August Summer Activities Guide

In This Issue August Family Events 4 August Kids Programs 8 August Library Programs 10 August Story Times 11 Programs Now Registering 12 Open Houses 14 Restaurant Fun Nights 16 Kids Eat Free Nights 17 Indoor Play Areas 18 SUMMER DEALS 19 At the Movies 20 Swim Lesson Providers 22 Swim Teams 23 Places to Get Wet 26 August Summer Camps 28

August 2013 Family Events

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

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2 Sun Country Little Lunchers

3 Home Depot Kids Workshop Kanapaha Botanical Gardens Tour Kanapaha Botanical Gardens Kids Day Sun Country Sunny’s Showcase Super Spark Truck Saturday

4 Circle of Love Summer Car-nival

5 6

7 8 Harn Museum Night

9 Sun Country Family Fun Night Movies on the Square

10 Corks n Colors Angry Birds Class Hogtown Reptile Shop Kids Program Lowe’s Build to Grow Clinic Independance Studio Auditions for Competitive Dance Team O2BKids Fall Classes SignUp Skate Station Planes Party Stop the Violence Back-to-School Rally

11 UF Carillon Recital River Ranch Community Sunday Corks n Colors Tye-Dye Class

12 Bounc-in Big Splashtacular Days

13 Bounc-in Big Splashtacular Days

14 Corks n Colors Kids Lovebird Class Studio 32 Birthday Bash

15 Family Nature Club

16

17 Gator CPR Friends and Family Training Seminar Next Level Sports and Fitness Kids Day Family Fishing Day Archer Elementary Back to School Bash Gainesville Civil War Reenactment Harn Museum Family Day Independance Studio Birthday Bash UF Volleyball and Football Fan Day

18 River Ranch Community Sunday Corks n Colors Mommy and Me Class

19 20 Ameri-can Herit-age Girls Info Meeting

21 Cameron Dance Center Open House

22 GYC Annual Auditions

23 Sun Country Parents Night Out

24 EARS Family Day Tour Corks n Colors Mother Daughter Jewelry Date Tioga Town Fair YMCA Back to School Splash

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26 27 28 29 30 United Downtown

31

http://www.sebastianferrero.org/119/events/tioga-town-fair/

http://www.girlscouts-gateway.org/

Mondays Every Monday

Homeschoolers Park Day

Yopp Creative Kids Mornings

Every other Monday

Art Classes with Jane Gravois

Tuesdays Every Tuesday

O2BKids Morning Magic

Sun Country Stay and Play

Chick-fil-A Family Night

Yopp Creative Kids Mornings

Last Tuesday

Tot Time at the Harn

Wednesdays Every Wednesday

Barnyard Buddies (Sept—May only)

O2BKids Morning Magic

Yopp Creative Kids Mornings

Dudley Farm Craft Workshop (Oct-July)

Bouncin at the Rock

Third Wednesday

Loga Springs Play Therapy Seminar

Thursdays Every Thursday

O2BKids Morning Magic

Yopp Creative Kids Mornings

Second Thursday

Harn Museum Night

Third Thursday

Gainesville Eco Tour Family Nature

Club

First and Third Thursday

Skate Station Roller Skating Playdate

Fridays Every Friday

O2BKids Parents Night Out

PJ Library Tot Shabbat

Sun Country Stay and Play

Sun Country Gym Jam

Sun Country Splash Jam

Yopp Creative Kids Mornings

First Friday

Feed-a-Frog Friday (Sept—May only)

Sun Country Little Lunchers

Tot Time at the Harn

Second Friday

Sun Country Family Night

Movies on the Square

Third Friday

Trinity UMC Parents Night Out

Fourth Friday

Sun Country Parents Night Out

YMCA FridayFun Night

Saturdays Every Saturday

O2BKids Morning Magic

French Club

Living History Days

Planetarium Kids Matinee

Michael’s Kids Craft Events

Mill Creek Farm Retirement Home for Horses

Skate Station Skating Lessons

First Saturday

Home Depot Kids Workshop

Kanapaha Botanical Gardens Guided Tour

Second Saturday

Hogtown Reptile Shop Children’s Program

Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinic

Dudley Kids (Oct—May only)

Third Saturday

Family Fishing Day

Sundays Every Sunday

Family Fun Shoot

Click HERE to go to the

Ongoing Programs page

on the website.

Library Turn to page 8 for library programs

Cade Museum Click HERE to see this month’s programs

Ongoing Programs

August 2013 Library Programs

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

1 Spark Truck Build a Mobile 1PM

2 Nursery Rhyme Time 2PM

3 ContARTE 10AM Musikgarten 11AM

4

Click HERE to go straight to the Events Calendar on the Ala-chua County Library website.

Story Times: page 11 Movies at the Library: page 20

5 Spark Truck Build a Mobile 1PM Wii Gaming 3PM Magic Martinez 3PM Make It Grow 3:30PM Spark Truck Build a Mobile 4PM Yu-Gi-Oh 4PM

6 Beading w/Avalon 3:30PM Dig Into Treasure 3:30PM Wii Fun 3:30PM

7 Bubbles, Bubbles 11AM Bats in the Library 2PM Lego Club 3PM Making Comics 3PM NASA a History of Space 3PM Wii Gaming 4PM NASA a History of Space 6PM

8 Florida’s Gentle Giants: the Tortoises 2PM

9 Spy School 2PM

10 Game Day 2PM

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12 Wii Gaming 3PM Yu-Gi-Oh 4PM Arts and Crafts 4PM

13 Wii Fun 3:30PM Dig into the Past 3:30PM

14 End of Summer Party 12PM Fancy Nancy Tea Party 1:30PM Lego Club 3PM Paws to Read 3PM Girls Tea Party 3:30PM Wii Gaming 4PM

15 End of Summer Bash with Magic 2PM

16 Sidewalk Chalk /Bubbles Party 2PM End of Sum-mer Reading Party 2:30PM

17 Baby/Toddler Yoga 11AM

18

19 Wii Gaming 3PM Wii Gaming 4PM LL BRANCHES CLOSED

20 Junior Panther Den 3:15PM Wii Fun 3:30PM Beading w/Avalon 3:30PM Viva Florida 500 Children’s Programs 3:30PM

21 Fun with Baby Signs 11AM Lego Club 3PM Wii Gaming 4PM

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24 Fun & Play for Toddlers 11AM Puppet Man and a Story-book Lady 11AM

25 Locker Art 2PM

26 Sculpt Away Wii Gaming 4PM

27 Junior Panther Den 3:15PM

28 Music Mash 11AM Wii Gaming 4PM

29 30 31

Color Code Guide: Alachua Archer Cone Park Hawthorne Headquarters

High Springs Library Partnership Micanopy Millhopper Newberry Tower Road

Tuesdays

Library Partnership

9:30AM

Archer

10:15AM

Headquarters

10:30AM

Tower Road

10:30AM

High Springs

11AM

6:30PM

2nd & 4th Tuesdays

Chick-Fil A Archer Rd.

5:30PM

2nd Tuesdays

Wednesdays

Cone Park 10AM

1st and 3rd only

Learning Path

10:30 (RSVP PLEASE)

Millhopper 11AM

Newberry 11AM

Micanopy 11:30AM

Thursdays

Hawthorne 10:30AM

Headquarters 10:30AM

Millhopper 10:30AM

Alachua 11AM

Sundays

Corks n Colors 12:30

Story Times

Programs now registering

Alachua Little Jaguars Flag Football League

Cameron Dancenter Pop Warner Football and Cheerleading

City of High Springs Girls Volleyball

City of Newberry football, volleyball and soccer Corks n Colors Art Smart After-School Programs

Elite Pro-Ball Florida Team Cheer Allstars Fun Languages Gainesville

Gainesville Rock Gym Gainesville Youth Soccer

Gatorball Baseball Training Academy

Girl Scouts Girls Place volleyball

Hippodrome fall acting classes I9 Sports football, soccer, baseball

Independance Studio

Musical Me Theater—Shrek the Musical Musikgarten

O2BKids

Vision Volleyball Club YMCA soccer and football

Click HERE to go straight to the Programs Now Registering page

Open houses American Heritage Girls—Tuesday, August 20th Cameron Dance Studio—Wednesday, August 21st and Thursday, August 22nd Gainesville Rock Gym— Monday, August 26th Independance Studio—Saturday, August 17th Studio 32 Orthodontics—Wednesday, August 14th Sun Country Sunny’s Showcase—Saturday, August 3rd

http://www.thehipp.org/

Magic Mike Beef O’Brady’s on 43rd St: Tuesdays 5:30-8:30

Space Walk of Gainesville

Beef O’Brady’s on Archer Road: Tuesdays 5-8PM

Cody’s Roadhouse

Monday Nights

Caricature artist tableside

Chick Fil-A Fun Nights

Tuesday Nights:

Arts & Crafts, Games and Entertainment

Gator’s Dockside Tuesday Nights

Clown / Balloon Artist

Texas Roadhouse Tuesday Nights

Arts & Crafts, Entertainment, Games, and Prizes

and Andy the Armadillo

Restaurant Fun

Kids Eat Cheap Sundays Steak and Shake - Kids 12 and under eat FREE with purchase of adult meal Stevi B’s Kids eat for .99 at the buffet after 4 pm

Mondays Bono’s Kids eat free with purchase of $8 entrée or more. Cody’s Original Steakhouse Kids 10 and under eat FREE with adult purchase David's Real Pit BBQ One FREE kid's meal with one adult meal purchased Newberry’s Backyard BBQ $1.50 Kids meals with adult purchase New Deal Café $1 kids meals with adult pur-chase

Tuesdays Beef O'Brady's Kids 12 and under eat FREE with adult purchase /Dine In Only from 4 - 8pm Cody’s Original Steakhouse Kids 10 and under eat FREE with adult purchase Gainesville Ale House Kids 12 and under eat FREE with purchase of adult meal Gator’s Dockside Kids under 12 years of age, l child per adult eat FREE / 6:00-8:30 PM I Love NY Pizza in Haile Kids 10 and under eat free with adult purchase Texas Roadhouse Kids 12 and under eat for $.99 with adult purchase / 4 - 8pm

Wednesdays Applebee’s Kids eat for .99 price w/ adult purchase Blue Highway Pizzeria Kids eat for $1 with adult pur-chase of pizza or pasta 4-7PM Haile Village Bistro Kids eat FREE Roundabout Grill Kids eat free off the kids menu with adult purchase Sisters Kids eat free off the kids menu with adult purchase. Zaxby’s 2 kids meals for $.99 with adult purchase

Thursdays

None

Fridays None

Every Day Crispers Kids 12 and under eat for .99 when wearing Kids Club t-shirt IHOP Kids 12 and under eat FREE with purchase of adult meal / 4 -10pm

Saturdays Steak and Shake Kids 12 and under eat FREE with purchase of adult meal

Alley Gatorz –bowling alley and arcade Alley Katz—bowling alley and arcade

Bouncin’ Big— indoor inflatable facility Chick-fil-A Archer Road —indoor playground Corks n Colors –Pottery and Canvas Studio

Do Art - Pottery and Art Studio Easton Newberry Sports Center—indoor archery range

Family Treasures Thrift Shop—indoor play area Florida Museum of Natural History— Discovery Room Gainesville Rock Gym—indoor rockwall

Oaks Mall—indoor playground O2BKids— indoor playground

Reitz Union Game Room—bowling alley Skate Station Funworks—skating, soft play, arcades, rockwall—and gokarts, batting cages and mini golf

Splitz—bowling alley and arcade Sun Country Sports Center— indoor playground and rockwall

Yopp Recreation Center—indoor playroom

Indoor places to have fun

Summer deals Visit www.fun4gatorkids.com/events/summerdeals for details

Kids Bowl Free ALL SUMMER Alley Katz, Alley Gatorz, and Reitz Union Game Room

Summer Reading Programs Alachua County Libraries, Barnes and Noble, Books-a-Million

FREE Infant Swim Class at Sun Country Sports Center

Kids get FREE LUNCH in the Summer Break Spot program

Teens get a FREE summer membership at Gainesville Health and Fitness

At the Movies Free Movies at the Library Every Monday 4PM / Headquarters Every Wednesday 3PM / Newberry

2nd and 4th Thursday 3PM / High Springs 1st & 2nd Friday 2PM / Library Partnership

Click HERE

for current show times

2nd Friday of

the month

10am $1 kids

movies Tuesdays

and Wednesdays

all summer

10AM free Kids

movies every

WEDNESday all

summer

Every Other Wednesday 6:30PM

http://www.ymcasummercamp.com/

Swim Lesson providers

300 Club Aquabilities

AquaMobile Swim School City of Gainesville

Db Raquet Club

*Gainesville Country Club *Haile Plantation Club

High Tide Aquatics Infant Swim Resource

Sun Country Splash

Swim America The Swim Squad

YMCA

*Membership Required

Swim Teams

Gator Swim Club * Haile Plantation Country Club

High Tide Aquatics Makos Aquatics Club Sun Country Splash Team

Synchro Gainesville Gavi-atas

*Membership Required

Places to GET WET SPRINKLER PARKS Alachua Sprinkler Park (free) Whispering Pines Park in Inverness (free) POOLS City of Gainesville Public Pools *Db Racquet Club *300 Club *Gainesville Country Club *Haile Country Club *Sun Country Splash *YMCA *Membership Required SPRINGS Blue Grotto Blue Springs Park Devil’s Den Fanning Springs Ginnie Springs Ichetucknee Springs Lafayette Springs Manatee Springs Peacock Springs Poe Springs Rainbow Springs Troy Spring Weeki Wachee Springs

Places to GET WET

WATER PARKS Adventure Island in Tampa Shipwreck Island in Jacksonville Sea World’s Aquatica in Orlando Buccaneer Bay in Weeki Wachee Disney’s Blizzard Beach in Orlando Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon in Orlando Wet’n Wild in Orlando Wild Adventures in Valdosta Wild Waters in Ocala BEACHES Daytona Beach Flagler Beach St. Augustine Beaches

Camps Offered All Summer

Camps Ages 1/2 Day Full Day

Boys and Girls Club 6-12 X

Camp Good News 5-12 X

A Child’s Academy 5-10 X

A Child’s Dream 5-12 X

A Child’s Place 0-12 X

City of Gainesville 6-13 X

City of Newberry 5-12 X

Exploring Minds 6-10 X

Faith Academy 5-12 X

Gainesville Country Day 6-12 X X

Gainesville Creative Kamp 5-12 X

Girls Place 5-18 X

Kindercare Camp 0-12 X

La Petite Academy 0-12 X

O2B Kids 6-13 X

Skate Station Funworks 5-13 X

Star Martial Arts 5-13 X X

Sun Country Sports 3-15 X X

Sunshine House 4-12 X

Trinity UMC Summer Time Fun 1-11 X

World Martial Arts 4-12 X X

YMCA 6-14 X

More Camps offered in august

Camps Ages 1/2 Day Full Day

The Doris 3-18 X

Do Art 6-12 X

Gator Baseball 8-18 x

SFC Chris Mowry Basketball 6-14 x

Banner School of Etiquette 4-18 X

Foreign Languages Camp 4-14 x x

Tumblemania 6-12 x

Okito America 3-18 X X

Pro Taekwondo 4-15 X

Star Martial Arts 5-13 X X

World Martial Arts 4-12 X X

Rock n Roll Camp for Girls 8-17

City of Gainesville Earth Academy 6-12 X

YMCA Camp McConnell 6-16

Florida Fencing Academy 6-18 X X

Gainesville Soccer Alliance 6-12 X

ACG Therapy Friendship Club 5-13 X

300 Club 6-15 X

Db Racquet Club Camp 5-18 X X

Jonesville Tennis Center 5-18 X X

Summer Runner Camp 12-18 X

First UMC of High Springs VBS 4-12 x

pay by the day camps Camp Ages 1/2

Day Full Day

Month

300 Club 6-15 X ALL

Camp Good News 4-12 X ALL

Corks and Colors 6-11 X ALL

Db Racquet Club Camp 5-18 X X ALL

DOK Stables 5-15 X X ALL

Foreign Languages Camp 4-14 x x ALL

Jonesville Tennis Center 5-18 X X ALL

Madonna’s Equestrian Center 5-18 X ALL

Skate Station Funworks 5-13 X ALL

Sun Country Funfest 3-15 X X ALL

Tumblemania 6-12 x July/August

http://www.suncountrysports.com/