by Jill Tomey | Jun 1, 2024 | Family Activity, Holiday Activities
Summersgiving June 24, 2023 (Saturday after Solstice) Summersgiving is a fledgling holiday created by a man who wanted to celebrate Thanksgiving in the summer with his friends and favorite Thanksgiving foods. Since many of us had scaled back Thanksgiving celebrations...
by Jill Tomey | Jun 1, 2024 | Character All Month
June Character All Month See NationalToday, AndTodayIs, NationalDayCalendar or DaysOfTheYear for more information on these and other holidays to celebrate this month. Date in June 2024 Holiday How to Commemorate with Character 1 National Say Something Nice Day Who...
by Jill Tomey | Jun 1, 2024 | Family Activity, Holiday Activities
Juneteenth Activity June 19th marks the end of slavery with the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Cincinnati’s Juneteenth tradition began in 1988 as a neighborhood festival–attracting some 1500 participants to a neighborhood park. As it has grown,...
by Jill Tomey | May 25, 2024 | Faith Activity
Random Brainstorm This exercise will take some prep, but you can save yourself some work if you think ahead. I’ll explain the whole process and then how it can be streamlined. You will need many index cards – 78 if you do the whole exercise – less if you streamline....
by Jill Tomey | May 25, 2024 | Family Activity
Creative Lunch Download printable version of the activity Schedule a lunch meal when the family can have a meal that will be memorable. You can serve foods and eat them with a different utensil such as forks for soup. Serve hot dogs and eat them with corn skewers...