Albany Passport Program

Weekly Challenge #5 is LIVE! 🎡🎠🎢🎟️🎈🛼
Be sure to check your email mailbox for this week’s newsletter for more information and updates.

We are already HALFWAY through our summer program! We are so excited to see you exploring Albany, keep it up! 🧭

Albany Visitors Association

HAPPY SUMMER: Surfing into week 4!
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The Albany Passport Program is excited to announce the week 4 weekly challenge. Snap a photo doing each weekly challenge to be entered into our weekly raffle!

DON’T FORGET: make sure to check your email each Thursday for more information, and all weekly challenges!

PLEASE BE SAFE IN THE WATER! Make sure to always have your life jacket on in or near water. The Albany Fire Department has their loan a life vest program! 🌊🩳🩱🤿

Weekly Challege #1 is up and running!
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One more day!! The countdown begins NOW- Join us tomorrow from 10am-1pm at the Albany Visitors Association to kickoff the Summer Passport Program. We can’t wait to see you!!
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The fun is about to start!! 🛼🎈🎡🎠🎢🎟️
Step right up and MARK YOUR CALENDARS! 🗓️The Albany Summer Passport is returning this year with more fun than ever! With a carnival theme, this program will ensure your family has the most fun in Albany this summer. Join us June 22 from 10am-1pm at the Albany Visitors Association for carnival fun!!
More information coming next week!!

Feel free to download this flyer and send it to all your family and friends!! 🎟️

Please join us for a blood drive at Albany Fire Department on Friday, June 7, 2024 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Ralston Room

Appointments are encouraged. Please call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter: albanyfiredept to schedule an appointment. Streamline your donation experience and save up to 15 minutes by visiting RedCrossBlood.org/RapidPass to complete your pre-donation reading and health history questions on the day of your appointment.

Albany Visitors Association

IMPORTANT!!! Today is the last day to turn in your passport! Prizes will be drawn tomorrow 8/16 and will be given out at the Carousel Carnival on 8/19. We will be open at the Albany Visitors Association until 5pm today, or drop them off through the glass door mail slot after hours. 📩✈️🎆🚗☀️🍉🕶️⛱️

PLEASE SHARE so everyone knows to turn in their passport for the chance to win some amazing prizes!!

A special thank you to all of our partners for supplying amazing prizes, as well as helping our kiddos explore Albany!
Corvallis-Albany Farmers' Markets Albany Area Chamber of Commerce The Historic Carousel & Museum, Albany, OR Albany Visitors Association Albany Downtown Association Natural Sprinkles Co. Margin Coffee Roasters Albany Antique Mall, LLC BJ's Ice Cream Albany/Lebanon No Baloney Subs & Salads No Dinx Spearit Beads & Co. Urban Ag Supply The Frame House Gallery Calapooia Monteith House Infinite Air Center Albany Regional Museum Republic Services Corvallis Knights Baseball The Y Albany Public Library Sniffanys Pet Boutique Southpaw's Pizza and Sports Bar The Albany Pix Theatre Midway Farms

Congratulations to Alex for winning this weeks challenge! A special thank you to Margin for this weeks prize! ☕️🧋🫖

Don’t forget there are only TWO ‼️✌🏻more weeks of weekly challenges, followed by the Carousel carnival 🎡🎠🎢🎟️on August 19! There will be EVEN BIGGER prizes, along with carnival games. You WON’T want to miss it!

THIS WEEK we want to know all about your favorite place to cool off on a hot day!! 🌊💧🩱🩳⛱️🧴Snap a pic of your water fun or make a drawing and send it to [email protected] or by posting on Facebook and Instagram using the

Have fun exploring Albany and continue to let your curiosity take flight! ✈️🚀

Weekly Challenge #5 was a DOUBLE WHAMMY! ✌🏻‼️Kiddos were sent to the library and 99.9 KRKT FM to complete their missions. 📡📻This week Andrew won a $25 gift certificate to the Albany Public Library book store! 📚📓He said that “reading books” was his favorite part of the library. Congratulations Andrew!

Don’t forget there are only THREE 3️⃣🕒more weeks of the summer passport program! Stop by the Albany Visitors Association to pick up a passport to finish out the summer strong💪🏻. Weekly challenge submissions can be sent through email ([email protected]) or by tagging Albany Passport Program on both Instagram and Facebook.

THIS WEEK is coffee week! ☕️🍵🫖Have you ever been to Margin Coffee’s downtown location? What animal is on the wall? 🐮🦄🐘See if you can find that animals name! Make a drawing or send a selfie to [email protected] or tag us on Facebook or Instagram using the hashtag

Now, explore Albany and let your curiosity take flight! ✈️🚀

Weekly Newsletter number FOUR has just been sent out. 🎉4️⃣📩This week we congratulate TWO prize winners: Andrew (pictured) and Penelope. Let’s give them a hand in the comments! 👏🏻👏🏻

Week 4 is all about the Albany Carousel. 🐶🐻🐮🐎🦄🐸Enjoy a ride on the carousel for $2 a ride, along with sweet treats at the Carousel Cafe, or enjoy visiting the museum and gift shop Wednesday-Sunday 11am-4pm.

THIS WEEKS WEEKLY CHALLENGE: What is your favorite carousel animal? Let us know by submitting a drawing, or send a selfie to [email protected] or post your activity on Instagram or Facebook and tag us at Albany Passport Program with the hashtag

There is still time to grab a passport for your kiddo! ✈️🛩️🌎Stop by the Albany Visitors Association Monday-Friday 9am-5pm to get signed up.

This week’s Weekly Challenge and e-newsletter just hit your mailbox! Make sure to interact with this post so all your friends know to come down and grab a passport for their kiddos! Don’t forget to share your photos of the weekly challenge with us at Albany Visitors Association and Albany Passport Program✈️🌎🧭

Congratulations to Bentley for winning this weeks prize! Thanks to our friends at the Albany Farmers Market he won two $5 tokens to the Farmers Market! Stay tuned for next weeks BIG SUMMER PRIZE! ☀️😎⛱️🌸🌼

Our second weekly newsletter just hit your inbox!! 📩✈️

Make sure to check out our week 1 weekly prize winner as well as highlights about some of the businesses and organizations that help run the program!

We cannot wait to see you around town. Happy exploring! 🍉☀️😎⛱️

AVA Summer Passport Program kickoff was a success!! Thank you to everyone who joined us this morning! Passports are still available all summer at the Albany Visitors Association all summer, weekdays 9am-5pm and most summer Saturdays 9am-2pm. This program is so fun and we can’t wait to see you around! ✈️🤩🌆

Watch out for our E-newsletter arriving next week with a new weekly challenge!

This weeks weekly challenge: CHALK!! 🌈 Take a photo of you and your chalk drawing and share it with us by email at [email protected] or on Facebook (Albany Passport Program) or Instagram (ava_albanypassportprogram) by tagging us and using the

Today's the Day! The Albany Visitors Association Summer Passport Program is here again! (Albany Passport Program : Follow us here!) Explore Albany this summer and let your curiosity take flight!

Come down to the office at 110 3rd Ave SE and get your picture taken to start the adventure! The office is open today from 10am-2pm.

If you can't make it today, our office is open to sign up anytime this summer, Monday-Friday from 9am-5pm and Saturdays when there is coverage from 9am-2pm. We are closed Sunday. Call ahead on Saturdays at 541-928-0911.

This program combines local business with fun summer challenges to get kids outside excited to live in or visit Albany. There will be weekly challenges sent out in our newsletter for students to complete and to be entered into a weekly drawing. All prizes will be provided by our partners.

To learn more, visit our website albanyvisitors.com/explore/albany-summer-passport/

Questions? [email protected] or 541-928-0911.

Week one of the Albany Passport Program is almost here! Explore Albany this summer and let your curiosity take flight! ✈️

This Saturday, June 24, the Albany Passport Program will be kicking off. Come down to the office at 110 3rd Ave SE and get your picture taken to start the adventure! The office is open 10am-2pm that Saturday. You can sign up anytime after that 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday or 9am-2pm on Saturday. We are closed Sunday.
This program combines local business with fun summer challenges to get kids outside and excited to live in or visit Albany. Once signed up, parents are encouraged to check their emails for weekly e-newsletters. Each Passport e-newsletter will have a challenge for the kiddos to complete and send in photo evidence in order to be entered to win that weeks prize. Photo proof can be sent in by email or by tagging Albany Passport Program or Albany Visitors Association and using the . All prizes will be provided by our sponsors.

This is a sneak peak at the front page of the passport!!👀☀️😎
To learn more, visit our website albanyvisitors.com/explore/albany-summer-passport/
Questions? [email protected] or 541-928-0911.
Albany Visitors Association

Week one of the Albany Passport Program is almost here! Explore Albany this summer and let your curiosity take flight!

Saturday, June 24, the Albany Passport Program will be kicking off. Come down to the office at 110 3rd Ave SE and get your picture taken to start the adventure! The office is open 10am-2pm that Saturday. You can sign up anytime after that 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday or 9am-2pm on Saturday. We are closed Sunday.
This program combines local business with fun summer challenges to get kids outside and excited to live in or visit Albany. Once signed up, parents are encouraged to check their emails for weekly e-newsletters. Each Passport e-newsletter will have a challenge for the kiddos to complete and send in photo evidence in order to be entered to win that weeks prize. Photo proof can be sent in by email or by tagging Albany Passport Program or Albany Visitors Association and using the . All prizes will be provided by our sponsors.
To learn more, visit our website albanyvisitors.com/explore/albany-summer-passport/
Questions? [email protected] or 541-928-0911.

Albany Visitors Association

We had a fantastic day at the Carousel CARNIVAL! In case you haven’t heard, the final passport raffle winners are Cohen D., Lilly F. and Riley S. who won great prizes from Monteith House, the The Historic Carousel & Museum, Albany, OR and Splatterbox . The winners of the special raffle prizes from Republic Services and Brigitte's Place and Natural Sprinkles Co.s are Tina S #4779709 and Jax T # 4779863.
Please pick up your prizes at the AVA Office by August 31. Thanks again to all our wonderful partners!

What a fantastic combination for family fun on Saturday, August 20, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at The Historic Carousel & Museum, Albany, OR with old-fashioned carnival games, crazy characters, face painting, balloon art, and the Albany Summer Passport raffle prizes. Come celebrate with us!

What a GREAT combo - The Historic Carousel & Museum, Albany, OR CARNIVAL and the Albany Passport Program end-of-summer celebration! Play some really cool old-fashioned games, get your passports returned, see if you won one of the cool raffle prizes and enter to win Republic Services Ride to School in a Garbage Truck raffle. You don’t have to be present to win, but you have to be there to enter. Hope to see you at the CARNIVAL on August 20, 10 am - 3 pm.

CONGRATULATIONS to this week’s winners Laura E and Miles D! And thanks for showing us how to stay safe on the water! Many thanks to Albany Fire Department for making lifejackets available for kids to use and return for the next child! The kids’ prizes include gifts from Southpaw's Pizza and Sports Bar, The Albany Pix Theatre and Natural Sprinkles Co.

There is still time left for kids to have fun exploring Albany. Get a free kid’s passport at the Albany Visitors Association and turn it in by August 9 for a chance to win prizes. More information at https://albanyvisitors.com/explore/albany-summer-passport/.

Berries, cupcakes and honey OH MY – YAY for fresh goodies from the Albany Farmers’ Market and Midway Farms. CONGRATULATIONS to this week’s winners Andrew B. and Sylvan W.! The kids’ prizes include gifts from the Infinite Air Center, Albany Farmers' Market and Midway Farms.

CONGRATULATIONS to this week’s winners Alexander B. and Jacob G.! It was great to see kids enjoying history and old stuff! Lots of kids liked the fire pump at the Albany Regional Museum like Alexander (shown smiling here). The kids’ prizes include gifts from the Albany Regional Museum and Talking Water Gardens . THANK YOU to our partners for their great gifts and for welcoming families. Be sure to check the e-newsletter for next week’s challenge!

What fantastic creativity kids showed in the The Historic Carousel & Museum, Albany, OR animal they wished for, their drawings and photos! CONGRATULATIONS to this week’s winners Tyrion P #56 (drawing shown), Cade F #49 and Natalie G #176! The kids’ prizes include gifts from the Antique Mall, LLC, Albany Downtown Association, Wicked Comics & Collectibles, Natural Sprinkles Co., The Frame House and the Corvallis Knights Baseball . THANK YOU to our partners for their great gifts and for welcoming families. Be sure to check the e-newsletter for next week’s challenge!

It was cool to see the different parts of our libraries the kids enjoy – keep having fun! CONGRATULATIONS to this week’s winners Brooklyn B #193, Henry C #73 and Bradyn B #192! The kids’ prizes include gifts from Midway Farms, Urban Ag Supply, the Albany Antique Mall, LLC, and Talking Water Gardens ! THANK YOU to our partners for their great gifts and for welcoming families. Be sure to check the e-newsletter for next week’s challenge!

CONGRATULATIONS to this week’s winners Aries M, # 266 and Emily G, #178! Both kids won Downtown Dollars from the Albany Downtown Association and Aries won a gift card from Wicked Comics & Collectibles and Emily won a gift card to Citadel Oasis. Be sure to check the e-newsletter for next week’s challenge! It was fun to read all the games kids enjoy – keep having fun! Many thanks to our great Passport Partners!

CONGRATULATIONS to this week’s winners! Gwen P. #79 won gift cards to Brick Circuit - New & Used LEGO and Toy Store and Midway Farms. Nathan G. #13 won gifts cards to No Baloney Subs & Salads and Midway Farms. Be sure to check the e-newsletter for next weeks’ challenge! Contact [email protected]

We had an awesome time at the kickoff event Saturday! Passports are available at the AVA office (110 3rd Ave SE M- F, 9 am – 5 pm. HUGE thanks to volunteer artist Bill Thompson for his really cool face painting. You can see Bill’s art work at Gallery Calapooia

Albany Passport Program updated their info in the about section.