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Run Out of Things for Your Kids to Do? Check Out Some Free & Inexpensive Ideas For Fun

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Are you running out of things to do with your kids?  Do you sometimes just need a quick game, craft, or idea to keep them busy for a half an hour?

Check out a number of free video games, activities, and coloring pictures that relate to the environment, science, and the kitchen.

 

Thinking "Green" At Summer Camp

At at day camp in St. Petersburg, Florida, kids are helping not only the environment but those who suffer from cancer.

Everyday at lunch, the campers pick up aluminum cans and other recyclables at a local park where they eat lunch and play.  They put the cans and bottles into recycling bins, but they also do one other key thing: take off the tab of the can.

One camper was very moved by the work done at a local Ronald McDonald house and wanted to help. So every day her and her fellow campers, when they recycle, take the tab off and put it into a container for the Ronald McDonald house.  The tabs are then recycled and the money is used for daily expenses at a house.

Though it takes many tabs for a pound, by doing one small thing daily, the campers are not only helping the environment, but helping those in need.

3rd Grader Gives Back: Starts Food Pantry for Pets

A 3rd grader, Zach Wilson loves animals.  If he could, he would adopt all the homeless animals so that they would have a home.

Even though Zach could not adopt all the homeless animals, he wanted to help.

He started with what he knew.

With the help of his mom, he began a food pantry in central Florida for pets.  If an owner could have free food, then they might not have to give up their pet.  So why not supply free food to those in need with pets?

Since it the pantry opened several months ago, they have given over 1,000 pounds of cat and dog food.  They have also started a small medical fund for vaccines for animals.