"Behind The Scenes" Field Trips

City of Phoenix Sanitation Dept.
View solid waste area, learn what happens to our trash once it is picked up from our homes, composting area, water conservation, mulching, recycling sorting facility, all kinds of machinery, will receive activity books as well as a video for your group (if available). 27th Ave./Lower Buckeye Rd. (go to dead end, go past weighing scale, go right up hill to parking lot, meet at bridge) Contact person: Jeff - 602-495-7678 Minimum of 20, maximum of 100 people; recommended kindergarten & up; FREE.

Crow's Dairy
See an active Dairy farm including milking facility. Feed carrots to the cows, run through a huge grain hill, hayride of farm, visit the barnyard with chicks, turkeys, hogs and feed sheep and goats. Icecream is served for dessert. 10505 W. Broadway - 101 West to McDowell, go Right to 99th Ave., go Left to Broadway. Contact person: Linda - 623-936-4435 Cost is $4.00 per person (12 mo./under free).
Tolleson Dairy Plant
A great companion to Crow's Dairy---See how milk and juice are processed once received from the dairy and packaged to sell to the public. Also, see an orange crushing machine. 99th Ave./Lower Buckeye Rd. FREE; Contact person: Aimee - 623-936-2363

Fry's Grocery Stores
Arrange a tour with the manager at your neighborhood store. Typically you will get to go behind the meat dept. to see how meat is stored and prepared, in the dairy case, and in the back where stock is unloaded and stored until nighttime stocking occurs. Often you are given food or cookies at the deli as a treat. We've been given free holiday items as well for the kids. Great for the pre-k to grade 4 crowd. FREE

Phoenix Police Dept.---Communications (911/dispatch) Tour
Tour the facilities where millions of emergency calls are prioritized and assigned to police officers. Some safety information is given as well as a chance to simulate calling 911 for an emergency. Call 602-534-1301 to schedule a tour on weekdays. (100 E. Elwood/Central, South of the River Bottom) FREE
Phoenix Police Museum
A great companion to this tour is to visit The Phoenix Police Museum. Sit in a squad car, wear a uniform & bullet-proof vest, sit on a police motorcycle, watch a movie on gun safety, see a territorial jail model & a more modern jail cell, see memorial to officers slain in the line of duty and lots of photos & memorbilia from the last 100 years of police work in Phx. Located on the southeast corner of Central Avenue and Jefferson Street in the Barrister Place Building. The address is: 101 South Central Avenue, Suite 100 Telephone 534-(PAST), 534-7278 The museum is open 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, excluding City Holidays. Parking is very limited; plan to hunt for a meter or park in Patriot's Park Parking garage. FREE

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