Best Organic Baby and Children's Products at Summer For Kids Eco-Friendly Store

Summer For Kids Renovates Playroom
GRAND OPENING is on  Saturday, February 4th at 11 am!

As always, we value the opinions of our customers. You spoke and we listened! We are very excited to announce our NEW and IMPROVED playroom at the Summer For Kids store! Our back room is now solely dedicated to play. 

Stop by our Grand Opening on FEBRUARY 4th to experience our bigger and better playroom for free! We will have  a lot of FUN crafts for the little ones and K'NEX building games for ages all the way up to 10!

Thereafter, customers will have full access to the playroom for only $2 per hour per child.
To be eligible to use the playroom at no cost, you must have accumulated enough points in the last quarter to earn a Summer For Kids reward.

Saturday, January 7th we will be collecting new and gently used toys for children in need for our 3rd Annual Toy Drive.

The purpose of this toy drive is to remind children of the Santa Barbara community the principle of giving. 

 For most children the holiday season means that new toys are on the way. After the holiday season the new toys are put to use while the old ones are left unused.
Summer For Kids' intention for this toy drive is to encourage children to participate and donate their old unwanted toys to children in need.

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Join Us Saturday, December 17th at 11am

to decorate a cardboard castle for our playroom!

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FACE PAINTING at  Summer For Kids

This Saturday, December 3rd, 2011 from 10 am- 12pm

from $3.00-$10.00

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Celebrating 3 years of Summer For Kids, Specialty Boutique

SUMMER FOR KIDS HELPS THOSE IN NEED WITH A SHOE DRIVE TO BENEFIT SOLES4SOULS® INC, THE SHOE CHARITY,

AT SUMMER FOR KIDS STARTING Sat, OCTOBER 1st , 2011

Santa Barbara County residents are invited to recycle their 'gently worn' shoes in an effort to help distribute shoes to people in need

Santa Barbara, CA – September 20, 2011 – Soles4Souls Inc. has committed to collect and distribute shoes to people living in extreme poverty and recovering from natural disasters. The shoe charity provides one pair of shoes to a person in need every 7 seconds. Since 2005, Soles4Souls has distributed more than 15 million pairs of shoes because of the generosity and commitment of people and organizations like Summer for Kids.  

Soles4Souls believes partners like Summer for Kids will challenge others to become a force of change by helping the charity cater to the evolving needs of the global community. The shoe charity recognizes its success is the result of individuals and industry partners such as Summer for Kids who clean out closets and warehouses so that individuals around the world can have a better life through American’s excess.

Soles4Souls and Summer for Kids will be collecting your new or gently worn footwear and/or donations to make a tangible difference through the gift of shoes. Every donation will support the charity’s initiative to distribute shoes to those in need.

“With tragedies such as the earthquakes in countries like Haiti and Japan, on top of the enormous needs elsewhere, we can use the estimated 1.5 billion shoes taking up space in the closets of ordinary people to change the world one pair at a time,” said Founder and CEO of Soles4Souls, Wayne Elsey. 

Elsey added, “We need partners like Summer for Kids  to get behind Soles4Souls. Donating shoes is one of the most simple yet profound acts you can do, because it will greatly improve someone’s life in the most difficult of times.”

To celebrate the 3rd anniversary of their store’s opening, Summer For Kids is hosting a Soles4Souls shoe drive to benefit children in need, on October 3, 2011 at their store location:

1235 Coast Village Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108

www.giveshoes.org

Balloons, Cookies, Mani/ Pedi and Toys from 10am-12pm

We are collecting shoes the whole month of October!

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Every 1st Saturday of each month 10AM-12PM

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Come to Summer For Kids on Saturday, July 23rd at 11am for a
Children's Music Performance by The Thinkers!

The Thinkers are a friendship band. Bo and Moy, buddies. Their debut album Oh Zoooty! is, well, the zootiest feeling ever heard. This treasure chest of songs is intended to make all people, small and tall, feel giggly and warm. Song, art, laughs, breakfast, doggies, dance and zoot... Zoot zoot zoot. It's The Thinkers.
 
For more info and music check out
www.thinkersmusic.com

April 23th, 2011 at 10:30 am

Here at Summer For Kids, we treat every day like its Earth Day and Safe Kids Day.

However, April 22nd is the official holiday, so let's have some fun celebrating.  Here is how we'd like to celebrate Earth Day with you.

REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE with GREEN TOYS PLANTERS. EVERY child gets 1 FREE planter to plant their own little garden. For all ages!

we will have small surprises for our little givers as well as HUGE DEALS for parents to save on their favorite safe products!

"BUTTERFLIES ARE BACK"

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20th, Summer For Kids along with author and illustrator Polly Bookwalter, will be a celebration the return of the Monarch butterflies to the Santa Barbara area.

Join us for multiple story times through-out the day 10 AM, 2 PM and 4 PM when "Butterfly Beach" will be read by its author/illustrator Polly Bookwalter. Refreshments will be served (butterfly cookies) and butterfly stickers/tatoos will be given out to the children.

Parenting: The Incredible Years! with Ann Bryant 

Our very first class October 6th, 2010 was a SUCCESS!

This has been my dream since I opened my store!  Finally I had found the perfect person (Ann) , and the perfect place ( ELMO).  The store is able to cover the cost so we can all learn how to be the best parents to our children as we all want to be.

Thank you moms and dads for trusting me and for taking advantage of this opportunity. I hope this will be a great resource to you and you will spread a word so we can continue next year.

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Come Celebrate Summer For Kids' 2nd anniversary!

 Saturday, October 2nd
10am-5pm

I would like to THANK ALL OF YOU for such an amazing support this past year. We enjoy bringing you all the great information to keep your kids safe. We thank you for great response to what we do and we promise to keep bringing you more healthy and safe tips to keep your children healthy and safe. With your support we have been able to help children in our community and  provide our first and only parenting classes in Santa Barbara to YOU for FREE.

Summer For Kids' mission is to provide safe products and support children in need with our profits. Make sure to visit our store and knowledge blog often for helpful safe and healthy tips.

Have fun and play at Summer For Kids while you SAVE on eco friendly products!

If you place an order for ECO friendly, safe and the most beautiful OEUF or BRATT DECOR furniture today Oct 2nd, you DON'T PAY TAX and take home a TRAIN AND TABLE SET.

Bring a new Summer for kids customer and receive an additional ECO FRIENDLY GOODIES all worth over $400.00!

If that is not enough...donate gently used children's products and the whole store is 10% off for you!
*doesn't apply to furniture offer

Parenting: The Incredible Years    Do you want to understand your child and his/her emotions and behavior?   Do you feel loss of control and anger when your kids refuse to cooperate?   Do you feel like your child is running your life?   Join Ann Bryant, M.A Incredible Years Parent Education specialist, for an exciting 10 week parenting course. Learn new tools to enhance bonding with your child, build social emotional health and increase your child's success in school and in life. Make your years as a parent,    THE INCREDIBLE YEARS!   Wednesday, October 6th, 2010 6:00-7:30pm Classes are FREE and have been generously donated by Summer For Kids   El Montecito Presbyterian Church 1455 E. Valley Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108   For more information contact Anne Bryant at (805) 965-2376 or abryant@calm4kids.org   Space is limited. Reservations are recommended. RSVP to info@summerforkids.com Babysitting is available please notify info@summerforkids.com prior to the class. Presented by:       ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SAVE THE DATE October 2nd, 2010 Summer For Kids will be celebrating their 2nd anniversary! You don't want to miss it. Stay tuned for more information to come :) Summer for Kids Presents   A NIGHT AT THE CASBAH to Benefit CALM   May 15, 2010 5:00-8:00pm   Please join us and other suporters of CALM on May 15th, 2010 for an evening filled with exquisite Moroccan cuisine and entertainment at the 2004 Traditional Magazine Showcase House.  A Night at the Casbah will be an unforgettable night celebrating the remarkable kinship that is formed through our mutual efforts to create hope for children in need. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Original Silhouette Art by master scissor artist Karl Johnson at Summer For Kids   Saturday April 24 1-5PM     R.S.V.P. to Summer For Kids by Monday April 19th call (805) 565-2277 info@summerforkids.com Silhouette cutting is an extremely rare art form these days but one man, Karl Johnson still practices this all but lost form of portraiture! Karl will make a special appearance at Summer For Kids April 24th, 2010. Each Silhouette is cut out entirely freehand using a pair of surgical scissors. Karl simply looks at the subject's profile (whether in person or from a photograph) and starts cutting their exact likeness out of black paper. Each Silhouette is an original, one of a kind work of art, signed by the artist himself.    You can be among the many happy individuals who have an original silhouette expertly created by Karl Johnson! watch video http://cutarts.com/pages/video.php

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Celebrating First Year Anniversary!

Surviving The Recession

Eco-friendly Children’s Store in Montecito Hits One Year Anniversary Mark

First Week of October Dedicated to Helping The Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation

Montecito, Calif. – When local residents Adriana and Mark Shuman turned their passion for children and the earth into a fun, colorful environment that sells only “safe”, environmentally sound products, they had no idea that they were starting a business at the beginning of one of the toughest economic years in American history.

Now, a year later, their store “ Summer For Kids ”, located at 1235 Coast Village Road, is bustling with activity (you can often find children playing in the play corner of the store while their parents and grandparents shop) and they are celebrating their first anniversary by dedicating the first week of October – October 3-9 -- to The Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation.

“We’ve been very fortunate,” Mrs. Shuman explained. “I believe we’ve filled an important niche by being the only store in Santa Barbara County that carries only safe products for children ages 0-6 years old … year-round organic clothes; toys, bath, sleeping and feeding products free of toxins; and other items that are safe for both the environment and for kids. We also try to support the American economy by carrying as many vendors as possible from the USA. Now I want to give back in gratitude by raising awareness for The Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation.”

To that end, from October 3-9 the store will offer 1 0% off all merchandise to anyone who brings “gently used” items into the store for The Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation (safe toys, clothes, strollers, other children’s articles, or cash -- anything that can help the cause). To thank their customers, they will also raffle off a Plan Toys play table to anyone who spends $50.00 or more during that week. (The table is worth more than $400.00.)

Summer for Kids does more than sell consumer goods. Their mission from the start has been to improve the lives of children. So they also provide education to parents and grandparents about product safety through emails and an ongoing blog that covers topics like sunscreen safety, lead, plastics and more. (Lead paint from China, pesticides and chemical additives that can make their way into babies’ and toddlers’ mouths remain an ongoing concern for parents across the US.) Summer for Kids also regularly supports local children’s charities. To register for their ongoing free educational opportunities, go to www.summerforkids.com.

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Child Safety Day 2009

Local Children’s Store, Summer for Kids, Honors National Missing Children’s Day

Montecito, CA, April 1st, 2009 - According to Child Find of America, 2300 children are reported missing every day in America. In 1983, Ronald Reagan proclaimed May 25 National Missing Children’s Day to serve as a reminder to parents and guardians of the need for finger printing and high-quality photographs of their children for use in case of an emergency.

From May 23 – May 25, in honor of this day, Summer for Kids owner Adriana Shuman and staff, invite parents and children to join in preventing and being prepared for an emergency situation.  Summer for Kids will be providing complimentary Child Identification Kits that store fingerprints, photo, medical and dental records, DNA, and more.

Officer Clacking  from the Santa Barbara City Police Department will be giving a presentation on preventing child abduction and how to talk to your children about how to protect themselves in adverse situations.

For the entire weekend you will receive 10% off of all purchases & that 10% will go directly to Villa Majella of Santa Barbara, a non profit organization, that provides guidance and support to women who want to carry their babies to term but face overwhelming challenges such as homelessness and substance abuse. Any maternity or children’s clothing and diapers donated in the store will go to support these efforts. ***With any purchase made, you will be entered into a drawing to win prizes from Plan Toys and Hape.

Additionally, Summer for Kids will be hosting kids’ competitions throughout the day for all ages and skill levels, babies and up! Everyone will be a winner, with prizes provided by Haba and Summer for Kids. And, if that weren’t enough, Trattoria Mollie of Montecito is providing tasty treats for all.  So, please come and join Summer for Kids located at 1235 Coast Village Drive, Suite C, Montecito, 93108 on Memorial day weekend starting May 23^rd and help in the fight to protect and educate our children.

Schedule of Events :

Saturday May 23^rd:

1  PM:  Original Sprout Presentation on non-toxic children’s products-USA made. Free Samples!

Sunday May 24^th:

            12:00 PM  – 2:00 PM: Rosabella Book Signing with local author and artist Gabriele Rose deGinant

Monday May 25th:

11 AM – 4 PM: Child Identification Kits

11 AM – 1 PM: Games & Activities

1 PM – 3 PM: Santa Barbara Police Department Presentation on Safety

3 PM – 4 PM: Games & Activities

4:30 PM: Drawing for Prizes

ABOUT Summer for Kids – Located in Montecito, Summer for Kids is a children’s store that prides itself on carrying merchandise that is the best for children while remaining environmentally friendly. Its products include American nursery and home furniture by Sticks, Bratt Décor and Little Castle, crib bedding by Holy Lamb, mattresses by Natural Mat, bamboo, organic cotton, and soy based clothing lines, American made and smart toys; blankets, towels, and bath products as well as books, cds and clothing by local artists. At Summer For Kids, associates will help you order furniture to your specifications and purchase items that will not only benefit your child, but also help our environment. 

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Earth day 2009
April 20th