Topic: Family & Kids

Julia & Emma Goldman and Ansley White, founders of Kool Kids Care talk about their organizations and how kids can get involved.

Fleet Week lands on the shores of South Florida this week, bringing five U.S. Navy ships; one Coast Guard cutter; and 2,500 sailors, Marines and Coast Guard personnel to our sunny shores.

Festivities (unofficially) kicked off with All Hands on Deck, a party to bring civilians and America's heroes together at the Seminole Hard Rock & Casino.

On Monday, hundreds of family and friends lined the dock at Port Everglades waiting for their loved ones. (Click here to read the Miami Herald's article on the scene).

The soldiers will take time off to visit South Florida attractions and spend time with their friends and family. For a photo gallery of Fleet week, click here.

Events honoring the men and women who serve our country are open to the public and are happening all around the area.

 

Kalyn James from Arts for Learning comes by DayBreak with student artist Brandon Benjamin to talk about this non-profit organization and its impact on the community. For more information, visit the Arts For Learning website.

In an unbelievable act of generosity an anonymous donor has left Miami Metro-Zoo a gift of $2,307,684.36.

The zoo’s communications director, Ron Magill, in front of the Miami-Dade commissioner’s meeting on Tuesday, displayed the check. It was just the final gift in a silent partnership that started when an elderly man with white hair first approached Magill ten years ago. The man told him that he loved Metrozoo, and then proceeded to hand Magill a check for $90,000.

Shake-A-Leg Miami is a charitable organization that helps children and adults with physical, developmental and economic challenges learn sailing, boating and water sports.

This week’s Road Trip takes you just north of the county line to a little place known as Ft Lauderdale. Contrary to popular belief, the city is not named after a certain ubiquitous newscaster, but instead got its moniker from a series of forts built during the second Seminole war. That, however, was ages ago. Today the residents of Ft Lauderdale and the Seminole Tribes of Florida coexist harmoniously. It’s a good thing too. We're pretty sure dad is going to enjoy playing a little bit of poker at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino. If you feel gambling and nightlife are vices you can do without, there’s still plenty to do and the highlights are listed below. Road Trip’s favorite? Well, let’s just say you can drive right up to it, check it out.

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino:Try your luck at this casino that serves as the centerpiece of a vast entertainment pavilion those features nightclubs, shops and restaurants. The hotel also boasts a crazy little pool party on Sundays that is nice respite from the heat.
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino: 1 Seminole Way, Ft Lauderdale; 954-327-7625; seminolehardrockhollywood.com

IMAX Theater: Imagine seeing Superman and he’s the size of a five-story building. Just don the ridiculous 3-D glasses and get ready to experience a virtual reality scenario where the characters literally fly off the screen.
IMAX Theater: 401 SW 2nd St, Fort Lauderdale, 954-467-6637; mods.org.

Swap Shop: This is the place for the kids. Open seven days a week this market place is much more than just a place to shop. There’s a 14-screen drive-in theatre, amusement park rides and of course, stores, stores and more stores. Did we mention the circus?
Swap Shop: 3501 W Sunrise Blvd, Ft Lauderdale; 954-791-7927; floridaswapshop.com.

Las Olas Blvd: This place is very reminiscent of South Beach. Right on the water, the street is just littered with bar after bar. A little less international than the streets of SoBe, expect to find this entertainment district buzzing with restaurants, nightclubs, and party people till the wee hours of the morning. It’s also the best place to just lie out on the sand with a rumrunner or two.
Las Olas Blvd: Las Olas Blvd. and SE 3rd Ave, Ft Lauderdale; 954-937-7386; lasolasboulevard.com.

Bonnet House Museum & Gardens: This is the best place to indulge in scenic beauty. Walk the lush gardens and contemplate the fact that it is very likely you are walking the same path as Tequesta Indians, early European settlers, or the shipwrecked sailors of yesteryear.
Bonnet House Museum & Gardens: 900 North Birch Road, Ft. Lauderdale; 954-563-5393; bonnethouse.org.

OMG, like for real, thousands of screaming tweeners will be taking over the American Airlines Arena tonight when the sensation known as Hannah Montana takes to the stage. On the Disney Channel, Miley Cyrus, the daughter of country crooner Billy Ray, plays a mild-mannered student who transforms into a superstar rocker simply by donning a blond wig. Well, that little show sparked a pop culture phenomenon that will grace the Magic City tonight. Concert tickets, which sold out within minutes of going on sale were ranging in price from $23.25 to $63.25, but have been being scalped for way more than that. We’ve seen them going for thousands of dollars. Local radio station Y-100 even held a special contest where they stuck a bunch of parents in a van parked outside the station. It was cramped quarters, but the one who held out the longest was rewarded with a pair of front row tickets. Oh, what parents will do for their kids.

These people looked so cool just sitting by the road that we had to make sure everyone saw just how stylin' they really were. We scoured the streets this week in search of the perfect loungin' pose and what we got was a bevy of hotties willing to strut their stuff down the runway of life.

OMG, like for real, thousands of screaming tweeners will be taking over the American Airlines Arena tonight when the sensation known as Hannah Montana takes to the stage. On the Disney Channel, Miley Cyrus, the daughter of country crooner Billy Ray, plays a mild-mannered student who transforms into a superstar rocker simply by donning a blond wig. Well, that little show sparked a pop culture phenomenon that will grace the Magic City tonight. Concert tickets, which sold out within minutes of going on sale were ranging in price from $23.25 to $63.25, but have been being scalped for way more than that. We’ve seen them going for thousands of dollars. Local radio station Y-100 even held a special contest where they stuck a bunch of parents in a van parked outside the station. It was cramped quarters, but the one who held out the longest was rewarded with a pair of front row tickets. Oh, what parents will do for their kids.

Welcome back to Verbatim, our stage for amateur and professional writers. This week we hear from Miami Carol City high schooler Laquissa White.