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Caroline CASA dashes to water balloon ghts, beat the

Court Appointed Special Advocate heat by playing in the water in your
own backyard. Dollar stores are great
by Amy Horne, Executive places to nd water guns, balloons, or

Director, CASA of Caroline any other toys to use with your hose.
7. Go hiking/camping! Get outside
Summer Family Fun Ideas - on a Budget! and enjoy the great outdoors. Caroline
County has 8,000 acres of wildlife
Summer is in full swing, kids are out forget Summerfest in August! And sanctuaries, nature preserves, parks
of school, so now what? Keeping take a look at the back of the magazine and campgrounds that provide
your kids occupied without virtual at the Community Calendar for miles of hiking trails and plenty of
stimulation is an important part of ongoing and scheduled events. places to camp. For a list of places
healthy childhood development. It’s 3. Go Stargazing! Caroline County to hike, like Martinak State Park and
also a great way to strengthen families is fortunate to have many rural, open Tuckahoe Trail, visit www.carolinemd.
and support happy childhoods. org, or check out the Healthy Parks/
spaces without light pollution where Healthy People list of activities in this
Check out this list of 10 great summer you can lay back and gaze at the stars. publication. If none of those places
activities that will bring your family If you have a pickup truck, load the meet your camping needs, why not just
closer, create lasting memories, and back with comforters and pillows for a put up a tent in your own backyard?
give your kids healthy activities this more comfortable viewing spot. Spend the evening catching re ies,

summer – all on a shoestring budget! having a bon re, and making s’mores.

4. Get artsy with sidewalk chalk!
1. Have a yard sale! Hosting a yard sale Chalk art can lead to hours of fun. Use 8. Build a pillow fort and have movie
is a great way to declutter your home the chalk to play Pictionary, have a night! On those rainy days, grab all
and make a little spending money for drawing competition, or just make a the pillows and blankets around the
other activities. It’s also a great way to mural out of your driveway. house and build a fort that’s perfect
teach kids how to let go of old toys or for watching movies, getting cozy with

belongings. e kids could set up a 5. Go to the library! e Caroline books and coloring, or have a pillow

lemonade stand to make a little extra County Public Library has some ght with your friends and family.

money during the sale. phenomenal summer programming
for children and families. Visit 9. Volunteer as a family! Make cards

2. Look for free local events! ere www.carolib.org for their schedule for hospice or Alzheimer’s patients,
are so many free festivals and fairs and events. And be sure to visit organize a food drive, serve meals
throughout Caroline County and the beautiful newly renovated together at a soup kitchen, welcome
the Mid-Shore. Check out the Denton location and enjoy their air a foster pet through the Caroline
Caroline County Tourism site, www. conditioning on a hot day! Humane Society – the ideas are
visitcaroline.org, for things that are 6. Break out the hose! From sprinkler endless and the lessons your children
happening here in our county. Don’t will learn are priceless.
10. Grow a garden! Gardening is a
relatively inexpensive activity that
develops critical skills to help your
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lifetime. Give your child their own
section to plant whatever they want
Sitework • Utilities so they can learn what it takes to tend
Demolition • Driveways their crops all summer long.
Septics • Screened Topsoil Whatever activities you choose for you
and your family, the most important
Fill Dirt thing is to simply enjoy spending

Recycled Concrete time together. e lazy, hazy days
of summer will be gone before we
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time you spend with each other. At
802 Crystal Ave, Denton, MD CASA of Caroline, our hope is that all
Fax: 410-479-1232 410-479-1223 children have the opportunity to thrive
in a strong, healthy, loving family!

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