Play Center Grand Opening Set for Saturday

A Grand Opening celebration for the Mankato Clinic Children’s Play Area at River Hills Mall is being held this Saturday, Jan. 14 from 10 a.m. to Noon. The event will consist of a Teddy Bear Clinic where children can bring in their teddy bears for a medical exam by Mankato Clinic pediatricians. The first 100 children in attendance will receive a free bear from the Wacky Bear Factory ($15 value). The Splatter Sisters will also be performing live music and entertainment for children. The Mankato Clinic Children’s Play Area is located just outside of the Scheel’s interior entrance in the River Hills Mall.

Noted for its soft-coated foam, the Mankato Clinic Children’s Play Area has a medical theme and uses play pieces that introduce children to what they will experience during a doctor’s exam, including a stethoscope, blood pressure gauge, band aid bridge, tongue depressor slide, and thermometer. The play area also incorporates a Mankato Clinic building with a tunnel and slide, an ambulance and a teddy bear climber.