Here are our top 5 things to do this weekend in and around Colorado Springs! Get out and have some fun with the family!
1. Touch-A-Truck (Jan 31-Feb.1): Touch-A-Truck is one of El Paso County’s premier family events. The purpose of this fun, family-oriented, hands-on event is to raise funds to support the community-based initiatives of the JLCS. In the past 90 years, the Junior League of Colorado Springs has returned over $2 million and volunteered over 2,000,000 hours of service to the community.
Smiling children, volunteers serving the community, and good times – that’s how the Junior League of Colorado Springs’ Touch-a-Truck event will be remembered by all who attend! Come see cement trucks, fire trucks, race cars, SWAT vehicles, and more on Saturday, January 31 and Sunday, February 1, 2015 at the Freedom Financial Services Expo Center.
At work, these trucks and vehicles can be driving fast, moving large rocks, or saving lives. Now they are in a safe location for kids to sit in the driver’s seat having the same view as a race car driver. For more info and tickets please visit https://www.jlcoloradosprings.org/?nd=touchatruck
2. Girl Scout Fashion Show: The Girl Scouts of the Pikes Peak Region are hosting a FREE fashion show! On January 31, 2015 from 1-3pm, join us in the Imagination Space in The Citadel mall (upper level by Burlington’s). The fashion show will be complete with vintage uniforms, skits, a drawing, and snacks. All are welcome- you do not have to be a Girl Scout to attend!
3. Disney Jr. Live on Tour: Grab your tiaras and doubloons and join us for Disney Junior Live On Tour! Pirate & Princess Adventure. Mickey and Minnie are taking their seats too at this never-before-seen live show featuring your favorite characters from Disney Junior’s hit series, Sofia the First and Jake and the Never Land Pirates. Get swept up in the excitement as Sofia and her family prepare for a royal celebration that helps us all learn the true meaning of being a princess with a special appearance from Cinderella. Then it’s off to Never Land where Jake and his swashbuckling friends Izzy and Cubby, with a little help from Peter Pan, battle Captain Hook to unlock treasure hidden inside a mysterious volcano. It’s danger and dueling on the high seas as Jake discovers what it takes to be a true hero. Filled with new music, amazing effects, thrilling action and endless surprises, your whole family will sing, shout, and soar into the action when Disney Junior Live On Tour! Pirate & Princess Adventure sails into Pikes Peak Center. Get tickets here: http://www.ticketswest.com/
4. Manitou Springs Great Fruitcake Toss: Manitou Springs Great Fruitcake Toss is back!!
The 2015 Manitou Springs Great Fruitcake Toss is scheduled for Saturday, January 31, 2015 from Noon-3pm. The Toss will take place at Memorial Park (502 Manitou Avenue) in Manitou Springs.
There will be Events for all ages including Distance, Accuracy, Team Toss, Speed, Best “Balance” and Knock down the Fruitcake.
Donations of non-perishable food items will benefit Westside Cares Food Bank.
For more information, contact Annie Schmitt at 719-330-2488 or Fruitcaketoss@gmail.com
5. The New Year Craft and Vendor Expo: This will be a FREE event to attend, all we ask is for you to bring a canned or non-perishable item to donate. All the donations we get will go to the Care and Share of Colorado Springs.
We will be having a Silent Auction with all proceeds going to the Susan Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, as well as a raffle with all proceeds going to the March of Dimes Foundation.
We will have over 70 vendors which will include crafts, direct sales and more.
We will have some of your kids favorite characters for them to come see.
This will also be a Valentine Days theme so we won’t just have things for the ladies, but we will have things for the guys as well and for those little ones of yours. More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1572757376273066/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming
