What a great weekend. Full of new families, fun, oysters and art.
Saturday, some of the Kidz were out and about at the 3rd Annual Fort Pierce Oyster Festival. Momz Nyla, Katy and Lara painted faces. Over a hundred to be exact. We offered a jar for tips and were able to raise over $100 for our Kidz. Kidz Gage, Vivi and Hannah were present and took to the stage to talk to the public for a bit. Hannah and Gage were cool enough to walk around and get Clean Water Declarations signed for our environmental friends at the Indian Riverkeeper booth. Hannah was asked by a gentlemen WHY he should sign the declaration, Hannah's reply was "Because us Kidz are playing in the water and getting rashes and getting very sick!", she got a signature. We were able to recruit a whole page of new familiez interested in our efforts and encourage visitors to take what these Kidz are doing back home, wherever that may be. I would like to give a special shout out to our County Commissioner Chris Dzadovsky for coming to the Kidz rescue and loaning them a canopy until we can get our own.
If you would like to contribute to our Kidz events and activities, head over to our fundraising page and make a contribution to our cause. No amount is too small.
The River Kid booth also had a special visitor, Gregory Oravac is a candidate for Port St. Lucie Mayor. He also is a amazing family man who enrolled his children into the River Kidz. He has some great plans on the table for our local waterway concerns. We are so excited to have his family involved with the River Kidz.
Sunday, our April meeting day. We had a great turnout with lots of new members. We worked on out official logo allowing those present to stamp their hand prints into a water drop that will symbolize so much but mainly expressing to the public that water too has a voice and its in these Kidz "hands" to speak up for it. I can't wait to share it with you. We had local artist, Brigid McGuiness come lend a helping hand with her beautiful River Kid, Jensen.
We hope to share our new logo in the coming days or weeks.
Some key notes discussed today at our meeting;
- We talked about the importance of mentoring one another and working together as a group. We explained to our older Kidz the importance of them being their and the impact THEY have on the smaller Kidz.
- We introduced some of the Special Edition River Kidz today. It was very cool to see Sam, Tina and
- Jeff dive right in and be a part of something huge. To these Kidz, this can be very tough for them. They LOVED it!
- We talked about our upcoming events and how we're going to be seeing a "shift in the tides" and that we'll be bringing them lots more hands on activities and field trips. Yes, field trips. One mentioned today was a seigning field trip to Jaycee Park. Some of the Kidz have done it so, those Kidz talked about it to our younger Kidz. They got very excited to hear all about the cool creatures they would be able to experience.
- The Kidz were able to enjoy a yummy healthy snack, Dolphin Bananas and Grapes. River Mommaz love a yummy treat especially, the healthy ones.
- Jack Hudson visited today and explained to the Kidz his ideas and his collaboration with us. In case you haven't heard, the River Kidz were given a great opportunity to team up with the American Dream Factory and test water products finalizing them with a seal of approval. Their little faces lit up.
It was a fantastic weekend for our Kidz and we can't wait for more fun to come. Huge thanks to the familiez who played a part in all our fun we had this weekend.
1 comments:
Every bit filled with fun, laughter, and love. Amazing to see our group growing and meeting new River Kidz and River Parentz. Looking forward to the wonderful months ahead. River Kidz Rock! :-)
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