Created by Great Lakes Bay Parents - Informing parents since 2012!
July's FAMILY FUN Guide
GREAT START PROGRAM
SUMMER FUN ACTIVITIES
GREAT LAKES BAY PARENTS' CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES

Local BUSINESSES offering onsite and virtual programming: 

• Classes
• Outdoor Ideas and Activities
• STEM resources
• Virtual tours
• Story Times
• Mindfulness

***Please check out the BAY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS guidelines for slowing the spread of COVID-19 and staying safe outside your home.
SUMMER READING PROGRAMS
PUBLIC LIBRARIES OF SAGINAW
Stop by any branch to pick up a reading record for your baby, child, or teen! Return record by August 15th.

FRANKENMUTH WICKSON DISTRICT LIBRARY
Download, copy or pick up a Summer Reading Card for everyone in your family. Turn in your completed card by August 15th.

BRIDGEPORT PUBLIC LIBRARY
Register online or print the form found on the link below. Be sure to turn your form in by July 23.

RIVER RAPIDS DISTRICT LIBRARY
Register online or print the form found on the link below. Return forms by July 30.

PLACES OPEN TO VISIT
MID-MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
Opening on July 31
SAGINAW CHILDREN'S ZOO
RSVP Tickets
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge
SHIAWASSEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REGUGE
Hike trails - FREE
Castle Museum
CASTLE MUSEUM
FREE
WILDERNESS TRAILS ANIMAL ZOO

Grandpa Tiny's Farm
GRANDPA TINY'S FARM
Farm Animals
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LOVE SCREEN FREE TIME
We are dedicated to promoting screen-free time! The #LoveScreenFreeTime campaign promotes activities that helps you unplug and connect. Sign-up to the TEXT MESSAGE NETWORK and follow #LoveScreenFreeTime on social media for ideas and resources.

Sign up for FREE text messages at this link: https://www.remind.com/join/f93akk
CREATE FOREST PUTTY
with Tinkergarten

Ages: 0-8

Make your own playdough and take it outside to be use as FOREST PUTTY.

in SaginawMI !

Download the map and spend a day with the kids exploring Saginaw and the newest art work.

FREE


PICK YOUR OWN FRUIT/ VEGGIES
in the Great Lakes Bay Region

Great Lakes Bay Parents directory of local U-PICK FARMS

#LoveScreenFreeTime

STEM PASSPORT
Save money with the STEM Passport .

The STEM Passport includes TWENTY-ONE STEM-rich institutions and community-based STEM programs. Many offer coupons, discounts and souvenirs when you show your passport.

See the STEM Passport

RESOURCES FOR PARENTS
FOR DADS
PARENTING CLASSES
LOCATE CHILD CARE

Great Start to Quality helps families find the best early learning settings for their children and helps educators improve the care they give to children.

DIAPER DISTRIBUTION
with CAN Council Great Lakes Bay Region
IS MY CHILD ON TRACK

Track your child's development with these FREE tools:
Developmental Screening
Social Emotional Screening

COVID 19 RESOURCES
DO YOU NEED INFORMATION ABOUT COVID-19?

For up-to-date and credible information about the COVID-19 and our region check the Michigan.gov website.

DO YOU NEED FOOD?
Michigan's Meet Up and Eat Up Map
If you are in need of food, please check it out for a organization that is providing free meals near yo u.

DO YOU NEED HELP?
211 is here 24/7/365 to connect you with help of all kinds, like housing support to financial assistance.

DO YOU FEEL ALONE?
If you’re experiencing anxiety during these times, you’re not alone. Crisis Text Line offers free, confidential, and 24/7 crisis counseling that anyone can reach with just a text. They have trained Crisis Counselors to take on hard conversations about anxiety, abuse, and more.

Text BELONG to 741741.
2020 CENSUS - Be Counted
2020 CENSUS FAST FACTS

For each person not counted, Michigan loses $1,800 of annual federal funding. That's funding for programs like school lunches, MIChild and special education.