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Star Search and Rescue Instruction Program for Kids

Blakeley is a partner with Southern Star Search & Rescue, a non-profit volunteer organization and member of the Alabama Association of Rescue Squads (AARS).

SoS-SAR provides trained search personnel and Search K9’s to law enforcement, fire & rescue squads, and other agencies in our region to assist in finding missing persons. Join us on Saturday, June 24 at 10 AM for Southern Star Search and Rescue Instruction Program for Kids. During this special program, children will be introduced to a few of the basic survival techniques that could mean life or death in the unfortunate event they became lost in the outdoors. Everyone will see demonstrations of how search dogs are specially trained and learn how they find a lost person. You’ll also get to meet-and-greet these specially trained search dogs and kids will receive outdoor safety protection items. Visit https://www. blakeleypark.com/Things-to-Do/Events to register.

Kids Gulf Discovery Day at Bellingrath Gardens and Home

Bellingrath Gardens and Home is excited to announce that Kids Gulf Discovery Day will be back again this year with wonderful activities and educational opportunities for many ages! Kids Gulf Discovery Day will be June 14, 2023, from 9am-12pm. There will be a total of eight organizations involved at Kids Gulf Discovery Day. The Mobile Environmental Center is bringing their Raptor Shows with live birds of prey, Dauphin Island

Sea Lab will have a touch table with wet and dry preserved marine specimens, and the Alabama Coastal Foundation will have information on the Coastal environment with sea turtle education and activities. Other organizations attending are Alabama Audubon, Alabama Marine Resources Division, Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Keep Mobile Beautiful, and Mobile Baykeeper. Each organization will provide different information and activities for children.

If families are looking for a fun and educational opportunity for children this summer, this is the place to be! It will be a great opportunity to learn all about the wildlife and ecology of the Gulf Coast from a variety of environmental organizations throughout the region during Kids Gulf Discovery Day at Bellingrath Gardens and Home. Tickets are now on sale on the website at bellingrath.org. Admission to Kids Gulf Discovery Day includes entrance into Bellingrath Gardens for the day and is $15 for adults, $9 for children ages 5-12 and free for children ages 4 and under.