{"id":18200,"date":"2022-06-29T00:32:11","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T00:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=18200"},"modified":"2022-06-28T19:34:36","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T19:34:36","slug":"turn-off-tech-turn-on-family-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/29\/turn-off-tech-turn-on-family-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Turn Off Tech, Turn On Family Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><em>BY MONICA CARRILLO<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>OUR VOICE COUNTS<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">With summer in full swing in the Wood River Valley, the Kiwanis Kids Fair is coming to the Balmoral\/Kiwanis Park on July 2 with fun activities and music. The Kiwanis Kids Fair will be held Saturday, July 2, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. with a full day of activities and fun for kids in Blaine County and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u201cIt is important to have it at Balmoral Apartments and be able to spend quality time with our families and turn off our gadgets for the day,\u201d said Herbert Romero, event producer for this second annual fair. \u201cWithin our Hispanic families, we work too much and don\u2019t have enough fun with our families. Family is important!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Herbert Romero, alongside Neighbors Helping Neighbors, a program of the Crisis Hotline in Idaho, held the Kiwanis Kids Fair last year and it was a complete success. Families came from Balmoral Apartments and from other parts of the Wood River Valley to enjoy the food and everybody\u2019s company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">As someone who lives at Balmoral, I have seen the impact events like these can do for the Hispanic\/Latin community because of the inclusivity and cultural diversity we are able to represent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">So, if you are in town and looking for some fun activities for your kids, make sure to stop on by!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>NUESTRA VOZ CUENTA<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Con el verano en el valle de Wood River, El Kiwanis Kids Fair, una feria para los ni\u00f1os, llegar\u00e1 al parque de Balmoral el 2 de julio con actividades divertidas y m\u00fasica.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">La feria se llevar\u00e1 a cabo el 2 de julio de 10 a.m. a 6 p.m. con un d\u00eda completo de actividades y diversi\u00f3n para los ni\u00f1os en el condado de Blaine y lugares alrededor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u201cEs importante que lo tenga en los apartamentos de Balmoral y poder pasar tiempo de calidad con nuestras familias y apagar nuestros artilugios para el d\u00eda\u201d, dijo Herbert Romero, productor de eventos para esta feria anual de 2nd. \u201cDentro de nuestras familias hispanas, trabajamos demasiado y no nos divertimos lo suficiente con nuestras familias. \u00a1 La familia es importante!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Herbert Romero junto con Neighbors Helping Neighbors, un programa bajo la L\u00ednea Directa de Crisis en Idaho, celebr\u00f3 la feria el a\u00f1o pasado y fue un \u00e9xito completo. Las familias vinieron de los apartamentos de Balmoral y de otras partes del Valle del R\u00edo Wood para disfrutar de la comida y la compa\u00f1\u00eda de todos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Como alguien que vive en los apartamentos de Balmoral, he visto el impacto que eventos como estos pueden tener para la comunidad hispana \/ latina debido a la inclusi\u00f3n y la diversidad cultural que podemos representar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">As\u00ed que si est\u00e1s en la ciudad y buscas algunas actividades divertidas para tus hijos, \u00a1aseg\u00farate de pasar por aqu\u00ed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY MONICA CARRILLO OUR VOICE COUNTS With summer in full swing in the Wood River Valley, the Kiwanis Kids Fair is coming to the Balmoral\/Kiwanis Park on July 2 with fun activities and music. The Kiwanis Kids Fair will be held Saturday, July 2, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. with a full day of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,38],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18200","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nuestra-voz-cuenta","8":"category-sponsored"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18205,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18200\/revisions\/18205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}