Posted: 16 Aug 2010 10:47 AM PDT

It's Play Day at FDR Park in South Philadelphia, thanks to our sister station 610 WIP and the city's Parks and Recreation Department.

KYW's Kim Glovas reports that kids — and many adults — came out to play all kinds of sports.

Play Day includes a lot of games you may never have heard of, like "stepball," but these girls know about it:

"It's a game that you throw a ball and it hits a step, and then it throws (bounces) back and another person has to catch it."

"It's like baseball and if you throw it and you catch it, like, it's an out."

Among those taking in all the action was WIP's morning man, Angela Cataldi:

"Y' know, it's all about when we were kids, we threw a ball off steps, or we cut a ball in half and played half-ball. And that's what you're seeing today."

Many people here would agree that this is one way to relive their childhood.

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Kids 4 Christ Program For At Risk Kids In Lafayette

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 07:11 PM PDT

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     At risk children now have another place where they can turn to avoid trouble.
     The Kids 4 Christ program helps kids that might fall through the cracks.
     It offers free after school care, and that includes helping kids with their homework, and their future.
     WDEF News 12's Mandy Odom shows us the program from Lafayette.
     Kids 4 Christ started as a year round bible school once a week, but grew to an after school program for at risk kids.
     Executive Director Gail Marks says, "I always kinda had a soft spot for the underdog kids too. When I saw the need that, there were kids that were hungry, and kids that didn't have anybody to love them... you just can't quit once you start."
     This year the program has 15 kids in 1st through 5th grade who all come for free.
     Executive Director Gail Marks says they try to make the program different from school, since they've been there all day long.
     They create games for the kids that help them with their particular tough spot.. but are fun so the kids don't know they're learning.
     Marks says, "A lot of them don't have anybody at home to help them do their homework. Some of the parents can't read well enough to help them do their homework, and you have other parents who are struggling to make a living and they work all day and they don't have time when they get home to do homework."
     Student Josh Burse says, "We go outside on Fridays. We do blue jobs. They help us with our homework and stuff."
     Ricky Skinner was once a student, but now gives back by volunteering his time.
     He says, "Before this I was a punk, I guess."
     Ricky now plans to go to college and work in law enforcement and the ministry.
     Kids 4 Christ administrator Kristopher Marks says the program helps keep kids out of trouble and provides them with mentors from all walks of life.
     He says, "Learned something, that they've seen something, they've accepted Christ, and it's changed their life through being here."
     Kids 4 Christ also provides the kids with a snack, a safe environment, and transportation home.
     In Lafayette, Mandy Odom, WDEF News 12.
     The program has room for more students, but they need more teachers.
     It's funded through individual donations and the support of several churches.

Kids Zone featured at Fondue Fest

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 02:31 AM PDT

One of the main attractions at the annual Downtown Fond du Lac Fondue Fest is the Kids Zone on Sheboygan Street.

Kids Zone features free activities for families.

Fondue Fest is a free celebration with music, arts and craft sales, Farmers Market and sales. The event will take over downtown on from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11.

The Kids Zone, sponsored by The Garden, will include such activities as inflatable bounce houses, an obstacle course and giant slide.

The Nielsen Co. will sponsor a kid-friendly golf game, and the Fond du Lac Police Department will offer a radar-timed baseball pitching challenge.

The Garden, Family Resource Center and the Fond du Lac Children's Museum will host a variety of kids activities that include make-and-take craft projects.

The Main to Marian Agnesian HealthCare Family Fun Bicycle Ride returns. Riders follow a route from downtown to Marian University and back. All riders are required to wear safety helmets. Check-in starts at 8 a.m. in the library's main parking lot. The ride starts at 8:30 a.m.

Other Kids Zone activities include games at the library, face painting and a visit by Sunshine the Clown.

Visit www.fondue fest.com for entertainment schedules and updates about Fondue Fest.

Fondue Fest is an event of the Downtown Fond du Lac Partnership.

Kids, seniors join together for some summer fun

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 02:42 PM PDT

It's been a busy summer for some kids in Chippewa Falls as they've been making friends with residents at an assisted living home.

On Monday, kids from the YMCA Summer Program had a picnic with seniors at the Rutledge Home Assisted Living and Memory Care.

Monday was the last visit for two groups of 15 to 20 kids who've been coming to the home over summer break and playing games with the seniors. The kids mentioned the minnow races as one of their favorite activities to play with their new friends.

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