8/4/2012 - St. Clement's Island Museum - Colton's Point, MD 11:00 AM  
This is a FREE Event

The Museum Division of St. Mary's County Department of Recreation and Parks will offer its annual Children's Day event at the St. Clement's Island Museum in Colton's Point on Saturday, August 4 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Museum staff and volunteers will provide kids with heritage games, face painting, crafts and free sno-cones. Enjoy music and magic by Reggie Rice, known as the SuperMagicMan, throughout the event. The museum's water taxi to St. Clement's Island will begin at 10 a.m., weather permitting, with the fee for children waived for this special event all day. Adults are $7 each. This is a great opportunity to take your kids to see the replica of the Blackistone Lighthouse! Representatives from the St. Mary's County Library will offer story time and the St. Mary's Hospital Health Connections van will offer a Teddy Bear Clinic. Kids are encouraged to bring in their teddy bears for some expert care and parents can get screenings for high blood pressure. Ladies from The Delicados will give away free balloons! The Optimist Club of the 7th District will offer a boy's and girl's bike giveaway (need not be present to win), a kiddie tractor pull, and 50-cent per item lunch menu! Bring your camera for pictures with Filip the Frog, mascot of Community Bank of Tri-County! Also meet community heroes from the fire department, rescue squad and St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office! Free t-shirts will be available for the first 100 kids thanks to the following generous event sponsors: Chesapeake Custom Embroidery, Cullins Pool Water, Combs Drury Reeves Insurance Agency, Avenue Flags & Flagpoles, Nanny On Call of Southern Maryland, Tidewater Dental Associates, The JumpYard, Bella Music School, Macaroni Kid, Community Bank of Tri-County, and a generous donor in memory of Clemmie and Marguerite Cheseldine. The St. Clement's Island Museum is located in Colton's Point at the end of Route 242, nine miles south of Clements intersection at Routes 234 and 242. The museum and grounds are handicap accessible. For more information, please call 301-769-2222 or log onto the Museum Division website at www.stmarysmd.com/recreate/museums.