The Walnut Way Conservation Corp. hosted the 32nd annual Harvest Day on Saturday, Oct. 25 in the Clarence & Cleopatra Johnson Park, located at 1919 W. Fond Du Lac Ave. in Lindsay Heights. Residents speed walked throughout the park for a 5-kilometer walk, as children laughed while playing video games and jumped around in bounce castles.

The Walnut Way Conservation Corp. was founded by residents of the Lindsay Heights neighborhood in 2000. Its mission is to empower residents and foster community-led comprehensive development in their neighborhood.

Katrina O’Neal and her husband, Darel, participate in the 5-kilometer walk around the park.

Brew City Soul performs during Harvest Day.

Jamila Carney, host of this year’s Harvest Day, calls out raffle winners.

Pumpkins free for kids to decorate and take home adorn a table.

Tytan Leroy, 2, slides down a bouncy house slide.

Amour Alexander, 5, gets her face painted at Clarence & Cleopatra Johnsons Park.

Children get their faces painted under the park’s shelter, while others pose at a photo booth nearby.

Children play on Play Gazer Mobile Entertainment’s video game party bus.

Members of the Milwaukee Flyers Tumbling Team leap over a sign.

A member of the tumbling team backflips while jumping rope.

Attendees applaud the Milwaukee Flyers Tumbling Team.

Members of the Milwaukee Flyers Tumbling Team soar through the air.

Jonathan Aguilar is a visual journalist at Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service who is supported through a partnership between CatchLight Local and Report for America.

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Walnut Way’s Harvest Day celebrates the creativity of the Lindsay Heights neighborhood

by Jonathan Aguilar / Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service / CatchLight Local, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
October 28, 2025

<h1>Walnut Way’s Harvest Day celebrates the creativity of the Lindsay Heights neighborhood</h1>
<p class="byline">by Jonathan Aguilar / Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service / CatchLight Local, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service <br />October 28, 2025</p>

<p>The Walnut Way Conservation Corp. hosted the 32nd annual Harvest Day on Saturday, Oct. 25 in the Clarence &amp; Cleopatra Johnson Park, located at 1919 W. Fond Du Lac Ave. in Lindsay Heights. Residents speed walked throughout the park for a 5-kilometer walk, as children laughed while playing video games and jumped around in bounce castles.</p>
<p>The Walnut Way Conservation Corp. was founded by residents of the Lindsay Heights neighborhood in 2000. Its mission is to empower residents and foster community-led comprehensive development in their neighborhood.</p>
<figure class="wp-block-image alignwide size-full"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/milwaukeenns.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DSC_4641.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&amp;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-133866" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Katrina O’Neal and her husband, Darel, participate in the 5-kilometer walk around the park.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/milwaukeenns.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DSC_4840.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&amp;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-133929" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Jamila Carney, host of this year's Harvest Day, calls out raffle winners.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://milwaukeenns.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DSC_4760-1024x681.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-133869" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Alvin Johnson,12, shucks a cob of corn.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/milwaukeenns.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DSC_7891.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&amp;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-133876" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Pumpkins free for kids to decorate and take home adorn a table.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/milwaukeenns.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DSC_4619.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&amp;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-133865" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Tytan Leroy, 2, slides down a bouncy house slide.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/milwaukeenns.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DSC_7841.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&amp;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-133880" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Amour Alexander, 5, gets her face painted at Clarence &amp; Cleopatra Johnsons Park.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://milwaukeenns.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DSC_7873-684x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-133878" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Children get their faces painted under the park's shelter, while others pose at a photo booth nearby.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure class="wp-block-image alignwide size-full"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/milwaukeenns.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DSC_4803.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&amp;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-133873" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Children play on Play Gazer Mobile Entertainment's video game party bus.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/milwaukeenns.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DSC_7969.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&amp;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-133877" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Members of the Milwaukee Flyers Tumbling Team leap over a sign.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/milwaukeenns.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DSC_4954.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&amp;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-133872" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A member of the tumbling team backflips while jumping rope.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://milwaukeenns.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DSC_7944-1024x684.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-133874" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Attendees applaud the Milwaukee Flyers Tumbling Team.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image alignwide size-full"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/milwaukeenns.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DSC_5028.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&amp;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-133879" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Members of the Milwaukee Flyers Tumbling Team soar through the air.</figcaption></figure>
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<p><em>Jonathan Aguilar is a visual journalist at Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service who is supported through a partnership between&nbsp;</em><a href="https://www.catchlight.io/local"><em>CatchLight Local&nbsp;</em></a><em>and&nbsp;</em><a href="https://www.reportforamerica.org/"><em>Report for America</em></a><em>.</em></p></p>
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