Overview - Ready Set Play 2023
Hey, hey, hey! It's almost time for READY SET PLAY 2023!
Our Ready Set Play Covington summer kids’ activity program is popular with families and businesses alike! The program is a partnership between the City of Covington and the Covington Chamber of Commerce to help kids stay active during the summer while getting to know their community. Businesses love it too because they get to meet local families while getting additional exposure for their businesses.
The 2023 summer season for Ready Set Play is the program’s eighth year, and we expect this year to be our biggest year yet! Last year, we had 23 Brag Tag stops and 10 prize pack sponsors. This year, we are opening the program up to nonmember businesses in Covington!
Check out these pix from last year's program!
Our Ready Set Play Covington summer kids’ activity program is popular with families and businesses alike! The program is a partnership between the City of Covington and the Covington Chamber of Commerce to help kids stay active during the summer while getting to know their community. Businesses love it too because they get to meet local families while getting additional exposure for their businesses.
The 2023 summer season for Ready Set Play is the program’s eighth year, and we expect this year to be our biggest year yet! Last year, we had 23 Brag Tag stops and 10 prize pack sponsors. This year, we are opening the program up to nonmember businesses in Covington!
Check out these pix from last year's program!
For kids and families
- BRAG TAG collection period: June 27 - September 2, 2023
- Prize pack reward period: July 5 – September 29, 2022
- Ready Set Play Kickoff and Lanyard Pick-up Days: Tues., June 27, 2023 and Wed., June 28,2023, 11 to 2 p.m. at Covington Community Park (17649 SE 240th St., Covington, WA). June 28 is also Princess and Superhero Day from noon to 1 p.m. at the park!
- Additional Lanyard Pick-up locations: The Game Shelf (12916 SE Kent-Kangley Rd., Kent, WA), Walls of Books (27339 Covington Way SE, Ste. S-2), Covington Library (27100 164th Ave. SE) and Covington City Hall (16720 SE 271st St., Covington, WA)
- Pick up a lanyard at the kickoff or one of the other locations, grab a map and a list of activities. Visit each BRAG TAG stop. Most are located in Covington but there are a few in Kent and Maple Valley too.
- During the summer, visit each of our participating businesses (list coming soon!), complete the activity and collect the associated BRAG TAG.
- When you’ve collected all your BRAG TAGs, go to City Hall, show them your lanyard and BRAG TAGs and collect the ULTIMATE prize pack*.
- Details for participating businesses and the prize packs are coming soon!
Follow our Ready Set Play Covington Facebook page for regular updates and highlights of participating businesses. You can also send us your photos to post!
(*While supplies last)
The Ultimate Prize Pack
Thank you to these businesses for their contributions to the Ultimate Prize Pack. After collecting all their Brag Tags, kids can pick up their prize packs at Covington City Hall during normal business hours, starting July 5, 2023.
In every prize pack, while supplies last:
At the end of September, we will do drawings for other prizes, including:
A special thank you to Fred Meyer, our presenting sponsor, and MultiCare Covington, our lanyard sponsor!
In every prize pack, while supplies last:
- Red Canoe Credit Canoe: $50 savings account for new accounts or a $50 deposit in existing accounts
- City of Covington: assorted goodies
- Covington Aquatic Center: free swim passes
- Chick-fil-A: free kids' meal
- Tanya Neilsen-Lester, RE/MAX Northwest: a pen or chip clip
- Crumbl Cookies: a free cookie card
- Legendary Doughnuts: a coupon for a free doughnut
- Valley Medical Center: reusable cloth bags
- Covington Family Dental: toothbrush
At the end of September, we will do drawings for other prizes, including:
- The Game Shelf: $50 gift card drawing
- Walls of Books: gift card drawing
- Chick-fil-A: tumbler
- Covington Aquatic Center: 3-month youth swim pass
- Thrive Community Fitness: Mariners' tickets
A special thank you to Fred Meyer, our presenting sponsor, and MultiCare Covington, our lanyard sponsor!
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The following businesses are participating in Ready Set Play 2023:
Also, every participating kiddo will receive a Super Hero Brag Tag when they pick up their lanyards, compliments of Fred Meyer! |
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For businesses
Since we started the program in 2016, Covington area businesses have loved participating in Ready Set Play, originally called Play Unplugged. They love meeting the kids, families and friends that visit during the summer. The time to apply to be a Brag Tag stop is now closed, but businesses can still provide items for the prize pack. If your business is interested in being included in the prize pack, please contact us at admin@covingtonchamber.org. If you'd like to put something in each pack, plan on 200 to 225 items. As an alternative, you can do a drawing for a larger item (e.g., bicycle, gift card, etc.) at the end of the Ready Set Play season. You provide the prize; we handle the logistics and the drawing itself.
Unclaimed Brag Tags for 2023
Be a Bag Boss! Take some plastic bags to a recycling location like a grocery store bin and take a photo of your good deed to show us!
Frogs and toads can hop and so can you! Hop on in and complete 3 frog hops to earn your Frog Hopper Brag Tag!
Safety is no joke! Share a safety tip with how to stay safe while swimming or playing outside.
Keeping your fresh clean and flossed is super important. Tell us about your tooth brushing and flossing routine!
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Find evidence of real CRITTERS in nature! Did you see a squirrel, bug, bird or other creature while playing outside? Snap a photo or draw a picture of your favorite critter!
There are so many flavors of ice cream! What kind would you invent if you could? Draw or write about it and stop by to share it with us!
Tell us at least 2 ways to keep your smile bright and shiny and your mouth healthy. Come in and flash your winning smile!
Eat your veggies! Vegetables are some of the healthiest foods – come in and tell us all about your favorite vegetable.
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Show us your best dance move - the Chicken Dance, the Robot Dance, Whip/Nae Nae, Hokey Pokey or another dance move - to earn your awesome Dance Champ Brag Tag!
Do you love to play in parks? Stop by one of Covington’s parks to swing, slide, walk, zip line…take a photo to show us!
Grab your squirt gun, garden hose or squirt bottle (with adult approval) and play outside with it. Better yet - use it to water plants or flowers! Visit our business and tell us about it.
Do you like writing? Write a poem, story, card, song or even just your name in a fun design! Show it to us for your Writing Whiz Brag Tag.
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Have you ever played hide and go seek? Come to tell us all about your BEST hiding spot where you “escaped” to. It will be our secret!
Enjoying a stroll is a great family outing in the summer! Pick a path and take a walk or run for fun! Be sure to snap a photo to show us!
I spy with my little eye! Investigate your surroundings at a park, playground or your yard. Tell us about something cool or unexpected you found.
Stop by the kids' waiting room and color a picture from the Les Schwab coloring book. We'll post it on our wall for our customers to see.
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Use your imagination to craft an amazing paper airplane. Visit our business to give it a test flight and share your tips for paper airplane success!
Rock painting is so much fun! Find a rock, use your best artistic skills to decorate/draw/paint it and bring it in to show us! We can’t wait to see your design.
Time to be an “artist” and create, design, color your own STAR! Bring it in to earn your tag and tell us why you chose your design!
Do you have travel plans this summer? Whether you're going on a family vacation, a day trip or dreaming of your ideal vacation spot, tell us about the trip, show us a photo, or color a picture of your ideal spot.
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