BEND, OR -- Bend Park and Recreation invites the community to its first ever Pavilion-Palooza, Sunday afternoon. "Wanting to just recognize the bookend of summer and have a family-friendly event to kind of celebrate it," says the district's Julie Brown. There will be, "Live music at the Pavilion, the roller skating activities are going to be available. We also have some skatepark features there, we've got the cornhole boards out, having some food and beverage available for purchase."

Brown tells KBND News, "It's going to be a $5 entry fee to come to this. All of the proceeds are going to go to our Bend Park and Recreation Foundation that makes scholarships available in the community." She adds, "We have found that there's a lot more need in our community. As a result, we're trying to do more to raise more funds for scholarships, so we can reduce that barrier and allow people to participate. Over the last several years, we've really increased the amount of scholarship funds that we make available in the community. About 1,300 families, and children in particular, have benefitted from this. Kind of looking at what are those financial barriers to being able to participate? Whether it's in our KIDS Inc. program or youth sports or swim lessons, or whatever it might be."

Brown acknowledges this will be a busy weekend in Bend, "You could go to the Great Rotary Duck Race earlier in the day, and then you can pop over and join us for the Pavilion-Palooza."

Pavilion-Palooza is Sunday from 2-5 p.m. at the Pavilion in Bend.