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Fun 4 Gator Kids is your local resource for family friendly events and activities in Gainesville and surrounding areas. Listings include kids events, children programs and classes, youth sports, kids eat free directory, birthday party resources, rainy day activities, free fun for kids, summer camps and MORE fun things for kids and families to do in and around Gainesville.

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Surrounding areas include: Alachua, Archer, Gainesville, Hawthorne, High Springs, La Crosse, Micanopy, Newberry, and Waldo.

June Family Volunteering Focus

Hope Lodge

Help support the The Hope Lodge located in Gainesville, FL which provides free lodging, programs, and services to cancer patients and families who have to travel long distances to receive their cancer treatment.
*Donations: $50 providers free lodging for one night (lemonade stand, Birthday donations)
*Hope Bracelets: create and donate bracelets that inspire hope to cancer patients and their families
*Make dinner and serve local cancer patients and their families at the Hope Lodge

Contact the local Hope Lodge to learn more ways to help: 352-338-0601

For ideas of how to give back, volunteer, and pay it forward with your kids, check out A Very Good Deed at averygooddeed.org or Facebook.com/AVeryGoodDeed or 352-587-2043. A Very Good Deed's mission is to initiate a movement of consistent, age appropriate, and engaging volunteer opportunities for busy parents that desire for their families to have hands on involvement and awareness of local, national and global social issues. Participating in AVGD initiatives will plant seeds of kindness that will cultivate the hearts of children to be better siblings, friends, and citizens today, tomorrow and beyond.