Together Time brings family fun to Bucyrus

By Matt Echel­berry
Inquirer Reporter

Four­teen fam­i­lies gath­ered at the cross­roads square in Bucyrus for a scav­enger hunt on Sat­ur­day (June 23) morn­ing. The event was orga­nized by Together Time and spon­sored by the Bucyrus Rotary Club.
Two routes were planned for par­tic­i­pants and each one took them to local busi­nesses, some of which gave out snacks and goody bags. At some des­ti­na­tions, the next clue was given at the front of the build­ing, and at oth­ers, fam­i­lies went inside to find the next one. The clues were rhymes, mazes, word searches and other fun activ­i­ties for kids to solve. Some­times they needed a lit­tle help from their par­ents.
The final clue asked ques­tions about the cross­roads mural, tak­ing the fam­i­lies back to the start­ing point. Every child receives a prize at Together Time events; the prize for the scav­enger hunt was a canteen.

Amy Sul­li­van, a grad­u­ate of CU Lead, cre­ated Together Time as her project for the pro­gram. Its mis­sion is to “facil­i­tate fun, family-oriented activ­i­ties out­side of the home for par­ents and chil­dren in Craw­ford County.”
With the help of six of her cowork­ers at Ohio Mutual Insur­ance Group, Sul­li­van planned sev­eral events for the sum­mer, begin­ning with Saturday’s hunt. Sul­li­van wanted her CU Lead project to bring fam­i­lies together because she has a seven-year-old daugh­ter, Syd­ney, who par­tic­i­pated that morn­ing with Sullivan’s hus­band, Rob.
Many of the other CU Lead grads attended with their chil­dren to sup­port Together Time. All of Sullivan’s cowork­ers who helped plan the Together Time events were there as well to help and/or par­tic­i­pate, includ­ing Andrea Presler. She was there with her daugh­ter to help Sul­li­van get par­tic­i­pants signed up. All of the Together Time vol­un­teers are moth­ers like them. “I couldn’t have done it with­out [the other moth­ers],” Sul­li­van said.

This event brought peo­ple into down­town Bucyrus, but the next two events will be held else­where. On Sat­ur­day, July 14 head to Heise Park in Galion for Dis­cov­ery Bingo. It will be held at the pavil­lion by the play­ground. Then, on Aug. 11 at Aumiller Park in Bucyrus, pre­pare for Trea­sure Map. Both events begin at 10 a.m.
For more infor­ma­tion, visit Together Time’s Face­book page at www.facebook.com/TogetherTimeCrawfordCo or con­tact it at togethertimecc@yahoo.com.