CVRAN Family Picnic and 10 Year Celebration!

A mural of colorful handprints. Image: A. Zelie
Everyone at the 2025 Family picnic was encouraged to make a colorful statement on the picnic mural! Image: A. Zenie.
November 6, 2025 CVRAN 0 Comments

CVRAN families and friends gathered in late September for a picnic at the North Branch Nature Center. The weather was glorious. Kids played soccer, adults socialized (on the look-out for errant kicks), and most people spent their time outside enjoying a perfect fall day. There was a also painting mural (see the photo above) for anyone willing to get messy and it added a whole range of color to the normal fall hues.

A gathering of people inside, watching a presentation. Image: A. Zenie
Ali speaking to volunteers and families at CVRAN’s 10th anniversary. Image: K. McCracken.

Plenty of food, with everyone bringing a potluck dish to share, kept all fueled for the afternoon. We gathered inside for brief remarks celebrating 10 years of CVRAN – it is both humbling and exciting to see how far we’ve come in that time. Some big milestones have been achieved!

A yummy carrot cake topped off the anniversary celebration. Then it was time for a nature walk with North Branch staffer Luis Gonzalez. A contingent went off to find hidden treasure along the trail, while the rest neatened up the meeting room before heading home.

What a nice way to spend time with friends.

Little girl gets ready to make a handprint painting. Image: K. McCracken
A younger member of the CVRAN family gets ready make a handprint on the fall picnic mural. Image: K. McCracken.
People at a picnic table by a red barn. Image: A. Zelie
Enjoying the fall afternoon at the 2025 Family picnic, North Branch Nature Center. Image: A. Zenie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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