Families of 4th graders! Did you know that your family can get FREE admission to national parks for a whole year? If your kid is in 4th grade then sign them up for the Every Kid Outdoors program and your family can get FREE admission until August 31, 2022! Every Kid in a Park Every […]

In lieu of The Home Depot’s FREE monthly kids workshops which are on hiatus due to COVID, they’ve been offering free kids workshop kits that you can do at home! Each month the kits are different and this month – September 2021 – they are Mini Table Tennis Kits! There’s typically no paint included but […]

This year’s Museum Day is Saturday, September 18th, 2021! The Museum Day Live! ticket provides free admission for two people on that day. You can now sign up for your free tickets! Go to http://www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/ to sign up for TWO FREE ADMISSIONS to the local participating museum of your choice on Saturday, September 18th, 2021. Just fill in […]

Free state park passes? Yay! Thanks to the new Minnesota State Parks Library Program, you can now check out Minnesota State Park Passes at participating libraries state-wide! The Department of Natural Resources has collaborated with regional library systems across Minnesota to provide free 7-day state park passes for checkout through June 2022. The goal is […]

Do your kids love animals? Do they love stories? I bet they do, so I want to share a new YouTube Channel where kids can listen to wonderful stories read by a children’s author! It’s called Gona’s Reading Ranch, and author Carla Crane Osborne reads stories aloud such as “The Ugly Duckling” by Hans Christian […]

Teens starting grades 9-12 in the fall can get FREE summer memberships at all 26 YMCA locations in the Twin Cities, Rochester and Hudson, Wisconsin! The goal is to give teens a safe place to go to exercise, play sports, and make friends. If you’re a YMCA member (like I have been), don’t worry – […]

At their meeting on June 16th, commissioners for the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) voted to eliminate the $5 and $3 admission fees at North Commons Water Park! Starting Monday, June 21st, admission to the water park became FREE for everyone. Did you already purchase a season pass? No worries! MPRB is refunding the cost […]

Woohoo! Kids can skate for FREE at Cheap Skate in Coon Rapids! Right now you can sign up your kids for 2 FREE PASSES per week to skate at Cheap Skate. The hours they can skate free are: Tue. 05:00 PM – 08:00 PM Wed. 05:00 PM – 07:30 PM To sign them up, here’s what you […]