Family mornings at the Marlton Field House are held on Monday and Wednesday mornings from 10 a.m. to noon, giving local families time to get active and have fun with their little ones.
“Family mornings are for parents who are watching their kids during the day, and they need a place to go, especially during the wintertime or times when it’s raining or it’s not nice outside,” said Hezekiah Patterson, assistant manager of the Marlton Field House.
Sports equipment will be provided for family mornings, and there will be a variety of activities to do. When guests arrive, they’ll simply sign in and pay $5 in cash for each child attending. All participants and guardians will need to complete a waiver once per year. All available times are posted on the Meetup app. Guests are encouraged to RSVP as “going” and add however many guests they are with so that the field house can keep track of head count.
“We wanted to make it easily accessible to the community so that they have different options to stay active and enjoy each other,” Patterson said. “In a place like New Jersey where weather is changing constantly, it’s easiest to skip out on activities when the weather is just not right or things don’t work out a certain way, but having this place where the weather is controlled, you can still enjoy that time of activity, that time of community, and not have to worry about all the extra stuff.”
The field house is an indoor sports facility that provides a 67-yard turf field and/or full-size basketball courts along with an auditorium and party room space all available to rent. The field house provides rental space for activities like pickleball, soccer and basketball, and it also offers year-round adult soccer leagues, basketball leagues and a winter high school girls lacrosse league. Located on the same property, Marlton Assembly of God built the field house in 2015 as a ministry of the church to be a light in the surrounding communities. For Patterson, seeing families build relationships when they’re at the field house is always meaningful.
“You get to see your kids grow, and enjoy their community,” he said. “Whether you’re a mother or a father, you can come out and do the same thing because it’s important to stick together and be around those who you’re close to.”
For more information on family mornings or the field house, visit www.marltonfieldhouse.com.
Family mornings at the Marlton Field House are held on Monday and Wednesday mornings from 10 a.m. to noon.
