The 16^th annual camp and summer programs resource event, Kidz Connection & Camp Fair hosted by  Style Weekly, will be at the Children’s Museum of Richmond, central location on February 14, 2015.

Aside from just being a blast for families to attend and a fun (and FREE) day out, Richmond families will find great resources  about kids’ activities and services; from camps and summer programs, doctors and family photographers, to entertainment for birthday parties and special events.

•Camp Fair – helping parents make decisions on summer time options for their children. Regional camps and summer programs are represented from arts, sports, day and overnight camps.

•Style Weekly Readers’ Choice for Family Favorites Winners Circle –meet Style Weekly’s Readers’ Choice for Family Favorite businesses; our readers select their favorites and we’ve invited them all to the party, from dentists to shoe stores and haircuts, these businesses are Style readers’ favs.

•Kids Parties and Events- Kidz Connection & Camp Fair will showcase the best in entertainment options for your next party.  Enjoy more fun than you can handle from Jonathan Austin, Richmond’s favorite juggler with magic up his sleeve; musical performances from Studio Performance Academy (Studio P); face painting and balloon art from All About Entertainment; and meet Nutzy, the Squirrel, from Richmond Flying Squirrels Baseball and learn how to plan your next party at the diamond. 

Schedule of Performances

Jonathan Austin at 12:15 

Studio Performance 1:15 

Latin Ballet 2:00 

Special appearances by Nutzy

Attendance to Kidz Connection & Camp at The Children’s Museum of Richmond is  FREE to the public to attend and includes free admission to the Children’s Museum of Richmond.  Over 300+ families with kids have visited come to join the fun each year.  

Kidz Connection & Camp Fair is sponsored by Style Weekly with support from Family Favorite Winners, Children’s Museum of Richmond and Richmondmom.

A Kidz Connection & Camp Fair special section will publish in the February 4 issue of Style Weekly.

Kidz Connection & Camp Fair
February 14, 2015 12 noon to 3 p.m.

The Children’s Museum of Richmond
Central Location
2626 West Broad Street

“We have been amazed by the turnout each year since the Expo began,” says RFM Publisher Margaret Thompson. “Parents love the one-stop place to get all of the information they need to plan their kids’ summer activities, and the kids absolutely love climbing the rock walls at Peak Experiences.” The Expo includes a free climb for the kids, live performances, and interactive games. “It is such a fun day for kids, and parents can learn about summer opportunities in sports, outdoor adventure, enrichment, music, and more from area camps and businesses,” Thompson says.

In addition to exhibits from a diverse group of summer camps, visitors will also be treated to a concert by local favorite The Diggity Dudes at 1:00 p.m., who have been busy promoting their latest CD, Presidential Physical Fitness Test, up and down the East Coast. Last year’s Expo featured 50 exhibitors, each with a fun activity for the kids.

The event is free and will be held rain or shine. Lunch will be available for purchase from the popular RVA food truck Boka Tako, and other concessions will be available, including treats from family-favorite Kona Ice. Peak Experiences Indoor Climbing Center is located near Robious Road and Huguenot Road, behind The Shoppes at Bellgrade, at 11421 Polo Circle in Midlothian. For more information, please call 804-241-7678.

2014 exhibitors include:

A Sabot Summer
Academy of Kung Fu
All Fired Up
Bricks 4 Kidz
Camp Friendship
Camp Hidden Meadows
Camp Piankatank
Collegiate School Summer Quest
Comedy Sportz Improv
Engineering For Kids of Central VA
Ferrum College Summer Enrichment Camp
Happy Family Superfoods
Mad Science
Martial Arts World Adventure Summer Camp
Maymont
Millwood School Summer Programs
Richmond Flying Squirrels Baseball Camps
SPARC
Steward School
The Chincotegue Bay Field Station
Tuckahoe Sports Training Camp
U-Turn Summer Sports Leadership Camp
Virginia Fishing Adventures/ Virginia Outside
Virginia Rep (Children’sTheatre)
Weinstein JCC Summer Camps
YMCA Camp Silver Beach
YMCA Camp Thunderbird
YMCA of Greater Richmond
Youth Digital

RFM Expo
Sunday, April 6, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.,
Peak Experiences in Midlothian, behind The Shoppes at Bellgrade.

A new class for preschool aged kids allows children to experience story books in a whole new way!
Make yourself comfortable and enjoy some hot coffee in the lobby while  your preschooler takes a multisensory journey through a favorite work of children’s literature using age appropriate process-based creative drama.  This 8 week program is one hour long and specifically designed by the experts at The Children’s Theatre at Willow Lawn, for children ages 3 ½ – 5 years old for a perfect introduction to the magical world of theatre.

Best part: you can scope out this new class for FREE Monday, January 27^th at 10 o’clock in the upstairs lobby of the Children’s Theatre of Virginia at Willow Lawn.  The lesson will run about 45 minutes to an hour long and parents are invited to stay and see what it’s all about.

No need to register for the free class– Just show up!

Story Drama for Preschoolers
The Children’s Theatre of Virginia at Willow Lawn
Mondays at 10:00 a.m., February 3 – March 24, 2014
$95 for 8 week session.
Enroll online or call (804) 282-2620
Sibling discount available.