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| GECO Kids Activities for 2006 - 2007The GECO Kids committee is looking for a few volunteers to help coordinate activities for our children this coming year, as well as generate new ideas for children's activities. Please email GECO@Arvamont.com to lend a hand! The following activities have been tentatively planned for GECO Kids this school year: Friday, October 13, 2006: 4:30 p.m. at Katherine Legge Memorial Park South picnic shelter Kids Scavenger Hunt - Bring your kids for a fast paced and fun scavenger hunt. The hunt will start at the south picnic shelter, which is the one nearest the playground. The hunt will be followed by a family picnic at 6 p.m. We'll bring the charcoal, you bring something to grill for your family and a simple side dish to share, such as a bag of chips and dip, or a bowl of cut up fruit (it's not about the food!) Don't forget plates, and cutlery! As a treat after dinner, we'll bring the fixings for s'mores! Please RSVP to GECOweb@ArvaMont.com, so that we will have sufficient supplies on hand for both the hunt and the picnic! Members are free, non-members are asked to contribute $2 per person to cover their share of expenses.
December 8 2006: 5:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. at Wellness House, 131 South County Line in Hinsdale Our annual Origami Peace Party will be a little different this year! - Join other GECO kids and their families at the Wellness House Holiday Open House, where we will be folding cranes to decorate a tree for the Wellness House and teaching open house attendees how to fold origami cranes. Learn how to fold a crane before the event, or just come along and we will teach you! Read more about Sadako, her fight with leukemia and her attempt to fold a thousand cranes so her wish would come true, by following one of these links: Sadako.com or Sadako.org. Please RSVP if you are planning on attending, with approximate time and number of people. This event is hosted by Wellness House and we need to let them know how many people we expect. Children under 12 must be supervised. Contact GECO@ArvaMont.com for more information.
Friday, March 16, 2007: location to be determine. Fifth Annual Mastermind Mania Family Game Event- Join others from GECO in a free form afternoon of game playing. Don't know how to play Mastermind? We'll teach you. Want to play something else - just bring along your favorite game! Wednesday, April 18, 2007: Please Don't Leave Our Children Behind Day in Springfield - The Illinois Association for Gifted Children is coordinating a day for people to bring their children to Springfield. This will be a great opportunity for children (and their families) to see the legislative process in action, as well as to take in some of the sights in Springfield. It is also an opportunity for our elected officials to see that there are a lot of people concerned about the education of their children. Click here for more information.
Join other GECO kids as they set up to conquer a team engineering challenge.
June 2007: at Mayslake in Oak Brook First Folio Shakespeare production - Bring a picnic dinner and a plate of desserts to share. We'll watch the production and then the kids can have a tour of "backstage" and ask questions of the production company. This will be our Fifth Annual Shakespeare Outing!
GECO organized the following events for member children last year: Children's Events in 05-06 Have a great idea for a kids event? email it to GECO@arvamont.com. |
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