FREE EVENTS

“Staycations” are all the rage! While saving money is the trend, being bored in the house all summer with your kids is not! From Atlanta to Kansas City, Seattle or Chicago, here are some nationwide FREEBIES to keep you, your kids and your budget smilin’.

Free movies at Regal Cinemas or
$1 movies at AMC

Summer Reading
Borders is giving kids 12 and under a coupon for 50% off select items after they read eight books. Get the form here.

If 50% off is good, FREE is even better. That’s what Barnes and Noble has been doing for years. After reading 8 books and turning in the reading log, kids receive a free book. They can choose from a select group of age appropriate paperbacks. Get more details or print the reading log in English or Spanish.

And here comes the biggie for all you Bank Of America customers. That ATM card may not be good for getting much cash out of the box, but it can get you into 100 museums nationwide for FREE. Yes my friend, for FREE! From the de Young Museum in San Francisco, the Metropolitan in NYC, and the Miami Children’s Museum, all you have to do is flash any Bank of America card on the first full weekend of the month and you’re in! Here at home we’re hittin’ the zoo, Botanical Gardens, and Fernbank. While the offer is good for the cardholder only, I’ll be using my buy one get one free coupons at the zoo for my kids and each child has their own bank account so we might try that as well…Never hurts to ask. Ok it’s the first full weekend of the month. Find out what’s in your area!

6.7.09 Note from experience: We hit Zoo Atlanta yesterday. It was great. However, please keep in mind EACH Bank of America customer must have a picture id that matches the name on the card. In other words, taking our daughters' bank books didn’t work since they have no picture id. We were able to use our BOGO free coupon for them though and so the four of us got into the zoo for $15. SWEET! But I am gonna try to get a picture ATM card for each of their savings accounts in order to get them in free at the other museums. I don't think this was totally clear on Bank of America's website as there were ALOT of parents with ALOT of Bank of America papers trying to work the entire family in for free. No picture id that matches the name on the account-who you want to get in free, no getting in free. Seems this is the set up through the bank at all the museums. So be prepared and then have FUN!!