Grand Rapids, Michigan, December 10, 2019 – The zip line will once again fly through the DeVos Place, along with a larger annual Kids & Family Expo. This community event will be held on Saturday, January 25 and will focus on Interactive Activities, Educational Fun, and Family Entertainment all while encouraging families to be active and engage in family bonding time.
Cabin fever will hit in January, and this expo will encourage families to play, celebrate, be active, explore, build, learn, and discover. Families Matter and this expo will encourage family bonding time and fun for the whole family!
This event partners with the Mental Health Foundation – be nice. program, which is a mental health education, bully and suicide prevention initiative that creates a positive cultural change through simple daily actions. “Local schools who participate in the postcard distribution have an opportunity to raise funds for the be nice. initiative. It is a way for us to give back and support a great program all while encouraging strong family fun,” says Anicia Capozzoli, Show Manager at Kohler Expos, Inc., the company that produces the event.
Featured areas and activities include:
- Zip line (weight restrictions: 60 pound minimum – 250 pound maximum)
- Curiosity Dome sponsored by Soaring Eagle Waterpark and Hotel
- Bounce Houses
- Rock Wall
- Inflatable Obstacle Course
- 40 ft. Art Wall Zone sponsored by The Goddard School
- Lincoln Log Area sponsored by
Camp Ao-Wa-Kiya - Magician
- Summer Camps and Activities
- Green Thumb Zone sponsored by New Branches Charter Academy
- Human Foosball
- Toddler Zone sponsored by Developmental Enhancement Behavioral Health
- Giant Slide
- Petting Zoo with Live Animals
- Home Depot “Kids Workshop” - kids make and take
- LEGO Build Area
- Pirate Ship Slide
- Face Painting sponsored by
Higher Health Chiropractic - Basketball Zone
- Specialty Foods and Sampling
- Balloon Twisting
- Martial Arts & Self Defense
- Fire Truck & Police Car
- Smoke House – learn about fire safety
- Character Sightings including superheroes and princesses!
- Family Fun Bucket Prizes – sign up inside the door - winners announced every hour!
Attendees will have the opportunity to sign up for “Family Fun Bucket Prizes” that will include gift certificates and passes to area attractions, restaurants, prizes and activities. Drawings on the hour, every hour at the entrance!
The Kids & Family Expo is scheduled from 10 am – 5 pm, Saturday, January 25, 2020. Public is invited. Tickets are available at the door or online at www.KohlerExpo.com. Heated parking is conveniently located underneath DeVos Place off the Michigan Street entrance. For more information, please go to www.kohlerexpo.com or visit us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/kidsandfamilyexpo/