Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Last minute notice: Another DKC meet-up

When: TODAY, Wednesday, May 30, at 6:00 p.m.
Where: The water fountain at the Ren Cen.

Today is going to be a hot one, so we're meeting to let the kids cool themselves off in the water fountains on the riverfront. Hope you can join us!

Sorry for the late notice -- check back to see where we're going to meet next week. We'll have a post up by this Friday.

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Announcing: Playground Hours!

When: Wednesday, May 23, at 4:30
Where: Corktown Playground, at the corner of Porter and Brooklyn, across the street from the original Eph McNally's.

Join us for Detroit Kid City's first playground hours! Please spread the word, and everyone is welcome. Now that the sun is out, our kids are itching to play and we're itching to meet other parents in Detroit. We're also eager to check out the new kids bookstore in Corktown across the street from the playground.

Hope to see you there!

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Playground Hours TBD

A complaint we hear again and again from Detroit parents is that there are rarely other kids (or parents) at the same playgrounds at the same time. Oh joy: this is something we can fix!

Since the sun is now shining consistently, Detroit Kid City (DKC) will be hosting playground hours: a specified window of time, when you can head over to a specified playground location, and hopefully, find some other little ones crawling all over the equipment. We'll start with one day during the week, and one weekend time slot. Sound good?

Now's your chance to offer some input. Let us know if there's a playground near and dear to your heart (or your house) that you'd love to see thrown in the mix. We may not be able to please everyone, but we can do our best to accommodate the ruling majority. All five of us. (That's a joke.)

Perhaps every Friday, from 11am-2pm. Saturday: same time?

Obviously, we won't all show up every single planned playground hour, but at least this will increase the chances of bumping into a family you didn't know before--which is a perfect first step to nurturing the growing community of parents and children in Detroit, DKC's humble mission. And your kids will find someone for the other end of the teeter-totter.

Expect an update early next week.