Free Friday - 10/10/08

Each week we're telling viewers about events, activities and items that are free.

This week's free list:
1) Free soccer and track & field program for kids with disabilities

2) Camp Out! Teaches the fundamentals of camping with basic survival skills and how to pitch a tent

3) Diesel xXx's "Rock and Roll Circus" Themed Party

MORE INFO AND VIDEO AFTER THE JUMP...

Paralympic Soccer and Track & Field Program
Sunday, October 12, 2008 from 3pm - 5pm (runs every Sunday until Nov. 15)
Thomas Jefferson Park (at 112th Street & 1st Avenue) Manhattan

Join in for an eight-week Paralympic Soccer and Track & Field Program! The City of New York Parks & Recreation is partnering with U.S. Paralympics, a division of the U.S. Olympic Committee, to offer a new sports program for individuals with disabilities, especially for teens and young adults with cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, stroke survivors, and others with physical disabilities. Participants should be able to walk independently, with crutches or with a walker. To register here: www.nycgovparks.org/web/external/exit.php?url=http%3A//nycgovparks.org/email_forms/paralympic/

For more information, log onto:
www.nycgovparks.org/sub_things_to_do/upcoming_events/events_search.php?c=2008-10-08&sc=2008-10-12&id=145421 or e-mail accessibility@parks.nyc.gov.

Camp Out!
Saturday, October 11, 2008 at 6pm
Inwood Hill Nature Center, Inwood Hill Park (Enter park at West 218th Street and Indian Road), Manhattan.

Join the Rangers as they teach about the fundamentals of camping. You will learn basic survival skills and how to pitch a tent. What better way to spend the evening than camping out under the stars? To register, call (212) 304-2365 or (212) 304-3401.

For more information, call (212) 304-2365 or log onto
www.nycgovparks.org/sub_things_to_do/upcoming_events/events_search.php?c=2008-10-08&sc=2008-10-11&id=149161.

Diesel xXx's "Rock and Roll Circus" Themed Party
Saturday, October 11 9pm - 2:am
Location: Pier 3 - Furman Street; Brooklyn Waterfront

Diesel will unleash the biggest international party the world has ever seen. Diesel xXx (titled triple x) will explode with a worldwide spectacular party taking place in 17 cities around the globe beginning in Tokyo. The party will successively move to Beijing, Dubai, Athens, Amsterdam, Milan, Zurich, Munich, Paris, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Oslo, Helsinki, London and Sao Paulo.

The grand finale will take place in New York City with a never before seen "Rock and Roll Circus" themed party for 5,000 of Diesel's closest friends and coolest trendsetters. The day before that, Diesel will unleash $50 limited jeans.

Special performances by: Franz Ferdinand, NERD, MIA, Chaka Khan and Benji Brothers.