The White Buffalo Youth Lodge will operate a free drop-in program at the Pleasant Hill spray pad on Avenue U South, starting Monday and running through August 21.

The programs will run from 10-30 a.m. to 4-30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from Noon to 4:30 p.m. on Fridays. Otherwise, most City of Saskatoon paddling pools and spray pads are open and in full compliance with the guidelines and restrictions set out by the Chief Medical Health Officer and regulated under the Re-Open Saskatchewan Plan. All spray pads are open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. until September 7. As for paddling pools, there are no games, arts or crafts offered as part of the Summer Play Program this year at those facilities. Admission is free for water play only between now and August 25. In order to maintain physical distancing at the various paddling pools, group capacity is 25 participants and the open times are divided into 75-minute sessions.