Kid Day 707 brings summer time enjoyable – The Vacaville Reporter

As sung within the theme tune of Disney’s Phineas and Ferb, the annual downside with summer time trip is discovering a great way to spend it.

On Saturday, youngsters throughout Solano County solved that downside.

Kids of all ages gathered at Laurel Creek Park Saturday to take pleasure in Kid Day 707, an occasion stuffed with video games, prizes and group spirit as a part of 707 Week.

“It’s special seeing all the kids out here enjoying themselves,” stated Nate Thompson, an organizer of the occasion. “There’s not a lot for kids to do nowadays.”

Among the actions youngsters loved have been flag soccer, basketball, soccer, sack races and water relays. Like a carnival, children might earn tickets and trade them for prizes.

“I have kickball, corn hole, face paint, drawing, so it shouldn’t be boring,” Thompson stated with fun. “I’m just hoping when they leave they can be like, ‘Man, Uncle Nate did that. I had fun.”

Thompson additionally hosted a backpack giveaway for the primary 50 youngsters. He stated the backpacks have been gone throughout the first 10-Quarter-hour.

“They were donated by an organization called Watch Me Grow,” he stated. “There are a lot of people that came together, and I just want to say thank you to them because without them, I probably wouldn’t have been able to do this.”

Kid Day 707 was Thompson’s first massive occasion. Behind the video games and festivities was a easy concept that grew into one thing a lot greater.

“A couple years ago, we had a big water balloon fight for our friends and family. We wanted to do something like that this year, but we were going to turn it into a barbecue,” stated Megan Hardy, an organizer of the occasion and Thompson’s fiancé. “We got so much feedback of how the community wanted something like this, so we turned it into an event.”

When they took a break from the actions, children loved free food and drinks from native companies together with A Touch of Honey and CoolRolls Ice Cream. Brothers Xandario Armstrong, 12, and Lyrik Armstrong, 9, cooled off with frozen lemonade.

“It’s a friendly event,” Xandario stated.

Xandario, a younger rapper, stated he was going to go on flag soccer, however solely as a result of he was set to carry out in Vallejo later within the day.

“I need to save my energy,” he stated with fun.

The Armstrong brothers have been among the many many youngsters who loved their time at Laurel Creek Park.

“It’s a great turnout. Last night we were like, ‘I don’t know how it’s going to turn out.’ It’s amazing to see all these people from different zip codes,” Hardy stated. “I checked somebody in earlier from San Francisco, Oakland, and of course Solano County.”

Thompson stated that is removed from the final Kid Day.

“I plan on doing this every year now that I see it and the feedback I’ve already got,” he stated. “When you do stuff for the kids, the community comes together.”