On Saturday May 20, the Rotary Club of Dawson County held its annual Rotary Day community event, signifying the opening of the Rotary Island splash pad at Rock Creek Park and providing free fun and food for community members of all ages. 

The event lasted from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and featured the splash pad, a bounce house, balloon animals, bubbles, face painting, music by the Dawson County Tiger Pride band, a dunk tank, pet adoptions by the Dawson County Humane Society and free food for all attendees.

To kick off Rotary Day, members of the club and the Dawson County Chamber of Commerce also held an official ribbon cutting for the new restroom located next to the splash pad, which was the club’s most recent project and will provide a much more convenient location for splash pad or playground visitors to use the restroom. 

The splash pad at Rotary Island is located in Rock Creek Park at 445 Martin Road and is now officially open for the season.