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Infinity Family Fest in Highland Park

The nonprofit Infinity Foundation will present Family Fest, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., March 14, featuring playful family fun with interactive, hands-on mindful games and activities. Parents and their children 3 and older will enjoy a Little Chefs playshop—a hands-on cooking activity with Taste Buds Kitchen; and a music sing-along from Bach to rock with America’s Music School.

Other highlights include Amazing Magic with magician Tim Adamz, Balance Boarding (ride on a balance board through a series of playful poses and movement games); and Planting Kindness (plant a seed, paint a pot and a rock with a word of kindness on it). Also, Animal Quest’s live wild and rescue animals that can be seen and touched will elicit wonder and wows.

Attendees are asked to bring a canned good or a new children’s book to support the Moraine Township Food Pantry. Infinity offers more than 200 courses for kids and adults in personal growth and development.

Admission is free. Location:1280 Old Skokie Rd., Highland Park. For more information or to register, call 847-831-8828 or visit InfinityFoundation.org.  

Infinity Family Fest - start: Mar 14, 2020 09:00AM

Join Infinity Foundation for a morning of playful family fun, interactive mindful games, activities, and community building for parents, and children ages 3 and older. Visit www.infinity... Read More » 

 





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