St. Patrick's Day Weekend 2025 in Orlando: St. Patrick Parades, Spring Break Fun, and More Things to Do

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Visit the Promenade at Sunset Walk to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Photo courtesy Promenade Sunset Walk

Looking for the best things to do in Orlando this St. Patrick's Day weekend? Here are some family-friendly events and activities to add to your list.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day all weekend with family-friendly events happening in Oviedo, Winter Garden, Ocoee, St. Cloud, and Sanford. Catch Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Musical when it debuts at Orlando Family Stage this weekend. Soak up the beautiful weather at the Mount Dora Spring Festival, or cheer on racers at the Central Florida Soap Box Derby in Sanford. Keep reading for all the details, and for even more spring break fun, check out our 2025 Orlando Spring Break Guide!

St. Patrick's Day Weekend 2025 in Los Angeles: St. Patrick Parades, Pi Day, and More Things to Do

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Don your green in Ventura. Photo by Brendan Daly, courtesy of the County Ventura St. Patrick's Day Parade

Looking for the best things to do in Los Angeles this St. Patrick's Day weekend? St. Patrick’s Day 2025 is packed with parades, leprechauns, and more fun events.

The luck of the Irish is rubbing off on us this St. Patrick's Day, giving us a weekend filled with fun things to do. Folks line the streets to cheer on the festive Hermosa Beach St. Patrick's Day Parade and County Ventura St. Patrick's Day Parade. Green also heralds the budding of spring, as does the return of Butterfly Season at Kidspace. And for our pot of gold at the end of the weekend: Museums Free-for-All day, with dozens of Southland institutions opening their doors to welcome us in for free. 

Free Gear-Packed Baby Boxes Coming to an NYC Hospital Near You Later this Year

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Launching later this year, NYC Baby Boxes will be distributed to every family delivering babies at four public hospitals.

When it comes to welcoming a new bundle of joy in NYC, it's no secret that a little one needs tons of gear, but a new initiative is set to put infant-supply-stocked NYC Baby Boxes in the hands of new parents at some local hospitals.

Read on for more details on this program and find more need-to-know info for new parents in our NYC Baby Guide, which includes our top picks for the city's best baby stores, plus 20 things to do before your baby turns 1, and more parent-tested tips for those early days with wee New Yorkers.

Best Teen and Tween Summer Camps in New Jersey

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Hardwick's YMCA Camp Mason has activities and programming geared toward teens and tweens. Photo courtesy of the YMCA

While playing Roblox may be your tween or teen's idea of summer activity, keeping this age group busy and active in the summer can pose a dilemma for parents. Too old for some traditional summer day camps and too young to find a summer job or internship, these big kids still require structured, entertaining, and challenging activities to fill the long days of summer.

We've rounded up more than 10 summer camps for tweens and teens in New Jersey. These cool summer camps offer specialties ranging from sports to theater, travel, and well-rounded fun.

Bookmark our New Jersey Summer Camp Guide for more programs that may pique the interest of teens, like our picks for the best STEM summer camps in New Jersey. Plus, our Summer Camp Directory allows you to search for programs by age, interest, and location.

First-Timer Sleepaway Summer Camps near NYC

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First-time sleepaway campers at Lohikan will participate in water activities and enjoy a fun in nature. Photo courtesy of the camp

Many NYC kids spend most of their summer break at sleepaway camp, but if you've got a first-timer, these starter sleepaway camps near NYC all offer shorter summer camp sessions geared toward younger children. For those who have a new (or extra-nervous) camper at home, we've rounded up the best one- and two-week starter sleepaway camps near NYC.

These starter sleepaway camps near NYC all have specific sessions aimed at first-time campers from ages 6-12 years old, ensuring that rookie campers have an amazing first-time sleepaway camp experience. Find all our top picks for sleepaway camps in the Northeast in our Summer Camp Guide for NYC Kids, and be sure to search our Camp Directory for more options. You can search by age, interest, or summer camp type.

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