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Rain doesn’t stop the fun at giant Slip ‘N Slide in Michigan

Grace Pell gets dunked in to a tank of water at Slip N’ Slide event on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, at Rosewood Park in Jenison. Kids could volunteer to sit in the dunk tank while others threw balls at the target.

People slide down giant water slide at Slip N’ Slide on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, at Rosewood Park in Jenison. The Saturday Slip N’ Slide is an annual event, but had been on hiatus for two years due to COVID.

Young kid uses air from leaf blower to get bubbles off of his face at Slip N’ Slide event on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, at Rosewood Park in Jenison. There was a bubble bath there for kids to play in.

The parking lot where the Slip N’ Slide event was hosted on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, at Rosewood Park in Jenison.

Kids play at dunk tank at Slip N’ Slide event on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, at Rosewood Park in Jenison. In the past, the Saturday Slip N’ Slide has been held in July, but was moved to August since the Never the Same organization hosts camps in the summer.

People play life-sized foosball at Slip N’ Slide on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, at Rosewood Park in Jenison. Rebounderz, an indoor trampoline arena, provided the inflatable foosball for the event.

Kids play in the bubble bath at Slip N’ Slide event on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, at Rosewood Park in Jenison. Once someone got out of the bubble bath, they had to hose down.

People try to win prizes by grabbing a rubber duck at Slip N’ Slide event on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, at Rosewood Park in Jenison. Multiple companies set up booths to promote themselves by giving stuff away to the kids.

Kid takes a running start before sliding down the hill at Slip N’ Slide event on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, at Rosewood Park in Jenison. The Saturday Slip N’ Slide is an annual event, but had been on hiatus for two years due to COVID.

A volunteer put raffle cards into a poker raffle drum at Slip N’ Slide event on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, at Rosewood Park in Jenison. The grand prize for the raffle was a five night vacation at the Hard Rock Hotel in Punta Cana.

Family purchase a pizza from Vitale’s Pizza at Slip N’ Slide event on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, at Rosewood Park in Jenison. A single slice was $2, while a whole pizza was $12.

People walk up a hill in order to go back down the slide at Slip N’ Slide on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, at Rosewood Park in Jenison. There were two entrances for the slides and correlated which slides one could go down.

People create a giant splash at the bottom of the slide at Slip N’ Slide event on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, at Rosewood Park in Jenison. This was the first year that the Never the Same organization helped put on the Saturday Slip N’ Slide event.

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JENISON, MI – Family and friends gathered on a rainy Saturday to cruise down a large hill made into a giant water slide.

After being canceled for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual “Saturday Slip N’ Slide” was held Aug. 13, at Rosewood Park in Jenison.

Ten years ago, Steve and Shelley Frody put on the Saturday Slip N’ Slide event by themselves. This year, the Frody’s partnered with Never the Same, a national youth ministry organization, to help put it on.

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“This event is really a community event,” said Geoff Eckart, Founder and CEO of Never the Same. “It’s an event to show kids and families something really fun to do on a Saturday.”

People were drawn to the Saturday Slip ‘N Slide event primarily for the four giant water slides. Anyone could ride the slides, for as long as they wanted, if they purchased a $1 wrist band.

“It was really awesome!” said Fiona Soukup, who who attended the event with her parents, after going down the giant slide.

The event was hampered by the rain and 59-degree temperature, which made the slide really cold to go down.

According to one volunteer, there were 6,000 people signed up to attend the event, but she doubted that many would show up because of the weather.

Despite the rain, there were still hundreds of people like the Soukup family who showed up to the Saturday Slip N’ Slide.

But volunteers wanted the crowd projected.

“If only it would stop raining, then more people would come out,” said volunteer Jo DeGlopper told MLive Saturday afternoon.

Besides the slides, there were some other fun things for families to do such as a human foosball trampoline, provided by Rebounderz, an indoor trampoline facility.

There was also a bubble bath, where kids could jump into a pool and get covered in foamy bubbles.

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