In Step with Kent County Girls on the Run and Michelle Knight

Our grkids.com Cause to Champion this year is Kent County Girls On the Run, a local branch of a National organization that uses running to teach girls about their self-worth and other important life lessons. From the KCGOTR website, “In Kent County, our GOTR program follows a 20-lesson curriculum approved by Girls on the Run® International. It combines training for a running event with self-esteem enhancing workouts and a community service project. Teams consist of 8 to 15 girls and meet two times per week, typically right after school, for an hour and a half from early March through late May. Our coaches are all volunteers who receive specialized training through KCGOTR.” Typically schools choose to implement the program if there is enough interest from students (and adults that want to volunteer.)  Tomorrow, close to 1700 local elementary school girls will
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Meet the Team

THIS TEAM… …compliments each other in a whole host of ways. Some are serious. Some are playful. Some are dreamers. Put us together and you have a group of Grand Rapids moms that has a pulse on the community. Need someone to relate to?  You’ll probably find her here. The woman behind the website, Melody is a self-diagnosed ADD mommy of three.
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55 Things to Do with Your Kids This Summer – the grkids Summer Bucket List

Since my son started kindergarten last fall, this coming season marks our first “official” summer vacation which seems slightly intimidating, despite the fact that my kids have zero expectations for what we’ll be doing. We don’t have any big vacation plans but I’ve been thinking about what I’d like to do with the kids over the summer and when Melody
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Video & GIVEAWAY! Potting up Pretty Planters

Welcome!  Hope you’re ready to come on over, because you’re invited to a garden party in my backyard.  And I’ll let you in on two great things about this party: You can come in your pajamas because it’s a virtual party and I’m giving one lucky party guest a $25 Koetsiers Greenhouse gift card. But first, let me share a
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grkids GO OUT: Whitecaps Baseball

This past Friday, we packed our kids up and headed to Fifth Third Ballpark to watch the Whitecaps play the Great Lakes Loons. It was a last minute decision, but with the 70-degree weather and $6.00 lawn seats, it was an easy choice. Although the 6:35pm game start time was late for my kids, we figured we would try it.
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Progressive Playground Scavenger Hunt

The idea is simple.  Pick three or four playgrounds in close proximity, hand out playground scavenger hunt sheets (and maybe clipboards) to each of your kiddos, and set off. We’re providing two printable versions of the scavenger hunt, one for pre-readers and one for readers.   Don’t forget writing utensils, sunblock, and maybe bug spray.  Water bottles and snacks are
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We do our best at Grand Rapids Kids to provide accurate, useful information about events and activities. This information (such as times and locations) is gathered from user submissions, press releases, local newspapers, signs around town and word of mouth. We do our best to confirm details before they are posted here. Sometimes details change or we are given inaccurate information. Whenever possible, we link our write-ups to the source in which our information came from and strongly urge you to confirm details before you go. Grand Rapids Kids is in no way responsible for any problems that occur while participating in activities listed on the site, in the newsletter or on facebook.