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Enjoy this week's newsletter!
Curl up in your favorite chair, grab your favorite drink and check out this week's newsletter full of information to help you entertain, stimulate and exhaust your kids! With the school year over in just a few weeks, summer vacation will be here before we know it, thus it's now officially time to plan your family's summer break! As your source for 411 on all things kid and family-friendly in our local area, we're here to help you do that! This week we bring you the final edition of our 2016 Summer Camp Guide featuring great programs like CVCC Summerscapes, St Stephens Lutheran World Adventures Camp, Catawba County 4-H Summer Fun, and Stretch-n-Grow Dance/Fitness Camps. From sports to theatre, music to dance, science to archaeology, agriculture to LEGOs, we have plenty of educational and fun options for you to consider to help you get your kids enrolled in a great program that meets your needs and their interests. And as you plan your summer vacations and getaways, check out our travel log for suggestions of some of our favorite destinations near and far, like the Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort which we recently had the pleasure of visiting. This and more awaits in this week's newsletter; refer to the table of contents for all that is inside. Follow me on Instagram to tag along on some of my family's adventures and stay tuned for tons of scoop on summer family fun coming in the weeks ahead.
Don't miss this week's giveaways and contests!
Two giveaways this week! We're kicking off the unofficial start of summer next weekend giving multiple winners the chance to win tickets to a Crawdads Baseball Game over Memorial Day weekend. And as you plan for summer break, how about a chance to win a free week of summer camp at Foothills Gymnastics? Enter both giveaways now before time runs out!
Keep 'em busy... plan our fun for the weekend, the week, or the month!
Our calendar is full of family-friendly events and we add to it daily! So much is happening around our local area that we can't always put it all in our newsletter. Plan your family fun for the days, weeks and months ahead by going straight to our Event Calendar.
Looking for more?
As you're out and about on the town enjoying the activities on our calendar or coming back from a family bike ride, refer to our list of local restaurant specials where kids eat free or cheap or stop by a local farmers market for freshest fruits and veggies for your family. If you're looking for ways to keep the kids busy at home, check out our list of seasonal crafts, activities, recipes and more! Find even more helpful information here.
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We're happy to include on our calendar any free (or low cost) one-time local events for kids through teens and/or for families and there is no charge for most listings. Send in the details using our submit an event form or email annah@macaronikid.com and we'll gladly help you spread the word to our local community.
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Peace, Love & Macaroni,
~ Anna
