Walk The Block

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11/01/2025

Trash cans are on the way. We apologize we forgot that detail!

11/01/2025

Today is the day!
We have The Onion Shoppe, Ponce Tacos, & The Sweet Tooth open! Jamie Lynn’s will be open and will be sponsoring a coloring contest!

Community Bank & Trust-Hayrack Ride
Evolve Contracting-Train Rides
Louisa County Sheriffs Office/Reserves: Bounce House
Kelly Jo’s—Pumpkin Painting (sponsored by Wapello Youth League, Moore Plumbing, Malcom Family & Garrison Family)
Earnest Insurance-activity/candy
BANK-activity
Ed Vineyard State Farm Insurance-mini horses & mini donkeys
Mills Thompson Insurance-Hair Tinsel, Tattoos & Food Drive
Haunted Yard/Photo Opportunities (across from Kelly Jo’s) & Face Painting on her porch—Tamara Leinbach
Mediapolis State Bank—activities held inside!
Brighter Balance Therapy—Stress Relief baggies
Western Bloom Florals-Activity & Open for Business
Le Tresors-Open for Business
Spectra-Activity
Keaton Mitchell Farm Bureau-Hot Chocolate
Boysen Realty-Activity
Wapello Specialty Care—activity

Come check it out! It’s chilly but you will forget about the temperature when you’re having this much fun!!

Tomorrow is the big day!! We can’t wait to see you all out and about! We will be hosting a winter clothing drive for Wap...
10/31/2025

Tomorrow is the big day!! We can’t wait to see you all out and about! We will be hosting a winter clothing drive for Wapello School! We will have a table to collect donations. Mills Thompson Insurance also has a food drive they are hosting and with upcoming food insecurity happening for families in our community, please consider donating there too!

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One week until Walk The Block! Come join us downtown Wapello for a few hours of fun after the Color Run and before Trunk...
10/26/2025

One week until Walk The Block! Come join us downtown Wapello for a few hours of fun after the Color Run and before Trunk or Treat!

Ponce Tacos & The Onion Shoppe will be there to serve you lunch! Jamie Lynn’s will be open to provide you some energy to get through the day!

Triple the fun this year for Walk The Block! Save the date for Saturday, November 1. 💙💛The committee will be reaching ou...
08/14/2025

Triple the fun this year for Walk The Block! Save the date for Saturday, November 1. 💙💛

The committee will be reaching out to businesses/groups in the next few weeks to determine all the fun activities we can host uptown!

We would also like to thank a few businesses that we accidentally forgot in our post from last October. Your participation did NOT go unnoticed!
-Iowa Raw for providing face painting
-Evolve Construction for providing train rides
-Tamara Leinbach for providing the haunted walk

It was such a great day yesterday with a great turnout!!! We hope your families enjoyed the day as much as us. We love t...
10/28/2024

It was such a great day yesterday with a great turnout!!! We hope your families enjoyed the day as much as us. We love this little town! 💙💛

Thank you to all the businesses that contributed in one way or another!

-BANK
-Mediapolis State Bank
-Community Bank & Trust
-State Farm-Ed Vineyard
-Farm Bureau-Keaton Mitchell
-Earnest Insurance
-Moore Plumbing & Heating
-Louisa County Sheriffs Office/Reserves
-Kelly Jo
-Tamara Leinbaugh
-Le Tresors
-J&D Irish Ivy
-Boysen Home & Farm Realty
-Mrs B’s Puppy Groom Room
-Iowa State Extension Office
-Jamie Lynn’s
-Onion Shoppe
-Ponce Tacos
-The Sweet Tooth
-JC Nutrition
-Wapello Specialty Care

10/27/2024

We are officially out of pumpkins for pumpkins painting.

Today is the day! Come down from 12-3 for activities, eat some Ponce Tacos or Onion Shoppe & shop at some local stores!S...
10/27/2024

Today is the day!

Come down from 12-3 for activities, eat some Ponce Tacos or Onion Shoppe & shop at some local stores!

Sweet Tooth, JC Nutrition, Jamie Lynn’s, Le Tresors are all open!

There is a jewelry vendor & bracelet vendor!

We have Connect 4, Jenga, pumpkin painting, coloring contest at Jamie Lynn’s, haunted walk, cookie decorating (inside JC Nutrition), play with corn in a bin, hayrack ride, train ride, chalk, tattoos, petting zoo, ring toss, bounce house, bowling and a few other things!

Beautiful fall weather!

10/25/2024

We are ready for Sunday! It is going to be such a great day for our community! Bring a friend and have some free fun!

Here are some of the activities that are being planned from 12-3 downtown!

-Giant Jenga
-Connect Four
-Hayrack Ride
-Bounce House
-Train Ride
-Cookie Decorating (JC Nutrition will also be open!)
-Potions & Poisons (Themed kids drinks)
-Ring Toss
-Pumpkin Painting at Kelly Jo’s
-Sidewalk Chalk
-Halloween Tattoos
-Coat giveaway at Briggs Center
-Football Field Goal Kick
-Canned Food Drive
-Local Gift Card giveaway (completely free!)

JD’s Irish Ivy, Jamie Lynn’s, Le Tresors, & JC Nutrition will be open for business.

Onion Shoppe & Ponce’s Tacos will be our food vendors for the day!

10/23/2024

Come enjoy the beautiful fall weather on Sunday and eat some delicious food from our local vendors!

Onion Shoppe, Ponce Tacos & Jamie Lynn’s!

10/22/2024

This year we will be doing a free drawing for local business gift cards!

Come join in on the community fun, put your name/number in a bucket and see if you can win! 🎟️

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