The USPS does operation Santa every year. Your child writes a letter to Santa, address the envelope with your address and santas address, put a stamp on it, and drop it off at the post office or put it in your mailbox for the carrier to collect! Their letters are then uploaded onto the operation Santa website, where people can adopt them and buy gifts off their lists, and have them sent to your house!

Manatee county natural resources has free and cheap nature classes every single month for toddlers-middle and high schoolers! At the end of each month, they put out a newsletter with a list of all of the upcoming classes for the following month. You pick which classes you want to attend, and you follow the prompts to sign up for each class! Some classes you sign up for on the natural resources website. Others you sign up for on the humantix website. And some you simply email them to sign up! If you get on the natural resources website, you can sign up to have their monthly newsletter emailed to you so you never miss a class and never miss the dates for when to sign up! My 5 year old has been going to these classes since she was 1.5 and they really helped encourage her love of nature AND prepare her for real school!

GT Bray pool is staying open for free family swim throughout the fall months this year! Here is their November schedule ☺️

This Saturday Gulf Coast Church has their trunk or treat from 4-6 and Manatee Learning Academy is having theirs on the same street on Saturday as well! It's always a fun day to hit Gulf Coast first then go down to MLA! We will have free hot dogs, chips, candy, and free costumes for kids in need! The indoor playground will be open and the police cars and fire trucks will be there! 1616 59th St W

This evening at 6pm is the Pirates and Princesses event at The Great Pumpkin Patch of Palmetto! Forward Church of God 🙂