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
1
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
25
26 27 28 29 30 United Downtown
31
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
11
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
22
23
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
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
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
Top Related