Calling all inquisitive explorers, young anglers, brilliant biologists, future fish nerds, and generally nature-curious kiddos! Youth Fish & Wildlife Club aims to tap into youth curiosity and wonder, foster appreciation for nature and culture in Alaska, engage young people informally with science, and teach proficiency in outdoor skills.

Join us every Wednesday at 4PM (Alaska time) to learn about a new topic. Check out the website to connect.

The Teen Center offers various activities for teens to participate in such as billiards, ping-pong, basketball, racquetball, a small fitness area to workout, arts & crafts, and video games

The Chamber of Commerce hosts the annual Crab Festival event in May. The City of Kodiak’s Parks and Recreation department organizes a few events during the annual celebration. The events hosted include: a chess tournament, Predit-A-Mile Run, Predict-A-Mile Swim, youth foot races, a tennis tournament, a ping-pong tournament, the Pasagshak Bike Race, the Pillar Mountain Race and the Ididarock. (Crab Festival Pasagshak Bike Race, Pillar Mountain Race, and Ididarock do have entry fees)

The City of Kodiak hosts a 10k 4th of July run every year. In 2021, we hosted a 5k/10k event. This event is free of charge and open to all members of the community.

Location: see event registration for details on the course and its starting point. Last year the race started and finished at the Armory.

At the Family Investment Center School-Aged Program, activities for children address all modalities, encourage healthy choices and physical activity, and include a reading and writing component to reading skills. Charter bus service is provided to get children to school, recognizing the importance of daily attendance.  A big part of the program is taking the children out into the community and wilderness of Kodiak through field trips, hikes, and picnics. The program encourages the children to participate in life-long recreation activities like bowling, swimming, hiking, biking, foraging, fishing, and skating.

Kodiak Public Library's encourages all ages to join the Summer Reading Program. Keep track of your reading and library activities and collect incentives along the way! Additional Grand Prizes awarded to Kodiak's top finishers.

Join the Kodiak Public Library in its Community Beekeeping Program. There are many ways to BEE involved. Sign up to join a weekly one hour hive check and meet the bees up close, check out a Honey Bee STEAM kit to explore life cycles, beekeeping tools, and how to make honey, or browse our movies and books about bees. Coming soon is an opportunity to help out with our pollinator garden

Enjoy several activities outside the library. Young kids will enjoy getting the wiggles out on our painted sidewalk as they leap like a frog onto lily pads or stomp like a dinosaur. Next do our Story Stroll by reading pages of a picture book as you walk around the building. Don't forget to collect your take away craft that goes with the two stories you just read. Stories change monthly (or more frequently in summer). Top off your experience by bringing a snack to enjoy at our new picnic tables

Once a month we are offering a kit with lesson and art supplies for families to pick up at our front door at the Kodiak Refuge Visitor Center.  The kits target elementary school aged children