🇺🇸 Happy Newsletter Thursday! 🇺🇸
As always, I'd like to start off by welcoming all of our new subscribers. Thank you for choosing Macaroni Kid Yorkville - Geneva - St. Charles to be your go-to source for all things local and family-friendly fun! Look around and see all of the great things we have to offer in our area via the updated daily calendar (now with tons of virtual options), articles packed full of useful information, and of course local businesses and sponsors that meet the Macaroni Kid Stamp of Approval for being kid- and family-friendly. If you're not a subscriber yet, you can subscribe by clicking HERE!
This weekend is the 4th of July ... already! That was always my marker for summer being half over and school starting again in 6 weeks or so. How is that possible?! This week we have articles to help you keep finding that family fun, some recipes to help when your summer evenings are really busy or you're cooking out on the weekend, + more. And don't forget to check our local events calendar ... things are definitely opening up again and there is so much family fun to be had. We are continuing to upgrade our calendar, so keep checking back often. Be sure to subscribe and follow Macaroni Kid Yorkville - Geneva - St. Charles on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for even more ideas to help you find your family fun!
Below are 4 of my favorite featured articles from this week ...
- Recipe Roundup! Red, White, and Blue Treats the Family Will Love / Yummmm! 🍒
- 10 Events and Holidays in July Your Family Won't Want to Miss / Celebrate! 🎆
- Kid Craft: How to Turn a Tuna Can Into a July 4th Centerpiece / DIY for the win! ✂️
- Answer Your Kids Request Guilt Free with OLIPOP: A New Kind of Soda / Pop that's not bad for kids!🥤
New Monthly Giveaway Alert ...
Have you checked out our new monthly giveaway, called "I Spy with My Little Eye Giveaway?" Each week a specific graphic will be hidden in one of the featured articles for the week and once you find it, you can let us know via a Google Form that will be available in each weeks newsletter article (like this one). At the end of each month, we'll draw a name at random and award a small gift or gift card from a local establishment or vendor.
For May, the image below is a FLAMINGO. If you find it, just click on the image and it will take you to the form to fill-out and enter you in the giveaway for a gift card at the end of the month. You must be a Macaroni Kid Yorkville - Geneva - St. Charles subscriber to enter and win. If you aren't a subscriber yet (and are missing out on the scoop for family fun that is available locally 😉), you can subscribe HERE! Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for clues, too!
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(Find this FLAMINGO in one of the this weeks articles, enter by clicking on the image, and wait to see if you are this months winner at the end of the month. Easy peezy, lemon squeezy!)
Did you know?
Macaroni Kid has 4 additional editions in the greater Chicagoland area and they are also here to help you Find Your Family Fun®️ with a free weekly newsletter and local activities calendar. The other local editions are:
And, last but not least, be sure you are following Macaroni Kid Yorkville - Geneva - St. Charles on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. And of course, be sure to share Macaroni Kid will your friends, family, co-workers, and anyone you can think of that does not want to miss out on all of the family-friend events and activities happening in the Yorkville - Geneva - St. Charles area!
That's all for this issue of Newsletter Thursday. Be sure to check the FREE calendar daily ... We're adding new, fun stuff almost daily! Enjoy the new weekly articles that will be added to the website this coming week as well. And, don’t forget, if you know of an event or have an event you are part of that you would like Macaroni Kid Yorkville - Geneva - St. Charles to feature, feel free to contact me via email (brigettes@macaronikid.com) or Amber, our fabulous Assistant Publisher, (amberhogan@macaronikid.com) or by using the Submit Event feature on the website.
Now go out and Find Your Family Fun!
Brigette
