Family Night Kickball

There’s a chance your childhood was intensified by the rolling of a red rubber ball on a dusty diamond. Garbled yelling swarmed your ears as a swift connection made that ball fly and you took off like a shot, rounding first as the entire outfield ran to the one unmanned spot in right field. You knew getting the ball to that glorious open space was your goal, and you aced it. A home run, the crowning glory of 4^th grade recess.

This summer, Ozone has implemented monthly family nights, a time for all ages to come together with their families for an evening of summer enjoyment. Family nights began during the final week of June with kickball tournaments at both north and south Ozone meetings. This break from our normal Primetime and Summit meetings allowed our students to bring their parents, their siblings, and friends to engage in some healthy competition. Families formed 4 teams, cheers were cheered, team headbands donned, and the tournament began.

Families appreciated an event they could all come together to enjoy. Jurnie, a high school student in Rogers, was thankful for her youngest sister being able to join in on the fun. “Usually at Ozone, my little sister Kennedy doesn’t get to come with us, but here I got to play with her and my big sister Madi.” It was a joyful thing to be able to provide a family bonding experience. Austyn of Bella Vista agreed, “Everyone was really enthusiastic. It was a lot more fun to have the whole family out here, ‘cause we could all enjoy being together. It’s great for families to do stuff like this together because instead of going their separate ways, they’re playing on a team together.”

Join us for our next family night, as we pull out the projector, blankets and folding chairs for a movie on the lawn, July 16^th (north cities) and 18th (south cities).