 million for Racker’s Early Childhood programs, Racker is celebrating the legacy of Racker Rivals Big Red with a community-wide event and a new long-term fundraising strategy: Even Years We Party, Odd Years We Play.

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