It's September and BFR is busy
Bluffton Family Recreation is a busy place this month.
Several programs begin this week and next including U6 fall soccer, fifth and sixth grade volleyball, adult coed volleyball and an introduction to volleyball for 3rd and 4th graders.
Amy Byers, BFR sports coordinator, shows one of the volleyball shirts that each of the 3rd and 4th graders in this fall’s program will receive when the program begins on Saturday morning.
Many of the traditional fall youth programs will also start this month. Check the BFR website for registration details.
These programs include homeschool recreation class, Lil' dribblers, Elite basketball handling, Mad! Scientists, Lil' movers, Lil' ninjas and Lil' tumblers.
First-ever virtual 5K
BFR’s first-ever virtual 5K is Saturday, Sept. 5. Individual runners and entire families can go the distance while staying socially distant. Runners may participate from anywhere. Registration includes a shirt and prizes awarded for:
• Best Route
• Best Dressed
• Family Fun
BFR is located at 215 Snider Road, Bluffton.
Stories Posted This Week
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
- Darrell Lee Diller, 92, managed a farming business
- September 9 Bluffton High School athletics lineup, streaming
- Bluffton alumni will discuss pathways to chaplaincy
- Beaverdam cleanup day is Sept. 12
- Pirate boys golf 3rd at NWC quad
- Pirate volleyball outlasts Arlington
- Pirate girls soccer blanks Crestview
- Pirate boys soccer tie vs. Kalida
- Letter: The future of American agriculture
- Maple Grove Cemetery records now online
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
- Bluffton Historical meets Sept. 9 at the 1899 Depot
- Jerry L. Blosser worked for DTR Industries
- Bluffton Schools cancelled on September 8, cleanup for biodigester malfunction underway
- July 2026 Bluffton Police Dept. activity report
- Hillville Rd. closure on Sept. 8-9
- Lions and friends will count pathway users in September
- Bluffton Ohio Historical Society takes part in Ohio Open Doors, Sept. 12