PBS Fort Wayne and area businesses thank everyone who came out our 11th Annual Explorer Day at Parkview Field on Saturday, June 7th!

Explorer Day 2025-a PNC Foundation Grow Up Great® Be My Neighbor Day Event - was our annual free event celebrating families, fun, and hands-on learning with partnerships from area businesses, non-profits, and PBS KIDS.

Save the date for next year: Your family will enjoy this fun day packed with educational activities, games, and a chance to meet some real PBS KIDS characters and your favorite PBS Fort Wayne Pup, Ryder! With dozens of local businesses and non-profits being caring neighbors by bringing engaging activities to Parkview Field, there will be something for everyone to enjoy!

Save The Date to Grab your stroller or wagon, load up the kids, aunts, uncles and grandparents and join us at Parkview Field!

Thanks to our 2025 Community Partners...

• ACRES Land Trust • Adapt for Life • Anthony Wayne Council Boy Scouts • Bierman Autism Centers • Brightpoint • Bussick Orthodontic • Crazy Pinz • DeKalb County Visitors Bureau

• Early Childhood Alliance • F.A.M.E. • Fort Financial • Fort Wayne Area Homeschools • Fort Wayne Ballet • Fort Wayne Center for Learning • Fort Wayne Children’s Choir

• Fort Wayne Philharmonic • Fort Wayne Youtheatre • Indiana University-Fort Wayne • Iris Family Support Center • Junior Achievement of Northeast Indiana • Legacy Martial Arts

• The Literacy Alliance • Mind Cap Center • Monica Riecke, Realtor • My School Options • Neighborhood Health WIC • Neigborhood Health Clinic • Parkview Sports Medicine Icehouse

• Pizza Hut • Pontiac Street Market • Purdue-Fort Wayne ETCS Outreach Program • Purdue-Fort Wayne College of Visual and Performing Arts

• Southwest Montessori Academy • United Art & Education

If you’d like your business to participate in 2026's Explorer Day (date to be determined) as a vendor or one of our sponsors,

contact our Corporate Development Department at corporatedevelopment@wfwa.org.