By Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
joanne@wktv.org
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Go Baby Shower Shopping!
So they have been a little busy at the John Ball Zoo with a lot of new arrivals. To celebrate, the Zoo is hosting a baby shower. The Anthony Poison arrow frog is looking for a new aquarium and some plants while the Goeldi’s monkeys (pictured above) are hoping for some toys and a flat screen TV (great for stimulation on those cold winter days.) For a complete list of gifts, visit https://www.jbzoo.org/babyshower. Also on Aug. 18. there will be fun baby shower activities at the zoo. For more information, visit www.jbzoo.org.
Check out Outbreak
The Grand Rapids Public Museum is currently hosting the Smithsonian exhibit, “Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World.” The exhibit features informative panels and videos that cover outbreaks such as Zika, Ebola, Influenza and new information pertaining to COVID-19. It also will include video from the Museum’s own COVID-19 collection. For more information, visit grpm.org.
Two for the Price of One
By the way, if you have a membership to the John Ball Zoo, you can get into the Grand Rapids Art Museum for free during the entire month of August. (It is the same for GRAM members who can get into the John Ball Zoo for free for August.) And this Saturday is Family Day at the GRAM from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be lots of family activities and docent tours. For more information, visit artmuseumgr.org.
Fun Fact: Hot Dog!
According to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council, Americans consume more than 150 million hot dogs on July 4 which if laid from end-to-end would stretch from Washington D.C. to Los Angeles five times. From Memorial Day to Labor Day, Americans consume 7 billion hot dogs or about 818 hot dogs every second. That’s a lot of dogs!
