St. Mary’s County Government is extending an invitation to all to attend the annual Children’s Day event at the St. Clement’s Island Museum in Colton’s Point on Sat., August 8 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

Staff and volunteers from the county’s Museum Division will provide kids with heritage games, face painting, crafts and free sno-cones. Enjoy music and magic by Reggie Rice, known as the SuperMagicMan. The museum’s water taxi to St. Clement’s Island will begin at 11 a.m., weather permitting, with the fee for children waived. 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 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 Seventh 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.

Free t-shirts will be available for the first 100 kids thanks to the following event sponsors: Chesapeake Custom Embroidery, Cullins Pool Water, Combs Drury Reeves Insurance Agency, Avenue Flags and Flagpoles, Delegate John F. Wood, Jr., Tidewater Dental Associates and PNC Bank.

The St. Clement’s Island Museum is located in Colton’s Point at the end of Route 242, nine miles south of the 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.