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Story Time for Toddlers
(top) Jesse Nathaniel, AKA 'Mr. Jesse' reads 'Knitty Kitty' at Ocean Park Branch Library during 'Story Time for Toddlers' on Tuesday, March 3, 2009. (above) Thomas Tourraine, 2, plays during 'Story Time for Toddlers' at Ocean Park Branch Library.




Snow Hill
(top) Aika Samboliyski, 4, builds a snow man at Third Street Promenade's 'Snow Hill' on Saturday, December 13, 2008. (center) Peter Stutsman helps his daughter Ashley, 2, walk on snow. (above) Children play with real snow at Third Street Promenade's 'Snow Hill' on Saturday, December 13 2008.




Jog-a-thon
John Muir Elementary School students run during the 5th annual jog-a-thon on Thursday, December 4, 2008. The 325 students ran 7,148 laps and drank 50 gallons of water during the jog-a-thon and raised more than $15,000.00. The proceeds will directly benefit the students at John Muir Elementary School by funding science, art, technology, and field trips.




Duck and Cover
(top) SMASH School Kindergartners Sadie McGee, 5, (left) and Jovana Perdomo, 5, (right) duck and take cover under their desks during the Great Southern California Shakeout on Thursday, November 13, 2008. (above) Kindergartner Milan Ladman, 5, (left) and first grader Morgan Jarow, 7, take cover during the drill. Over 5 million people throughout Southern California participated in the Shake Out Drill, the largest earthquake preparedness activity in U.S. history! Families, school children and business workers participated in the drill.




Raingutter Regatta
(1) Coope Brooke, 7, (let) and Jake Roselli, 8, of Santa Monica Cub Scouts Pack 67 use their lungs to push their homemade sailboats during the Raingutter Regatta at First Methodist Church on Sunday, October 26, 2008. The regatta is an annual event held throughout the country by Boy Scouts of America. Cubs build their own boats and decorate them for the race. (2) Cub Scouts enter their boats in the Raingutter Regatta. (3) (left) Jake Brunnell, 10, (first runner up) and (right) Miles O'brien, 11, (winner) blow on their sale boats during the regatta. (4) Nolan Macias-Denham, 6,blows on his sale boat.




Youth Runs & Obstacle Course






Harvest time







Wake Up With The Waves








