Children from Chicago area spending holidays at home will have their fun with Kraft Foods. The company with grand corporate responsibility campaign arranges four one-day family festivals Kraft Great Kids Hoopla with free admission during all summer months and September. The program includes not only entertaining activities—children will also learn about the benefits of good nutrition, healthy eating and active lifestyles.

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The Kraft Great Kids Hoopla starts with a concert by the Dirty Sock Funtime Band at Ravinia Festival June 19. Then monthly events at 63rd Street Beach, Kohl Children’s Museum and Chicago Children’s Museum will follow. Different activities include watching movies, visiting an instrument petting zoo, learning yoga and line-dancing, building a playground, freeing imaginations with storytellers, or playing games. Each child will get a Great Kids Passport when they arrive at Hoopla. They’ll claim their document when they participate in every activity and have their Passport stamped by each program partner.

Kraft Great Kids Hoopla is the newest offering by Kraft Foods Foundation’s Great Kids Program in which partners offer interesting programs that include nutrition education and encourage kids to stay active and have a healthy lifestyle.

«We want kids and their families to have a fun and safe summer,» said Nicole Robinson, Vice President of the Kraft Foods Foundation.  «The Kraft Great Kids Hoopla shows that we’re committed year round to investing in local programs that build stronger communities, while motivating and educating families to make healthy choices.»