Dirt Day #6

My boys and I have been attending these monthly Dirty Days sponsored by Magnify credit union. They are held at different locations each month, the kids plant seeds and cuttings to take home and to help our local parks and best of all the event is FREE.
You do have to pre-register for each month's event.

See info below.

Dirt Day No. 6
Saturday, August 13, 2011
9 am until 11 am
FREE!!
Please bring a shovel to this month's event. We will be planting cypress trees and wiregrass around the Nature Center at Circle B. Seeds and cuttings from prior Dirt Day events will be available to propagate and take home.

RSVP 668-4673 ext 205
Limited to the first 40 kids and must be accompanied by adult

Back to School First Friday

Downtown Lakeland
Back to School First Friday

August 5th 6-9 pm

Celebrate the final days of summer with us in Downtown!

• Bounce Houses
• Dunk Tank
• Face Painting
• Balloon Artist
• Stilt Walker
• Teacher Discounts
• Downtown FCAT Game
• After School Programs
• Art Receptions
• Artisian Market and More!
  

Back to School Blast 2011

Saturday, August 6, 2011
10 am until 2 pm

The Lakeland Center
Sikes Hall
701 W. Lime Street
Lakeland, Fl

Children Pre-K through 5th grade

• Free Physicals and Immunizations
• School Supplies for children in attendance while supplies last
• Fun hands on activities
• Get connected to resources in your community

No Pre-Registration Required
Register at The Lakeland Center on the day of the event starting at 7:30 am

Fireworks in Polk county

Lakeland

The City of Lakeland is pleased to announce that the T.Mims Corp. Red, White & Kaboom Independence Celebration will take place at Lake Mirror on Friday, July 1, 2011 from 6:00 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. with music and a breathtaking fireworks display dazzling the crowd at 9 p.m. The event is free to the public but spectators are asked to bring a canned food item for the Chow for Now donation food drive, benefitting Volunteers In Service to the Elderly.


Winter Haven

Rock N' Freedom Fest:

MLK Jr. Park and Lake Silver · Sunday, July 3

Activities will start late afternoon with the fireworks beginning at 9:30 p.m.

Celebrate Independence Day at this family friendly event! There will be live music, food, family activities with a Centennial flair and fireworks!

Auburndale

The City of Auburndale's July 4th celebration has a different feel this year. After two years of issues surrounding water conditions at the city beach, the city has turned the beach at Lake Ariana into a more passive park with picnicking and boating rather than swimming. Patrons will find grass where the beach was and pavilions connected by a sidewalk network. Fireworks by Zambelli's fire off at 9 p.m. According to Auburndale Parks and Recreation Director Mickey Etherton, this year's display will be a little bit bigger than last year's. Parking is free. Bring a lawn chair or blanket.

Bartow

The Bartow Adult Concert Band plays patriotic music, directed by John DeYoung, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Bartow Civic Center. Admission is free.

Bartow celebrates its 4th of July with the theme "America: Many People, One Heart, One Nation Under God." Bartow's Fourth of July Extravaganza at Mosaic Park begins at 4 p.m. The event features entertainment, rides, inflatables, food and a display by Battery A of the Florida National Guard. Guests can enjoy a 50-round cannon salute by Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 116th Field Artillery, following the 9:30 p.m. fireworks show. Bring a lawn chair or blanket.

Lake Wales

Lake Wales hosts its Independence Day Celebration from 2 to 9 p.m. on the shore of Lake Wailes. Music is provided by Parties by Robert. Patrons can enjoy games, pony rides, face painting, food and the Kidz Zone from 1st Assembly of God. Fireworks cap off the evening at 9:30pm

Source: Woman to Woman magazine

Chick fil A events this week

Chick-fil-A @ South Florida Ave

We have a very busy and exciting week planned this week! We hope you will join us!
Tues. 6-10am-Joy Fm Summer Cruise with Chris August!
Tues. 5-8pm-Kids Night with crafts and C3 Day Camp
Wed.-ITS OUR BIRTHDAY!Come celebrate with us!Every 10th customer will receive a FREE meal all day! At 5pm we will have our party with cake, icecream, balloon artist, games, cows etc.

Free things to do with your kids, Thursday, June 23

• Free Summer Kids Shows at Cobb Theatres; Doors open at 9:30 am and movies start at 10am; This weeks movies are Diary of a Wimpy Kid and How to Train Your Dragon
• 2 pm Storytime at the Winter Haven library
  

Dirt Days, June 25th

This event is free and lots of fun. I took my boys last month and we had a great time. I just received an email saying there are still spots available for Saturday's Dirt days. You have to call to register, see phone # below.

Ask Mom or Dad to bring you
to our monthly “It Matters What
You Grow” meetings. Each
month you will plant seeds or
take cuttings for a plant to grow
in our parks and one to take
home.
Join us on Saturday, June 25, for
a special “American Beautyberry”
Picnic at the Christina Park Picnic
Pavilion. We’ll start at 9 a.m. and
have a picnic lunch at 11 a.m. with
hot dogs for everyone, games, prizes and fun activities
and, of course, we’ll have watermelon and a seed-spittin’
contest with prizes for the best spittin’ … and you won’t
even get in trouble!

Also, please wear your tennis shoes rather than sandals or flip-flops as we have relay games planned for after we plant our American Beautyberry seeds and cuttings. And don’t forget about the watermelon seed-spittin’ contest after lunch. That should be lots of fun, too!

Pre-registration required; call Miss Glenda at 534-4340.
Limited to 40 kids (ages 6-12). Must bring an adult.