Children

If your family or a family you know has benefited from the services Braintrust provides, please share this link and together we can help our local children get a safe play area. Click here to learn more.

Volunteer to be a Dollar Drive Through Ambassador and tell your friends, your family, your coworkers, the people at the gym, the congregation at your church - tell everyone you know about the Dollar Drive Through and make donating even easier for them by collecting their dollars and bringing them to one of our donation locations. If everyone gives a little, we'll have a lot. Together we will show hungry families in our community they aren't alone.

Stay tuned for more educational, informational, and just-plain-fun projects.

This event is totally free to join, and promises that you and your child will enjoy a very ooey gooey Valen-slime's Day.

Physical fitness, teamwork, and sportsmanship are important for all stages of growth, so why not make them an important part of your child's life early on and create healthy habits?

Kalamazoo resident and father of two was understandably sickened and heartbroken when he took his children to Farrell Park off Rose and Frank Streets over the weekend and found the slides tagged with racist graffiti

Join the wonderful people at Book Bug as they welcome author (and fellow Michigander) Laurie Keller, Saturday, October 13th from 11a-noon.

A free pancake breakfast will be served and there will be plenty of fun, family friendly activities for kids of all ages. Staff and instructors will be on hand to answer any and all questions you have about this unique learning institution.

It's barely July and we have already seen some really high temperatures this summer. With recent news of a baby succumbing to heatstroke in a parked vehicle, it's a grim reminder that the heat is no joke, and its' affects happen quickly. We know that we shouldn't leave children or pets in a hot car, but what does Michigan law have to say about it?

According to Henderson Castle, each class is hands on and all the tools and ingredients are provided. The classes are for children between the ages of 7 and 14. Parents are encouraged to attend and watch from outside of the kitchen. Tickets are $49 per student for the three hour class.