• Session 5 swim lessons begin July 29 – please register at newulmmn.gov or in person at the Rec Center.

• Special Rec on the Go July 30 at Lincoln Park Wading pool. Bounce house and other special and fun activities available.

• Children’s Theater performs “Toy School” 5:30 p.m. July 31 at the Community Center. The public is invited to attend and watch the performance.

• Fall Program Brochure available online at newulmmn.gov. Registration for programs starts July 31 at 8 a.m. New swimming lessons start in September as well as youth football, volleyball, tennis (starts in November), racquetball league, adult pottery and more.

• United Way’s Backpack Project provides new backpacks to area students who could benefit from backpacks packed full of appropriate school supplies. Volunteers assist in collecting, packing and distributing backpacks to students just in time for the new school year. Drop off school supplies and backpacks at the New Ulm Rec Center during building hours. Items needed include Elmer’s Glue (4 ox bottles), Crayola 24-count crayons, crayola broad tipped markers and colored pencils, glue sticks, large pink and pencil top erasers, pencil bags and boxes, scotch tape, dry erase markers, composition notebooks, 1-inch 3-ring binders, Fiskars kid scissors, spiral notebooks, 2-pocket folders, hand sanitizer, highlighters, post-it notes, number 2 pencils and lots of facial tissue.

•Rec on the Go is a traveling program that provides games, crafts and fun at designed times and locations through August 8. Tuesdays they will be at Highland Park 10-11:30 a.m. and Riverside Park 12-1:30 p.m. and Thursdays at North 10-11:30 a.m. and Lincoln 12-1:30 p.m. Catch them Thursday evenings before Concerts in the Park from 6-7 p.m. This program is made possible through a partnership and funding from Community Education.

• Fall Garage Sale will be held in the Civic Center on Saturday, September 28. Anyonee interested in being a vendor at the sale, register in person on Wednesday, July 31 from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Remaining spots can be reserved at the Rec Center. 

Skating at the Civic Center open skate: Sundays 1:15-2:45 p.m., Mondays and Wednesdays 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. 

Open Figure Skating available Mondays 1:15-2:30 p.m. 

Open Hockey at the Civic Center General Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., PW/younger Wednesdays 4-5:30 p.m. and Bant/older Sundays July 28 from 9-10 p.m. and Sundays in August 6:30-7:45 p.m.