More free activities

[ETA]I forgot to mention that Acrosports' Fun Night is rather hard to find on their website. You have to go to REGISTER and then scroll down to the very last activity in the list and you'll find it there. I had to search for awhile before I found it
Unfortunately, just after I posted about their Fun Night, I opened my mail and had an invitation to the wedding of friends at the exact same date and time, so we won't be at Fun Night on Nov.1 after all, but hopefully we'll be able to join some of you Dec. 13.

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I wasn't sure whether to post this or just comment on Terri's earlier post on free/cheap activities for families in San Francisco, but decided it would be more likely read if a separate post.

Our 5-10 year old group met last Saturday, October 4, and had a good discussion of free and cheap family activities, among other things (we tend to also deal with pressing topics of the day, which is good). Charles made a list that I'm sure will be posted later, either by him or with Terri's future posted list, so I won't list those items here, but wanted to suggest an activity (while not free and only borderline "cheap", does provide primetime Saturday night childcare for parents with children ages 6-13).

It's Acrosports' Fun Night, which goes from 630 to as late as 10 pm one Saturday a month, the next one being November 1 and then on December 13. It costs $25 if you register 2 or more kids (of any age) on the website (acrosports.org) or $30 if no siblings, but that does provide up to 3 1/2 hours of Saturday night care and a lot of supervised fun for the kids. Parents must preregister online and then just drop them off with staff at the curb between 630 and 7, with pickup as late as 10. Our daughter, age 6, has had a great time, twice now, and we were able to have much appreciated adult time off. At the meeting it was suggested if multiple families from Mamas and Papas were interested and able to do this, it would provide a chance for the kids to get to know each other better outside of the short time at Mamas and Papas, in a fun, interactive environment. And if parents from the group want to get together for a social evening, that would also be possible. There are other places that do similar activity nights sans parents that perhaps others know and could post about, like at the Mission Y (for younger kids, too, I believe), I hear.

Hope to see some of you on November 1!


(posted by Guy)