Brickyards Park / Patty Turner Center in Deerfield will abound with inflatable rides, informational booths, educational demonstrations, entertainment and more on Saturday, September 11, 2010, from noon until 4:00 p.m. Everyone is invited to this free, fun afternoon of activities, including: music/performers and DJ, police dog demonstration, art tent, balloon twisters, simulated DUI driving experience, live fire demo, mascot race, and Flight for Life helicopter take-off and landing. A Passenger/Child Safety Seat Checkpoint runs from 9-11:00 a.m. at the south parking lot; SWALCO?s electronics recycling / collection activity is tentatively set for 9:00 a.m. ? 12:00 p.m. at the Public Works building, 465 Elm St.; and, new this year, is a Pet Vaccination and Microchip Clinic near the Patty Turner Center building, also from 9:00 a.m. ? 12:00 p.m. The American Legion Post 738 will post the colors at 1:00 p.m., followed by a special presentation to honor Emergency First Responders, as this year?s event occurs on 9/11.

Local governmental and nonprofit agencies are coming together for the 6th year in a row to provide Community Services Day to promote services available to residents. Local community service clubs and organizations set up booths and provide information and often freebies/giveaways. The Deerfield Lions Club will again bring their huge inflatable mascot Leo the Lion, and Deerfield Park Foundation will sponsor entertainment and run a Helicopter Ball Drop at approximately 3:30p.m. Live entertainment will be on stage throughout the afternoon. Il Forno Pizza will offer food for sale.

Community Services Day is a unique, purposeful and fun event hosted by the Deerfield ? Bannockburn Fire Protection District, Deerfield and Bannockburn Police Departments, Deerfield Park District and Village of Deerfield. The event remains free to the public due to the generous contributions of corporate financial sponsors: The John Buck Company of Parkway North; Astellas Pharma U.S., LLC; and the Deerfield Park Foundation. Jewell Contract Dining has generously agreed to contribute lunches for the event workers.

Brickyards Park is near the corner of Kates and Pfingsten; the Patty Turner Center is 375 Elm, both are in Deerfield. Public parking for this event is at the 155 Pfingsten office building parking lot (across from Brickyards Park). The event takes place rain or shine. Emergency services demonstrations and helicopter activities depend upon availability and weather.

For further information, contact Linda Anderson at the Deerfield Park District at 847-945-0650 or Chris Johnson at the Deerfield-Bannockburn Fire Protection District, 847-945-0466, x104.